The main point of “Old Dogs” is to subject its stars ““ Robin Williams, John Travolta and Seth Green, mostly ““ to enough pain and humiliation to take the place of an interesting plot.
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Video Game Review: “Assassin’s Creed II”
Leonardo da Vinci was a pretty interesting guy, inventing an automobile prototype way ahead of its time and whatnot.
Video Game Review: Lego Rock Band
We all know by now that the Guitar Hero and Rock Band video game franchises are a cruel joke played on the baby boomers. How torturous it must be for them to have lived through the magical era of the Beatles and protest songs and vinyl, only to watch their children play plastic instruments in front of a television screen.
Screen Scene The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The question, at this point, is not whether to take the “Twilight” series seriously ““ if you don’t have pictures of Robert Pattinson on your walls, feel free to laugh when the vampires sparkle in the sunlight. Rather, the real question is whether “Twilight” is taking itself seriously anymore.
Actors’ Gang plays “˜Wizard of Oz,’ “˜Dark Side of the Moon’
The Actors’ Gang, the provocative theater group led by Oscar-winning actor and UCLA alumnus Tim Robbins, will not be performing theater on Wednesday.
Ugandan Jewish community leader brings music and message to UCLA
JJ Keki is something of a modern Renaissance man, combining roles as a farmer, activist, statesman and Grammy-nominated musician. It is thanks largely to his diverse efforts that the small Jewish Abayudaya community is reemerging in the African nation of Uganda, despite suffering greatly in the 1970s under the military dictatorship of Idi Amin.
Screen Scene: Oh My God
Friedrich Nietzsche was a smart guy, but he was wrong about at least one thing: God is definitely not dead. At the very least, the ideas of God, the arguments over God and the documentaries about God are still very much alive.