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A Walk to Beautiful

A Walk to Beautiful chronicles a silent epidemic in Africa and around the developing world: women who sustain life-changing injuries...

Natasha Desianto

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Chicago 10

The Vietnam War undoubtedly changed the way this country thinks about protests. There were peace protests all over the nation,...

Alexander L. Carpenter

Film Interviews

Christina Ricci

It’s clear to anyone who has followed Christina Ricci’s career that she has chosen some odd film roles. She’s all over the map,...

Christina Morgan

Film Interviews

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon knows what it means to be Type A. As the overachieving Tracy Flick in 1999’s Election and the perfectionist...

Leslie Barrie

Film Interviews

Semi-Pro

Will Ferrell is using his Sports Information degree from USC in a very unconventional way. Instead of talking about sports, he...

Sheila Dichoso

Film Movie Reviews

The Signal

New indie horror film The Signal has a unique blend of horror, gore and slapstick comedy, and though I’ve seen movies that have...

Keyvon Pierre

Film Special Features

USC & UCLA Alumni at the Awards

Although we tend to focus on their overwhelming fame and fortune, most people in Hollywood emerged from less glamorous origins....

Michael Lee

Film Special Features

Oscar News

HOW DO YOU CHOOSE? While you may know that Cate Blanchett and the Coen Brothers are up for multiple Oscars, there’s one guy...

Frederick Mintchell

Film Special Features

Official Irish Dirt

For millions of Irish-Americans around the world, the thought of shuffling off this mortal coil would be easier if they could...

James Bartlett

Film Projections

Oscar© Night

The Academy Awards are as much a part of Hollywood as the drug deals and overpriced parking – it wouldn’t be the same without...

Sarah Bennett

Film Movie Reviews

The Oscar® Nominated Shorts

Who should watch short shorts? You should watch short sorts. There seems to be an aversion to watching a series of short films...

Henry Senecal

Film Movie Reviews

National Lampoon's Bag Boy

Since there seem to be more parody sports films these days than actual sports films, it was only a matter of time before they...

Jonathan Knell

Film Movie Reviews

Jumper

When the trailer for Jumper first rolled around, no one was more excited about the movie than I was. Its leading man, Hayden...

Ebony March

Film Movie Reviews

Cover

A murder mystery with an explosive twist, Cover resembles a classic noir – it begins with a shooting and an arrest, and what...

Samantha Ofole

Film Movie Reviews

The Counterfeiters

This Academy Award-nominated Best Foreign Language Film is amazingly depressing and exceptionally moving. The story follows Salomon...

Jessica Koslow

Film Special Features

BUSTING ONTO THE SCENE & LIGHTING UP THE SCREEN

What follows is a snapshot – by no means a complete list – of the year’s most affecting breakthrough screen performances. JONAH...

Rayhané S. Sanders

Film Special Features

Oscar® Picks 2008

Naysayers swore that it wouldn’t happen, but the 80th annual Academy Awards telecast is a go. The Oscars are always the most...

Ebony March

Film Interviews

Be Kind Rewind

There are very few adjectives fit to describe writer/director Michel Gondry. Instead, it’s best to let the man’s work stand for...

Ebony March

Film Interviews

Charlie Bartlett

Films about teenagers and high school life can take many forms in many different genres. Be they romantic comedies as in 10 Things...

James Dusenberry

Film Interviews

Allison McCurdy

The road from Dallas Cowboys cheerleader to neophyte film producer is paved with challenges. But along with the bumps come opportunities....

Richard D. Lewis

Film Movie Reviews

George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead

Diary of the Dead is a nightmare, and I don’t mean that in the scary/good way. Writer/director Romero created modern zombie mythology...

Richard D. Lewis

Film Movie Reviews

Definitely, Maybe

Opening on Valentine’s Day, Definitely, Maybe seems like one of those saccharine chick flicks that girlfriends force their boyfriends...

Michael Lee

Film Projections

Pan African Film & Arts Festival

Even though the Pan African Film and Arts Festival started Feb. 7, the next six days hold all of the action as the largest Black...

Sarah Bennett

Film Interviews

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Things really couldn’t get much worse for Helen Grace (Mary-Louise Parker). She recently separated from her husband and is doing...

Henry Senecal

Film Special Features

Jim Carrey

It’s not everyday you get an invitation to watch Jim Carrey “jump off a bridge,” but recently I was there when he did just that!...

Henry Senecal

Film Interviews

Step Up 2 the Streets

Step Up 2 the Streets introduces audiences to a new form of dancing – the underground dance scene. Featuring an amazing cast,...

Jasmine Jackson

Film Interviews

John Hensley

The first time he read the script for “Nip/Tuck,” John Hensley, who plays Matt McNamara on the show, knew, unequivocally, that...

Kim Mickenberg

Film Interviews

The Hottie and The Nottie

“I think a lot of people see me from ‘The Simple Life,’ I’ve been doing that show for five seasons. It’s a reality show where...

Kantreal Daniels

Film Interviews

The Band's Visit

“It began with an image of a man in a uniform singing,” relays Israeli filmmaker Eran Kolirin, director of The Band’s Visit,...

Jessica Koslow

Film Projections

Victor/Victoria

If the writer’s strike is killing your Oscar buzz, spend a night to remember the good ol’ days of the gilded statue with eight-time...

Sarah Bennett