Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 23, 2015 · 1 Comment
“Sock on put” The writing team behind The Break-Up is back nine years later with their latest comedy The Wedding Ringer. While not a slog like their first feature—I found it painful at times—Jeremy Garelick (who also directs) and Jay Lavender‘s increased entertainment value unfortunately comes at the price of the whole being a complete […]
Category comedy, film reviews, romance · Tags Aaron Takahashi, Cloris Leachman, Colin Kane, Jay Lavender, Jeremy Garelick, Joe Namath, Jorge Garcia, Josh Gad, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Ken Howard, Kevin Hart, Nicky Whelan, Olivia Thirlby, Robert Towers, The Break-Up, The Hangover, The Wedding Planner, The Wedding Ringer, Wedding Crashers
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 5, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“That’s my credo, ‘No Ragrets’” An R-rated comedy shouldn’t possess a PG-rated heart. This is We’re the Millers’ main problem in my mind because while the profanity-laced adventure has a ton of laughs, one can’t help shake the feeling that it’s targeted to a 13-16 age group who won’t be allowed to buy a ticket. […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Bob Fisher, Bridesmaids, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Ed Helms, Emma Roberts, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, John Morris, Kathryn Hahn, Ken Marino, Luis Guzmán, Mark L. Young, Matthew Willig, Molly C. Quinn, Nick Offerman, Rawson Marshall Thurber, Sean Anders, Steve Faber, The Hangover, Thomas Lennon, Tomer Sisley, Wedding Crashers, We’re the Millers, Will Poulter
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 3, 2013 · 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 Alexis Bledel, Alexis Denisof, Ali, Amy Acker, Angel, Antonio Banderas, ARSONAL, Art Machine A Trailer Park Company, Bemis Balkind, Berberian Sound Studio, BLT Communications LLC, Brad Pitt, Brandon Routh, Byzantium, Carlos Areces, Channing Tatum, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Reeve, Cold Open, Concept Arts, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride, Dawn Patrol, Emily Watson, Enter the Void, Entourage, Epic, Evan Goldberg, FIVE33, Fran Kranz, Gemma Arterton, Gravillis Inc., Hank Azaria, Henry Cavill, I'm So Excited!, Ignition Print, Independence Day, J.J. Abrams, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Franco, Jamie Foxx, Jay Baruchel, John Cusack, Jonah Hill, Joss Whedon, Lola Dueñas, Man of Steel, Man Ray, Melissa McCarthy, Monsters Inc., Monsters University, Much Ado About Nothing, Oink Creative, Owen Wilson, P+A, Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, Roland Emmerich, Sandra Bullock, Saoirse Ronan, Seth Rogen, Sex and the City, Spider-Man 3, Spring Breakers, Star Trek Into Darkness, Superman Returns, The Bling Ring, The Day After Tomorrow, The Heat, The Internship, The Muppets, The Purge, The Right Stuff, The Smurfs, This is the End, Toby Jones, Vince Vaughn, Violet & Daisy, Wedding Crashers, White House Down, Will Smith, William Shakespeare, WORKS ADV, World War Z
Posted by Jared Mobarak on July 28, 2011 · 2 Comments
“Rotate your turret and go night night” It may be overly derisive to say, especially from a guy who watched Like Father Like Son and Vice Versa religiously during the late-80s, but The Change-Up has to end up being the laziest piece of cinema released this year. Scribed by the duo behind both Hangover flicks, […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags A Christmas Carol, Alan Arkin, Clay Pigeons, Craig Bierko, David Dobkin, Freaky Friday, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Gregory Itzin, Jason Bateman, Jon Lucas, Leslie Mann, Like Father Like Son, Olivia Wilde, Ryan Reynolds, Scott Moore, Sydney Rouviere, The Change-Up, The Hangover, Vice Versa, Wedding Crashers
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“… took more virgins than Francis Albert Sinatra” Sometimes all you need is a little Vince Vaughn. Don’t even ask how much I dreaded checking out The Dilemma despite him, due to the directed by Ron Howard label. I like the guy, don’t get me wrong, but his by-the-books Dan Brown adaptations were sorely lacking […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Allan Loeb, Channing Tatum, Dan Brown, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin James, New Amsterdam, Queen Latifah, Ron Howard, The Dark Tower, The Dilemma, The Jerry Springer Show, The King of Queens, Vince Vaughn, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Wedding Crashers, Winona Ryder
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment
“No, science is awesome” I will admit it first off, I dreaded this day—the day I was going to sit down and watch Fired Up! It’s a film about two high school football jocks that decide to go to cheer camp and attempt to make headway in an untapped market of females. Now when I […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Adhir Kalyan, Bring It On, David Walton, Elisha Dushku, Eric Christian Olsen, Even Stevens, Fired Up!, Hamlet 2, Jesse Bradford, John Michael Higgins, Juliette Goglia, Kirsten Dunst, Margo Harshman, National Lampoon's Animal House, Nicholas D’Agosto, Philip Baker Hall, Sarah Roemer, Wedding Crashers, Will Gluck
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 15, 2008 · 1 Comment
“I make a living” Maybe I was just in the mood for a romantic comedy with some intelligence, but as far as wondering if I liked this week’s Valentine’s release, I say … definitely. Wow, I just did that. Despite the horrible wordplay, I really found myself fall into this story of one man’s three […]
Category comedy, film reviews, romance · Tags Abigail Breslin, Adam Brooks, Beautiful Girls, Dakota Fanning, Definitely Maybe, Derek Luke, Elizabeth Banks, Heights, Isla Fisher, Kevin Corrigan, Kevin Kline, Kevin Smith, Love Actually, Rachel Weisz, Ryan Reynolds, The Lookout, Waiting ..., Wedding Crashers
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 7, 2007 · Leave a Comment
“Mikey’s all grows’d up” The early to mid-90s brought the world an insurgence of little indie films that could. Sure Clerks is looked upon as the movie that gave everyone the opportunity to say to himself, “Yes, I can do it”, but it is really Swingers that showed what an indie film could do. Kevin […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Alex Desert, Boogie Nights, Clerks, Doug Liman, Heather Graham, Jon Favreau, Kevin Smith, Office Space, Ron Livingston, Swingers, Vince Vaughn, Wedding Crashers
Posted by Jared Mobarak on June 16, 2006 · Leave a Comment
Before striking gold by teaming with Vince Vaughn in last year’s Wedding Crashers, director David Dobkin tabbed him for his debut Clay Pigeons. The movie had some buzz behind it upon its release in 1998, however I never got around to checking it out. A few months ago, while listening to my podcast of choice, […]
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