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Review: Ready Player One [2018]

March 29th, 2018 by Jared Mobarak

“Ninjas don’t hug” You can’t help but drown within the pop culture vacuum of Ernest Cline‘s Ready Player One while reading. He throws references left and right—most often for… more »

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Review: Unsane [2018]

March 23rd, 2018 by Jared Mobarak

“Your life slips away from you, you know?” The tagline to Steven Soderbergh‘s Unsane reads as follows: “Is she or isn’t she?” Its context stems from Sawyer Valentini (Claire… more »

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“You’re still you” There have been crazier premises for coming-of-age romantic comedies than having the lead fall in love via email with someone they’re afraid they’ll never meet. Unrequited love… more »

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Review: A Fantastic Woman [2017]

March 9th, 2018 by Jared Mobarak

“You didn’t have to treat me like a criminal” One of the worst experiences we endure is the loss of a loved one. It’s inevitable and yet no amount of preparation can truly soften the blow when it occurs.… more »

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Picking Winners at the 90th Annual Academy Awards

March 2nd, 2018 by Jared Mobarak

The 90th Annual Academy Awards hits airwaves Sunday, March 4th, 2018 at 8:00pm on ABC. For those handicapping at home, here are the guesses of Buffalo film fanatics Christopher Schobert, William Altreuter, and myself.… more »

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Review: Annihilation [2018]

February 24th, 2018 by Jared Mobarak

“Sometimes it’s beautiful” Reflections have been the subject of many fantasies, whether it’s Through the Looking-Glass or Poltergeist III. The notion that a double exists in a different… more »

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Review: Black Panther [2018]

February 16th, 2018 by Jared Mobarak

“We had to maintain the lie” It’s easy to forget how important Creed was to getting this specific Black Panther made. From Wesley Snipes wanting to get something off the ground… more »

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Review: Winchester [2018]

February 3rd, 2018 by Jared Mobarak

“I died” You wouldn’t think to use the word timely to describe a horror movie about a place known as the Winchester Mystery House wherein a black lace-veiled woman feels the presence of ghosts and locks them… more »

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Review: Maze Runner: The Death Cure [2018]

January 31st, 2018 by Jared Mobarak

“It’s about knowing when you’ve lost” Could you sacrifice a percentage of the population if it meant saving mankind in its entirety? What about if it merely gave you a chance at that salvation? These are… more »

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Review: Call Me By Your Name [2017]

January 20th, 2018 by Jared Mobarak

“‘Cause I wanted you to know” It wasn’t until three-quarters of the way through Luca Guadagnino‘s Call Me By Your Name that I finally began to understand the almost universal praise… more »

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Review: The Post

January 19th, 2018 by Trudy Cusella

The Post is a Steven Spielberg crowd pleaser: a better-then-average movie starring Meryl Streep as Kathryn Graham and and Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee. It offers great performances, lots of melodramatic moments and a tacked… more »

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Review: Paddington 2 [2017]

January 13th, 2018 by Jared Mobarak

“Where all your dreams come true” In true children’s book fashion, Paddington’s (Ben Whishaw) continuing adventures in London alongside the Brown family (Hugh Bonneville‘s Henry, Sally Hawkins‘… more »

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Review: Molly's Game [2017]

January 9th, 2018 by Jared Mobarak

“I’ll bet heavy on the favorite” There’s a common theme throughout much of Aaron Sorkin‘s work the past few years of focusing on the unlikely redeemable qualities of figures easily reduced and… more »

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Review: Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle [2017]

December 29th, 2017 by Jared Mobarak

“Find the missing piece” The end of Jumanji shows Alan and Sarah chaining up the board game before throwing it over a bridge into water. Later we see it washed ashore on a beach, buried in the sand with… more »

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Review: The Shape Of Water [2017]

December 22nd, 2017 by Jared Mobarak

“We’re all alone” Leave it to Guillermo del Toro to create an adult fantasy in the vein of Beauty and the Beast wherein there is no “beauty,” only the “other.” It’s… more »

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Review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi [2017]

December 18th, 2017 by Jared Mobarak

“No one is ever really gone” If you ever saw a kids show during the Aughts you’ll be familiar with the educational tactic of repeating a message over and over again throughout an episode before repeating that… more »

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Review: The Disaster Artist [2017]

December 8th, 2017 by Jared Mobarak

“Give me your pinky” If I hadn’t known already, James Franco‘s The Disaster Artist confirms it: I’m not a connoisseur of the “cringe laugh.” I’ve always been the… more »

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Review: Loving Vincent [2017]

December 1st, 2017 by Jared Mobarak

“Life can even bring down the strong” The stats are incredible: 125 artists animating a feature-length film over seven years based on 800 personal letters with 65,000 individually-painted oil frames. You read those… more »

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Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [2017]

November 26th, 2017 by Jared Mobarak

“It’s hard to know what to do” It’s no coincidence that the dumbest character in Martin McDonagh‘s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri says the most revealing line of dialogue… more »

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Review: Justice League [2017]

November 17th, 2017 by Jared Mobarak

“I don’t have to recognize it. I just have to save it.” There are a lot of haters out there—those who pile on Zack Snyder, the DC Extended Universe, and both. I’m not one of them. But that doesn’t… more »

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Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer [2017]

November 10th, 2017 by Jared Mobarak

“You’re too young to worry” Writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos is an artist who deals with consequences through elaborately skewed and often-uncomfortable scenarios just left of the off-putting spot… more »

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Review: Thor: Ragnarok [2017]

November 3rd, 2017 by Jared Mobarak

“Good luck with that, new Doug!” Marvel fatigue has officially hit me, but less like a ton of bricks than like a nagging sense that the studio is merely going through the motions. Unfortunately, this slow unraveling… more »

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Review: The Florida Project [2017]

October 27th, 2017 by Jared Mobarak

“What are you playing?” It’s hard not to think about another A24-produced film while watching Sean Baker‘s The Florida Project. The themes it presents as its impoverished central characters barely… more »

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Review: Only The Brave [2017]

October 23rd, 2017 by Jared Mobarak

“Decide what you live for and what you can live without” Interagency Hotshot Crews are twenty-person teams of Type 1 firefighters that exceed all experience, training, and fitness requirements of that designation.… more »

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Review: The Foreigner [2017]

October 16th, 2017 by Jared Mobarak

“Trust or fear” I like a good action thriller without a clear target because it allows the story to develop where cat and mouse chases usually reside. Martin Campbell‘s The Foreigner is a good… more »

Review: Ready Player One [2018]

Review: Unsane [2018]

Review: Love, Simon [2018]

Review: A Fantastic Woman [2017]

Picking Winners at the 90th Annual Academy Awards

Review: Annihilation [2018]

Review: Black Panther [2018]

Review: Winchester [2018]

Review: Maze Runner: The Death Cure [2018]

Review: Call Me By Your Name [2017]

Review: The Post

Review: Paddington 2 [2017]

Review: Molly's Game [2017]

Review: Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle [2017]

Review: The Shape Of Water [2017]

Review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi [2017]

Review: The Disaster Artist [2017]

Review: Loving Vincent [2017]

Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [2017]

Review: Justice League [2017]

Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer [2017]

Review: Thor: Ragnarok [2017]

Review: The Florida Project [2017]

Review: Only The Brave [2017]

Review: The Foreigner [2017]

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