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 […]
Political Thriller “House of Cards” to Film in Harford County
From Harford County Government: (Bel Air, MD) – County Executive David R. Craig is pleased to announce that Media Rights Capital and Netflix have agreed to base production of the first season of the political thriller series “House of Cards” in Harford County. The series, which will consist of 13 one-hour episodes and will be […]
Dagger Movie Night: “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” – A Slow-Paced, Suspenseful Thriller
More of a period piece than a suspenseful thriller, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” relies on a war of words rather than bullets. The antithesis of action romps like the “Bourne” films, it has captured the eye of critics, but the general public may find it too slow-paced for their taste. Based on the classic novel […]
