Fourth Estate Lifestyle Reporter Stephanie Watkins

Captain Phillips sails into the Oscar nominations and the JC Cinema

Office of Student Involvement will be showing  “Captain Phillips” at the JC Cinema this weekend.

A quick search online will easily show that “Captain Phillips” is a favorite of many award shows. It has won eight so far, with 76 nominations overall.  The upcoming Academy Awards has given the movie a nod for Best Motion Picture, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Writing, among others.  Even Rotten Tomatoes has given “Captain Phillips” a good score.

So does this movie live up to the hype?

World Blues Tour sets toes tapping at Center for the Arts concert

The World Blues Tour stops at Mason’s CFA with world-renowned performers in a night dedicated to American and international blues music.  

On Nov. 15, the iconic Taj Mahal Trio and international artists Vusi Mahlasela of South Africa and Fredericks Brown, originally from New Zealand, performed in the World Blues Tour at the Center for the Arts.

Fall for the Blog: Hope for GMU

Fourth Estate follows events of the Fifteenth Annual Fall for the Book Festival through 

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