Jared Mobarak

[Fantasia Review] Realive

It's been humanity's dream since the dawn of time to find the fountain of youth: immortality. To live forever is the ultimate success for humanity's optimistic ...

[Fantasia Review] Man Underground

Aliens are here. That's the message Willem Koda (George Basil) would have us believe — the 360 viewers clicking on his YouTube channel's posts. He's an ex-geolo...

[Fantasia Review] The Alchemist Cookbook

I have no clue why Sean (Ty Hickson) messes with the titular book in Joel Potrykus' The Alchemist Cookbook. He doesn't seem to care about money while living as ...

[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...

[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...

[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...

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.