Dagger Movie Night: “Source Code”

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In a 1999 interview for PBS’s “Nova,” quantum physicist Carl Sagan stated “If we could travel into the past, it’s mind-boggling what would be possible… The possible insights into our own past and nature and origins would be dazzling.” Playing off that idea, director Duncan Jones and writer Ben Ripley weave a complex narrative on [...]

Weekend Movie Review: ‘Sex and the City 2,’ ‘Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’

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Sex and the City 2 (New Line/Warner Bros.) I’m sorry. Am I missing something here? Are any of these women supposed to be remotely relatable? Are any of them supposed to be women at all? There’s Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), the whiny, self-absorbed, unbearably wistful alleged fashionista (a claim I more than once felt quick [...]