Posterized June 2014: ‘Snowpiercer,’ ‘The Rover,’ ‘Venus in Fur’ and More
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuse...
Jared Mobarak
[Review] A Million Ways to Die in the West
I do believe congratulations are in store for one Mr. Seth MacFarlane. After a successful animated comedy that survived cancellation, two follow-ups that never ...
[Review] Blended
When an overused gag showed up for the third of about five times during Blended's runtime, the twenty-something college dude chowing down on his mall food court...
[Review] Don Peyote
No one can say I didn't do my due diligence, but I simply can't wrap my head around Dan Fogler and Michael Canzoniero's stoner-tinted, loose modernization of Do...
Richard Ayoade On Creating ‘The Double,’ Being Influenced By ‘In the Mood For Love,’ and More
I didn't know who Richard Ayoade was until 2010 and I quickly learned it was the perfect time to find out. My introduction was courtesy of the brilliant Bri...
Posterized May 2014: ‘Godzilla’, ‘The Immigrant’, ‘The Double’ and More
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuse...
[Review] Beneath the Harvest Sky
A movie doesn't always have to be one hundred percent unique to prove effective if those involved propel it above cliché through authenticity. Writer/directors ...
[Review] The Machine
With so many writers and directors keen to give us a look at a future ravaged by an impending war between man and his creations, it's always a breath of fresh a...
[Review] Proxy
I learned something while watching Zack Parker's horror (though psychological thriller is a more apt genre label) film Proxy: Richmond, Indiana is a hotbed for ...
[Review] Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Despite the audience's embrace of their output, Marvel still hasn't released that "A"-quality film quite yet. Don't get me wrong, the universe they have created...
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.