Author Archives: Pete Flores

Every year, industry execs flood the streets of Sundance hoping to find the next great filmmaker, temporarily transforming the snow-covered mountains of Utah into the Hollywood hills. The constant wheeling and dealing of Sundance puts insiders like Hollywood’s Weinstein brothers into the warm auditoriums but leaves the average festival-goers out in the cold. On every […]

While UCLA’s film school remains highly selective, film students are not the only ones learning about film at UCLA. Various undergraduate departments have decided to offer film-related courses in order to satiate the desire for such knowledge among UCLA undergraduate students. Departments offering film classes include ““ but aren’t limited to ““ English, history, music […]

Before Jayson Blair plagiarized quotes and fabricated material in his articles for The New York Times, there was Stephen Glass. Glass was an ambitious journalist who fabricated events in his articles to achieve success at various publications, earning large sums of money and a reputation for always writing the perfect story. Although the story of […]

One of the great things about Clint Eastwood is his uncanny ability to infuse stoicism and apathy into the protagonists of his films, whether he’s in front of the camera or behind it. This strength, however, becomes problematic when used liberally without any control or restraint as seen in “Mystic River.” With a high-profile cast […]

While many film school students hope to have their films screened in theaters, KCET is trying to expand its aspirations, although to a smaller screen. Throughout the month of August, KCET has been showcasing the work of perhaps the next Lucas or Zemeckis as well as other student filmmakers in the series “Fine Cut: A […]

In the past year, numerous films based on comic books including “Hulk” and “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” have been produced in hopes of achieving the box office success of other comic book-based films “Batman” and “Spider-Man.”Â As movie studios vie for the opportunity to adapt another comic book for the big screen, along comes “American […]

Although “Seabiscuit” induces the sort of emotions that Oprah Winfrey or even her protégé Dr. Phil incite these days, the film is a welcome change amid the thunderous racket of this year’s sequel-filled summer. Based on the book by Laura Hillenbrand, “Seabiscuit” recounts the inspiring tale of the Cinderella horse that rose to become the […]