[Review] 3 Days of Normal
The romantic comedy is derivative as a point of fact—there are only so many ways an unsuspecting boy and girl can meet and thaw before falling desperately in lo...
Jared Mobarak
[Review] Sparrows Dance
It only seems appropriate that I reviewed a romantic comedy yesterday where I posited its derivativeness to be a direct result of the genre simply having been e...
[Review] This is Martin Bonner
We’re all human beings. I think this is the message writer/director Chad Hartigan shares in his sophomore effort This is Martin Bonner. We make mistakes, we pay...
[Review] TV Junkie
The story of former Inside Edition senior correspondent Rick Kirkman is one of addiction and its debilitating impact on every aspect of life. While such a senti...
[Review] Planes
What should be an auspicious occasion for DisneyToons Studios earning its first theatrical release since 2005's Pooh's Heffalump Movie, the Cars spin-off Planes...
[Review] Blood
Writer Bill Gallagher took on the daunting task of turning his six-part, 360-minute miniseries Conviction into a 90-minute film entitled Blood. It's a tale abou...
[Review] We’re the Millers
An R-rated comedy shouldn’t possess a PG-rated heart. This is We’re the Millers’ main problem because while the profanity-laced adventure has a ton of laughs, o...
[Review] Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal
The horror genre has become pretty crowded the last few years with way too many remakes and sequels that never live up to the originality of vision or socio-pol...
[Review] The World Before Her
If Nisha Pahuja's documentary The World Before Her is correct, India is at a very important crossroads in its history. Half the country is steeped in orthodox H...
[Review] I Give It a Year
Clumsy and cute -- that’s my concise review of regular Sacha Baron Cohen collaborator Dan Mazer’s directorial debut I Give It a Year. It’s actually a perfect em...
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.