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Movie Review: Love Crime
Something so unexpected happens halfway through Love Crime, the final film by the late French director Alain Corneau, that you’re left wondering how the story c...[Read More]
The 2012 Uptown Film Festival Is Now Accepting Submissions
Birmingham, Michigan – The Uptown Film Festival (UFF) is now accepting submissions for the 3rd Annual Michigan Film Awards Competition that will honor the...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Three Musketeers
Early on in The Three Musketeers, a guard smirks at a captured Porthos (Ray Stevenson) and says, “For a man of your reputation, I expected better.” I guess, by ...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Paranormal Activity 3 is a Real Scream
If there was one franchise almost guaranteed to turn a profit, it’s the Paranormal Activity franchise, and the third time was definitely the charm. At an estima...[Read More]
Movie Review: Johnny English Reborn
There are three words that describe Johnny English Reborn. The first is silly; the second is harmless; the third is okay. It’s a silly, harmless comedy that doe...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
The new film The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 examines the Black Power Movement in the US through the eyes of Swedish journalists. Piecing together footage pri...[Read More]
Movie Review: Benda Bilili!
In 2004 French filmmakers Renard Barret and Florent de la Tullaye travelled to the dangerous and impoverished sub-Saharan African streets of Kinshasa, the war-r...[Read More]
How Marvel Films Made Me a True Believer in The Avengers!
The folks behind the latest crop of Marvel superhero movies have done the impossible – they made me care about The Avengers. I’m a very cynical comic book fan (...[Read More]
Interview with Craig Brewer and Kenny Wormald, director and star of Footloose
Nearly every day on the set of the new film Footloose, director Craig Brewer would warn star Kenny Wormald: “You know if this doesn’t work it’...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Real Steel Keeps the Championship Belt!
It was almost a no-decision, but Real Steel remained the favorite for the second week in a row with an estimated $16.3 million. But even losing 40% of its previ...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Thing
As a long time fan of John Carpenter’s The Thing (at least, long enough to know I was way too young to see that movie for the first time), I approached the new ...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Big Year
Based on the book by the same name, The Big Year follows three avid birders as they look to complete the ultimate (informal) competition for North American bird...[Read More]
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