http://www.detroitnews.com/graphics/detnews_printart.jpg http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage en-us Copyright 2013, detroitnews.com Saxotech Online online@detroitnews.com (The Detroit News Online) online@detroitnews.com (The Detroit News Online) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 20 May 2013 05:00:00 EDT Mon, 20 May 2013 02:56:07 EDT 30 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130519/ENT02/305190002/1034/rss28 ]]>— 'Star Trek: Into Darkness' has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations. Sun, 19 May 2013 14:34:00 EDT By David Germain | Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130519/ENT02/305190002/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130518/ENT02/305180003/1034/rss28 ]]>While movie critics have been falling over each other trying to find the pithiest adjectives for 'flop,' director Baz Luhrmann's giddy, 3-D film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' scored $51.1 million at the box office last weekend. Sat, 18 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Susan Whitall | - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130518/ENT02/305180003/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130518/ENT02/305180005/1034/rss28 ]]>The ugly news out of Hollywood this week was: It continues to be a man's world when it comes to movies. While that might be alarmingly, even increasingly, true, I still think women are on the move. Sat, 18 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Tom Long | Detroit News Film Critic http://detroitnews.com/article/20130518/ENT02/305180005/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130517/ENT02/305170013/1034/rss28 ]]>'Kon-Tiki' is one of those films that leave you stunned by the things men do. It is awesome in the true sense of the word. Fri, 17 May 2013 13:41:00 EDT By Tom Long | Detroit News Film Critic http://detroitnews.com/article/20130517/ENT02/305170013/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130517/ENT02/305170014/1034/rss28 ]]>Michael Shannon plays a cold-blooded killer in 'The Iceman,' director Ariel Vromen's true life story of New Jersey hit man Richard Kuklinski, who is said to have killed more than 100 men before being carted off to prison. Fri, 17 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT By Adam Graham | - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130517/ENT02/305170014/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130517/ENT02/305170015/1034/rss28 ]]>'Black Rock' is 'Deliverance' with girls, and that turns out to be a good and gritty thing. The film isn't really a horror movie as much as it is a film filled with horror. Fri, 17 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT By Tom Long | Detroit News Film Critic http://detroitnews.com/article/20130517/ENT02/305170015/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130517/ENT02/305170019/1034/rss28 ]]>'Erased' is warmed-over Bourne, minus the excitement. If you like high body counts and don't mind implausible turns, this might be the movie for you. Fri, 17 May 2013 09:36:00 EDT By Tom Long | Detroit News Film Critic http://detroitnews.com/article/20130517/ENT02/305170019/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130517/ENT02/305170025/1034/rss28 Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with around $1 million worth of jewelry, in a brazen late-night burglary just hours after the screening of a film about break-ins at the homes of Hollywood celebrities, French officials said Friday. Fri, 17 May 2013 13:20:00 EDT By Jamey Keaten | Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130517/ENT02/305170025/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130516/OPINION03/305160301/1034/rss28 ]]>"Star Trek Into Darkness" is out of this world. Replacing such well-established characters with instantly likeable and recognizable new actors was no minor feat, and the ensemble's strength continues here. Thu, 16 May 2013 13:06:00 EDT Tom Long http://detroitnews.com/article/20130516/OPINION03/305160301/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130516/ENT02/305160302/1034/rss28 ]]>Simon Pegg, who reprises his role as engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in "Star Trek into Darkness," says the issues dealt with in the futuristic film come directly from the real here and now. Thu, 16 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Tom Long Detroit News Film Critic http://detroitnews.com/article/20130516/ENT02/305160302/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130516/ENT02/305160012/1034/rss28 ]]>New and notable on DVD this week are the stunning 'Cloud Atlas' and the seventh season of 'Dexter.' Thu, 16 May 2013 20:20:00 EDT By Tom Long | Detroit News Film Critic http://detroitnews.com/article/20130516/ENT02/305160012/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130515/ENT02/305150008/1034/rss28 ]]>Cecelia Crocker's body provides her with a constant reminder of the most traumatic event of her life — one that she doesn't otherwise remember. Wed, 15 May 2013 12:47:00 EDT By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER | Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130515/ENT02/305150008/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130515/ENT02/305150327/1034/rss28 ]]>Yes, that's Isla Fisher appearing in two of the first major films of the summer-movie season: the latest adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" as well as the crime caper "Now You See Me." Wed, 15 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Michael Cidoni Lennox Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130515/ENT02/305150327/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130513/ENT02/305130349/1034/rss28 ]]>Flagstaff, Ariz. -- The Hollywood image of Tonto once had the Lone Ranger's sidekick wearing a thin headband and lots of dangling fringes. The latest Disney version has a shirtless Johnny Depp adorned with feathers, a face painted white with black stripes, and a stuffed crow on his head. Mon, 13 May 2013 08:45:00 EDT Felecia Fonseca Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130513/ENT02/305130349/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130513/ENT02/305130005/1034/rss28 ]]>The director who rebooted 'Star Trek' for a new generation, sending the USS Enterprise out again to explore strange new worlds, has also been put at the 'Star Wars' helm. Soon he'll direct a new film, the seventh, in the epic sci-fi franchise. Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:00 EDT Jill Lawless | Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130513/ENT02/305130005/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130512/ENT02/305120348/1034/rss28 ]]>Leonard DiCaprio's "The Great Gatsby" partied like it was the Roaring Twenties with a $51.1 million debut that made it a surprisingly strong runner-up to comic-book blockbuster "Iron Man 3." Sun, 12 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT David Germain Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130512/ENT02/305120348/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130512/ENT02/305120332/1034/rss28 London — The next "Star Wars" movie will be shot in a galaxy far, far away from Hollywood — Britain. Sun, 12 May 2013 10:11:00 EDT Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130512/ENT02/305120332/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130511/OPINION03/305110309/1034/rss28 ]]>Summer's here and the blockbusters are flying. See "Iron Man 3" zip by; here comes "Star Trek into Darkness"; yahoo, "The Man of Steel" is on its way. But let me put in a word for the little guys. Sat, 11 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Tom Long http://detroitnews.com/article/20130511/OPINION03/305110309/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130510/OPINION03/305100315/1034/rss28 ]]>All the pieces are in place and the performers seem primed, but there's something about "Gatsby" the movie that distracts from Gatsby the character. Fri, 10 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Tom Long http://detroitnews.com/article/20130510/OPINION03/305100315/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130510/ENT02/305100316/1034/rss28 ]]>"Peeples" isn't a great title, so you might as well call it "Tyler Perry's Meet the Parents." Everything that ensues is straight out of the "Parents" playbook, though not nearly as sharp. Fri, 10 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Adam Graham - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130510/ENT02/305100316/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130510/ENT02/305100317/1034/rss28 ]]>With a title like "No One Lives," you figure this isn't a romantic comedy about two lovable bird-watchers. And it's not. It's a hack-'em-and-stack-'em bloodfest, no getting around it. But as such affairs go, it's a bit of an odd bird. Fri, 10 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Tom Long Detroit News Film Critic http://detroitnews.com/article/20130510/ENT02/305100317/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130510/ENT02/305100329/1034/rss28 ]]>There's something essentially reluctant about "The Reluctant Fundamentalist." Even though the film's story is plain enough, its point remains fuzzy. Fri, 10 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Tom Long Detroit News Film Critic http://detroitnews.com/article/20130510/ENT02/305100329/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130510/ENT02/305100323/1034/rss28 ]]>Tom Cruise wastes his time with action flick "Jack Reacher" while "Mama" is a strong ghost story. Fri, 10 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT Tom Long Detroit News Film Critic http://detroitnews.com/article/20130510/ENT02/305100323/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130508/ENT02/305080312/1034/rss28 The Maple Theater in Bloomfield Hills is offering'20s drink specials in celebration of the new film "The Great Gatsby." Wed, 08 May 2013 10:19:00 EDT Melody Baetens - The Detroit News http://detroitnews.com/article/20130508/ENT02/305080312/1034/rss28 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130507/OBITUARIES/305070421/1034/rss28 ]]> London — When Ray Harryhausen was 13, he was so overwhelmed by "King Kong" that he vowed he would create otherworldly creatures on film. He fulfilled his desire as an adult, thrilling audiences with skeletons in a sword fight, a gigantic octopus destroying the Golden Gate Bridge, and a six-armed dancing goddess. Tue, 07 May 2013 16:56:00 EDT Cassandra Vinograd Associated Press http://detroitnews.com/article/20130507/OBITUARIES/305070421/1034/rss28