While dystopian films have always been fashionable, they have widely grown in popularity since the success of movies such as “The Hunger Games” and “The Matrix.” At this point, “The Giver” is old news, centering on a theme that has been developed previously on-screen. Read more...
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The world first met Robin Williams as Mork, a fast-talking alien who had come to observe The Fonz and Richie Cunningham in the 1970s hit show Happy Days. Read more...
Sultry, sexy, her voice famously husky and effortlessly cool, Lauren Bacall epitomized the very definition of “movie starlet” for more than half a century. With her passing on Tuesday at the age of 89, Hollywood has lost one of its greatest actresses. Read more...
Photo: Actress Lauren Bacall passed away on Tuesday at the age of 89. Bacall starred in movies such as “To Have and Have Not” (1944), “The Big Sleep” (1946) and “Dark Passage” (1947). In 2009, she received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. (Courtesy of The Silver Screen Collection)
Sundance NEXT FEST brings together a collection of visually striking independent films at the Ace Hotel’s theater in Los Angeles. From zombie love stories to a short film based on Kendrick Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d. Read more...
With the passing of film and television legend Robin Williams, four of the Daily Bruin’s arts and entertainment writers offer perspectives on Williams’ movies and TV roles that influenced them the most. Read more...
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The best stories are those whose worlds prove so vivid and mesmerizing, that they make us crave to be a part of them. In 1997, J.K. Read more...
Photo: Premiering this October, “Mudbloods” follows the UCLA Quidditch team as they train for the Fifth Annual Quidditch World Cup in New York. Quidditch has been adapted from the “Harry Potter” books into an intercollegiate sport, broomsticks and all. (Courtesy of BOND/360)
The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) ranked third place in The Hollywood Reporter’s 2014 list of film schools this week, moving up one spot from last year. Read more...
