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Review: Jersey Boys [2014]

June 19th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“Aren’t you supposed to be home by eleven?” The end credits of Clint Eastwood‘s Jersey Boys steal the show. A bombastic number lasting a couple minutes has the entire cast singing “December… more »

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“Something cool!” I really wished 22 Jump Street‘s one-note joke would sustain. I really did. I even forgave the first thirty minutes lulling me to sleep with cute references to its increased production… more »

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Review: Edge of Tomorrow [2014]

June 5th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“The only thing missing is you” When a script is placed on The Black List—an unauthorized survey of the “best” unproduced screenplays making the rounds—it’s generally a calling card for… more »

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REVIEW: X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST [2014]

May 29th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“Mind the glass” If you have a storyline at your disposal capable of continuing two separate iterations of a single cinematic franchise simultaneously, you’d be a laughing stock not to take it. Credit Fox for… more »

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Review: Million Dollar Arm [2014]

May 22nd, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“That better have been filtered water” The seventh and final season of “Mad Men” has begun yet star Jon Hamm is only now getting his first leading man role in a feature film. So why… more »

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Review: Godzilla [2014]

May 15th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“Let them fight” The reason Gareth Edwards‘ rebooted Godzilla proves so effective is that it retains the thematic essence of its 1954 ancestor, Gojira. Still an over-arching metaphor for… more »

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Review: Neighbors [2014]

May 10th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“We should go Mom tipping later” After respectively writing and directing a short film that dealt with a manchild living in a storage unit who befriends one of the employees in hopes to stay,Brendan O’Brien and Andrew… more »

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Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 [2014]

May 4th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“You still blow dry your hair every morning?” It’s time to embrace the comic aspect of comic book films. I’m sorry, but it is.Christopher Nolan‘s time on the Dark Knight Trilogy is over… more »

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Review: Under the Skin [2014]

May 2nd, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“Do you want to touch my neck?” Some movies require you to take a pause so they may settle into your consciousness and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that those are generally the good ones. It could… more »

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Review: Draft Day [2014]

April 24th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“Who’s the most desperate guy you know?” You’ve gotta love a prerelease screening Buffalo audience applauding for a skyline aerial of their beloved city and Ralph Wilson Stadium, oblivious to the fact Scott… more »

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Review: Transcendence [2014]

April 17th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“They say there’s power in Boston” With a trailer digitizing Johnny Depp and electronic machinery created out of thin air, it’s an understatement to say I was surprised the beginning of Transcendence introduced… more »

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Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel [2014]

April 10th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“Who’s got the throat-slitter?” The films of Wes Anderson have always resided in some sort of parallel universe full of stylistic flights of fancy, but never has one been so completely defined by its… more »

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Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier [2014]

April 5th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“I thought you were more than just a shield?” Despite what’s been said the past couple weeks, Marvel still hasn’t released that “A” film quite yet. Don’t get me wrong: the universe they… more »

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Review: Noah [2014]

March 31st, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“Maybe we’ll learn to be kind” Religion likes to talk about mercy, forgiveness, and acceptance as though such grace was instilled in humanity before we decided to ignore it for carnal pleasure, bloodlust, and… more »

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Review: Divergent [2014]

March 27th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“Faction before blood” Like it or not, the twenty-first century has brought cultural alterations. For instance, the conversation about futuristic dystopias and/or social upheaval no longer includes 1984, Brave… more »

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Review: Muppets Most Wanted [2014]

March 21st, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“It’s not easy being … mean” Is it a coincidence the Muppet renaissance follows the same trajectory as its subjects’ original cinematic saga? 2011′s The Muppets was enjoyable if… more »

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TOP FILMS OF 2013: A year in cinema to write about

March 18th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

This list is accurate as of post-date. So many films and not enough time to see them all-222 features seen this year-the potential for future change is inevitable, but as of today here are the best … 2013 has been a banner… more »

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Review: Veronica Mars [2014]

March 15th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“And you have what we in the business call a crazy-ass murder wall” Are you Team Piz? Team Logan? Do you have any clue what I’m talking about? Well, if it’s the latter I’m prescribing you rent all… more »

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Review: Odd Thomas [2014]

March 13th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“I may see dead people, but by God I do something about it” It’s August 14th in Pico Mundo, CA and the world is about to end. Well, not the world per se, but the community young Odd Thomas (Anton Yelchin) resides.… more »

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Review: 300: Rise of an Empire [2014]

March 9th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“Fear his freedom!” This is what a copy of a copy looks like. It pretends to be equal to the original—and in some aspects proves to be exactly the same—yet arrives seven years after everything its groundbreaking… more »

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Review: Winter's Tale [2014]

March 6th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“For even time and distance are not what they appear to be” Can you buy a world where angels and demons walk alongside humans, gently coaxing us onto a path of righteousness or evil in order to tip the scales of eternity… more »

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Review: Non-Stop [2014]

February 28th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“Status?” This film could have just as easily been called Deflection as Non-Stop because screenwriters John W. Richardson, Christopher Roach, and Ryan Engle (none of whom instill… more »

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Review: The Monuments Men [2013]

February 27th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“Present company expected” There was real potential for George Clooney‘s The Monuments Men to turn into a broad comedy about a hapless band of seven working their way through Europe in search… more »

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Review: American Hustle [2013]

February 19th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“Don’t put metal in the science box” Director David O. Russell has said I Heart Huckabees was a transitional film for him wherein he took a break, took stock, and came back with the drive… more »

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Review: Philomena [2013]

February 12th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“No one’s interested in Russian bloody history” The dreaded ‘human interest story’—a tale about naively ignorant folk read by naively ignorant folk. I paraphrase what wrongly disgraced journalistMartin… more »

Review: Jersey Boys [2014]

Review: 22 Jump Street [2014]

Review: Edge of Tomorrow [2014]

REVIEW: X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST [2014]

Review: Million Dollar Arm [2014]

Review: Godzilla [2014]

Review: Neighbors [2014]

Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 [2014]

Review: Under the Skin [2014]

Review: Draft Day [2014]

Review: Transcendence [2014]

Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel [2014]

Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier [2014]

Review: Noah [2014]

Review: Divergent [2014]

Review: Muppets Most Wanted [2014]

TOP FILMS OF 2013: A year in cinema to write about

Review: Veronica Mars [2014]

Review: Odd Thomas [2014]

Review: 300: Rise of an Empire [2014]

Review: Winter's Tale [2014]

Review: Non-Stop [2014]

Review: The Monuments Men [2013]

Review: American Hustle [2013]

Review: Philomena [2013]

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