(Merie Weismiller Wallace/Paramount) This weekend, Paramount Pictures invites you to a Dinner for Schmucks. If I were you, I wouldn’t be so quick to RSVP. Paul Rudd plays Tim, an earnest financial analyst hoping to fill a recently vacated upper-level position. His boss (Bruce Greenwood) is all but ready to give it to him, too, […]
Weekend Movie Review: ‘Salt’ and ‘The Kids Are All Right’
(Andrew Schwartz/Columbia) “Who is Salt?” inquires the promotional push for the latest Angelina Jolie-starring spy thriller from Columbia Pictures. It’s a question we ponder often during the film, and one whose answer is well explored, unexpected, and not so simple, really. The story proper begins like a punch-line: so a guy walks into the Central […]
Tito’s Netflix Queue: The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, Cannibal! The Musical, and Kabluey
By Mark Special to The Dagger JULY THEME: COMEDY THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA (2001) Director: Larry Blamire With a tip of the hat to the monster movies of yore, the Lost Skeleton of Cadavra serves up the satire to the nostalgic and the apologetic. Opening with a scientist and his wife out to explore […]
Movie Review: The Back-up Plan
The Back-up Plan (CBS Films) While watching The Back-up Plan, I could not help but think of the millions of women across the globe struggling with infertility issues who turn to artificial insemination as a means of potentially conceiving a child. This is a matter that, regardless of the circumstances, must be addressed with some […]
Movie Review: Date Night
Date Night (20th Century Fox) As the current reigning king and queen of TV comedy (pending George Lopez’s request for a recount), Steve Carell and Tina Fey can basically do no wrong. They could sit in an empty room reading aloud from the dictionary, and we would all be unhealthily amused. So is Date Night […]
Roasting A Schmuck For A Good Cause
We see him on the sports pages, donning that Hawaiian shirt. We hear him over the airwaves talking Baltimore sports. He’s been around for 18 years and he knows his stuff. Sure that’s arguable, but at least he can challenge your way of thinking. And as a resident of Millersville, this Schmuck is thinking it’s […]
Burn After Reading: A Review Of The Latest Coen Brothers Film
After becoming the talk of Hollywood with their film masterpiece No Country For Old Men, Ethan and Joel Coen have become recognized by just about everyone these days. So when their new film, Burn After Reading, came out, everyone wondered if it would become another shining mark on the Coen brothers’ already impressive record, which […]
Wasting Time: Jewels Of The Internet
When you actually work for a living one’s mind starts to wander. Sure, at first you’re focused and diligently plugging away at your job, but eventually everyone experiences the lull that hits after just a few months. It’s the same thing day in and day out. Repetition is beginning to kill you. So you start […]
