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Review: Brooklyn [2015]

November 25th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“I’m not sure I have a home anymore” I believe a very crucial distinction should be made before going into director John Crowley and writer Nick Hornby‘s adaptation of Colm Tóibín‘s… more »

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Review: Meet The Patels [2015]

November 21st, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“If you wanted to get married you’d be married” The title Meet the Patels seemed strange for a movie about an almost-thirty year old Indian-American (Ravi Patel) allowing his parents to commence the process… more »

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Review: The 33 [2015]

November 13th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Aim to miss” As if being the international feel-good story of 2010 wasn’t enough, the Copiapó mining accident at the San José copper/gold mine in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile included… more »

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Review: Spectre [2015]

November 5th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“You’re a kite dancing in a hurricane, Mr. Bond” Remember that badass organization known as Quantum the deliciously vile Mr. White (Jesper Christensen) ran to terrorize James Bond (Daniel Craig) for two films?… more »

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Review: The Prophet [2015]

October 26th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“And yet you rise above them unbound” After watching the animated cinematic adaptation of Kahlil Gibran‘s The Prophet and hearing his prose poetry read out loud, I can understand both the critical pause and… more »

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Review: Bridge Of Spies [2015]

October 16th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“So everyone will hate me, but at least I’ll lose” I’m sure it was a foregone conclusion that Steven Spielberg would choose to directMatt Charman‘s Bridge of Spies himself the instant it crossed… more »

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Review: Pan [2015]

October 9th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Is this Canada?” For whatever reason the American public has been fascinated with “origin” stories attempting to give meaning to some of the most iconic adversarial relationships in literary and film… more »

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Review: Sleeping With Other People [2015]

October 2nd, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Mousetrap” It has to overcome a pretty shaky start—mostly due to leads Jason Sudeikis (Jake) and Alison Brie (Lainey) playing Columbia undergrads—but Leslye Headlands‘ comedy Sleeping with Other… more »

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Review: The Visit [2015]

September 24th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Swerve” It’s no secret that M. Night Shyamalan needed a winner after a string of box office and commercial failures. Firmly in the minority saying The Village and Lady in the Water are his two best—the… more »

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Review: Black Mass [2015]

September 18th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“If nobody sees it, it didn’t happen” The story of Southie crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger (Johnny Depp) is perfectly suited for a sprawling, character-driven cinematic adaptation because of the… more »

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Review: Meru [2015]

September 11th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“The best alpinists are the ones with the worst memory” You have to be a little bit crazy to mountain climb. If I didn’t know from experience,Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi‘s documentary Meru… more »

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Review: The Diary Of A Teenage Girl [2015]

September 4th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“And now the making of a harlot” You don’t realize what might be missing from a film until it’s staring you in the face elsewhere. I love The Perks of Being a Wallflower for its universality,… more »

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Review: American Ultra [2015]

August 28th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“We fired the ugly one” When there are only seven basic plots—as the saying goes—to implicitly choose from as a screenwriter, genre-bending homage becomes the sole path towards creativity. So while Max… more »

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Review: Straight Outta Compton [2015]

August 20th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Speak a little truth and people lose their minds” NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton is a conventional biopic. And I hate conventional biopics. It’s therefore a good thing its story is anything but.… more »

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Review: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. [2015]

August 14th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Inside every Kraut is an American trying to get out” Writer/director Guy Ritchie is like that band all my friends dismiss because they think every song in their discography sounds the same to which I reply,… more »

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Review: Dark Places [2015]

August 6th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

If Gillian Flynn wasn’t the “It” author after the phenomenon that was Gone Girl the book, she surely was once David Fincher adapted it into a huge moneymaking win. What’s… more »

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Review: Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation [2015]

July 30th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Face your fate” It’s amazing what a few years can do for a celebrity’s image. From couch-jumping in love to rumors of getting written out of the fourth Mission: Impossible installment despite… more »

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Review: Trainwreck [2015]

July 23rd, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Monogamy isn’t realistic” Here I thought I could blame the editor for why Judd Apatow‘s films have been lackluster and overlong since The 40-Year-Old Virgin only to discover his latestTrainwreck is… more »

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Review: Ant-Man [2015]

July 15th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

"Just a tall-tale” You can tell as soon as it happens where the Marvel machine broke Edgar Wrightand Joe Cornish, the two guys who had been developing Ant-Man to their singular vision since before… more »

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Review: The Gallows [2015]

July 9th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“He’s going to choke like Charlie” Something doesn’t add up. It does if coincidence is the name of the game (and it is), but that doesn’t make it plausible to accept any revelations Travis Cluff and Chris… more »

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Review: Me And Earl And The Dying Girl [2015]

June 30th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Respect the research” Alfonso Gomez-Rejon‘s Me and Earl and the Dying Girl can be described asThe Fault in Our Stars meets Be Kind Rewind. While the correlation to the latter is nearly identical… more »

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Review: Manglehorn [2015]

June 25th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“I’m losing hope in tomorrow” Upon being asked whether he knows he’s a son-of-a-bitch or not, A.J. Manglehorn (Al Pacino) replies matter-of-factly with, “Yes. Maybe a little. Aren’t we all?”… more »

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Review: Inside Out [2015]

June 19th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“I call it the Happy Core Memory Development Program” The simplest ideas really are the greatest and Pixar’s made a legacy built on just such an ideal. They brought toys to life as living companions caring for… more »

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Review: When Marnie Was There [2014]

June 12th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“I wish for a normal life everyday” If Studio Ghibli ends up closing shop as announced, we can be glad their final film is a winner with the heart and soul we’ve come to love from Hayao Miyazakiand the… more »

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Review: How To Save Us [2014]

June 4th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Have you seen mom and dad yet since they’ve died” A plague has decimated Tasmania to the point where everyone is either dead or evacuated. Everyone but Sam Everett (Coy Jandreau), the youngest of three siblings… more »

Review: Brooklyn [2015]

Review: Meet The Patels [2015]

Review: The 33 [2015]

Review: Spectre [2015]

Review: The Prophet [2015]

Review: Bridge Of Spies [2015]

Review: Pan [2015]

Review: Sleeping With Other People [2015]

Review: The Visit [2015]

Review: Black Mass [2015]

Review: Meru [2015]

Review: The Diary Of A Teenage Girl [2015]

Review: American Ultra [2015]

Review: Straight Outta Compton [2015]

Review: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. [2015]

Review: Dark Places [2015]

Review: Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation [2015]

Review: Trainwreck [2015]

Review: Ant-Man [2015]

Review: The Gallows [2015]

Review: Me And Earl And The Dying Girl [2015]

Review: Manglehorn [2015]

Review: Inside Out [2015]

Review: When Marnie Was There [2014]

Review: How To Save Us [2014]

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