Theatrical Releases This Week WEDNESDY, AUGUST 22 The Day Director: Douglas Aarniokoski R; 84 mins Trailer A group of five survivors, armed with shotguns, axes and machetes, wander the back roads of a ravaged landscape looking for refuge in The Day, a terrifying look into a post-apocalyptic future. As war ravages humanity, destroying civilization and […]
Reel News: Week of Aug. 20 — Hit and Run, The Apparition, Premium Rush, Celeste and Jesse, Searching for Sugar Man, The Dictator
Theatrical Releases This Week WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 Hit & Run Director: David Palmer and Dax Shepard R; 100 mins. Trailer Hit and Run is a comedy about a young couple (Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard) that risks it all when they leave their small town life and embark on a road trip that may lead […]
Reel News: Week of 8/6 — The Bourne Legacy, Killer Joe, Hope Springs, The Campaign, The Lorax
Theatrical Releases This Week WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8 Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D Director: Gregg Godfrey and Jeremy Rawle PG-13, 88 mins. Trailer The show follows Travis and the Nitro Circus Crew as they travel around the world setting up outrageous stunts and pushing the human body to the limit, constantly looking to innovate the world […]
Dagger Movie Night: “Total Recall” — An Action Movie with Aspirations of a Deep Plot
As remakes go, this could have been much worse. Certain elements are closer to the original story than they were in the original film. The special effects are significantly better. Yet at the same time, this is a largely bland adaptation of a film that could have done much more with the Philip K. Dick […]
Reel News: Week of 7/30 — Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Total Recall, Ruby Sparks
Theatrical Releases This Week Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Director: David Bowers PG; 94 mins Trailer During his summer vacation, “Wimpy Kid” Greg Heffley, the hero of the phenomenally successful book series, hatches a plan to pretend he has a job at a ritzy country club – which fails to keep him away […]
Dagger Movie Night: “The Watch” — A Pathetically Generic Film With Few Laughs
Someone needs to tell Seth Rogen that alien invasion comedies just don’t work. Last year, he penned the unremarkable “Paul.” This year he lowers the bar further with “The Watch” – a film as generic and largely disproportional as the Costco the plot centers around. Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to […]
Reel News: Week of 7/23 — The Watch, Step Up: Revolution
Theatrical Releases This Week The Watch Director: Akiva Schaffer R; 98 mins Trailer Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save […]
Reel News: Week of July 16 — The Dark Knight Rises, The Three Stooges, Friends with Kids, Silent House
Theatrical Releases This Week The Dark Knight Rises Director: Christopher Nolan PG-13; 164 mins Trailer It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon […]
