Jared Mobarak

Director Alex Winter Talks ‘Deep Web,’ the Democratization of Culture, ‘Bill & Ted 3,’ and More

While you may know him as Bill S. Preston, ESQ, Alex Winter the actor has effortlessly become Alex Winter the director. Hot on the heels of his successful Napster documentary Downloaded comes Deep Web: a look behind the curtain at the 96% of the internet we don't see. But while the film began as an overview of this expansive world freely accessible by Tor—for good (journalistic anonymity) and bad (illegal drug trade)—something happened during production that blew the doors wide open....

[Review] Barely Lethal

Much like director Kyle Newman's first theatrical release Fanboys, his sophomore effort Barely Lethal is built for a niche audience with minimal wiggle room to ...

[Review] Mad Max: Fury Road

It's not often delays, financial dissolutions, and waning interest make a film better, but I don't want to know what Mad Max: Fury Road might have been without ...

[Review] Reality

This is what it's like to go insane. Writer/director Quentin Dupieux loves the surreal and absurd, but Réalité takes his penchant for humorous oddity to anothe...

[Tribeca Review] Jackrabbit

Dystopian sci-fi is trendy. Anyone who has any knowledge of today's pop culture could tell you that and it's no surprise Hollywood has jumped on its collective ...

[Review] The Last Time You Had Fun

After watching the trailer and reading the synopsis, it's hard not to see The Last Time You Had Fun in a sort of "been there, done that" light. We've seen it be...

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.