Before I was a member of the Daily Bruin staff, I was the subject of an article in the paper. It was my first quarter at UCLA and I had just transferred from my community college in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. I got the crazy idea to participate in a statewide pageant to further my dream […]
Author Archives: Maria Simpson
Movie Review: ’21 and Over’
Gone are the days of fake IDs and getting turned away at the bar. The big 2-1 has finally arrived for Jeff Chang (Justin Chon), a straight-A student whose birthday falls on the eve of his medical school interview. Chang’s two best friends Casey (Skylar Astin) and Miller (Miles Teller) decide to pay him a […]
UCLA student chosen in Oscars Experience College Search
As Anne Hathaway accepted her award for Best Supporting Actress at the 85th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, UCLA’s own Tatenda Mbudzi was there to hand off her golden statuette. Mbudzi, a second-year MFA candidate in the Producers Program at the School of Theater, Film and Television, was one of only six students chosen to […]
Movie Review: “Parker”
Disguised as a gray-haired priest at the Ohio State Fair and later as a Texan playboy with a ten-gallon hat, Jason Statham’s character Parker dons many facades in order to pull off even the most impossible heist.
Directors, actors discuss “Parker” adaptation
The Richard Stark novel “Flashfire” is reimagined for the big screen in “Parker,” a crime thriller starring Jason Statham as Parker and Jennifer Lopez as Leslie, a forty-year-old divorcee returning to the work force and struggling to make ends meet.
'Bruin in the Kitchen' brews up Vietnamese cuisine
Amid the clatter of kitchen knives and graters, students gained free advice on a holistic range of topics.
Food Review: The Buttercup LA
Located in West Los Angeles’ own Little Osaka, Japanese fashion and French desserts collide at The Buttercup LA.