While "The Hurt-Locker," the Iraq War's answer to "Saving Private Ryan," has been getting a lot of attention during awards season, for my money, the period piece which will be better remembered a generation from now is "The Messenger."

After serving his country in Vietnam, Henry Marrow (A.C. Sanford) returned to his hometown of Oxford, N.C., only to be murdered in broad daylight for allegedly leering at a local White woman. On May 11, 1970, the 23 year-old vet left behind a pregnant widow (Milauna Jemai) and two young daughters, while the perpetrators of the heinous crime would ultimately be found not-guilty by an all-White jury, despite credible testimony of several eyewitnesses who identified the perpetrators as Ku Klux Klan sympathizer Robert Teel (Nick Searcy) and his son.

Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun

Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun

The Cascade Festival of African Films opens this Friday, Feb. 5 with a showing of the award-winning "Teza" at 7 p.m. at the Hollywood Theatre. The opening night film will be attended by its Ethiopian director Haile Gerima. All films in the festival are free and open to the public...

Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- A movie that began as a project in a University of Michigan film class has beaten out thousands of other entries for a spot at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. "Bilal's Stand," the creation of 25-year-old Michigan graduate Sultan Sharrief, will be screened Monday night as part of Sundance's new NEXT category for very low budget films.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- While Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock's chances for Academy Award gold were advanced with their trophies at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the blockbuster "Avatar" may have felt a touch blue.

Mesmerizing Michael Jackson Swan Song Due on DVD

Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun