Someone needs to tell Seth Rogen that alien invasion comedies just don’t work. Last year, he penned the unremarkable “Paul.” This year he lowers the bar further with “The Watch” – a film as generic and largely disproportional as the Costco the plot centers around. Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to […]
Reel News: Week of 7/23 — The Watch, Step Up: Revolution
Theatrical Releases This Week The Watch Director: Akiva Schaffer R; 98 mins Trailer Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save […]
Reel News: Week of July 16 — The Dark Knight Rises, The Three Stooges, Friends with Kids, Silent House
Theatrical Releases This Week The Dark Knight Rises Director: Christopher Nolan PG-13; 164 mins Trailer It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon […]
Reel News: Week of July 9 — Ice Age: Continental Drift, Beasts of the Southern Wild, American Reunion
Theatrical Releases This Week Ice Age: Continental Drift Director: Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier PG; 87 mins Trailer Scrat’s nutty pursuit of the cursed acorn, which he’s been after since the dawn of time, has world-changing consequences – a continental cataclysm that triggers the greatest adventure of all for Manny, Diego and Sid. In the […]
Reel News: Week of July 2 — The Amazing Spider-Man, Savages, To Rome With Love, Jesus Henry Christ
Theatrical Releases This Week Tuesday, July 3 The Amazing Spider-Man Director: Marc Webb PG-13; 138 mins Trailer The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like […]
Dagger Movie Night: “Ted” — An Irreverent, Dirty Joke Fest That Will be the Year’s Best Comedy
How do you introduce a movie about a foul-mouthed talking plush toy? To quote “Ted” writer, director, and star MacFarlane from his own film: “Nothing is more powerful than the wish of a small boy. Except for an Apache helicopter. It has both machine guns and missiles. It is a pure death machine.” Nothing better […]
Reel News: Week of June 25 — Magic Mike, Ted, People Like Us, Madea’s Witness Protection, 21 Jump Street, Wrath of the Titans, The Artist
Theatrical Releases This Week Magic Mike Director: Steven Soderbergh R; 110 mins Trailer Set in the world of male strippers, Magic Mike is directed by Steven Soderbergh and stars Channing Tatum in a story inspired by his real life. The film follows Mike (Tatum) as he takes a young dancer called The Kid (Pettyfer) under […]
Dagger Movie Night: Moonrise Kingdom — A Sweet Love Story and Ode to the Inner Child
After working on the miniature sets and models for “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” director Wes Anderson realized that he could apply the same techniques to his live-action films. You could argue that he had already reached this goal with his previous works. You could also argue that his attention to detail trumps his ability to instill […]
