Let’s get something straight first. If you’re someone who contributed to the vitriol this movie received during the months leading up to its release this past weekend, I implore you to read no further. This will not be a venom-spitting rant that allows you to take a warped sense of joy in the hypercritical condemnation […]
Dagger Movie Night: Three Takeaways from the Maryland Film Festival
While you can find a varied assortment of movies at your local multiplex on any given week, film festivals are known for offering a particularly eclectic showcase that includes everything from the progressive to the niche to the downright weird. Movie buffs like to flock to them when they get wind of a critical darling […]
Dagger Movie Night Goes to the Oscars – Our Best of 2015, Part II
With this year’s Academy Awards airing this coming Sunday, we’re taking it upon ourselves to create our own list of movies released over the past year that are primed to have the greatest and longest lasting cultural impacts, regardless of whether they’re set to win a golden statuette. For as we explained in Part I, […]
Dagger Movie Night Goes to The Oscars: Our Best of 2015, Part I
This year’s Oscars are fast approaching, which means it’ll soon be time to watch the movies you didn’t see get awarded the highest honor in Hollywood while the movies you loved get largely ignored. The new Star Wars will likely be remembered as the movie of the year, which says a lot considering how most […]
Dagger Movie Night: “The Revenant” – A Comeback for the Western Genre
Inspired by true events, ‘The Revenant’ captures one man’s epic adventure of survival and the extraordinary power of the human spirit. In an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest […]
Dagger Movie Night — “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation”: Is Ethan Hunt the American James Bond?
“With the IMF now disbanded and Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) out in the cold, a new threat — called the Syndicate — soon emerges. The Syndicate is a network of highly skilled operatives who are dedicated to establishing a new world order via an escalating series of terrorist attacks. Faced with what may be the […]
Dagger Movie Night: “Ant-Man” — Enjoy its Subversive Humor While It Lasts
“Forced out of his own company by former protégé Darren Cross, Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) recruits the talents of Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), a master thief just released from prison. Lang becomes Ant-Man, trained by Pym and armed with a suit that allows him to shrink in size, possess superhuman strength and control an […]
Dagger Movie Night: “Ted 2” — A Known Commodity, But Has the Joke Gotten Old?
“Life has changed drastically for thunder buddies John (Mark Wahlberg), now a bachelor, and best pal Ted (Seth MacFarlane), now married to the woman (Jessica Barth) of his dreams. Problems arise when the couple decide to adopt a child, but the law declares Ted to be property and not a person. Angry and dejected, the […]
