Ceremony will be part of Detroit Independent Film Festival
Wayne State will host the first Michigan Film Awards at 7:30 p.m. March 6 at the DeRoy Auditorium.
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Percy Jackson and The Olympians releases Feb. 12
Cast members from the film “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lighting Thief” were in the Detroit area recently to promote the film and have a roundtable discussion with several media outlets.
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Encore Program exposes new aspects of filmmaking
The Detroit Windsor International Film Festival will hold the second installment of its Encore Program at 7 p.m. Feb. 4 at Alvin’s bar near Wayne State.
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Keeping to the twisted form of his other films, the plot of Richard Kelly’s latest film “The Box” does not disappoint. Just like his first major film “Donnie Darko,” “The Box” is written and directed by Kelly. In the film, he poses the question: for a million dollars, could a person live knowing it cost another person their life? This is the decision that Norma (played by Cameron Diaz) and Arthur Lewis (James Marsden) must make when the box is delivered to their front door in late 1976.
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‘The Blind Side’ showcases a heart-warming true story
Imagine driving down the street, it’s cold outside and you see a 6-foot 5-inch, 340-pound African-American is teenager shivering in shorts and a T-shirt. Would you stop and help him? More importantly, would you offer him a place to stay if you knew he was homeless? Those were the questions that faced the Tuohy family in the movie “The Blind Side.”
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Wayne State’s Department of Communication will hold a special presentation entitled “Out in Asia: Queer Documentary in Asia” inside Wayne’s Law School Thursday, June 11 at 2 p.m.
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The days of waiting for Skynet to take control of the world are officially over. In “Terminator Salvation,” John Connor has finally become the man that the other films said he would be. He lives in a future where Skynet is, as usual, trying to upset the timeline, and Connor is not the only target.
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Did you ever fantasize about packing up your belongings and moving to a new city? “Away We Go,” a poignant portrait of American life, makes the dream a reality with a unique sense of romanticism and humor.
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The world will look up and ask ‘Is It good?’ and I’ll whisper ‘Meh’
Zack Snyder attempts the impossible with his adaptation of the classic Alan Moore graphic novel “Watchmen,” and the results are shockingly unspectacular. The film’s visual style is often breathtaking and many of the performances stand out, but it also has many unremarkable traits.
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Friday the 13th has quite an unpleasant reputation, yet no bad luck was experienced by Wayne State student filmmakers who showcased their short films that night in Manoogian Hall.
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The beginning of the year can be a mind-numbing time for moviegoers, as the studios roll out a slate of B-grade productions in the wake of their prestigious Oscar contenders. But in 2009, cinephiles have some upcoming releases to look forward to while waiting out the mediocre winter wasteland.
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Offbeat director Gus Van Sant makes a return to the relative mainstream with the impressive new biopic “Milk,” starring Sean Penn, James Franco, Emile Hirsch and Josh Brolin. Penn portrays Harvey Milk, the first openly gay public official in the United States.
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Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman makes his directorial debut in the new film “Synecdoche, New York,” starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Hoffman is Caden Cotard, a hypochondriac playwright and theater director who begins to question the mundane nature of his life, his marriage and his derivative work in the theater.
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Marc Forster’s “Quantum of Solace” was not made in an industry where James Bond films set the standard for action-spy thrillers; it was made in the age of Jason Bourne, and it shows.
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It is one of the most astonishing and inspirational survival stories of our time. On Oct. 13, 1972, young rugby team members from Montevideo, Uruguay, boarded a plane for a match in Chile — when all of a sudden, they vanished into thin air.
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‘Rachel Getting Married’
After a short foray into documentary filmmaking, director Jonathan Demme (“The Silence of the Lambs,” “Philadelphia”) returns to feature film with “Rachel Getting Married,” starring Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie Dewitt and Tunde Adebimpe.
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“XXY”
“XXY,” the directorial debut from Lucia Puenzo, reveals the aggressive curiosity of gender without eschewing the sensitive temperament of an adolescent hermaphrodite dealing with the conflict of social mores.
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‘Alexandra’ explores the Russia-Chechnya conflict
The Friends of the Detroit Film Theater presented “Alexandra” on Oct. 24. The film marked the second installment in the Discussion on Film Series at the Detroit Film Theater.
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Movie Review
Street slanging, bank robbing and murdering - all for a lost package in "Next Day Air". Director Benny Boom, known well in the hip-hop world for producing music videos, mixes this film's chain of surprises with drugs, violence and comedy.
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For Tyrese Gibson, being a part of the cast in a movie like "Transformers" is an unreal experience, and being able to have a sequel to the movie just sweetens the pot.
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Her comedy central show to air third season
Sarah Silverman recently spoke with college students about what is in store for season three of her show “The Sarah Silverman Program” on Comedy Central.
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An interview with 'Julie and Julia' author, Julie Powell
For a discontent, dispirited secretary like Julie Powell, the idea that a movie would ever be made about her life is dreamlike.
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Film suffers from comedy clichés
Every so often, a movie comes along that revolutionizes a film genre or the art of cinema. These films bring something new to the table, leaving future filmmakers plenty of new elements and ideas to replicate. For viewers looking for a memorable comedy, “Year One” unfortunately lies at the other end of the spectrum.
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What do Ivan the Terrible, Amelia Earhart, Abraham Lincoln and a giant squid have in common? Nothing, except the fact that they all star in the movie “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” director Shawn Levy’s sequel to the 2006 film.
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Jonze’s film satisfies adult tastes
Many are familiar with Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are.” Yet, the recent film adaptation from director Spike Jonze is anything but child’s play.
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Several movies try to answer the age-old question, “What would time travel be like?” “Timecrimes,” written and directed by Nacho Vigalondo, portrays the idea of time travel in a way that is terrifying.
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Whirlwind romance turns sour
Waking up after a wild house party, Joanne (Tracey Heggins) finds herself staring at a complete stranger who is standing at the bathroom sink brushing his teeth with his fingers.
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The lives of adolescent boys seem to be the same throughout the world; they are focused on school, bullies, maternal attention and their first love. Swedish director Tomas Alfredson expertly juggles these themes with vampirism in “Let the Right One In.”
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A number of local filmmakers will be screening their work in an upcoming gallery presentation to be held in the basement of Old Main 5 p.m.- 8 p.m. on Jan. 31.
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With latest film, director Boyle stays true to himself
From drug addicts to zombies to Indian slum residents, director Danny Boyle's filmography certainly isn't lacking for diversity.
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The Detroit Film Theater presented Masaki Kobayashi's epic film "The Human Condition" in one session 12pm-10:30pm Nov. 9.
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Celebrated B-movie actor, director and producer Bruce Campbell will be screening his new film “My Name is Bruce” on Nov. 21, 22, and 23 at Royal Oak's Main Art Theater.
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Zack and Miri is one of the raunchiest romantic comedies to date, but underneath the sex, bad language, and nudity is something surprisingly sweet and wholesome.
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“Appaloosa”
Actor Ed Harris returns to the director’s chair for the first time since 2000’s “Pollack” with the new western “Appaloosa,” starring alongside Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger and Jeremy Irons.
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Latest Shia LaBeouf film is painful to watch
“Eagle Eye” is painful to watch. In spite of its very few redeeming qualities, this film – the latest from the actor-director team of Shia LaBeouf and D.J. Caruso – not only hurts the eyes, but also the stomach and brain.
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Organization shows dangers of narcotic abuse through movies
Some lives may have changed in a small viewing room in the Student Center on a rainy Tuesday evening. It was as simple as projecting a film. Anti-Drug Wayne recently put on one of their first film presentations open to the students titled “Requiem for a Dream” on Oct. 21.
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Movie Review
"Is Anybody There?" is a movie that has no idea what it wants to be. Director John Crowley aims for a heartwarming dark comedy but misses that target. Not even the star power of Michael Caine can save this movie from its terribly slow pacing that will have moviegoers napping in their seats.
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