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Holmes sweet Holmes
Who else but Robert Downey Jr. to personify self-destructive eccentricity?
By Jeff Meyers
Tags: The Scene, Film
Nine
Penelope Cruz and Marion Cotillard save this outhouse-quality Fellini knockoff
The Maid
Domestic servitude in all of its ugly, scheming glory
Native tongue
James Cameron's penchant for muscular, eye-popping spectacle eclipses Avatar's flimsy storytelling
ANOTHER CRITIC, ANOTHER LIST....
Tags: The Scene, B-Roll
All hot air?
Jason Reitman lets audiences off the hook with a false sense of ethical consciousness
Touch of Orson
Christian McKay does the best Welles since Welles
The Strip
A strip-mall satire that sees minimum-wager grown-ups acting childish
All tied up
An Adrienne Shelly finale of sorts doesn’t quite unwind
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Wes Anderson’s animated yarn skillfully balances pathos and kookiness
New moon falling
Commercial desires impale the tiny heart of the world’s biggest teen vampire franchise
No country for anyone
John Hillcoat wrestles Cormac McCarthy and winds up in a dead heat
The Messenger
Silent war casualties left behind on the home front
Antichrist
Want to see a penis masturbated until it spurts blood? This film is for you!
Bronson
Fans of fist-to-face violence will dig this
To sir with lust
A killer cast and a Nick Hornby credit lifts this Pygmalion-y twist
American Harmony
Go inside the heady, competitive world of … barbershop quartets
A Christmas Carol
New version of the classic has bells, whistles, but lacks heart
Men Who Stare At Goats
Never have so many give so much talent for so little
Afghan Star
Hawking Yankee pop-culture in a war-torn nation, at least there’s no Paula Abdul
Michigan’s ‘Bikers, Buds, & Brews’ taps Marcy Playground and Soul Asylum
By Lee DeVito
U-M faculty coalition calls out administration for treatment of Arabs and Muslims on campus
By Layla McMurtrie
Kash Doll, Rema, and PartyNextDoor among Afro Nation Detroit headliners
By Randiah Camille Green