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Jared Mobarak
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
7/10
A Simple Favor (2018)
It's a helluva ride with more laughs than anticipated and a self-awareness that's necessary to buy into the circus.
Posted Sep 14, 2018
2
8/10
Akhavan isn't trying to supply answers-just present the hypocrisy to let us find our own. Sometimes the institutions we lean on most are irrevocably flawed.
Posted Sep 7, 2018
3
10/10
Call Me by Your Name (2018)
Where so many Hollywood "gay" stories end on positive notes of rebirth and optimism, Guadagnino helms a love story unafraid to highlight the suffering one always contains.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
4
8/10
They've found an actor in Daniela Vega to carry the weight of this tragic reality on her shoulders in a way no one but a transgender woman herself could.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
5
4/10
Godard Mon Amour plays like an all-over-the-place pastiche of biography and roast that says little.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
6
8/10
Paddington 2 (2018)
King embraces the fantastical and unabashedly wields aesthetic anachronisms to ensure his film proves as timeless as its source.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
7
6/10
Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
Thankfully Dashner never succumbs to the allure of easy tropes completely.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
8
5/10
Winchester (2018)
So we can appreciate the production value and performances of those caught within the turmoil, but there are no surprises to be had or drama to feel.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
9
9/10
Black Panther (2018)
Black Panther is more espionage thriller with political coup than fantasy action adventure. [It's] first and foremost about humanity.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
10
8/10
Annihilation (2018)
Annihilation won't be for everyone, but those willing to give it a chance will be treated with sci-fi they can sink their teeth into a la Arrival or Under the Skin.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
11
8/10
Love, Simon (2018)
The message is equality and acceptance and it comes through by refusing to conform to archaic ideas of what a gay man should be.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
12
4/10
Unsane (2018)
But [Soderbergh] never fully leans into the silliness. Either [he] chickened out or fell prey to his own delusion that this script was somehow bolder than it is.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
13
6/10
Ready Player One (2018)
It's definitely not the book-and that's good. Unfortunately, however, it's not a great movie either.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
14
8/10
A Quiet Place (2018)
While it works on the level of surviving an onslaught of otherworldly beings, its true merit comes in how that onslaught exposes humanity-through both heroism and failure.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
15
6/10
Rampage (2018)
I found myself laughing at it and with it in equal measure, enjoying the results of each new harrowing moment because it felt excessive rather than shameless.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
16
8/10
Oh Lucy! (2018)
Terajima's 'Lucy' magnificently wields the full spectrum of emotions to deliver an imperfect character that's broken yet still willing and able to heal.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
17
8/10
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
There was only one choice to ensure the sheer logistics didn't leave [us] with nothing more than the chaotic flailing of explosions and one-liners: make Thanos the star.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
18
6/10
Super Troopers 2 (2018)
Super Troopers 2 won't be the cult classic its predecessors are, but it makes good on their promise to honor these characters even if it does so in a safe fashion.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
19
7/10
RBG (2018)
It's easy to champion or dismiss someone of [RBG's] stature based solely on your own beliefs, but another to appreciate who she is and has always been regardless of politics.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
20
6/10
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
It's enjoyable, but this saga used to be iconic. Now [Star Wars has] merely become an aesthetic. And that's ok.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
21
5/10
Upgrade (2018)
We feel as though we're in this world-that it is real and tactile. I only wish there was more to offer than consequence-free action within.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
22
7/10
First Reformed (2018)
It's a brilliantly conceived trajectory performed with powerful conviction by Hawke. But a little subtlety [from Schrader] would have gone a long way.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
23
5/10
Tag (2018)
We're left with an entertaining but hollow start moving towards an ending of fabricated emotional release. The result only proves the filmmakers didn't know what they wanted.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
24
9/10
American Animals (2018)
[An] entertaining thrill ride to vicariously experience the danger of creating needless drama simply because you were lucky enough to avoid the type many face without choice.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
25
8/10
Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
Clemons and Offerman are unforgettable, each conquering the full spectrum of emotion to find common ground and the love to accept the other's choices.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
26
7/10
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
It's comforting to know these chapters can still resonate while embracing their role as throwaways. [This filler is] self-aware enough to unapologetically do its thing.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
27
8/10
Eighth Grade (2018)
And that honesty comes down to Fisher's performance. The brilliant sound design helps punctuate her spot-on comedic timing, but the drama is hers alone.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
28
10/10
Leave No Trace (2018)
These are two empathetic people reconciling the fact their boundless love is no match for the widening chasm of personal urgency between them.
Posted Aug 27, 2018
29
9/10
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Everything needs to be seen to be believed because Riley goes beyond the kitchen sink to aim for the jugular where his message, irreverence, and karmic payback is concerned.
Posted Aug 27, 2018
30
8/10
The result is a pulse-pounding affair that's easily the franchise's tightest. You don't often say that about a two-and-a-half hour runtime, but it's true.
Posted Aug 27, 2018
31
8/10
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
So no matter how effective the suspense of this dangerous mission, it all pales in comparison to [its] display of empathy.
Posted Aug 27, 2018
32
7/10
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)