“Blue Is the Warmest Color” is a three-hour movie, but it’s the dozen minutes of explicit lesbian sex that has kept it in media news. Banned in Idaho and followed by a trail of critical controversy, “Blue Is the Warmest Color” has raised questions about sex and sexiness ever since its Palme d’Or win at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Read more...
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October 22, 12:17 am
Students take on Campus MovieFest challenge
The challenge is to create a five-minute film in just one week. For UCLA student filmmakers participating in Campus MovieFest, today marks the end of this exciting but difficult process as they turn in their final submissions. Read more...
Photo: Each team working on projects for Campus MovieFest is provided with a video camera, sound equipment and a computer to make edits.
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October 18, 12:00 am
Love|Hate: Is the horror genre thriving or dying out?
There are fewer than two weeks until Halloween, and it’s time once again to get back in the spirit of frights and fears. Per usual, the entertainment world has a big effect on how the faux-holiday turns out; costumes of the season’s favorite characters find their way into the evening’s attire. Read more...
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October 18, 12:00 am
Movie review: ‘Escape Plan’
Everyone willing to go to the theater to see “Escape Plan,”the newest vehicle for glamorizing Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger as they spin into their late 60s, is going to receive exactly what they expect. Read more...
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October 17, 12:19 am
Movie review: ‘The Fifth Estate’
“The Fifth Estate” Directed by Bill Condon Walt Disney Studios 2.5 The thing about being groundbreaking is it’s hard to break new ground when the ground you’re standing on has already been demolished, especially if it was done three years earlier by a very good Mark Zuckerberg impersonation. Read more...
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October 16, 12:00 am
Movie Review: ‘Kill Your Darlings’
“Kill Your Darlings” invests in an evocative title, but only in the most literal sense do any of its darlings die. Ostensibly a gritty biographical portrait of Beat Generation writers – specifically the Columbia University group, centered around Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe) – “Kill Your Darlings” flirts with style, but never escapes the generic structure it imposes around the famous movement. Read more...
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October 14, 2:36 pm
Westwood Premieres: “Free Birds”
Among the many perks of being a UCLA student is being within the vicinity of Hollywood, at the hub of one of the largest entertainment industries on the planet. Read more...
Photo: Amy Poehler, whose voice is featured in the soon-to-be released “Free Birds,” attended the movie’s Westwood premiere.