Upcoming Theatrical Releases Thor: The Dark World Director: Alan Taylor PG-13; 112 mins. Trailer Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s “Thor” and […]
Dagger Movie Night: “Ender’s Game” — There’s No Crying in Battle School!
It is never entirely fair to compare a movie to the book it is based on. They are two different media that operate in different spheres of perception–one visual, and the other contemplative. Yet “Ender’s Game” is such a well-loved piece of science fiction that it is hard to justify all the changes that were […]
Movie Night at Harford County Historical Society Nov. 8: Dakota 38, the Story of 1862 Minnesota Sioux Uprising
From the Historical Society of Harford County: On Friday, November 8th at 7:00 PM The Historical Society of Harford County will present the documentary film, Dakota 38, the story of the Minnesota Sioux uprising of 1862. The film will be shown at 143 N. Main Street Bel Air, MD 21014. This moving and emotional film […]
Dagger Movie Night: Bad Grandpa — “This Shouldn’t Work as Well as it Does”
Paramount is gambling that this latest installment of the Jackass franchise will outperform their Halloween staple “Paranormal Activity” this year. While it might seem an odd choice, the rumors about the “Bad Grandpa” spinoff have been circulating since the last “Jackass” film was released three years ago. You would think with all that time off, […]
Reel News: Week of Oct. 21 — 12 Years a Slave, The Counselor, Jackass: Bad Grandpa, The Conjuring, The Internship, Before Midnight
Upcoming Theatrical Releases The Counselor Director: Ridley Scott R; 113 mins. Trailer Legendary filmmaker Ridley Scott and Pulitzer Prize winning author Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men) have joined forces in the motion picture thriller THE COUNSELOR, starring Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, and Brad Pitt. McCarthy, making his screenwriting debut […]
Reel News: Week of Oct. 14 — Escape Plan, Carrie, The Fifth Estate, The Heat, Pacific Rim
Upcoming Theatrical Releases Escape Plan Director: Mikael Håfstrom R; 116 mins. Trailer One of the world’s foremost authorities on structural security agrees to take on one last job: breaking out of an ultra-secret, high-tech facility called “The Tomb.” Deceived and wrongly imprisoned, Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone) must recruit fellow inmate Emil Rottmayer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) to […]
Reel News: Week of Oct. 7 — Captain Phillips, Romeo & Juliet, Machete Kills, Wadjda, After Earth, The Purge, The Hangover III
Upcoming Theatrical Releases Captain Phillips Director: Paul Greengrass PG-13; 130 mins Trailer Captain Phillips is director Paul Greengrass’s multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is – through Greengrass’s distinctive lens – simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller and a complex portrait of the […]
Dagger Movie Night: “Gravity” — “Intense is Not a Strong Enough Word for this Film”
It all started with Olmec from “Legends of the Hidden Temple.” Why a talking Mayan stone head was giving away trips to Space Camp didn’t matter. What did matter is that, every once in a while, some kid would put together the silver monkey and win that trip. How I hated those kids. (Not as […]
