At military funerals today, it’s not an unusual sight to see a person playing “Taps” with a digital bugle, or to hear a recording of the famous tune playing on a boom box. Read more...

Film School The Cooperage Feb. 6, 8 p.m. With a moody and dynamic palette of sounds, Film School is sure to win over the hearts of arty pretentious types everywhere. Read more...

“The Animation Show” may prove to be the perfect compromise for students appalled by the shock value tactics of “Spike & Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation,” yet too intellectually pretentious for Saturday morning cartoons. Read more...

“Hidalgo” Ackerman Grand Ballroom Feb. 10, 8 p.m. If not for the pretty overt pro-American sentiment, this almost looks like a David Lean movie, Omar Sharif and all. Read more...

If you think you’re reading a sports column, you’re wrong. Still, along with the rest of the world, I watched the Super Bowl on Sunday, but instead of watching the event for what it’s supposed to be (a football game), I watched it for what it really is: a massive exercise in television production. Read more...

Most leading actors demand millions of dollars to star in films. Filmmaker Larry Blamire found one for only $98. “The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra,” a spoof on old B-movies, features a fake skeleton that Blamire purchased off eBay in the title role. Read more...

Play it again, Sam. Returning to the stage after a successful 2002 debut at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, and currently playing at the Geffen Playhouse through Feb. Read more...