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"Formosa Betrayed" is a political thriller with an agenda. It argues that Formosa, now known as Taiwan, has been the pawn of great powers for centuries. Occupied by Japan in the pre-World War II years, it was claimed by the Nationalists of Chiang Kai-shek after the war, and his army retreated there after its defeat by Red China. Although... Full story »

It is so hard to do a movie like this well. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" is a PG-rated comedy about the hero's first year of middle school, and it's nimble, bright and funny. It doesn't dumb down. It doesn't patronize. It knows something about human nature. It isn't as good as "A Christmas Story," as few movies are,... Full story »

Here are a few of the events taking place Monday in the Bay area.  Full story »

— By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski When pop singer Michael Buble performs, his love of singing is obvious. Even he knows that. “Expect to come and be taken away for a couple hours,” Buble told The Flint Journal about his live show. “I really, sincerely love what I do for a living. The fact that I get to do this and... Full story »

Nick Nolte is an interesting actor. Perhaps too interesting to appear in an independent documentary about himself. Perhaps too interesting to be interviewed by someone else. In "Nick Nolte: No Exit," he interviews himself. The way he does this does what it can to assist a fairly pointless documentary. Click here to continue reading this story. Full story »

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is a compelling thriller to begin with, but it adds the rare quality of having a heroine more fascinating than the story. She's a 24-year-old goth girl named Lisbeth Salander, with body piercings and tattoos: thin, small, fierce, damaged, a genius computer hacker. She smokes to quiet her racing heart. Click here to... Full story »

"Repo Men" makes sci-fi's strongest possible case for universal health care. In a world of the near future, where they still drive current cars, a giant corporation named the Union will provide you with a human heart, kidney, liver or other organ. Let's say a pancreas costs you, oh, say $312,000. No, it's not covered by insurance, but the... Full story »

Tickets to see American music icons Simon & Garfunkel will go on sale at 10 a.m. March 22. Full story »

The Contemporary Christian Concert Series will be at the DTE Energy Music Theatre, 7774 Sashabaw Road, Clarkston, with three inspiring performances this summer. Full story »

Acerbic “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell is putting his money on a woman to win this ninth season of “American Idol.”  Full story »

Here are some choices for your entertainment around the Bay area Sunday. Full story »

The Insane Clown Posse will bring "The Happy Daze Tour" to the Meadow Brook Music Festival at 5:30 p.m. May 15. Special guests will be Kottonmouth Kings, Coolio, Kittie and Necro.Tickets are $30 for lawn seats and $35 for pavilion seats. Specially priced lawn ticket four-packs are also available for $99. They go on sale at 5 p.m. March 19... Full story »

I'm on the brink of declaring a new entry for Ebert's Little Movie Glossary: No comedy not titled "Caddyshack" has ever created a funny joke involving a golf cart. The only thing preventing me is that I can't remember if "Caddyshack" had golf cart jokes. In any event, if there is a golf cart, it will sooner or later... Full story »

Metal legends Iron Maiden will bring “The Final Frontier World Tour” with special guest Dream Theater to DTE Energy Theatre, 7774 Sashabaw Road, Clarkston, at 7:30 p.m. July 17. Full story »

This is the tenth in a series of installments of "Vampire Nation," the latest story by Johnathan Rand. “Vampire Nation” features the fictional Amber McMurray of Flint, who loves to read scary books but is tired of vampires on television, in movies and in novels. She longs for a good ghost story. But when a new hit TV series called... Full story »