February 2013

Editor: Bianca Berlanga

May 3rd, 2013 -Iron Man 3

2013 Summer Movies

June 28th, 2013 -Kick Ass 2 -White House Down

May 10th, 2013 -About Time -The Great Gatsby -Tyler Perry We the Peeples May 17th, 2013 -Star Trek Into Darkness

McCarthy Rules Weekend Box Office

This weekends modestly budgeted performers yielded a weak total. The top ten grossed around $87 million, about 20% down from last year (continuing the trend for 2013 so far) and closer to 30% off from last weekend. On a Sunday when studio films look to take home most of the top Oscars (not always the case), their new pictures arent playing well with audiences. Only three studio pics make the top ten,

while mini-majors and independents carry most of the weight. The continued success of such companies as Weinstein, Lionsgate, Relativity and Open Road is healthy for the overall industry, but the lack of top-draw breakout hits from the studios is significant, even during their first quarter off-season. This drives grosses lower, with exhibitors continuing to bear the brunt of the pain.

May 24th, 2013 -Epic -Fast and Furious 6 -The Hangover Part 3 June 7th, 2013 -After Earth -The Internship -Now You See Me June 14th, 2013 -The End of the World -Man of Steel

July 3rd, 2013 -Despicable Me 2 -The Lone Ranger -Independence Day 3D July 12th, 2013 -Grown Ups 2 -Pacific Rim July 19th, 2013 -RIPD -Turbo July 26th, 2013 -The Wolverine August 2nd, 2013 -300 Rise of an Empire -Red 2 -The Smurfs 2

The Perfect Date Movie

When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family. But even as

Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. With Jos empathic and stubborn support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven.

June 21st, 2013 -Monsters University -World War Z

Oz the Great and Powerful

Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a smalltime circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz. At first he thinks hes hit the jackpot-fame and fortune are his for the taking. That all changes, however, when he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz), and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyones been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity-and even a bit of wizardry-Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.

Mila Kunis Talks to Us About Oz

What was your favorite scene? What was my favorite scene to do? It wasnt the waterfall sequence, Ill tell you that, cause it was dirty. But, uh, my favorite? I think appearing in Glindas castle is really fun for me just cause it was an extra ten days to shoot. It was a long day. Hindsight 20/20 it was really fun. If you asked me while I was there, I probably would have been miserable but it was really fun to do. Because I got to (have a scene with Michelle Williams). Michelle and I never had anything to do other than that one scene and we really wanted to work with one another and that was our one and only opportunity to do it. What was your experience with the Wizard of Oz as a kid? I came to America when I was seven and a half in 91. I think I read the first book when I was nine years old, the first full length book in English that I read was Return to Oz. And Ive spoken about this completely independent of this movie prior to ever being attached to this film, that as a kid the first movie that I remember seeing that resonated with me was The Wizard of Oz. I think just visually the color, the spectrum of it and how fantastical it was and how much you wanted to live in that world, for a nine year old it was so magical and so grand so I have the greatest, fondest memories of it.