We were finally in at Swastique, the overpriced hot-to-trot West Hollywood dining spot rumored to be the home base of operations for Rupert Murdoch’s dastardly TV Inner Circle. 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...

“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...

While most college students have enough difficulty deciding on a major, it’s hard to believe that someone like Shujaat Husain Khan started preparing for his career when he was just 3 years old. Read more...

Wire “Send” Pink Flag Records If anything Wire is in the same boat as Sonic Youth ““ it consists of veteran rockers who are way too old to rock as hard as they do, yet they pull it off better than the younger ones who should (White Stripes, I’m looking in your direction). Read more...

Despite rumors of on-set tension with several producers and cast members, director Bryan Singer seems to have maintained the support of Twentieth Century Fox now that “X2″ is set to hit the big screen. Read more...

“X2″ Directed by Bryan Singer 20th Century FOX It’s hard to justify giving something three and a half paws when it’s part of a craze ““ and the recent flurry of comic book movies is nothing short of the biggest fad since the hula hoop ““ especially when it’s not outstanding. Read more...