Theatrical Releases This Week Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Director: Mike Mitchell Trailer The vacationing Chipmunks and Chipettes are turning a luxury cruise liner into their personal playground, until they become “chipwrecked” on a remote island. As the ‘Munks and Chipettes try various schemes to find their way home, they accidentally discover their new turf […]
Tito’s Film Vault: Paul Greenaway’s “The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover”; “A Zed and Two Naughts”
The Film Vault is a monthly feature designed to showcase critically-acclaimed films that had limited commercial release and/or success. Each feature highlights films that focus on a specific theme, genre, or technique designed to provide a greater understanding of film as entertainment and art form. Whereas a previous installation of the Film Vault introduced Gaspar […]
Reel News: Week of 11/28: Friends with Benefits, The Smurfs
Theatrical Releases This Week No releases this week DVD Releases This Week Friends with Benefits Director: Will Gluck Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34xfcoRceeU Dylan (Justin Timberlake) and Jamie (Mila Kunis) think it’s going to be easy to add the simple act of sex to their friendship, despite what Hollywood romantic comedies would have them believe. They soon discover […]
Reel News: Week of Nov. 7 – Jack and Jill, Immortals, J. Edgar, Harry Potter 7, The Change-Up
Theatrical Releases This Week Jack and Jill Director: Dennis Dugan Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA48UG0gkJI Jack and Jill is a comedy focusing on Jack Sadelstein (Adam Sandler), a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, who dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his identical twin sister Jill (also Adam Sandler). […]
Reel News: Week of 10/17 — The Three Musketeers, Paranormal Activity 3, Johnny English, Pirates of the Caribbean
Theatrical Releases This Week Paranormal Activity 3 Director: Michael R. Perry and Oren Peli Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90r3CnPI0AM&ob=av3e The Paranormal Activity franchise continues with this third outing from Paramount Pictures. Oren Peli and Jason Blum return to produce the highly secretive feature, with Catfish’s directing duo of Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman taking on the helming duties. […]
Reel News: Week of Oct. 10: The Thing, Footloose, The Big Year, Horrible Bosses, Green Lantern
Theatrical Releases This Week The Thing Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., Matthijs van Heijningen Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKjErC2JLQc Paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across an extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that […]
Harford Hotspots: Riverside Pub & Grille – “The Menu is Seemingly Endless and the Items Were Priced Right”
I admit I was a little sad when I heard that Bliss, the wine bar on Route 7, was closing its doors. Although I had only eaten there a couple of times and the food was hit or miss, the venue was very charming and even boasted a small outdoor patio. Last Spring, it was […]
Reel News: Week of 10/3: Real Steel, The Ides of March, Higher Ground, Machine Gun Preacher, Fast Five
Theatrical Releases This Week Real Steel Director: Shawn Levy Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei5l3r1dV4I A gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near-future where the sport of boxing has gone high-tech, Real Steel stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2,000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. […]