Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“Weird to meet you” It appears it was only a matter of time before author Lee Child—or Jim Grant to his parents—saw the sole protagonist of his life’s work on the big screen. Jack Reacher is the type of character audiences adore; one easily catered towards the sequel model paved by Tom Clancy‘s Jack Ryan […]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Christopher McQuarrie, David Oyelowo, Die Hard, Jack Reacher, Jai Courtney, Joseph Sikora, Lee Child, One Shot, Person of Interest, Richard Jenkins, Robert Duvall, Rosamund Pike, The Usual Suspects, The Way of the Gun, Tom Clancy, Tom Cruise, Werner Herzog
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 10, 2010 · 3 Comments
“See, anyone is capable of murder” The poster for Joon-ho Bong’s newest work 마더 [Mother], along with the one word title, screams thriller where the mother at hand will do anything for her child. Bin Won’s Yoon Do-joon appears wide-eyed and scared, hiding himself behind Hye-ja Kim, a woman with steely determination to protect him. […]
Category drama, film reviews, foreign, suspense/thriller · Tags Bin Won, Hye-ja Kim, Joon-ho Bong, Korean, Ku Jin, Madeo, Mother, Mun-hee Na, The Usual Suspects
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment
“Long live sacred Germany” Bryan Singer returns to a world that isn’t inhabited with superheroes, joining an old friend in screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie, a partnership that last resulted in The Usual Suspects. The question then becomes whether lightning can strike twice and if Tom Cruise’s thoughts that it would, by producing it as his second […]
Category drama, film reviews, war · Tags Bill Nighy, Bryan Singer, Carice van Houten, Christian Berkel, Christopher McQuarrie, Eddie Izzard, Lions for Lambs, Superman Returns, Terence Stamp, The Usual Suspects, Thomas Kretschmann, Tom Cruise, Tom Wilkinson, Valkyrie, X-Men
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 10, 2008 · 1 Comment
“Medium esteem” I’m not quite sure what I think about James L. Brooks’ Terms of Endearment. Here is a film that won best picture at the 1984 Oscars, beating out a favorite of mine, The Big Chill. Everyone I talk to says they love it and here I am feeling a tad lukewarm on the […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 16, 2007 · Leave a Comment
“A vision of forgiveness beyond the grave” I now can say I have seen a Pedro Almodóvar film in the theatre. Sure I saw five of the eight films included in ¡Viva Pedro!, but those were dvd projections, while Volver was the real thing (as evidenced by it catching fire causing the six or so […]
Category drama, film reviews, foreign · Tags Abre los ojos, Alejandro Amenábar, Carmen Maura, Carne trémula, Chus Lampreave, Hable con ella, Lola Dueñas, Mar adentro, Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, Spanish, The Usual Suspects, Todo sobre mi madre, Vanilla Sky, Volver, ¡Viva Pedro!
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 3, 1996 · Leave a Comment
(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 40 releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable) #15: Billy Madison directed by Tamra Davis #14: Get Shorty directed by Barry Sonnenfeld #13: Dead Man directed by Jim Jarmusch #12: La Citè des enfants Perdus[The […]
Category top 10 films by year, top 10 lists · Tags 12 Monkeys, Barry Sonnenfeld, Before Sunrise, Billy Madison, Braveheart, Bryan Singer, Casino, David Fincher, Dead Man, Dead Man Walking, Get Shorty, Heat, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jim Jarmusch, John Lasseter, Kathryn Bigelow, La Citè des enfants Perdus, Leaving Las Vegas, Martin Scorsese, Mel Gibson, Michael Mann, Mike Figgis, Richard Linklater, Se7en, Strange Days, Tamra Davis, Terry Gilliam, The City of Lost Children, The Usual Suspects, Tim Robbins, Toy Story
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