In the blink of an eye, one of the biggest movies of the upcoming holiday season, and of the year, has been moved back eight months.
Author Archives: Jake Ayres
Dance-off not necessary
It’s summer, the season of vacations, beaches, blockbuster movies and subpar television.
Westwood screens welcome Bruin movies
Although high-profile film festivals such as Cannes and Sundance are starting to become derided for freeloading celebrities and swag baskets, the fact remains that festivals are still what they were meant to be: showcases of talent, both established and up-and-coming.
Soundbite: Lil Wayne
The late, great Hunter S. Thompson once said, “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”
Viral vids merit a closer look
“It’s fun to do bad things.”
Stephen Marley, Roots to hit JazzReggae
It’s not every weekend that both a son of the world’s foremost reggae artist and a musician by the name of Tuba Gooding Jr. are on UCLA’s campus. Only on the weekend of the JazzReggae Festival.
Screen Scene: “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”
It’s been 19 long years since Indy last cracked the whip, shot the swordsmen and melted some Nazi punks in 1989 when the first “trilogy” ended with “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” He’s finally back, resurrected by the original team of George Lucas producing and Steven Spielberg directing, with 66-year-old Harrison Ford reprising his role as the good doctor.