8. "Punch-Drunk Love" Once again P. T. Anderson proves himself the most exciting filmmaker alive today. Here, the auteur of “Magnolia” and “Boogie Nights” plays into and defies generic conventions without making it feel forced. Read more...

They’re big, they’re bad, and they’re gonna be at your local multiplex faster than you can say Richard Hatch. The tsunami of reality programming will soon crash onto the silver screen again with the tentatively titled “Spring Break: The Movie.” It’s going to be cast with real college students and part of the first wave of auditions will be held at Madison’s on Friday from 11 a.m. Read more...

“Metroid Prime” Retro Studios Nintendo GameCube If you are a fan of the old “Metroid” games for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES and Gameboy platforms, but think that the switch to a first-person shooter can only ruin the classic gameplay, consider yourself mistaken and go buy “Metroid Prime” for GameCube right now. Read more...

The Japanese word “kyodo” has two translations: “family” and “loud children.” UCLA Kyodo Taiko, a Japanese drumming group which will perform Jan. 9 at 6 p.m. Read more...

While my roommates were re-creating last Sunday’s thrilling playoff game between the New York Giants and the San Francisco 49ers on “Madden 2003,” it dawned on me that Monday Night Football had already wrapped up its season. Read more...

The current state of the music industry is nothing to sing about. For the second year in a row, U.S. album sales have declined, plummeting 8.7 percent to nearly 650 million units in 2002 ““ the worst drop in over a decade. Read more...

Robert Rosen, dean of UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television, doesn’t just sit, aloof, in his office doing administrative work. Last year, he helped create the student-run television program “UCLA: Next,” a magazine style television series focusing on UCLA. Read more...