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, […]

In honor of the remake of Final Fantasy X, and the lack of games coming out this month to review, I will be reviewing FFX, which may be my favorite game of all time.     Final Fantasy X was released for the PlayStation 2 back in late 2001. It was the first Final […]

Many of the books and movies that we all know and love can relate to people’s lives in ways that, at first, may not be noticed.     The newest hit in the box offices, The Hunger Games, compares to today’s society in numerous ways.     Making more money than Twilight and Harry Potter, The Hunger Games […]

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, […]

#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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

#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. […]