“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Fox Searchlight Pictures 4.0/5.0 Paws “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” pays tribute to the youth culture it portrays. Read more...

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“Entourage”Directed by Doug EllinWarner Bros.2.0 / 5.0 paws SPECTRUM GALLERY: Entourage movie premiere In some far off, destitute fantasy landscape known as 2004, Doug Ellin decided to create a television show that should have done for men what “Sex and the City” did for women. Read more...

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Zehao Xue’s “Currency Affairs” clocks in at 3 minutes 52 seconds. But the time Xue spent working on the award-winning film went beyond what he said to be the usual timeline for student projects. Read more...

Photo: Graduate film student Zehao Xue’s animated film “Currency Affairs,” a story about two separated dollar bills, took home the award for Best in Show at the Shorttakes Student Film Festival on May 21. (Courtesy of Zehao Xue)

Elderly Edna Katz sits in her nursing home, bored and watching television, when she is shocked to her feet by an advertisement to save homeless cats. Read more...

Photo: Graduate student Ben Haist’s five-minute long animated film “Cat Lady” won first place in the animation category at the Shorttakes Student Film Festival on May 21. (Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)