Jared Mobarak

[Review] Colby

The fallacy of escape is thinking it's possible to truly leave the past behind. You can travel thousands of miles away and put years in between, but the stuff f...

[Review] The American Side

When a film shot in Buffalo, NY co-written and starring a native of the city comes across you're desk you look upon it with a certain level of skepticism. I've ...

[Review] Darling

Much like with Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, the job of caretaker isn't an easy one in Mickey Keating's Darling. It should be: combat any prospective upkeep pr...

[Review] Alienated

Who isn't self-centered? If you find someone, please let me know, because I don't think that person exists. Even when we are at our most compassionate, empathet...

[Review] Monster Hunt

Even if Monster Hunt were billed in America with "from Raman Hui, the supervising animator of everyone's favorite DreamWorks player, the Gingerbread Man, and co...

[Review] Me Him Her

You have to give Max Landis credit for trying to breathe fresh air into Hollywood tropes through his genre-merging scripts, whether you believe they're effectiv...

[Review] Emelie

It begins with the abduction of a girl. The scene is quiet and innocuous until it isn't—a car rolling up to a young girl to ask for directions as children play ...

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.