Screen On Sound: Mockingjay, The Hobbit and more
In this week’s installment of Screen on Sound, Lifestyle columnists Landon McDonald and Daniel Grzywacz talk about the recent and upcoming movie releases, as well as what’s hot on TV.
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Screen On Sound: The Homesman, Dumb and Dumber To and more
By LANDON MCDONALD AND DANIEL GRZYWACZ
in Lifestyle, Multimedia, Podcasts
In this week’s installment of Screen on Sound, Lifestyle columnists Landon McDonald and Daniel Grzywacz talk about the recent and upcoming movie releases, as well as what’s hot on TV.
Weekend Box Office: ‘Captain’ achieves three-peat over Easter Weekend
By ROBERT CALCAGNO
in At the Movies, Blogs, Film, Lifestyle
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 […]
Annenberg study reveals race bias in top-grossing movies
By HAILEY SAYEGH
2 Comments/in News
The study examined 20,000 characters in 500 movies released from 2007 to 2012.
Walking Dead serves as metaphor for reality
By MOLLIE BERG
2 Comments/in Columns, Lifestyle
When it comes to the subject of supernatural phenomena, producers have moved in quite a few different directions. There are the romantic, sexualized vampires that seem more interested in finding potential mates than sucking blood, which supposedly is their natural instinct. And there are glamorized witches and wizards from series such as Sabrina, the Teenage […]
Fantasy, sci-fi push artistic boundaries
By CARRIE RUTH MOORE
in Columns, Lifestyle
With the upcoming premieres of The Host and Game of Thrones, fans of science fiction and fantasy are prepared to see some of literature’s hottest titles portrayed on the screen. Whatever your opinions on Stephenie Meyer or George R. R. Martin, it’s undeniable that the fantasy and science fiction genres have a large market for […]
Dead Man proves revenge is a dish best served cold
The Sweeney embraces cliche cop humor, action
Weekend box office offers laughs, thrills
By ROBERT CALCAGNO
in Columns, Lifestyle
Though more than a third of the country was busy watching the Super Bowl (or at least the commercials) last weekend, a sizable audience was willing to see a zombie try to fall in love. Barely anyone, though, wanted to see Sylvester Stallone shooting up criminals in Bullet to the Head. You’d think Stallone would […]
Brits, witches and celebrities abound
By ROBERT CALCAGNO
in Columns, Lifestyle
Though this weekend features witches, an obscene amount of celebrities and Jason Statham doing what Jason Statham does best, looking back, last weekend proved to be great for Jessica Chastain and a very bad week for Arnold Schwarzenegger. Mama broke out with $32.1 million over the four-day MLK weekend thanks to moderately good reviews and […]