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Halloween frightens away Hollywood 

By Tom Long

The Detroit News

Here's how many major Hollywood films will be opening at theaters across the country today :...

Review: 'Amreeka' takes flesh-and-blood look at immigrant experience 

IT'S 2003 and Muna (Nisreen Faour), a divorced mother, and her son Fadi (Melkar Muallem) have just received some surprising news at their...

Review: Heritage and career conflict in 'Ocean of Pearls' 

The tense juxtaposition of ancient culture and modern world has offered ample subject matter to filmmakers the past couple of decades, and "Ocean...

Review: Bruce is at his B-movie baddest in 'Bruce" 

'MY NAME Is Bruce" is a spoof, it's an inside joke, it's a love letter to cult fans, it's old-fashioned homegrown moviemaking, and if it's bad,...

Leader & Comment 

Leader King Alfred is dead. Kieran Long asks if this is the end of lazy, facade-focused housing Is Frank Gehry's scrapped scheme in Brighton the...

Review: Maher continues to court controversy with 'Religulous' 

Bill Maher knows people are going to howl in protest starting today with the release of his new film, "Religulous." (See review, Page 5.) "I...

Review: 'Lakeview Terrace' a solid thriller about race 

Finally, a movie about racism in which there's no racism involved. Oh, on the surface it's there, and with a reverse twist that makes you...

Review: The only thrill in 'Traitor' is knowing when this film is 

What's worse than a thriller with no thrills? A thriller that puts you to sleep. Flat and just plain boring most of the time, "Traitor" wastes...

Review: 'The Rocker' in no way rocks 

If you're going to call a movie "The Rocker," it should rock. Unless, of course, that movie is about a rocking chair. But "The Rocker" is not...

Review: Wooden 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' just another stiff 

Like many people, you may have wondered whether the last three "Star Wars" movies would have been better if all the characters had been played by...