2017 films turned cinema conventions on their heads. In one best picture nominee, sadistic white, self-proclaimed liberals play the villains. In another front-runner, the love interest takes the shape of a humanoid amphibian creature. Read more...
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This post was updated Feb. 27 at 4:32 p.m. It’s awards season, which means it’s also the season of naive think pieces questioning whether the era of #OscarsSoWhite has passed. Read more...
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A movie is bound to be entertaining if its main characters play “Dance Dance Revolution” at their wedding ceremony. Directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein’s latest action-comedy “Game Night” follows a group of friends who find themselves unwittingly involved in the world of organized crime during a weekly game-night gathering. Read more...
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A movie is only as good as its villain, and a good villain is much more than a monster with maniacal laughter or a sinister-looking entity surrounded by henchmen. Read more...
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My heart dropped when I saw the words “whitewashing” and “controversy” appear in a headline about the upcoming film “Annihilation.” I’ve been excited for the film ever since its trailer dropped in December. Read more...
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World-changing technology meets rural grasslands in Marvel’s latest venture. “Black Panther,” the sixth film in Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, follows T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) after he becomes king of Wakanda. Read more...
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Maddison Bullock wanted to watch a movie about ice skating but couldn’t find any, so she decided to make her own. “Ice,” the upcoming film alumna Bullock co-directed, produced and acted in, will debut Tuesday at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre in Hollywood. Read more...
Photo: When alumna Maddison Bullock couldn’t find a film about ice skating on Netflix, she took matters into her own hands and decided to create her own film. “Ice” tells the story of two young figure skaters who have dreams of going to the Olympics. The film will be making its debut Tuesday at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre. (Daniel Miller/Daily Bruin)
