Arts & Entertainment

Studio: Paramount Pictures (133 mins) 

Plot:    The IMF is shut down when it’s implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization’s name.

Cast:   Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg

Rating:     PG-13

Bottom Line:     ***

 

By Jonathan  McMillan

 

In recent years the James Bond franchise was rebooted, making it more contemporary. And for the better part of the last decade, Jason Bourne has pretty much dominated the spy movie genre with Hollywood’s rendition of The Bourne Trilogy.

“Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol,” the fourth installment in the Mission Impossible saga, was rumored to be a reboot due to the feeling from critics that the “franchise is played out and its star over-exposed” after “Mission Impossible III” was released.

 

By Tashmica Torok

 

Many of us hear the knocking and we dive for under the couch.  I fling the door wide and leave it open.  I love new opportunities.  I love new fresh breath.  I want it to swirl up inside my home and blow the unwanted out through the back door.

 

We all have some leftover unwanted from this year.  

 

It is a time for reflection.  It is.  Some may scoff and say, it’s just another day.  Or the pessimist might say resolutions fail.  I say, ideas do die without action.  The order of the day is lists checked twice.  Santa had a fail proof plan.

Left: 

 

Downtown Lansing 

401 South Capitol Ave.

Lansing, MI 48933 

January 13 and January 14

 for these special events:

 

Black History 101 Mobile Museum:

 NECESSARY! exhibit

Presenter, Khalid el-Hakim

Friday, January 13, 

10 am-5 pm

Saturday, January 14, 

9 am-4 pm

 

Malcolm X & Hip Hop

Professor Griff of Public Enemy 

Saturday, January 14 • 11 am

 

Shabazz Academy African Dancers & Drum Group

Enjoy a student performance that blends traditional West and East African dance and 

drumming traditions.

Saturday, January 14 • 1:30 pm

 

Black History Storytime

Children of all ages and their families are invited to listen to stories and make a craft 

to take home.

Saturday, January 14 • 2 pm

 

Dear Tamara:

 

Shortly after my divorce I began dating a man of another race. When I told my best friend about the relationship, she freaked out and didn’t hold back her disapproval about man that I was seeing and the fact that he is white. Since then our friendship has changed. We have been best friends for over 20 years and often talked on the phone two to three times a day. Since I told her about my new relationship, we barely talk once a week. And when we do, I am usually the one to call and our conversation has been strained. I don’t want to lose my best friend, and cannot imagine my life without her. I can’t believe she is acting like this. I want to save the friendship, but at the same time, I do not want to end my new relationship. Things are getting pretty serious and I want to see where things go. What should I do?

 

Friends Til the End