Sons and lovers

Cheat Code

Mass Effect 2 and Dark Void by Bryant Franks

Alice in Wonderland

Movie review: The Tim Burton-Johnny Depp combo comes in colors and whimsy, but lacks tension by Jeff Meyers

Brooklyn's Finest

Movie review: Morally bankrupt cops in Richard Gere and Ethan Hawke? Really? by Corey Hall

Nollywood Babylon

Movie review: Intriguing doc eyes Nigerian film biz by Corey Hall

The North Face

Movie review: Harrowing historical yarn mixes Third Reich manliness and white-knuckle mountaineering by Jeff Meyers

World War Love

Movie review: World War Love is Troy Gregory’s phantasmagoric ride into the mouth of rock ’n’ roll madness by Corey Hall

The Ghost Writer

Movie review: The masterful Roman Polanski builds tension with grace and elegance by Jeff Meyers

Green Zone

Movie review: Missed opportunity to kneecap Bush’s weapons-of-mass-destruction catastrophe by Jeff Meyers

Our Family Wedding

Movie review: Blacks and Latinos finally star together in a major movie as wretched as anything whites have done by Corey Hall

Remember Me

Movie review: Robert Pattinson’s star vehicle runs out of gas by Corey Hall

She’s Out of My League

Movie review: Lots of bro-banter and bodily function goofs smother a good idea by Jeff Meyers

Previous Stories

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The Detroit International Film Fest debut gives up everything essential in film, local and beyond | By Corey Hall [3/3/2010]

Couch Trip

An Ethan Hawke gem you missed, a Chantal Akerman '70s round-up, plus Homer in hi-def and Bowie's kid on low budget | By Metro Times film writers [2/24/2010]

Cheat Code

Monkeywrenching the Nazis and choosing sides in Avatar | By Bryant Franks [2/24/2010]

Desperation programming

Idiot Boxing: After the Olympics, NBC prospects are far from golden | By Jim McFarlin [2/24/2010]

Previous Film Reviews

Blood Done Sign My Name

Film: Earnest, racially charged story suffers from its own patience | By Corey Hall [2/24/2010]

Shutter Island

Film: DiCaprio and Scorsese ace this beautifully wrought psychodrama | By Jeff Meyers [2/24/2010]

The White Ribbon

Film: Michael Haneke’s cinematic intellectualism is an exercise in tedium | By Jeff Meyers [2/24/2010]

Strongman

Film: The gritty life of a real strongman and all the attendant damage | By Corey Hall [2/24/2010]

White Lightnin'

Film: Classic indie doc gets the indie feature treatment | By Greg Baise [2/24/2010]

Shameless

Film: Sad sack ditches wife for hotties, loses big | By Jeff Meyers [2/24/2010]

Cop Out

Film: Buddy cop flick with zero irony? You betcha. | By Corey Hall [3/3/2010]

The Crazies

Film: The aptly titled Crazies is a deceivingly well-made and fast-paced shocker | By Corey Hall [3/3/2010]

The Sun

Film: Emperor Hirohito crumbles as World War II nears its end | By Corey Hall [3/3/2010]

Fish Tank

Film: First-time actress Katie Jarvis in a gritty, absolutely winning tale of sexual tension and lost innocence | By Corey Hall [3/3/2010]

AN ENGLISHMAN IN DETROIT

by: Jeff Meyers on 3/11/2010

ART-DAMAGED

by: Corey Hall on 2/5/2010

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