A woman relaxes in the hot water of her shower. Suddenly, she is interrupted by the silhouette of a shadowy figure looming behind the curtain. The figure raises a knife aloft and swings it down. Read more...
Photo: (Qingqing Su/Daily Bruin)
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October 30, 1:41 am
Movie Review: ‘Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse’
“Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse” sees twofold brain chomping: The zombies feast on human brains, and the movie eats away at the audience’s. Unfortunately for the horror comedy, one and a half hours of cheesy clichés, leering teen banter and countless breast close-ups don’t amount to much hilarity. Read more...
Photo: (Paramount Pictures)
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October 30, 12:35 am
Lights, Camera, Political Action: ‘All the President’s Men’
Flip on a news channel and you’re likely to see characters with perfectly coiffed hair making fantastical claims directly to camera. But how far does this connection between political figures and entertainment go? Read more...
Photo: Since the 1976 film “All the President’s Men,” the media landscape has changed in the intervening years between Watergate and the 2016 presidential election due to the ubiquity of information easily accessed through the Internet. (Courtesy of Warner Bros.)
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October 29, 12:07 am
Reels, Notes and Takes: Week 5
There’s no better place to keep a finger on the pulse of arts and entertainment happenings than Los Angeles. The A&E world is alive – it’s always buzzing, sometimes ready to implode with a hint of a surprise album or a celebrity’s controversial statement. Read more...
Photo: (J.K. Rowling, Walt Disney Records, Sony Pictures, Barbie YouTube)
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October 28, 11:54 pm
Academy preservationists develop old film in new light
Feisty little urchin Annie Rooney has to fight on the grimy streets of 1920s New York to avenge her father’s murder in the movie “Little Annie Rooney.” Ninety years after the release of the silent comedy-drama starring Mary Pickford, preservationists from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have teamed up with the Mary Pickford Foundation to develop a new, high-definition print of the movie, which will be screened at the James Bridges Theater on Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: On Tuesday, a newly restored print of the 1925 silent comedy-drama “Little Annie Rooney” will be screened at the James Bridges Theater. A Q&A will follow with two of the film’s preservationists and Andy Gladbach, who composed a new original soundtrack. (United Artists)
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October 28, 3:01 am
Second take: ‘The Walking Dead’ spoiler, controversy
Warning: This article contains plot spoilers. The living dead. Roamers. Biters. Walkers. Zombies. A corpse by any other name would eat as much flesh. In Sunday’s episode of “The Walking Dead,” that flesh might have belonged to one of the show’s oldest and most popular characters. Read more...
Photo: The passing of a principal character in “The Walking Dead” is likely to cause ripples in the plot and the group’s fate, as Rick Grime’s leadership is called further in to question. (Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC)
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October 27, 1:01 am
Q&A: UCLA alumni reflect on Armenian Genocide through film ‘1915’
A crowd of more than 100,000 people filled Sunset Boulevard and La Brea Avenue on April 24, marching with flags or protest banners and chanting in memory of those who died in the 1915 Armenian Genocide. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumni Garin Hovannisian (right) and Alec Mouhibian (left), who are both Armenian, co-wrote and directed the psychological thriller movie “1915” to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Armenian Genocide. (Bloodvine Media)