Movie Review: ‘A.C.O.D.’

While the comedy “A.C.O.D.” does supply a good dose of laughter, there is not enough to make up for its lack of clear direction or theme. “A.C.O.D.” follows Carter (Adam Scott), a restaurant owner and adult child of divorce – A.C.O.D. for short – who must make peace between his feuding, divorced parents (Catherine O’Hara […]

Movie review: ‘We Are What We Are’

“Horror” is a surprisingly loose term in Hollywood nowadays – where one “Paranormal Activity” provides shocks and scares, “Insidious” focuses on the genre’s subtlety. Where a “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” reboot fails at its 3D, masked villain element, a “Scary Movie” sequel fails with monsters more Charlie Sheen-like in appearance. “We Are What We Are” takes […]

Movie review: ‘Metallica: Through the Never’

Concert movies in today’s cinema are notably ingenuous. The behind-the-scenes material of films such as “One Direction: This is Us” seems staged and appears like just another stop ontheir PR campaign. “Metallica: Through the Never,” however, revives the raw concert experience, providing an honest account of the band despite the lack of live footage. Depicting […]

TFT panel has ‘The Write Stuff’

Even in a city as industry intensive as Los Angeles, there can be a certain mystique to the working processes of Hollywood film and TV. “The Write Stuff: Your Future in Television,” a panel of UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumni who’ve worked in television, aimed to dispel that mystique by providing answers to one of the most elusive and attractive questions: How does one break into the business?