Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 27, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“I wish I was one of them” As someone who graduated with the Class of 2000, the idea of high school comedy American Milkshake taking place in the 90s definitely piqued my interest. I often joke I’m a child of the 80s despite knowing the descriptor doesn’t fit someone who was only eight at decade’s […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Al Jolson, American Milkshake, David Andalman, Eshan Bay, Georgia Ford, Mariko Munro, Nuri Hazzard, Shareeka Epps, The Breakfast Club, The Jazz Singer, Tyler Ross
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 7, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“I peed? In the bed?” I guess this is what filmmaking becoming easier and cheaper does for all holding the dream and passion to create. It goes back to Kevin Smith‘s Clerks proving that the depiction of the comic and mundane of slacker culture could speak to a new generation feeling the exact same angst. […]
Category comedy, film reviews, romance · Tags Abram Makowka, Clerks, Haylie Duff, Kevin Smith, Maulik Pancholy, Sam Huntington, Sarah Drew, The Breakfast Club, Tug, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Yeardley Smith, Zachary Knighton
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 31, 2012 · 1 Comment
“Suck me, beautiful” I’ll admit now that my love for American Pie is rooted heavily in nostalgia. Having first seen it in theatres as I was entering my own senior year of high school, the comradery of its band of brothers cautiously walking together towards graduation and manhood doesn’t quite resonate as much today at […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Adam Herz, Alyson Hannigan, American Pie, Bic Runga, Blink-182, Bridesmaids, Casey Affleck, Chris Klein, Chris Owen, Chris Weitz, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eugene Levy, Jason Biggs, John Cho, Mena Suvari, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Weitz, Seann William Scott, Shannon Elizabeth, Tara Reid, The Breakfast Club, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tonic
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“That was a metaphor. I totally got him.” As this week’s box office shows in contrast to my huge level of enjoyment with Take Me Home Tonight, it appears director Michael Dowse has another cult classic on his hands. Already with It’s All Gone Pete Tong and a duo of Fubar films containing a pretty […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags American Pie 2, Anna Faris, Atomic Tom, Bob Odenkirk, Chris Pratt, Dan Fogler, Demetri Martin, Fubar, Fubar: Balls to the Wall, Gordon Kaywin, Harry and the Hendersons, Hot Tub Time Machine, It’s All Gone Pete Tong, Jackie Filgo, Jeff Filgo, Kim Carnes, Lucy Punch, Men Without Hats, Michael Biehn, Michael Dowse, Michael Ian Black, Michelle Trachtenberg, Superbad, Take Me Home Tonight, Teresa Palmer, That ‘70s Show, The Breakfast Club, The Karate Kid, Topher Grace
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“Dan, take me to Berlin” Acclaimed director—and Buffalo, NY native—Nanette Burstein has finally made her way to the world of fictional film. After helming the documentary The Kid Stays in the Picture about producer Robert Evans, one could say she took a step towards narrative with American Teen, a real-life look into today’s high schools […]
Category comedy, film reviews, romance · Tags American Teen, Charlie Day, Christina Applegate, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Drew Barrymore, Geoff LaTulippe, Going the Distance, Jason Sudeikis, Jim Gaffigan, John Hughes, Justin Long, Kristen Schaal, Nanette Burstein, Robert Evans, Ron Livingston, The Breakfast Club, The Kid Stays in the Picture
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
“Like your job; love your wife” Being the first John Hughes film I have seen since the writer/director’s passing, I feel that I need to speak about the man’s oeuvre along with the movie itself. I think many could make the argument that Planes, Trains & Automobiles is his best work. He wrote a lot […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 2, 2009 · 1 Comment
“You’ll get the horns” It may not be the funniest film that John Hughes crafted, but The Breakfast Club is the one that I think made the biggest impression on me. Revisiting it—so many years after its creation, as well as many since I last sat down to watch its entirety—gave me an interesting experience. […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Ally Sheedy, American Teen, Anthony Michael Hall, Clerks, Drillbit Taylor, Emilio Estevez, Home Alone, John Hughes, John Kapelos, Judd Nelson, Kevin Smith, Molly Ringwald, National Lampoon's Vacation, Paul Gleason, Planes Trains & Automobiles, The Breakfast Club, Uncle Buck
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 27, 2008 · Leave a Comment
“I refuse to be embarrassed by a car that looks like a Trapper Keeper” Not to badmouth American Pie, I actually really enjoyed it and its sequels, albeit less with each installment (and I mean the theatrically released offspring), but I must blame it for the dearth of quality for copycats each year. Sure there […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Amanda Crew, American Pie, Clark Duke, EuroTrip, Fall Out Boy, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, James Marsden, Josh Zuckerman, Seth Green, Sex Drive, The Breakfast Club
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment
“A lonely sock” Documentaries have never been my genre of choice. I go to the movies to escape from reality and embed myself into a world unlike my own, or at least skewed enough to make me look upon my life and see what can be improved from the new experiences and ideas culled from […]
Category documentary, film reviews · Tags American Teen, Colin Clemens, Geoff Haase, Hannah Bailey, Jake Tusing, Megan Krizmanich, Mitch Reinholt, Nanette Burstein, The Breakfast Club, Vanessa Hudgens
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 8, 2007 · Leave a Comment
“The only illusion that’s worth it” I think Joel Schumacher gets a bad rap. Sure Batman & Robin is possibly the worst movie ever made, and it did kill a multi-million dollar franchise, but is that truly all we think about on the mention of his name? I myself will admit to keeping a stigma […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags Ally Sheedy, Andrew McCarthy, Batman & Robin, Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez, Joel Schumacher, Judd Nelson, Mare Winningham, Rob Lowe, St. Elmo’s Fire, The Breakfast Club, Weekend at Bernie’s
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