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Review: Money Monster [2016]

May 14th, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“It’s time to throw some punches” The show must and will go on. This is the lesson Jodie Foster‘s latest thriller Money Monster provides above its suspense-fueled look into corporate greed and Wall… more »

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Review: Captain America: Civil War [2016]

May 8th, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“Victory at the expense of the innocent is no victory at all” We’ve officially approached the apex of the Marvel Cinematic Universe wherein films cannot be about one single character anymore. The Infinity Wars… more »

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Review: A Hologram For The King [2016]

April 30th, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“Look. They are sweeping sand in the desert.” If you’re doubling-down on the existential content of your film as soon as it begins, you can do worse than Talking Heads classic “Once in a Lifetime”.… more »

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Review: The Huntsman: Winter's War [2016]

April 22nd, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“Do not love. It’s a sin and I will not forgive it.” They tricked me. Yes, the deflective, vague, and completely false marketing campaign had me believing—no matter how slim the chances were considering… more »

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Review: The Jungle Book [2016]

April 14th, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“You did not respond to reason so now you will know fear” Looking back at Disney’s 1967 adaptation of Rudyard Kipling‘s The Jungle Bookobjectively may surprise you as it’s little more than a sing-a-long… more »

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Review: Eye In The Sky [2016]

April 8th, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“Never tell a soldier he doesn’t know the cost of war” How do you simultaneously become hero and martyr in twenty-first century warfare? You find yourself unwittingly lodged within the kill zone of a high value… more »

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Review: Knight Of Cups [2016]

April 3rd, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“You’re still the love of my life. Should I tell you that?” The evolution of Terrence Malick is a fascinating one. From regular narrative structure to voiceover-driven epics to visual poems, his style has been… more »

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REVIEW: Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice [2016]

March 24th, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“Ignorance is not the same as innocence” Director and steward of Warner Bros.’s entire DC Comic universe—for better or worse depending on your personal opinion of the man’s portfolio—Zack Snyder has… more »

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Review: Bølgen [The Wave][2015]

March 19th, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“Can people in the area be warned in time?” I don’t love disaster films. In many cases the genre becomes a venue for explosive visual effects at the detriment of quality acting and resonate emotion. Hollywood… more »

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Review: Triple 9 [2016]

March 11th, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“Better him than me” No matter how exciting it is to see a film with the cast John Hillcoat assembled onTriple 9, the old adage “less is more” still stands. The issue with having so many “main characters”… more »

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Review: Zootopia [2016]

March 4th, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“Where anyone can be anything” In the tradition of Happy Feet (climate change) and Monsters University(fraternity life), Disney’s Zootopia has transposed adult themes onto PG-rated family fare again. Whereas… more »

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Review: Eddie The Eagle [2016]

February 26th, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“Come on, man. Be a wing of a bird.” I was a freshman in high school when we traveled to Lake Placid as part of an Earth Science field trip. One of our main stops was the old 1980 Olympic compound, the most exciting… more »

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Review: Deadpool [2016]

February 19th, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“Maximum effort” The fact Deadpool is in theaters should have fans and detractors of the superhero “genre” excited because it signals a burst of creativity within an otherwise stagnant artistic avenue.… more »

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Picking Winners At The 88th Annual Academy Awards

February 17th, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

For those handicapping at home, here are the guesses of Buffalo film fanatics Christopher Schobert,William Altreuter, and myself. Jared Mobarak: Here’s hoping Chris Rock does his best Ricky Gervais as far as not caring… more »

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Review: 45 Years [2015]

February 12th, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“She’d look like she was from 1962 and I look like this” Half a century is a long time—enough to believe you know everything about the person you’ve spent it with lovingly and happily. But what do… more »

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Review: Hail, Caesar! [2016]

February 5th, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“It’s all in the hips, the lips, the eyes, and the thighs” You don’t think much when you read the Coen Brothers have been bouncing Hail, Caesar! around since 2004. After all, they’re prolific auteurs… more »

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Review: Mustang [2015]

January 29th, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“At least something will happen” While intriguing for France to select a film in Arabic as their sole Foreign Language Oscar hopeful, you cannot deny Mustang‘s quality. Academy rules center around financial… more »

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Review: Anomalisa [2015]

January 22nd, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“Nah. That’s British Airways.” Leave it to Charlie Kaufman to write a play about human connection and have it be just three actors who don’t physically interact—two playing single characters and… more »

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Review: Concussion [2015]

January 15th, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“Tell the truth” As of September of 2015 it was reported that 87 former NFL players tested positive for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) out of the 91 deceased men researchers at Boston University autopsied.… more »

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Review: The Revenant [2015]

January 8th, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“As long as you can still grab a breath … you fight” If we’re to go by the setting of Michael Punke‘s novel The Revenant on which Mark L. Smith based his script—director Alejandro González… more »

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Review: The Hateful Eight [2015]

January 2nd, 2016 by Jared Mobarak

“Well I’ll be double-dog damned” It appears Quentin Tarantino has decided to go back to his roots by making his eighth feature film The Hateful Eight in the same vein as his debut Reservoir Dogs—namely… more »

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Review: Carol [2015]

December 26th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

"How many times have you been in love?” Director Todd Haynes‘ latest period romance Carol is nothing short of impeccable. From the acting to the cinematography to the art direction to Carter Burwell‘s gorgeous… more »

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Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens [2015]

December 18th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“There’s still light inside of him” First thing’s first: there’s probably spoilers in this review. Because let’s face it, anything besides me plainly stating that I loved it is construed as… more »

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Review: Creed [2015]

December 11th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Now that we’re family, who won that third fight?” The question on everyone’s mind gets answered immediately in Ryan Coogler‘sCreed: How can Michael B. Jordan be Apollo Creed’s son if he was… more »

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Review: Spotlight [2015]

December 4th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“What arraignment?” If Thomas McCarthy’s maligned fairy tale The Cobbler provided any help in securing money to put his script Spotlight in front of cameras, it was worth every disparaging word thrown its way.… more »

Review: Money Monster [2016]

Review: Captain America: Civil War [2016]

Review: A Hologram For The King [2016]

Review: The Huntsman: Winter's War [2016]

Review: The Jungle Book [2016]

Review: Eye In The Sky [2016]

Review: Knight Of Cups [2016]

REVIEW: Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice [2016]

Review: Bølgen [The Wave][2015]

Review: Triple 9 [2016]

Review: Zootopia [2016]

Review: Eddie The Eagle [2016]

Review: Deadpool [2016]

Picking Winners At The 88th Annual Academy Awards

Review: 45 Years [2015]

Review: Hail, Caesar! [2016]

Review: Mustang [2015]

Review: Anomalisa [2015]

Review: Concussion [2015]

Review: The Revenant [2015]

Review: The Hateful Eight [2015]

Review: Carol [2015]

Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens [2015]

Review: Creed [2015]

Review: Spotlight [2015]

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