Jared Mobarak

[Review] 2 Guns

What do you get when you throw forty-three million dollars at an unsuspecting bank-robbing duo comprised of a DEA agent and a Naval Intelligence Officer, both b...

[Review] Breakup at a Wedding

Weddings are universally known as great fodder to run the gamut of human emotions and eccentricities. Between the idea of monogamy, the compiling of assets, and...

[Review] The Time Being

The life of an artist is often pigeonholed into some lofty, depression-laden existence built upon selfish ambitions and creative genius leaving no room for anyt...

[Review] Blackfish

After hearing about the death of top Orca trainer Dawn Brancheau on February 24, 2010, writer/director Gabriela Cowperthwaite became intrigued by the SeaWorld p...

[Review] Nicky’s Family

The title of Emmy Award winning team Matej Minac and Patrik Pass’ new documentary is probably its most telling attribute. Where many would have jumped at the ch...

[Review] Red 2

For DC Comics imprint Homage’s Red, screenwriters Jon and Erich Hoeber turned Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner’s original work into a surprise box office hit with ...

[NYAFF Review] The Last Tycoon

Director Jing Wong’s 大上海 is an intriguing entry to the period gangster genre that depicts the weight of triad influence in 1930s Shanghai at the cusp of war wi...

[NYAFF Review] Mystery

Having already been banned from filmmaking in China twice, it's no surprise director Lou Ye has refused to quell his appetites for highly sexualized, naturalist...

[Review] Despicable Me 2

When we last saw super villain Gru (Steve Carell) in Despicable Me he had just returned the moon to its rightful place in the sky, retired from evil and become ...

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.