Jared Mobarak

[Review] Gangster Squad

Tragedies like last year's shooting in Aurora, Colorado are just that: tragic. We can never imagine the pain, anger and heartache of families and friends affect...

[Review] The Baytown Outlaws

Who wants a little Southern fired cooking? I know ATF Agent Reese (Paul Wesley) from Chicago doesn't. He can't even find an anti-perspirant strong enough to sav...

[Review] Let My People Go!

For his first feature length film, writer/director Mikael Buch has decided upon an extremely over-the-top romantic farce about a young homosexual Jewish man com...

[Review] Allegiance

Not all short films should be given the feature length treatment. What works on a small, concise scale often finds itself expanded beyond its capabilities, not ...

The Best Movie Posters of 2012

“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 (with ...

[Review] Jack Reacher

It appears it was only a matter of time before author Lee Child -- or Jim Grant to his parents -- saw the sole protagonist of his life's work on the big screen....

[Review] This Is 40

It's time to accept that the words "Directed by Judd Apatow" are synonymous with "sentimental familial dramedy littered by profanity." I probably should have co...

[Review] California Solo

In a case of mistaken identity, Marshall Lewy's sophomore effort as writer/director is much more than its cliché-riddled trailer shows. A 2012 Sundance Film Fes...

[Review] White Tiger

It's a unique treat any time a film depicting World War II doesn't center on the Holocaust or American forces storming the beaches of Normandy. Honestly, these ...

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.