Film, Real Detroit Weekly

The Great Gatsby

Nicole Rupersburg — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Nicole Rupersburg ★★★★ Stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan. Screenplay written by Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce.…

Peeples

Gary Bartle — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Gary Bartle ★★★ Starring Craig Robinson, Kerry Washington, David Alan Grier, S. Epatha Merkerson, Malcolm Barrett. Written and directed by Tina Gordon Chism…

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Nicole Rupersburg — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Nicole Rupersburg ★★★ Starring: Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber. Written by Ami Boghani, Mohsin Hamid, William Wheeler.…

Iron Man 3

Gary Bartle — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

by Gary Bartle ★★★★ Sstarring Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley. Written by Drew Pearce and Shane Black.…

The Big Wedding

Alysa Zavala — Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Alysa Zavala ★ 1/2 Starring Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Robin Williams, Ben Barnes, Christine Ebersole and David Rasche. Written by Justin Zackham and Jean-Stephane Bron.…

Pain & Gain

Gary Bartle — Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Gary Bartle ★★ 1/2 Starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shaloub. Directed by Michael Bay.…

The Company You Keep

Gary Bartle — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Gary Bartle ★★★ Written by Lem Dobbs. Directed by Robert Redford.…

Oblivion

Nicole Rupersburg — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Nicole Rupersburg ★★ 1/2 Starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough. Directed by Joseph Kosinski.…

Disconnect

Nicole Rupersburg — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Nicole Rupersburg ★★★★ Starring: Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo and Alexander Skarsgard. Directed by Henry Alex Rubin.…

Starbuck

Nicole Rupersburg — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Nicole Rupersburg ★★ 1/2 Written by Ken Scott and Martin Petit. Directed by Ken Scott.…

Trance

Gary Bartle — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Gary Bartle ★★★★ 1/2 Written by Joe Ahearne and John Hodge. Directed by Danny Boyle.…

To the Wonder

Alysa Zavala — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Alysa Zavala ★★★ Written and directed by Terrence Malick. Starring Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams and Javier Bardem…

42: The Jackie Robinson Story

Alysa Zavala — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Alysa Zavala ★★★★ Directed and written by Brian Helgeland. Staring Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, Christopher Meloni, T.R. Knight and John C. McGinley…

The Evil Dead

Nicole Rupersburg — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Nicole Rupersburg ★★★★ Starring: Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci. Directed by Fede Alvarez.…

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Nicole Rupersburg — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Nicole Rupersburg ★★ 1/2 Starring Dwayne Johnson, D.J. Cotrona and Adrianne Palicki. Directed by Jon M. Chu.…

Ginger & Rosa

Alysa Zavala — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Alysa Zavala ★★ Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Annette Bening, Christina Hendricks, Alessandro Nivola, Timothy Spall and Oliver Platt. Written and directed by Sally Potter…

The Host

Nicole Rupersburg — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Nicole Rupersburg ★★ 1/2 Starring Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons and Jake Abel. Directed by Andrew Niccol.…

No

Alysa Zavala — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Alysa Zavala ★★ 1/2 Starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Luis Gnecco, Nestor Cantillana, Antonia Zegers, Marcial Tagle, Pascal Montero, Jaime Vadell, Elsa Poblete. Written by Pedro Peirano and Antonio Skarmeta.…

On the Road

Adam O'Connor — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:00:00 -0400

by Adam O'Connor ★★ 1/2 Starring Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart. Written by Jack Keruoac and Jose Rivera.…

Suitcase of Love & Shame

Nicole Rupersburg — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Nicole Rupersburg ★★ Director: Jane Gillooly Have you ever wondered what it would be like to listen to 70 minutes of two people going all smoogly-boogly kissy-wissy darling pookie pudding pop snuggle face over a tape recorder?…

Beyond the Hills

Alysa Zavala — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Alysa Zavala ★★ 1/2 Starring Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, Valeriu Andriuta. Written by Cristian Mungiu and Tatiana Niculescu Bran.…

Admission

Gary Bartle — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Gary Bartle ★★ 1/2 Starring Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Lily Tomlin, Michael Sheen. Written by Karen Croner (based on a book by Jean Hanff Korelitz).…

Olympus Has Fallen

Nicole Rupersburg — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Nicole Rupersburg ★★★★ Starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman. Directed by Antoine Fuqua.…

The Call

Gary Bartle — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Gary Bartle ★★★ 1/2 Starring Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Michael Eklund. Directed by Brad Anderson.…

The Gatekeepers

Alysa Zavala — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

by Alysa Zavala ★★★★ Starring Ami Ayalon, Avraham Shalom, Avi Dichter. Directed by Dror Moreh…