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Weekend Box Office: ‘The Other Woman’ steals No. 1 spot before summer

By ROBERT CALCAGNO
April 28, 2014 in Arts & Entertainment, At the Movies, Blogs, Film

In the final weekend before the summer season, the box office was alive and kicking. After dominating the last three weekends, Captain America: The Winter Soldier finally lost the No. 1 spot to the revenge romantic comedy The Other Woman, which wrangled $24.76M. While not as strong as Cameron Diaz’s 2011 hit Bad Teacher, which […]

Weekend Box Office: ‘Captain’ achieves three-peat over Easter Weekend

By ROBERT CALCAGNO
April 21, 2014 in Arts & Entertainment, At the Movies, Blogs, Film

The Marvel Studios blockbuster Captain America: The Winter Soldier retained its No. 1 spot over Easter weekend, dropping a soft 38 percent to $25.59M, bringing its robust total to $200.5M. This is one of the best third weekend drops ever for a superhero film and raises the possibility of it pulling off a rare four-peat […]

Students hold discussion with director John Singleton on ‘Higher Learning’, on-campus race relations

By JORDYN HOLMAN
April 11, 2014 in Blogs, CampusNow, News

Students gathered to discuss the current climate of race, class and social structure in the Ronald Tutor Campus Center Thursday night with USC alumnus and award-winning director John Singleton. Prior to the discussion, students screened John Singleton’s 1995 film Higher Learning, a movie focused on the personal and social progression of a group of diverse […]

New thriller proves enjoyable, but improbable

By NICOLAS RANSINANGUE
February 27, 2014 in Arts & Entertainment, Film

Non-Stop, a new thriller, features a stocked cast limited by a flawed screenplay.

Action films shouldn’t have large box office impact

By NICOLAS RANSINANGUE
February 21, 2014 in Arts & Entertainment, At the Movies, Blogs, Film

With President’s Day Weekend behind us and the Academy Awards creeping up in about a week, new releases are sparse this weekend, with a pair of action films lacking in both good marketing and critical acclaim. This week’s new releases, Pompeii and 3 Days to Kill, are both targeted toward the male demographic, a shift […]

Do the Oscars really matter?

By C. MOLLY SMITH
February 20, 2014 2 Comments/in Arts & Entertainment, Columns, Multimedia, Podcasts

My family loves film. It’s integral to who we are. My mom acts. My dad works in box office data. I’ve worked at a movie theater on and off throughout college. To no one’s surprise, we take the Academy Awards very seriously. And the Smith family father-daughter Oscar pool is no exception. With that star-studded, […]

Weekend Box Office: “Awkward” debut for new films over Super Bowl Weekend

By ROBERT CALCAGNO
February 3, 2014 in Arts & Entertainment, At the Movies, Blogs, Film

Super Bowl Weekend is typically one of the slowest weekends at the box office and this year was no different. Weak new releases, poor weather across the Northeast and South and, of course, the big game, allowed Ride Along to pull off a rare three-peat at No. 1, with $12.03M for the weekend. While it’s […]

Box office preview: Sparse new releases over Super Bowl weekend

By NICOLAS RANSINANGUE
January 31, 2014 in Arts & Entertainment, At the Movies, Blogs, Film

It’s the time of year where new releases are few and far between. Awards season has saturated the box office with Oscar nominees and critically acclaimed films. Movies like Frozen, American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street have accumulated large audiences over the past few weeks. In stark contrast to last weekend’s release of […]

Enough Said showcases strong acting

By LANDON MCDONALD
September 17, 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Featured, Film

The film allows late Sopranos’ star James Gandolfini to show off his range in the lead role of Enough Said, a romantic drama.

Mansfield’s Car falls short of expectation

By LANDON MCDONALD
September 12, 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Featured, Film

Billy Bob Thornton directs the well cast but overly sweet Vietnam War-era drama about his experiences growing up in the South.

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