I hate myself for using the following phrase but there seems to be no way around it: I am a film geek. So if you feel lost looking at the Oscar ballots this year, I’ll get you familiar with some safe bets for the night’s big winners.
Hundreds of eager fans gathered at the NCG Eastwood Cinemas on Wednesday evening for a special advanced screening of the second part of the Hunger Games film series, ‘Catching Fire.’
For weeks leading up to Tuesday, social media was peppered with pleas to vote on a website which promised an advance screening of the movie “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” to the college with the most votes. The website was cryptic and provided little information about the contest’s organizer, Cross Culture Marketing Group; yet MSU students appear to have flocked in droves to the poll, winning the contest by more than 4,500 votes.
On Saturday night, people packed the Crossroads Food Court in the International Center for MSU’s annual interactive showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” For the uninitiated, Rocky Horror is the tale of a young couple’s car breaking down in front of Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s Castle, which houses a troop of sexually-unrestrained alien transvestites from Transsexual, Transylvania.
By hosting a showing of documentary “Chasing Ice” last night, Department of Geography chair Alan Arbogast hoped to build awareness, not just for environmental issues, but for the geography major at MSU.
For Moosejaw store manager Matt Oates, the Banff Mountain Film Festival gives local outdoorsmen the opportunity to see their passion come to life on the screen.
Standing 4-feet-7 inches tall, psychology senior Spencer Frost never thought he would see his face on the big screen. But after catching the attention of “Oz: The Great and Powerful” representatives, the possibility became a reality.
Since updating software last fall, Residence Halls Association, or RHA, has gotten positive feedback for it’s RHA TV On-Demand program. On the RHA website, students can watch up to 20 movies for free each month.
Depending on who you ask, online piracy might appear a clear-cut issue.
MSU alumna Jennie Kahn-Jacques thought she had left her dreams of acting in the past.
Tis the season, ladies and gentlemen, for the Academy Awards are almost upon us. Better known as “The Oscars,” the best in film will be awarded with the holy grail of entertainment. Or, so one may think.
As more students turn to online sites for a cheaper way to watch movies, local theaters and movie rental stores might be hit by the shift. More than 27 million U.S. customers are subscribed to Netflix, according to Netflix’s 2012 financial statement released last week. The number of customers increased by more than 2 million between its third and fourth quarters in 2012, and rose by 5.48 million since the fourth quarter in 2011. Brian Ballast, district manager for the Lansing-area Family Video, said many of the customers of the Family Video locations in Lansing are MSU or Lansing Community College students. But the number of young movie renters might dwindle as Netflix rises in popularity.
To bring about some fairy-tale student appeal, the University Activities Board, or UAB, hosted an on-campus screening of Paramount Pictures’ new movie, “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters” Thursday in Wells Hall.
Hollywood is a fickle place — particularly its insistence on making sequels to movies that don’t call for a follow up film. I mean, “Grown Ups 2?” Really? The quality of the movies that come out in any given year is random and often unfortunate.
Marketing freshman Addisen Carino and prenursing freshman Katie Justice carefully circled the shelves of movies in the basement of Gilchrist Hall on Monday night, trying to be certain they rented the best movies available.
Students hoping to relax after midterm exams will be able to watch a movie in their dorm rooms next week thanks to the Residence Halls Association, or RHA.
Students hoping to see a movie on campus will be dealing with some changes in the next month.
Summer is synonymous with great movies. The season is known for being a time when one box-office success after another hits the silver screen, and this summer was no exception.
One backpack of unknown origin, multiple stops in cities across the globe and one mysterious unidentified owner. That’s the story behind the recently premiered feature film, “The Owner,” a collaborative movie created with the help of three MSU alumni.
With the premiere of the movie rendition of “The Hunger Games,” which was first a book by Suzanne Collins, quickly approaching, it’s interesting for me to see the chaos that has ensued on MSU’s campus.