Jerell Rosales didn’t think twice when his friend and former teacher James Franco emailed to ask if he wanted to direct Franco’s new movie. UCLA alumnus and lecturer Franco brought on both Rosales, a directing graduate student, and Jessica Dube, a UCLA screenwriting alumna, to work on the Lifetime film “High School Lover.” Debuting Saturday, […]
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UCLA alumni to present horror-comedy series at Sundance 2017
Girl meets boy, girl loses her virginity to said boy – and then girl wakes up the next day suddenly nine months pregnant with an alien? More supernatural than the average “first time” story, “Snatchers” is an eight-part horror-comedy series premiering at the Midnight Episodic Showcase in the special events category of the 2017 Sundance […]
Movie review: ‘Allied’
“Allied” is Brad Pitt’s worst movie since “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.” The suspenseful war romance brings the tension and the drama with its climactic action scenes, but doesn’t do justice to the love story. The film features a cast and crew with several Academy Award wins and nominations among them, including wins for director Robert […]
UCLA brings Stars Hollow to campus in anticipation of ‘Gilmore Girls’ revival
Get home, make tea, curl up on the couch and watch “Gilmore Girls.” This was Anne Wasserman’s after-school routine during her junior year of high school. Wasserman is now a second-year sociology student, but her love for the TV show has been reinvigorated in anticipation for the show’s upcoming revival episodes, Wasserman said. “Gilmore Girls” […]
International student launches film career as ‘Laid in America’ associate producer
Ali Mahir Aksu was 18 years old when he traveled from his home country of Turkey to the United States. In the summer of 2012, Aksu attended Dream Careers’ summer internship program on the entertainment industry. The now fourth-year economics student is launching his dream career with a new title to his name: associate producer. […]