Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 6, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“Friends is just another class of victim” Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) “chose life” twenty years ago—or what he believed was the best chance at having one at the time. This on-again/off-again heroin junkie had just stolen the sixteen thousand pounds he and three friends (Jonny Lee Miller‘s Simon, Ewen Bremner‘s Spud, and Robert Carlyle‘s Begbie) […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags Anjela Nedyalkova, Danny Boyle, Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Irvine Welsh, John Hodge, Jonny Lee Miller, Kelly MacDonald, Pauline Turner, Porno, Robert Carlyle, Scot Greenan, Shirley Henderson, T2 Trainspotting, Trainspotting
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 29, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“Choose rotting away at the end of it all” There’s an undeniable energy to Danny Boyle‘s Trainspotting, a rush of excitement set to a pulse-pounding rock soundtrack that almost seems the antithesis of what it’s like to fall down into a heroin-fueled dreamy stupor. Even as the characters from Irvine Welsh‘s infamous novel stick themselves […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags Danny Boyle, Eileen Nicholas, Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Irvine Welsh, James Cosmo, John Hodge, Jonny Lee Miller, Kelly MacDonald, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Trainspotting
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“How can something be so euphoric and good and be so terrible?” The story of former “Inside Edition” senior correspondent Rick Kirkman is one of addiction and its debilitating impact on every aspect of life. While such a sentiment may seem anything but unique in a world where reality TV willfully puts addicts on the […]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to capitalize on this truth, releasing one-sheets to serve as not representations of what audiences are to expect, but as propaganda to fill […]
Category film features, posterized propaganda · Tags 21 Jump Street, Adrien Brody, Akiko Stehrenberger, Andrew Stanton, Attack the Block, Audrey Hepburn, Being Flynn, BLT & Associates, bpg, Casa de mi Padre, Channing Tatum, Clint Eastwood, Detachment, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, Dune, Eric Wareheim, FIVE33, Friends with Kids, Goon, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, I Love You Phillip Morris, Iconisus L&Y - Visual Communication Systems, Ignition Print, J.C. Richard, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Lawrence, John Carter, Jon Hamm, Jonah Hill, Julia Roberts, Kellerhouse Inc., Kristen Wiig, Le Cercle Noir, Liev Schreiber, Like Crazy, Lily Collins, Lucas Pittaway, Madman Entertainment, Mirror Mirror, Mondo Tees, Neil Patrick Harris, Project X, Seann William Scott, Snowtown, Sound of Noise, Star Wars, Super, Tangled, Tarsem Singh, Taylor Kitsch, The Arterie, The Boland Design Company, The Cimarron Group, The FP, The Hunger Games, The Killer Inside Me, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Raid: Redemption, The Snowtown Murders, The Thin Red Line, The Warriors, Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, Tim Heidecker, Trainspotting, TRON, Tyler Stout, WORKS ADV
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 30, 2010 · 3 Comments
“What do you think about these tiles?” I remember, when watching 15 Minutes back in 2001, thinking Vera Farmiga was an interesting foreigner playing quite well off of Ed Burns and Robert De Niro. Sadly, until five years later with a spate of high profile films leading to the A-list status she now holds, I […]
Category drama, film reviews · Tags 15 Minutes, Clint Jordan, Debra Granik, Down to the Bone, Ed Burns, Hugh Dillon, Rachel Getting Married, Requiem for a Dream, Robert De Niro, Snake Feed, Trainspotting, Vera Farmiga, Winter’s Bone
Posted by Jared Mobarak on May 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment
“That was longer than a heartbeat” In anticipation for the sequel 28 Weeks Later, I decided to revisit the superb zombie entry 28 Days Later from director Danny Boyle. I remember back to when I first started hearing the buzz about this film and how surprised I was that it came from the guy who […]
Category drama, film reviews, horror, science fiction · Tags 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, A Life Less Ordinary, Brendan Gleeson, Christopher Eccleston, Cillian Murphy, Danny Boyle, Megan Burns, Naomie Harris, Trainspotting
Posted by Jared Mobarak on October 29, 2006 · Leave a Comment
“I thought we agreed there’d be no cliches” I had always heard good things about this film, but never had the chance to check it out despite being a fan of Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting and 28 Days Later. A Life Less Ordinary has a lot of aspects that Boyle later used in his child fairy-tale […]
Category comedy, fantasy, romance · Tags 28 Days Later, A Life Less Ordinary, Cameron Diaz, Chasing Amy, Danny Boyle, Delroy Lindo, Ewan McGregor, Harvey Keitel, Holly Hunter, Leonardo DiCaprio, Maury Chaykin, Millions, REM, Reservoir Dogs, Stanley Tucci, Sunshine, The Beach, Tim Roth, Timothy Olyphant, Tony Shalhoub, Trainspotting
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 3, 1997 · Leave a Comment
(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 44 releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable) #15: Jerry Maguire directed by Cameron Crowe #14: The Birdcage directed by Mike Nichols #13: Primal Fear directed by Gregory Hoblit #12: Sling Blade directed byBilly Bob […]
Category top 10 films by year, top 10 lists · Tags Anthony Minghella, Basquiat, Baz Luhrmann, Beautiful Girls, Billy Bob Thornton, Bottle Rocket, Cameron Crowe, Danny Boyle, Doug Liman, Ethan Coen, Fargo, From Dusk Till Dawn, Gregory Hoblit, Hard Eight, Jerry Maguire, Joel Coen, Julian Schnabel, Mike Nichols, Paul Thomas Anderson, Primal Fear, Robert Rodriguez, Romeo + Juliet, Scott Hicks, Shine, Sling Blade, Swingers, Sydney, Ted Demme, The Birdcage, The English Patient, Trainspotting, Wes Anderson
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