Upcoming Theatrical Releases Straight Outta Compton Director: F. Gary Gray R; 2 hr. 27 min. Trailer In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive […]
Reel News: Week of Aug. 7 — Fantastic Four, The Gift, Shaun the Sheep, Rikki and the Flash, Insurgent
Upcoming Theatrical Releases Shaun the Sheep Director: Mark Burton and Richard Starzak PG; 1 hr. 25 min. Trailer When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan, and a very steep hill lead them […]
Reel News: Week of July 24 — Pixels, Paper Towns, The Southpaw
Upcoming Theatrical Releases Pixels Director: Chris Columbus PG-13; 1 hr. 46 min. Trailer As kids in the 1980s, Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler), Will Cooper (Kevin James), Ludlow Lamonsoff (Josh Gad), and Eddie “The Fire Blaster” Plant (Peter Dinklage) saved the world thousands of times – at 25 cents a game in the video arcades. Now, […]
Reel News: Week of July 17 — Trainwreck, Ant-Man, It Follows, Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Upcoming Theatrical Releases Trainwreck Director: Judd Apatow R; 2 hr. 2 min. Trailer Since she was a little girl, it’s been drilled into Amy’s (Schumer) head by her rascal of a dad (Colin Quinn) that monogamy isn’t realistic. Now a magazine writer, Amy lives by that credo-enjoying what she feels is an uninhibited life free […]
Reel News: Week of June 19 and 26: Inside Out, Dope, Chappie, Ted 2, Max, The Overnight, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Upcoming Theatrical Releases Inside Out Director: Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen PG; 1 hr. 42 min. Trailer Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided […]
Reel News: Week of June 12 — Jurassic World, Project Almanac, The DUFF
Upcoming Theatrical Releases Jurassic World Director: Colin Trevorrow PG-13; 2 hr. 3 min. Trailer Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate […]
Reel News: Week of June 5 — Entourage, Insidious Chapter 3, The Spongebob Movie, Jupiter Ascending, McFarland USA
Upcoming Theatrical Releases Entourage Director: Doug Ellin R; 1 hr. 45 min. Trailer “Entourage,” the much-anticipated big-screen version of the award-winning hit HBO series, reunites the show’s original cast, led by Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara and Jeremy Piven. Movie star Vincent Chase (Grenier), together with his boys, Eric (Connolly), Turtle (Ferrara) […]
Dagger Movie Night: “Mad Max: Fury Road” — An Intense Spectacle with a Human Connection
In the spring of 1990, my eight-year-old self stumbled across “Mad Max” in the backroom of his grandparents’ house. Memory is a fleeting thing, but the image of Goose getting burned alive in that field has stuck with me. Maybe it was because my world at the time rarely ventured outside of Fraggle Rock. Maybe […]
