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, […]
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: “Sicario” — An Intense Look at the War on Drugs
This is not necessarily a unique look at issues along the southern border, but it is by far one of the most intense films to deal with the complicated relationships fueling the drug war. The gas pedal is kept at least half-way to the floor throughout the entire two-hour runtime. The extended action scenes then […]
Reel News: Week of Oct. 2 — The Martian, Sicario, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Entourage, Poltergeist
Upcoming Theatrical Releases The Martian Director: Ridley Scott PG-13; 2 hr. 14 min. Trailer During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager […]
