“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.
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October 11, 12:19 am
Love/Hate: Is actor Benedict Cumberbatch a hero or just hype?
Perhaps the most ironic movie moment of the year so far occurred in late September, when the script for upcoming WikiLeaks thriller “The Fifth Estate,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch as founder Julian Assange, was leaked on WikiLeaks. Read more...
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October 11, 12:00 am
UCLA alumni reunite for horror comedy ‘Ghost Team One’
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. When UCLA alumni Scott Rutherford and Ben Peyser first met as graduate students on Professor Duane Dell’Amico’s web series, they had no idea what they were doing. Read more...
Photo: UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumni Scott Rutherford and Ben Peyser set out to create a horror comedy film titled “Ghost Team One,” which combines the duo’s love of comedy with their intrigue in horror.
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October 11, 12:00 am
Q&A: UCLA alumni Rutherford and Peyser discuss filmmaking experience
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumni Scott Rutherford and Ben Peyser are the co-directors of “Ghost Team One,” a horror comedy that follows slacker friends Brad and Sergio, madly in lust with beautiful Fernanda, who believes the house they all live in is haunted. Read more...
Photo: Alumni Scott Rutherford and Ben Peyser’s film, “Ghost Team One,” follows friends Sergio and Brad in their lust for mildly crazy Fernanda.
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October 10, 12:39 am
Movie review: ‘A Touch of Sin’
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. “A Touch of Sin” Directed by Jia Zhangke Kino Lorber 3.5 Paws There are many purposes by which filmmakers approach murder, some better than others. Read more...