Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“Who will buy my sweet red roses?” While I’m reasonably sure I have never seen Carol Reed’s Oscar winning Oliver!, I do recall attending a live performance of it during elementary school. If you asked me two and a half hours ago to give a summation or describe my favorite moments, I would have returned [...]
Category #003 Movie Musicals, drama, film features, film marathons, film reviews, musical/concert · Tags Carol Reed, Charles Dickens, Jack Wild, Joseph O’Conor, Labatt Blue, Lionel Bart, Mark Lester, Oliver Reed, Oliver Twist, Oliver!, Onna White, Roman Polanski, Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Vernon Harris
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“You have been one of the most entertaining patients I’ve had in a long time” While The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was by far the most captivating and unique of the Millennium Trilogy’s installments, the final two—as a pair—officially and successfully close the story of Lisbeth Salander. We’ll never know exactly what author Stieg [...]
Category film reviews, foreign, suspense/thriller · Tags Anders Ahlbom, Annika Hallin, Daniel Alfredson, Georgi Staykov, Hans Alfredson, Lena Endre, Lennart Hjulström, Luftslottet som sprängdes, Michael Nyqvist, Micke Spreitz, Millennium Trilogy, Mirja Turestedt, Niklas Falk, Niklas Hjulström, Noomi Rapace, Stieg Larsson, Swedish, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Ulf Ryberg
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“We make our heaven and hell while we’re alive” Writers Tony and Joe Gayton must have really enjoyed Kill Bill and 70s era revenge flicks because they’ve created their beast Faster in the same vein. Tony played with similar themes in the very underrated The Salton Sea and appears to have teamed with his brother [...]
Category action/adventure, film reviews · Tags Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Billy Bob Thornton, Carla Gugino, Charles Bronson, Courtney Gains, Dwayne Johnson, Faster, George Tillman Jr., Joe Gayton, John Cirigliano, Kill Bill, Lester Speight, Maggie Grace, Moon Bloodgood, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, The Crow, The Salton Sea, Tony Gayton
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 22, 2010 · 1 Comment
While Jon Favreau may say that 2011 looks to have a bloodbath summer on its hands with blockbusters galore taking 3D screens from each other, I’ll say right now that those aren’t the movies most intriguing me. Next year sees a return for Jack Sparrow, Lightning McQueen, Holmes and Watson, the Witwickys, Ethan Hunt, and, [...]
Category essays, top 10 films, top 10 lists · Tags 300, A Dangerous Method, Adam Sandler, Alexander Skarsgård, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Atlas Shrugged, Atlas Shrugged: Part I, Atonement, Ayn Rand, Biutiful, Born to be a Star, Brad Pitt, Captain America: The First Avenger, Cars 2, Cary Fukunaga, Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Brontë, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chris Hemsworth, Cloverfield, Contagion, Cop Out, Cowboys & Aliens, Damon Lindelof, Daniel Craig, Dark City, David Cronenberg, David Yates, Dennis Hopper, Dogma, Duncan Jones, Edgar Wright, Emily Blunt, Eric Bana, Farrelly Brothers, Flight of the Conchords, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Freida Pinto, George Nolfi, Gus Van Sant, Hall Pass, Hanna, Harrison Ford, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Henry Cavill, Henry Hopper, Immortals, Imogen Poots, Iron Man, J.J. Abrams, James Bobin, Jamie Bell, Jane Eyre, Jason Lew, Jason Segel, Joe Wright, John Hurt, Jon Favreau, Just Go With It, Keira Knightley, Kellan Lutz, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Smith, Kiefer Sutherland, Kirsten Dunst, Lars von Trier, Lost, Martin Scorsese, Matt Damon, Melancholia, Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Michael Rooker, Mickey Rourke, Milk, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Moon, Natalie Portman, Nick Frost, One Tree Hill, Paul, Paul Johansson, Paul Thomas Anderson, Philip K. Dick, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Red State, Restless, Saoirse Ronan, Scott Z. Burns, Scream 4, Sean Penn, Seth Rogen, Sherlock Holmes 2, Simon Pegg, Sin Nombre, Source Code, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen Dorff, Stephen McHattie, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Sucker Punch, Super 8, Superman: Man of Steel, Tarsem Singh, Terrence Malick, Terry Gilliam, The Adjustment Bureau, The Green Hornet, The Informant!, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, The Master, The Muppets, The Soloist, The Tree of Life, Thor, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Udo Kier, Viggo Mortensen, Watchmen, Wuthering Heights, X-Men: First Class, Zack Snyder, “The Strike” Productions
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Much like the short films and feature debut of David Lynch—hell, throw in his last release Inland Empire too—Belarusian writer/director Grzegorz Cisiecki’s Dym [Smoke] is both stunning visually and experimental in its story structure and motives. It begins with a young man, shirtless, moving away from the flowing clouds out his window to the corner [...]
Category film reviews, shorts, suspense/thriller · Tags Aleksandr Poroch, Angelo Badalamenti, Bartlomiej Nowosielski, David Lynch, Dym, Grzegorz Cisiecki, Grzegorz Golaszewski, Inland Empire, Marta Szumiel, Oriana Soika, Rashid Brocca, Smoke
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“You treat your friends like dirt. Its as simple as that.” Taking place more than a year after we’ve left Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) and journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Flickan som lekte med elden [The Girl Who Played with Fire] begins with two halves of a sprawling [...]
Category film reviews, foreign, suspense/thriller · Tags Flickan som lekte med elden, Johan Kylén, Michael Nyqvist, Micke Spreitz, Millennium Trilogy, Noomi Rapace, Paolo Roberto, Per Oscarsson, Peter Andersson, Ralph Carlsson, Rooney Mara, Stieg Larsson, Swedish, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Yasmine Garbi
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“What happens when the rest of the blinds fall?” How long does it take an alien invasion to wipe out Earth? According to the Brothers Strause (Colin and Greg, who last gave us Aliens vs. Predator – Requiem—a worse movie than this), less than three days. In that time, Matrix-like Sentinels morphed into a biometric [...]
Category film reviews, science fiction, suspense/thriller · Tags Aliens vs. Predator – Requiem, Brittany Daniel, Cloverfield, Colin Strause, Crystal Reed, David Zayas, District 9, Donald Faison, Eric Balfour, Greg Strause, Joshua Cordes, Liam O’Donnell, Scottie Thompson, Skyline, The Matrix
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“To a perfect pureblood society” The time has arrived for J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter saga to come to a close. After an admirable job condensing each increasingly thicker novel to sub-three hour duration on film, the decision was made to have frequent screenwriter Steve Kloves split the last chapter in two, making sure every single [...]
Category drama, family, fantasy, film reviews · Tags Daniel Radcliffe, David Yates, Eduardo Serra, Emma Watson, Evanna Lynch, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Helena Bonham Carter, J.K. Rowling, Ralph Fiennes, Rhys Ifans, Rupert Grint, Steve Kloves, The Lord of the Rings
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 15, 2010 · 1 Comment
“No, you’re just not living the same war as me” Back in 1914, war wasn’t fought through technology and computers, missiles being sent to destroy lives as though a video game victory—no, it was battled in the trenches, feet away from the enemy, watching for the glimpse of an eye to shoot. Military leaders and [...]
Category drama, film reviews, foreign, war · Tags Benno Fürmann, Christian Carion, Daniel Brühl, Dany Boon, Diane Kruger, French, Gary Lewis, German, Guillaume Canet, Joyeux Noël, Merry Christmas, Steven Robertson
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“I’d rather kill my friends in error than allow my enemy to live” After an interesting career trajectory spanning a pretty spotless list of comedies (Go), actioners (The Bourne Identity), and a mix of the two (Mr. & Mrs. Smith), it’s interesting to see director Doug Liman take on a political thriller. Most akin to [...]
Category film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Brooke Smith, David Andrews, Doug Liman, Fair Game, Go, Jessica Hecht, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Khaled Nabawy, Kristoffer Ryan Winters, Liraz Charhi, Michael Kelly, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Swingers, The Bourne Identity, Thomas McCarthy, Ty Burrell
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“Stop. Look. And Listen.” Sometimes the thrillers that pit their heroes against a clock rather than some evil villain work the best. They generally contain situations you as a viewer can relate to, regular people being in the wrong place at the wrong time—or right time depending on your outlook—stepping up to risk sacrificing themselves [...]
Category action/adventure, film reviews, suspense/thriller · Tags Chris Pine, Déjà Vu, Denzel Washington, Ethan Suplee, Kevin Corrigan, Kevin Dunn, Lew Temple, Man on Fire, Mark Bomback, Rosario Dawson, Spy Game, T.J. Miller, The Taking of Pelham 123, Tony Scott, Top Gun, Unstoppable
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