From the Harford County Public Library: The red carpet was rolled out at the Abingdon Library for budding teen filmmakers and their families attending the 5th annual Film This! Book Trailers Contest Premiere on Friday, March 11th. The contest, sponsored by the Friends of Harford County Public Library and assisted by support from the Maryland […]
Dagger Movie Night Goes to the Oscars – Our Best of 2015, Part II
With this year’s Academy Awards airing this coming Sunday, we’re taking it upon ourselves to create our own list of movies released over the past year that are primed to have the greatest and longest lasting cultural impacts, regardless of whether they’re set to win a golden statuette. For as we explained in Part I, […]
Dagger Movie Night: “Mojave” – Even Murderous Desert Vision Quests Need a Point
If ever there was a movie that catered to pseudo-intellectual junkies who lacked the actual insight to tie together their thoughts, this would be it. There is an argument to be made that this whole film is a self-aware joke concerning the seriousness of Hollywood writers and actors. More likely, it’s just a crappy movie […]
Dagger Movie Night: “Anomalisa” — Patience-Testing Existentialism, with Puppets
Charlie Kaufman is an acquired taste, and in this case, that taste may be too much for most viewers. This isn’t an easily accessible film—even for those of us that enjoy esoteric think-pieces. The confusing jumbling of meaning and imagery requires a few viewings to “appreciate.” Is it a bad movie? No, but it certainly […]
Dagger Movie Night Goes to The Oscars: Our Best of 2015, Part I
This year’s Oscars are fast approaching, which means it’ll soon be time to watch the movies you didn’t see get awarded the highest honor in Hollywood while the movies you loved get largely ignored. The new Star Wars will likely be remembered as the movie of the year, which says a lot considering how most […]
Dagger Movie Night: “Deadpool” – A Hyper-Violent Reckoning for the Comic Book Movie Industry
No matter how much you love comic books and eagerly anticipate your favorites being turned into major motion pictures, at some point fatigue has to set in, right? Depending on how you define a “comic book movie,” we are currently slated for at least 64 upcoming comic-book related features over the next few years. The […]
Reel News: Week of Jan. 29 – The Finest Hours, Kung Fu Panda 3, Jane Got a Gun, Fifty Shades of Black, Sicario, The Visit
Upcoming Theatrical Releases The Finest Hours Director: Craig Gillespie PG-13; 1 hr. 57 min. Trailer The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952. (Synopsis by Walt Disney Pictures) This never really connects at any level beyond […]
Dagger Movie Night: “The Revenant” – A Comeback for the Western Genre
Inspired by true events, ‘The Revenant’ captures one man’s epic adventure of survival and the extraordinary power of the human spirit. In an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest […]
