Choosing to watch an older horror flick is a little bit like going trick-or-treating. Sure, there seems to be a mountain of regrettable candy corn and chewy messes to sift through, but every once in a while, like a diamond in the rough, comes the deluxe, king-size chocolate bar of your dreams. So, in […]
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Movie Review: ‘Interstellar’
In “Interstellar,” Christopher Nolan once again refracts time to create focus on the theme of love. In Nolan’s 2010 critically acclaimed “Inception,” characters live hours to entire lifetimes in dream worlds. To reverse the time lost, they need only wake up. However, in Nolan’s upcoming science-fiction adventure film “Interstellar,” time passed cannot be reversed. “Interstellar” […]
Movie Review: ‘The Houses October Built’
At this point in the horror film genre’s development, found footage films have been driven into the ground. It seems every month a new exorcism or possession movie drives yet another nail into its coffin. Focusing instead on haunted houses, “The Houses October Built” is a found footage film that offers promise with a novel […]
Movie Review: ‘John Wick’
In “John Wick,” Keanu Reeves is the action hero for everybody. He has the overwhelming bloodlust of Mel Gibson in “Mad Max,” the surprising vengefulness of Uma Thurman in “Kill Bill” and the brooding professionalism of Liam Neeson in “Taken.” Like the protagonists in all of the aforementioned films, Reeves’ title character goes on an […]
UCLA CAP to celebrate Andy Warhol with film, live music
At the height of Andy Warhol’s fame in the late 1960s, artists, poets and musicians crowded his New York City studio space, called “The Factory.” In a haze of smoke, rock groups like the Velvet Underground played as 16 mm films made by Warhol and his peers were projected onto screens. It was a dizzying […]
Alumnus Alex O’Flinn receives fellowship for movie editing
Alex O’Flinn has seen “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” over 50 times since he started editing it, yet he was never the same person for each viewing. At times O’Flinn said he watched the film as an editor, rearranging the flow of scenes and other times as an audience member, looking to make […]
Up Next: Netflix revives ‘The Killing’ for satisfying series conclusion
The rise of original online programming has revolutionized the way we consume television. But are any of these new shows actually worth watching? Up Next highlights noteworthy original content from Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Studios and examines how the flexible online format functions within each show. All you need is a laptop and your friend’s […]