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Studio:     Fox Searchlight (96 minutes)

Plot:     A single flight attendant embarks on a thirty-thousand-mile expedition mission to find a potential suitor.

Cast:     Paula Patton, Derek Luke, Taye Diggs, Jill Scott, Boris Kodjoe, Adam Brody, Trey Songz

Rating:     PG 13

Bottom Line:     ****

 

Left:  Jazmen Darnell Brown is a screenwriter born and raised in Lansing, MI with his mother, Dawn Brown at the screening of his feature film, “The Citizen”.    Courtesy photos

 

By Deborah M. Walker

 

LANSING, MI — For the past five years, Jazmen Darnell Brown a 2003 J.W. Sexton High School graduate had been waiting anxiously for what would be his inauguration into the world of feature film writing. Since 2008, Brown had been working on his project trying perilously to explain his cinema venture to friends and family who were perplexed as to the extent of his work. Brown tried countless times to clarify and the grand scale of his work and now he can finally reveal the result of his endeavor. 

By Samantha Ofole-Prince

 

Studio: Raising Kane Films (112 minutes)

Plot:   An aspiring poet in a troubled marriage starts a new relationship with a new man who helps her find her artistic voice.

Cast:  Shanola Hampton, Elimu Nelson, Omari Hardwick, Tamala Jones, Dorian Missick, Michael Beach

Rating:   R

Bottom Line:     ****

Studio: Universal Pictures (1 hr. 49 min)

Plot: Two crooked undercover officers unknowingly lead investigations on each other.

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Paul Patton, Bill Paxton, James Marsden

Rating:     R

Bottom Line:     **1/2

Studio:     Universal (2 hrs. 10 mins.)

Plot:     Agent Luke Hobbs enlists Dominic Toretto and his team to bring down former Special Ops soldier Owen Shaw, leader of a unit specializing in vehicular warfare.

Cast:     Vin Diesel, Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Sung Kang, Luke Evens, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, and a Souped-up 1969 Dodge Daytona Charger.

Rating:     PG-13

Bottom Line:     ***

Studio:     (2 hrs. 10 min.)

Plot:     When Tony Stark’s world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

Cast:     Robert Downey Jr. Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce, Jon Favreau, Rebecca Hall

Rating:     PG-13

Bottom Line:     **1/2

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.

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:     ***