November 16, 2024

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Movie Review: Inspiring Drama Brings History to Life

Rina Risper06 mins

Director Brian Helgeland had to prove that he had what it took to make a great movie about baseball great Jackie Robinson.  
 
 
By Samantha Ofole-Prince
 
For director Brian Helgeland, taking on the task of writing and directing a movie about baseball hero Jackie Robinson was no easy chore.

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Movie Review: Olympus Has Fallen

Rina Risper05 mins

Studio:     FilmDistrict
 
Plot:  A former Presidential guard is trapped inside the White after a terrorist attack and works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.
 
Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Robert Forster, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo, Rick Yune, Ashley Judd
Rating:     R
Bottom Line:     ***

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Movie Review: “Better Mus’ Come”

Rina Risper07 mins

Studio:      African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement (1 hr. 44 min.)
Plot:     Two main political parties enlist the support of gangs to advance their political agenda in 1970s Jamaica.
Cast:     Sheldon Shepherd, Nicole Sky Grey, Roger Guenveur Smith, Ricardo Orgill, Everaldo Creary
Rating:     Not Rated
Bottom Line:     ****
 

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Movie Review: “Snitch”

Rina Risper03 mins

Studio:     Summit Entertainment  (1hr. 52 min.)
Plot:     A father goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son who was imprisoned after being set up in drug deal.
Cast:     Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Barry Pepper, Michael K. Williams, Benjamin Bratt, Rafi Gavron, Harold Perrineau
Rating:     PG-13
Bottom Line:     ***

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Movie Review: Skyfall

Rina Risper011 mins

Studio:     Columbia (2 hrs. 23 min.)
Plot:     Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her.
Cast:      Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe, Judi Dench
Rating:     PG 13
Bottom Line:     **1/2
 

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Indian American Talent Flourishes on Fall TV

Rina Risper011 mins

 Mindy Kaling, is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer who plays Kelly Kapoor on the NBC sitcom The Office, as well as developing and starring in The Mindy Project. Kaling is also a co-executive producer and writer of several of the show’s episodes. FOX’s “The Mindy Project,” airing Tuesdays at 9:30. 

Photo by Autumn De Wilde/FOX

 

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Movie Review: Flight

Rina Risper06 mins

Denzel Washington is a pilot in the movie “Flight”.  It is now playing  at NCG – Eastwood Cinemas at 2500 Showtime Drive in Lansing, MI -10:30 am,12:15,1:30, 3:15, 4:35, 6:15, 7:35, 9:15 pm.  Check your local movie theater for times in your area.
 

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