Before the Ghostbusters, there was Ed and Lorraine Warren, a real-life pair of paranormal investigators whose repertoire of cases included exorcisms, werewolves and a slew of demonic activity, most famously the Amityville Horror case. “The Conjuring,” directed by horror veteran James Wan, opens up the Warren case files once again to bring to screen what’s […]
Category Archives: Film & TV
UCLA alumni duo pursue development of comedy web series ‘Losing It’
Perhaps more than any other industry, the world of film and television relies heavily on personal connections, so the idea that a group of graduating UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television students would be their own best connection could seem counterintuitive.
Movie Review: ‘Pacific Rim’
If your inner 10-year-old rejoices at the thought of monsters fighting robots, then “Pacific Rim” is the film for you. “Pacific Rim” is Guillermo del Toro’s childhood fantasy brought to life, and the director has said he hopes it will reintroduce the Kaiju genre popular in the ’50s (“Kaiju” literally translates to “strange beasts”) to […]
Movie Review: ‘V/H/S/2’
The true horror fan has been currently subjected to a great scare depression. Studios continue to pump out cliche and moronic horror films filled with minimal, cheap scares and stories that provide no depth to this revered genre. “The Purge” and “The Possession,” among dozens of other titles, come to mind as recent horror letdowns. […]
Summer films to bring heated competition to box office
Here’s a look at some of the most anticipated films fighting for the weekly crown in the months before fall quarter.
Movie Review: ‘Maniac’
Watching “Maniac” feels like a descent into psychosis. In this fresh remake of William Lustig’s 1980s horror cult classic “Maniac,” director Franck Khalfoun revives the slasher genre with point-of-view filming and a new take on the killer profile. The low-budget genre film stays true to the spirit of the original, following Frank (Elijah Wood), the […]
UCLA screenwriting students, professionals produce first-ever graduate pilot
When a group of graduate students are brought together for a social experiment, it’s not long before they realize their participation is not their only commonality. This is the story line of “doubleblind,” a television sci-fi pilot created within the graduate program at UCLA. Written by graduate screenwriting students A.J. Marchisello and Teresa Sullivan, the […]