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 […]
Movie Reviews: “I Love You Phillip Morris”; “Little Fockers”
By Mark Special to The Dagger Movie Review: “I Love You Phillip Morris” First off, this isn’t a movie about Phillip Morris the cigarette company. The only thing smoking is the man-on-man romance, which is going to alienate some viewers. Unfortunately, that plot point will cause some viewers to miss a fairly clever comedy. Steven […]
Movie Review: Greenberg
Greenberg (Focus Features) The Stab: A carefully constructed case study lacking the resonance and perspective to feel worthwhile. Off-putting more than engaging. Substance feels sparse while pretension abounds. The Great White Oblivion. That particularly insidious mythological kingdom imagined by Hollywood, where the sky is as white as the skin is fair, and society reverberates in […]
