Jared Mobarak

[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...

[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...

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.