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REVIEW: Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom [2015]

Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 23, 2016 · Leave a Comment

“I came here to defend my future, the future of my children, compatriots and country” After the success of The Square, there really wasn’t a better place than Netflix for Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom to flourish. A TIFF People’s Choice Award and Oscar nomination later and we see that to be true. […]

Category documentary, film reviews · Tags Evgeny Afineevsky, Roma Saveliyev, The Square, Viktor Yanukovych, Vitali Klitschko, Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

Top 25 Films of 2013

Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 10, 2014 · Leave a Comment

(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 220+ releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable) #25: Mud directed by Jeff Nichols #24: Pacific Rim directed by Guillermo del Toro #23: The Conjuring directed by James Wan #22: Satellite of Love directed by […]

Category top 10 films by year, top 10 lists · Tags 12 Years a Slave, Abdellatif Kechiche, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Al-Midan, American Hustle, Asghar Farhadi, Baz Luhrmann, Before Midnight, Blue Is the Warmest Color, Blue Jasmine, Dallas Buyers Club, David Lowery, David O. Russell, Destin Daniel Cretton, Frances Ha, Fruitvale Station, Guillermo del Toro, Harmony Korine, Her, Jagten, James Ponsoldt, James Wan, Jason Reitman, Jean-Marc Vallée, Jeff Nichols, Jehane Noujaim, La vie d'Adèle, Labor Day, Le passé, Lucy Mulloy, Martin Scorsese, Mud, Noah Baumbach, One Night, Pacific Rim, Richard Linklater, Ryan Coogler, Satellite of Love, Shane Carruth, Short Term 12, Spike Jonze, Spring Breakers, Steve McQueen, The Conjuring, The Great Gatsby, The Hunt, The Past, The Spectacular Now, The Square, The Wolf of Wall Street, Thomas Vinterberg, Una noche, Upstream Color, Will James Moore, Woody Allen

The 86th Oscars recap through tweets …

Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to the 86th Annual Academy Awards everyone! If you didn’t watch the festivities that occurred Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre you are probably a lot better off than most of us because it was a very lackluster affair. We all hoped Ellen DeGeneres would bring a fun, smart, witty return to her success […]

Category essays, oscars, z.slideshow · Tags 12 Years a Slave, 20 Feet From Stardom, 30 Rock, A.O. Scott, Academy Awards, Adele Dazim, Adruitha Lee, Alain Resnais, Alfonso Cuarón, American Hustle, Amy Adams, Amy Poehler, Angelina Jolie, Baz Luhrmann, Beverley Dunn, Bill Murray, Billy Crystal, Blue Is the Warmest Color, Blue Jasmine, Brad Pitt, Bruce Dern, Cate Blanchett, Catherine Martin, Channing Tatum, Chris Lawrence, Chris Munro, Christian Bale, Christopher Benstead, Cutie and the Boxer, Dallas Buyers Club, Daniel Day Lewis, David Shirk, Dennis Farina, Despicable Me 2, Elizabeth, Ellen DeGeneres, Emmanuel Lubezki, Ezra Koenig, Facing Fear, Fitz and the Tantrums, Frozen, Gravity, Harold Ramis, Harrison Ford, Harvey Weinstein, Helium, HitRECord on TV, Idina Menzel, Jack the Giant Slayer, Jackass Presents: Bad Grampa, James Earl Jones, James Gandolfini, Jared Leto, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Lawrence, Jim Carrey, John Ridley, John Travolta, Johnny Knoxville, Jonah Hill, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judy Garland, June Squibb, Karama Has No Walls, Karen O, Kate Hudson, Kim Novak, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Lee Daniel's The Butler, Leonardo DiCaprio, Liza Minnelli, Lupita Nyong’o, Mark Sanger, Martin Scorsese, Matthew McConaughey, Meryl Streep, Mr. Hublot, Nail Corbould, Nicholas Hoult, Niv Adiri, Oprah Winfrey, Oscars, Pharrell, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pink, Ricky Gervais, Robert Lopez, Robin Mathews, Sarah Jones, Skip Lievsay, Spike Jonze, Steve Martin, Steve McQueen, Steven Price, The Act of Killing, The Great Beauty, The Great Gatsby, The Lady In Number 6, The Lone Ranger, The Past, The Square, The Wind Rises, Timothy Weber, Tina Fey, U2, Warm Bodies, Will Smith, Winter's Tale, Woody Allen

Top Ten Films of 2013: A year in cinema to write home about

Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 1, 2014 · Leave a Comment

2013 has been a banner year for cinema with a slew of quality pictures that makes you wonder how only nine got enough first place votes to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. Most of my favorites could have filled that elusive tenth spot for some added acclaim—whether having a chance to win or […]

Category essays, top 10 films, z.slideshow · Tags 12 Years a Slave, 20 Feet From Stardom, A Band Called Death, A Separation, A Touch of Sin, Adèle Exarchopoulos, After Tiller, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Al-Midan, Alfonso Cuarón, American Hustle, Amy Adams, Asghar Farhadi, Barkhad Abdi, Bastards, Before Midnight, Before Sunset, Blackfish, Blood Brother, Blue Is the Warmest Color, Blue Jasmine, Brie Larson, Call Me Kuchu, Captain Phillips, Casey Affleck, Cate Blanchett, Charlie Kaufman, Child's Pose, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cutie and the Boxer, Dallas Buyers Club, David Lowery, David O. Russell, Dead Man Down, Despicable Me 2, Destin Daniel Cretton, Downloaded, Emma Thompson, Epic, Ethan Hawke, Europa Report, Frozen, Fruitvale Station, Gravity, Greta Gerwig, Harmony Korine, Her, I'm So Excited!, iNumber Number, Jagten, James Franco, Jared Leto, Jehane Noujaim, Jeremy Renner, Joaquin Phoenix, John Dies at the End, Jonah Hill, Julie Delpy, June Squibb, Kaze Tachinu, L'image manquante, La grande bellezza, La Vénus à la fourrure, La vie d'Adèle, Le passé, Léa Seydoux, Lee Daniel's The Butler, Leonardo DiCaprio, Les salauds, Leviathan, Like Father Like Son, Lupita Nyong’o, Mads Mikkelsen, Margot Robbie, Martin Scorsese, Matthew McConaughey, Melonie Diaz, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Fassbender, Monsters University, Mud, Museum Hours, Narco Cultura, Nebraska, Noah Baumbach, Octavia Spencer, Oldboy, Omar, One Night, Only Lovers Left Alive, Oprah Winfrey, Poziţia copilului, Primer, Quartet, Richard Linklater, Rooney Mara, Ryan Coogler, Sally Hawkins, Saving Mr. Banks, Scarlet Johansson, Shane Carruth, Short Term 12, Simon Killer, Skrillex, Spike Jonze, Spring Breakers, Steve McQueen, The Croods, The East, The Great Beauty, The Hunt, The Lords of Salem, The Missing Picture, The Past, The Square, The Wind Rises, The Wolf of Wall Street, Una noche, Upstream Color, Venus in Fur

REVIEW: Al-Midan [The Square] [2013]

Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 23, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“We were all present; we were one hand” As the initial sit-in at Tahrir Square taught the Egyptian people the power of protest and revolution in securing freedoms they only dreamed they could have, Jehane Noujaim’s Al-Midan [The Square] shares it on an international scale. I’ll admit I thought everything was okay after Hosni Mubarak […]

Category documentary, film reviews, foreign, z.slideshow · Tags Ahmed Hassan, Aida Elkashef, Al-Midan, Arabic, Hosni Mubarak, Jehane Noujaim, Karama Has No Walls, Khalid Abdalla, Magdy Ashour, Mohamed Morsi, Pierre Seyoufr, Ramy Essam, The Kite Runner, The Square

TIFF10 REVIEW: Wasted on the Young [2010]

Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 10, 2010 · 5 Comments

“Popular opinion is what you’re best at” Australian cinema has really surged lately with the likes of The Square and Animal Kingdom being released stateside this year. Newcomer Ben C. Lucas now throws his hat into the ring with the suspense drama Wasted on the Young. Described in the Toronto International Film Festival program book […]

Category drama, film features, film festival, film reviews, suspense/thriller, toronto international film festival · Tags Adelaide Clemens, Alex Russell, Animal Kingdom, Ben C. Lucas, Elephant, Gossip Girl, Gus Van Sant, Oliver Ackland, T.J. Power, The Square, TIFF, Tom Stokes, Toronto International Film Festival, Wasted on the Young

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