Directed by George Tillman Jr., "Soul Food" is a funny, touching film about a family trying to stay together after the sudden illness of its matriarch. Although the movie has some shortcomings that tend to weigh it down, Tillman, a relative newcomer, shows that he has what it takes to really make a name for himself.
Spicy family drama 'Soul Food'
When Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen formed Dreamworks SKG a few years ago, the excitement surrounding the prospect of a new, creatively liberal and financially independent film studio was intense. It is only now that Dreamworks has released its first motion picture, "The Peacemaker," and one can only hope that it is not a sign of things to come.Fiery thriller 'Peacemaker' ignites at box office
Growing up a product of the MTV generation, certain stereotypes about solo piano concerts were naturally embedded into my brain.
One was that they have to be dull. Two is that they will only be enjoyed when the sounds of rock music become noise to me. George Winston's sold-out performance at the Michigan Theater Friday night dispelled all of those myths. 
Stunning Winston show offers refreshing change
Throughout the last seven years, The Charlatans UK has run into more than its share of roadblocks on the long and winding road to and from success.
In fact, when you consider the outrageous amounts of misfortune and tragedy that the Manchester group has had to sift through and endure, it really is a wonder that the group is still together at all, let alone one of the year's biggest-selling acts abroad.Charlatans UK rock Pontiac
Michigan's Eight Mile Road can be conceived of as a color line, as an economic line, as a cultural line between the economically suffering core of an industrial city and one of the richest counties in the U.S.; it is a microcosm of the nation. In a similar way, during and following the O.
Dyson to read at Shaman tonight
"Nothing Feels Good" is totally wrong when you listen to the new Promise Ring record. The fact is, everything about this record feels absolutely marvelous.
Starting right where it left off with last year's gem "30 Degrees Everywhere," and this past summer's release of the singles compilation EP "The Horse Latitudes," the youngsters in Wisconsin's own Promise Ring have taken the imperfections of those recordings and come up with something more beautiful and desirable.Promise Ring's latest offers everything 'Good'
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