“Hit & Run”
Directed by Dax Shepard and David Palmer
Open Road Films
4.5 paws
As a mixture of Bradley Cooper in dreadlocks, an unconventional road trip and ex-bank robbers, “Hit & Run” is quite the romantic comedy cocktail.
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Theater Review: "Mary Poppins"
As the stage lights up, the familiar view of chimney tops against the twilight backdrop of the London skyline comes into view. A spotlight breaks through the dark landing on a lone chimney sweep. He begins to sing the beloved words of “Chim Chim Cher-ee,” and the audience is instantly wrapped up in the world of “Mary Poppins” at the Ahmanson Theatre.
Movie Review: 'The Dark Knight Rises'
Since his humble beginnings in the pages of comic books, Batman has inspired numerous generations. Now, after seven years, Christopher Nolan ends yet another era for the beloved superhero with the release of “The Dark Knight Rises,” and it doesn’t disappoint.
UCLA alum Kevin Cooper directs his first movie, “I Heart Shakey”
Dogs, as the universal symbol of loyalty, have long been a motif in family films. This summer, Kevin Cooper, an alumnus of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, makes his directional debut with “I Heart Shakey,” the first-ever live-action 3-D independent family film, which he based off of his own dog, Chaplin.
Graduate students reinterpret classic movie
Audio from George W. Bush’s speeches was spliced to form the words of Langston Hughes’ poem “Minstrel Man,” which played out into the room of about 40 audience members. While Bush recited the poem, projectors displayed segments of the movie “Gone with the Wind,” mixed with images of African American history, ranging from the Jim Crow laws up until Halle Berry became the first black woman to receive an Oscar.
Concert Review: Neon Trees plays intimate, nearly flawless show at Red Bull Sound Space
For most people, very few occasions justify taking a four-hour lunch break. Yet, for one man, the perfect opportunity arose to do just this when he won tickets to see Neon Trees perform at the Red Bull Sound Space at KROQ radio station.
25th anniversary screening of “˜RoboCop’ to reunite cast and crew, some of whom are former Bruins
In 1979, two students, Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner, attended UCLA for film. Though they did not know it at the time, the two would later team up to write the famed 1987 science fiction classic “RoboCop.”