Theatrical Releases This Week Wanderlust Director: David Wain Trailer George (Rudd) and Linda (Aniston) are an overextended, stressed out Manhattan couple. After George is downsized out of his job, they find themselves with only one option: to move in with George’s awful brother in Atlanta. On the way there, George and Linda stumble upon Elysium, […]
Reel News: Week of Feb. 13 – The Secret World of Arrietty, Ghost Rider 2, A Separation, This Means War
Theatrical Releases This Week The Secret World of Arrietty Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Gary Rydstrom Trailer Arrietty (Bridgit Mendler), a tiny, but tenacious 14-year-old, lives with her parents (Will Arnett and Amy Poehler) in the recesses of a suburban garden home, unbeknownst to the homeowner and her housekeeper (Carol Burnett). Like all little people, Arrietty […]
Reel News: Week of Feb. 6 — Safe House, The Vow, Journey 2, Phantom Menace 3-D, Breaking Dawn Part I
Theatrical Releases This Week Safe House Director: Daniel Espinosa Trailer Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds star in the action-thriller Safe House. Washington plays the most dangerous renegade from the CIA, who comes back onto the grid after a decade on the run. When the South African safe house he’s remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, […]
Dagger Movie Night: “Chronicle” – A Watchable Guilty Pleasure Lacking Storytelling Chops
For a film trying so hard to not be part of the superhero movie genre, “Chronicle” falls into the trap of embracing other, much worse genres. While it is easily watchable, it still fails to meet the basic criteria of storytelling and character development. Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their […]
Reel News: Week of Jan. 30 – The Woman in Black, Big Miracle, Chronicle, Big Year, The Thing
Theatrical Releases This Week Big Miracle Director: Ken Kwapis Trailer Inspired by the true story that captured the hearts of people across the world, the rescue adventure Big Miracle tells the amazing tale of a small-town news reporter (John Krasinski) and an animal-loving volunteer (Drew Barrymore) who are joined by rival world superpowers to save […]
Reel News: Week of 1/23 – Man on a Ledge, The Grey, One for the Money, 50/50, Real Steel
Theatrical Releases This Week Man on a Ledge Director: Asger Leth Trailer An ex-cop and now wanted fugitive (Sam Worthington) stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while a hard-living New York Police Department negotiator (Elizabeth Banks)tries to talk him down. The longer they are on the ledge, the more she realizes that he […]
Reel News: Week of 1/16 – Red Tails, Underworld Awakening, Extremely Loud, Haywire, A Dangerous Method, Ides of March, Bucky Larson
Theatrical Releases This Week Red Tails Director: Anthony Hemingway Trailer 1944. To help win the war, the Pentagon brass has no choice but to consider the untested African-American pilots of the experimental Tuskegee training program. Just as the young Tuskegee men are about to be shut down and shipped back home, they are given the […]
Reel News: Week of Jan. 9 – Contraband, Joyful Noise, Carnage, Iron Lady, Beauty and the Beast, Moneyball
Theatrical Releases This Week Contraband Director: Baltasar Kormákur Trailer Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after his brother-in-law, Andy (Caleb Landry Jones), botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs (Giovanni Ribisi), Chris is forced back into doing what he does best – running contraband – to […]
