Jared Mobarak

[Review] Demon

Nothing's allowed to derail the guests of a Polish wedding from having fun, not even the groom's epileptic seizure. You just pick him up and cart him out. Send ...

[Review] The 9th Life of Louis Drax

Ten years after Anthony Minghella optioned Liz Jensen's The 9th Life of Louis Drax to develop cinematically, it was his son Max who saw it begin production. The...

[Review] Max Rose

A film centering on octogenarians isn't an easy sell. Not even when you get a legend like Jerry Lewis to come out of retirement to deliver his first starring ro...

[Review] I Am Not a Serial Killer

Often lumped into the Young Adult category to the chagrin of author Dan Wells, I'm not sure I know many parents who would like to have their fourteen-year old c...

[Review] Level Up

You watch enough hero-backed-into-a-corner action films like Crank, Taken, or The Equalizer and you start to find your mind drifting away from the sheer monoton...

[Review] Imperium

People forget that before 9/11 our idea of a terrorist was a lone wolf type: domestic white Neo Nazis with agendas that warped their intellect into working towa...

[Locarno Review] Where Is Rocky II?

It was around the time Pierre Bismuth won his Oscar as an original story creator on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind that he stumbled upon an unknown work ...

[Fantasia Review] Terra Formars

It's the tail end of the twenty-first century and Earth has nearly overstayed its welcome with dwindling resources and over-population. Scientists believe they ...

[Review] Sun Choke

Something happened to Janie (Sarah Hagan). Something bad. This cataclysmic event — wherein quick flashes of screams by the pool mixing with bloody red liquid sc...

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.