Theater and Movies

Details: Written by Kam Williams; Published: 23 April 2014

Taraji P. Henson stars as Catana Starks the Tennessee State University golf coach who led her team to success

Details: Written by Kam Williams; Published: 17 April 2014

Kam's Kapsules: Bears, A Haunted House, Heaven is for Real, Transcendence, 13 Sins, Bank$tas, Kid Cannabis and more...

Details: Written by Helen Silvis; Published: 16 April 2014

Kam Williams talks to documenatry filmmaker Ken Burns about his new film The Address

Details: Written by Kam Williams; Published: 10 April 2014

Weekly previews that make choosing a film fun

Details: Written by Lisa Loving; Published: 08 April 2014

The actor is eloquent on why Shakespeare is still relevant in the modern age

Details: Written by Kam Williams; Published: 04 April 2014

In the Retrieval a black bounty hunter and fugitive slave forge an unlikely friendship in the midst of the civil war.

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Details: Written by Kam Williams; Published: 04 April 2014

Kam Williams reviews: Captain America, Afflicted, Alan Partridge, Dom Hemingway, 10 Rules for Sleeping Around, Being Ginger, Flex is Kings, Island of Lemurs, Nymphomaniac and more…

Details: Written by Kam Williams; Published: 27 March 2014

Kam Williams reviews Noah, Sabotage, Locker 13, Raid 2, Cesar Chavez, Boys of Abu Ghraib and more...

Details: Written by Ronault Catalani; Published: 27 March 2014

Artist and actor Lyndee Mah performs her American Immigration Story in Portland with music from Janice Scroggins

Details: Written by Kam Williams; Published: 25 March 2014

Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly take the lead in the new Biblical blockbuster

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