[Review] Summertime
While a romance on its surface, Catherine Corsini's Summertime is really about freedom. The central relationship between Delphine (Izïa Higelin) and Carole (Céc...
Jared Mobarak
[Review] Fathers and Daughters
The works of director Gabriele Muccino aren't for everyone. I can't speak on his Italian films, but the American ones are unavoidably cloying and sentimental in...
Posterized July 2016: ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Equals,’ ‘Star Trek Beyond,’ and More
This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to capitalize on this truth, releasing one-sheets to serve as not representations of what audiences are to expect, but as propaganda to fill seats....
[Review] Buddymoon
When Flula Borg showed up in the Pitch Perfect 2 trailer I found myself smiling at his success. It was a cameo keen to capitalize on his YouTube DJ fame and una...
[Review] The Purge: Election Year
The escalation of terror has dialed up a few more notches as writer/director James DeMonaco takes us further down the hole of first world genocide in The Purge:...
[Review] Sleeping Giant
Winner of the Best Canadian First Feature at TIFF and Best Canadian Feature in Vancouver after bowing at Cannes last May, Andrew Cividino's feature-length debut...
[Review] The Phenom
I admittedly didn't think too much on The Phenom after watching its trailer. There was a good cast, its look behind the curtain of fame seemed intriguing, and t...
[Review] Careful What You Wish For
The real mystery is how Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum's Careful What You Wish For got itself a theatrical release in the first place — no matter how limited. I'm no...
Posterized June 2016: ‘De Palma,’ ‘The Neon Demon,’ ‘Swiss Army Man,’ and More
This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to capitalize on this truth, releasing one-sheets to serve as not representations of what audiences are to expect, but as propaganda to fill seats....
[Review] Honeyglue
It's a story about a dragonfly and the princess bee — a girl with terminal cancer and the boy to which she falls love with only three months left to live respec...
Jared Mobarak
Jared Mobarak is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic for The Film Stage, Art Director for Buffalo, NY film series Cultivate Cinema Circle, and member of OFCS and GWNYFCA. You can follow his cinematic viewing habits at Letterboxd.