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It’s Complicated
The charm outweighs considerable middle-life flesh
By Corey Hall
Tags: The Scene, Film
Blaxsploitation station
Kicking it straight outta ’74, armed with ’fros, guns, ghetto goddesses and malt liquor
Invictus
Clint Eastwood presents Morgan Freeman's Nelson Mandela (and rugby) in neutral if not florid tones
Guts or total derangement?
Tags: Cinema, Section Lead, Video Games, Rock/Pop, Music, Theater, Film
And my nominees are...
Tags: The Scene, B-Roll
Made in Detroit
Tags: Cinema, Film
Everybody’s Fine
Despite delightful De Niro, derivative film flounders
Until the Light Takes Us
Norse riff 'n' doom black metal merchants get lionized
35 Shots of Rum
Parisian tale of heart-stung family is a lovely slow burn
The Blind Side
An improbable Sandra Bullock comeback is almost as triumphant as this gridiron tale
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
A must-see film of empathy for the tragic human condition
Ninja Assassin
Regan-era throwback still offers gobs of ass-kicking frolic and head-splitting fun
Rock the boat, baby
Phillip Seymour Hoffman shows us how to remember rock ’n’ roll radio
Gentlemen Broncos
Crude
Killer doc exposes Texaco/Chevron’s ugly role in polluting Ecuador
Blowed 'em up good!
Implausible, nihilistic and preachy, this year’s blockbuster catastrophe flick is a total disaster
The Fourth Kind
Dreadful brain-eating garbage best left for the scrap heap
The Box
Coco Before Chanel
Fashion visonary trivialized by trite film
The thrill of defeat
The Damned United packs worthy kicks and a redemptive spirit onto a gloriously muddy soccer field
Now that it’s lit up, people seem to like Detroit’s new I-94 sign
By Steve Neavling
Black women-owned cannabis cultivator Calyxeum opens its first dispensary in Detroit
By Layla McMurtrie
Detroit’s City Winery music venue aims for 2025 opening
By Lee DeVito