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Simple plot holds viewers’ attention

There are worse ways to spend an afternoon than watching Lockout.     The plot is simple: An important hostage is being held in an impenetrable fortress, and the only way to rescue her is to send in a cynical loose-cannon of questionable loyalty.     It’s a tried-and-true formula from the big book of movie cliches, […]

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Blue Man Group amazes fans

The Blue Man Group will be performing in Detroit at the Fisher Theatre from Tuesday, May 1, until Sunday, May 13.      The Blue Man Group comes across as being part rock group and part performance art group.      The original trio formed in the late 1980s when the three friends, then in their twenties, […]

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Music Review: Adele’s “21”

#8220;Rolling in the Deep,” a popular song that can be heard at least three times a day because it’s been the number one single of 2011, is the most notorious track on Adele’s new album, “21.” While the album was released in Feb­ruary, it has been at the top of […]

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Paula Poundstone makes Monroe cry from laughter

It may have been rainy and dreary outside Saturday night, but inside the Meyer Theater, Monroe could not stop laughing. Comedian Paula Poundstone was the woman behind the laughter. She walked onstage to a full crowd with a can of Diet Pepsi in hand. She was dressed in a bright […]

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‘Color of Water’ author speaks at MCCC

Bestselling author James McBride spoke to a packed house at the Meyer Theater in the La-Z-Boy Center Tuesday night. “I liked him,” said Lauryn Dempsey, a student at MCCC. “He was really funny.” She was in attendance because his memoir, “The Color of Water,” is one of her favorite books […]

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Crystal Bowersox rocks the Meyer Theater

Crystal Bowersox packed the Meyer Theater for the first of two sold out shows April 1. With her fan favorite singles, a couple of covers, and the fact that she grew up near the area, Bowersox knew she had a good show that night. “I feel good, I saw a […]

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‘The Roommate’ lacks plot

#8220;The Roommate” follows a college freshman who begins what seems to be a normal friendship with her dorm roommate. The friendship quickly becomes unstable as the roommate becomes obsessed with the protagonist, becoming jealous of her relationships with new college friends, a possible new boyfriend and her pre-college best friend. […]

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February brings unfavorable films to screen

February is the month to avoid the movie theaters. Filled with box office failures, February was far from the date hotspot that Valentine’s Day typically creates.   The Unknown Predictable, boring and forgetful – Liam Neeson, try as he might, cannot lift “The Unknown” past a cheap thriller with a […]

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Monroe Big Band makes big bang at Meyer Theater

Picture Frank Sinatra singing his best in MCCC’s own Meyer Theater on Jan. 15. You couldn’t have gotten any closer than the Monroe Big Band featuring Kevin Sands, Joel Zmuda and Lisa Young. Kevin Sands has that undeniable charm, charisma and voice. You would think Sinatra was standing right in […]