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Review: Roar [1981]

May 28th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“They’re not trained cats. They’re just my friends.” Disparaging Roar as a film means nothing in the grand scheme of things when no one will ever watch it as a movie above the near-deadly document… more »

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Review: Tomorrowland [2015]

May 22nd, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Which wolf wins?” The only constant the future holds is how today’s will look nothing like tomorrow’s. It would have been an amazing experience to see the vision Walt Disney had for his Experimental… more »

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Review: Pitch Perfect 2 [2015]

May 18th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“And there are the props” A surprise hit from 2012, Pitch Perfect was more than hype. It was good. Good enough for a sequel? Sure. I was excited to see what might happen until the trailer dropped. Boy did… more »

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Review: Man From Reno [2015]

May 7th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Every time I sit down to write” The best part of Dave Boyle‘s Man From Reno is its construction. He introduces Aki Akahori (Ayako Fujitani) and Sheriff Del Moral (Pepe Serna) separately, each… more »

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Review: Avengers: Age Of Ultron [2015]

April 30th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“It wasn’t a nightmare. It was a legacy.” He may not have been there at the start, but Joss Whedon stewarded the Marvel Cinematic Universe through its make or break stage. It was one thing to give… more »

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Review: Ex Machina [2015]

April 23rd, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“The history of man? That’s the history of Gods.” Artificial intelligence isn’t new. It’s in video games, toys, software platforms—most computer systems we interact with daily possess it in… more »

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While We’re Young

April 17th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“She is a mess. And an ugly eater.” I hated While We’re Young—a fact that actually increases my already healthy dose of respect for writer/director Noah Baumbach. He’s a filmmaker with… more »

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Review: Home [2015]

April 9th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“I’m the interrupting cow! Moo!” While it didn’t need help on its way to a fifty million dollar opening weekend,Home may have benefited from a G-rating. Its journey in search of family taken by Oh… more »

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Review: It Follows [2015]

April 4th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“How about that woman in the yellow dress?” It was only a matter of time before horror literally made an STD monster. With the trope of sex leading to one’s demise so prevalent in the genre, it makes sense to… more »

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Relatos Salvejes [Wild Tales] [2014]

March 26th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Crime of passion?” Best. Wedding. Ever. And trip to the bureaucratic black hole that is government sanctioned towing. And expertly planned, faux fateful airline flight this side of“Lost”. I mean it. Damián… more »

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Review: Chappie [2015]

March 20th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“I want to go home” I understand the general public not wanting to go as far into sci-fi as Neill Blomkamp goes with Chappie—although they loved the similar lengths of District 9—but… more »

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Review: Song of the Sea [2014]

March 12th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“You’re going to be the best big brother in the world” Writer/director Tomm Moore received the okay to contemporize his peoples’ folklore from the seanachai he listened to while growing up in… more »

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A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night

March 5th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Are you a good boy or not?” The comparisons are so spot-on that I knew critics before me had made the same parallels before even looking. Ana Lily Amirpour‘s debut feature A Girl Walks Home Alone… more »

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Review: Leviathan [2014]

February 27th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“These animals are not the whole town” It doesn’t get much bleaker or more cynical than Andrey Zvyagintsev‘sЛевиафан [Leviathan]. He and cowriter Oleg Negin were inspired by many… more »

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Picking Winners at the 87th Annual Academy Awards

February 20th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

Things look pretty cut and dry where the Academy is concerned in 2015. The Oscars are always a somewhat watered-down look at what really mattered in the past year of cinema and this installment is no exception. In fact, it may… more »

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Review: Still Alice [2014]

February 19th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“I knew I shouldn’t have had that champagne” There’s little scarier in this world than a debilitating disease like Alzheimer’s. You may initially feel a sentiment as shared by the titular Alice (Julianne… more »

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Review: Mr. Turner [2014]

February 13th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Nothing comes from nothing, Madam” I was not aware of J.M.W. Turner (Timothy Spall) before hearing about Mike Leigh‘s latest film depicting the final quarter century of his life, Mr. Turner. I’ve… more »

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Review: [Kaguyahime No Monogatari] [The Tale Of The Princess Kagua] [2013]

February 5th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“That was Heaven telling us who she’d grow into” There is no questioning whether [Kaguyahime no monogatari] [The Tale of The Princess Kaguya] is an extraordinary work of art. The beauty of its… more »

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Review: A Most Violent Year [2014]

January 29th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“You’ll never do anything harder than staring someone in the eye and telling them the truth” I remember being surprised when Margin Call—the little movie that could—came out. Writer/director J.C.… more »

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Review: American Sniper [2014]

January 22nd, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Dude, that’s evil like I’ve never seen before” It doesn’t matter if you’re Chris Kyle or any one of the countless war veterans readjusting to civilian life stateside, half the country… more »

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Review: Selma [2014]

January 15th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“God was the first to cry” A civil war waged on Alabaman soil in 1965 whether President Lyndon B. Johnson felt holding off on a bill negating the South’s tactics to bar African American citizens from voting… more »

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Review: Inherent Vice [2014]

January 8th, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Something Spanish” While no stranger to comedy, writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson had yet to go full screwball as he does with Thomas Pynchon‘s Inherent Vice. I shouldn’t say “full”… more »

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Review: Wild [2014]

January 2nd, 2015 by Jared Mobarak

“Cold mush dreams” The cinematic adaptation of Cheryl Strayed‘s memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail seems to be getting pigeonholed hard as being solely a tale of female… more »

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Review: The Gambler [2014]

December 25th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“I think you’re the kind of guy who likes to lose” I was very surprised to see James Toback‘s name as Executive Producer on The Gambler remake after reading a 2011 editorial explaining how he found out… more »

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Review: Unbroken [2014]

December 24th, 2014 by Jared Mobarak

“If you can take it you can make it” Universal Pictures has possessed the rights to Louie Zamperini’s life story since 1957 with good cause considering its scope spanning a troubled childhood, Olympic glory,… more »

Review: Roar [1981]

Review: Tomorrowland [2015]

Review: Pitch Perfect 2 [2015]

Review: Man From Reno [2015]

Review: Avengers: Age Of Ultron [2015]

Review: Ex Machina [2015]

While We’re Young

Review: Home [2015]

Review: It Follows [2015]

Relatos Salvejes [Wild Tales] [2014]

Review: Chappie [2015]

Review: Song of the Sea [2014]

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night

Review: Leviathan [2014]

Picking Winners at the 87th Annual Academy Awards

Review: Still Alice [2014]

Review: Mr. Turner [2014]

Review: [Kaguyahime No Monogatari] [The Tale Of The Princess Kagua] [2013]

Review: A Most Violent Year [2014]

Review: American Sniper [2014]

Review: Selma [2014]

Review: Inherent Vice [2014]

Review: Wild [2014]

Review: The Gambler [2014]

Review: Unbroken [2014]

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