Jared Mobarak

[Review] Answers to Nothing

So much happens in Matthew Leutwyler’s Answers to Nothing, but how much is actually relevant? An adulterous husband with a rockstar mistress and lawyer wife...

[Review] Arthur Christmas

After the box office failure of Flushed Away, I was worried Aardman Animations may have been dead. With the fire that consumed thirty years of their history...

[Review] Happy Feet Two

It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I loathed Happy Feet. As a concept the family film seemed quite solid—cute penguins dancing, a modern soundtrack ...

[Review] Tower Heist

Josh Kovacs takes care of his own—it’s his job as the manager of a luxury apartment complex in the heart of New York City. With company policy refusing empl...

[Review] Puss in Boots

Before Shrek left his swamp to spawn a four-feature franchise I sadly had no real interest in continuing past the original, a Latino kitty cat roamed the la...

[VIFF Review] Like Crazy

How much is one summer of euphoric love worth? To Jacob (Anton Yelchin) and Anna (Felicity Jones) - the world. Courted through a shy, sweet process of stole...

[VIFF Review] Take This Waltz

Films dealing with break-ups have the trouble of easily falling into two camps. Either the work is genuine and emotionally devastating like a Blue Valentine...

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.