To make it big in the multibillion-dollar film industry, sometimes it’s best to start small. UCLA’s Video Production Crew is a student-led organization that produces short films. Started on campus in the last few years, VPC has recently seen a large surge in popularity. Donna Du, third-year sociology student and VPC president, attributed the growth […]
Category Archives: Film & TV
Trophy Talk: Ben Affleck, ‘Argo’ both likely to confirm comebacks on Oscar night
“Argo” is the year’s Cinderella story.
Oscar predictions: UCLA voters pick ‘Argo,’ Steven Spielberg
The Daily Bruin collected Academy Award ballot predictions from the UCLA community starting February 17. Here are the final results as of Thursday, February 21 at 5:15 p.m.
Movie Review: “Beautiful Creatures”
Move over “Twilight” – “Beautiful Creatures” is ready to take over the teen supernatural genre.
Movie Review: “Safe Haven”
Nicholas Sparks fans will find their safe haven in theaters across the nation as the newest film from the renowned romantic writer hits theaters today.
Film’s premise makes up for predictability
Mixing the artful complexities of “Traffic,” the occasional wit of “Ocean’s Eleven,” and the medically thrilling tones of “Contagion,” “Side Effects” seems like an appropriate send-off of specialty techniques and styles for director Steven Soderbergh before going on his publicized, indefinite hiatus.
UCLA alumna Lena Khan fundraises for ‘The Tiger Hunter’
All the actors and crew were ready to shoot, but there was a problem: The cameraman was a no-show. Unable to track him down and assuming a catastrophic disaster had occurred, Lena Khan laughed it off with her cinematographer and instead managed to shoot her music video in half the time allotted. Khan, an alumna […]