Katie Cole loved the “virtualistic combat with tight 3-D effects” in the original. Nate Plumley called the final trailer for the sequel “orgasmic.” And Marco Martinez, who has already seen it, said “The Matrix Reloaded” is better than “The Matrix.” Martinez, a second-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student, saw the film at an MTV Movie House preview screening on the Warner Bros. Read more...

Flea markets and cheeseburgers and Genghis Khan. Oh my! Nope, this isn’t Kansas anymore, Dorothy. Welcome to another Daily Bruin blind date. This week, our daters went into the heart of Los Angeles, where they visited the Genghis Khan art exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Read more...

“Nigger,” “wetback” and “chink” are three words which may leave you gasping for breath, and are surely terms you wouldn’t think any even mildly socially-minded person would dream of saying. Read more...

Jocks want to rock, and rock stars want to be sports heroes. This pop culture rule-of-thumb might explain why 105-pound pianist Anne-Marie McDermott envisions herself as an athlete. Read more...

“Manic” Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt IFC Films “Manic” plays like it wishes it were a documentary. The shaky camera angles as well as the washed-out colors of digital give “Manic” a borrowed kind of realism. Read more...

Cinematography Professor William McDonald wears many hats. He’s been vice chairman of production in the UCLA Department of Film and Television for five years as well as the head of cinematography for those same five years, and he’s sat on the graduate student council for the past three years. Read more...

Julia Sweeney’s new one-woman show, “In The Family Way,” is the most remarkable unremarkable show you’ll probably see all year. You know Sweeney from her years on “Saturday Night Live” and characters like Pat or her previous one-woman show, “God Said, “˜Ha!'” You know she has a loud, but sweet, sense of humor and the ability to masterfully embody her characters. Read more...