“Bad Match” crams every fear that comes with online dating into one movie. The film, produced by fourth-year film and television students Keaton Heinrichs and Akiva Nemetsky, tells the story of a playboy who finally meets his match in a mysterious woman he meets online. However, her sweet facade fades as she slowly derails his […]
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Student develops TV pilot based on grandfather’s post-WWII experience
Liz Buda’s grandfather survived the concentration camps of Dachau, Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Kaufering, only to face the difficult conditions of the black market in a postwar displaced persons camp. His story of survival and hardship inspired the MFA screenwriting student’s TV pilot script, “Zero Hour.” “Zero Hour” challenged Buda to craft a script that accurately […]
Movie review: ‘Lady Bird’ presents emotional, refreshing take on coming-of-age story
“Lady Bird” is a film almost all college students can relate to. Set in 2002, the film follows rebellious student Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), who desires to leave her Sacramento home and continue her education in college despite her parents’ wishes. Along with the stress of visiting prospective colleges and filling out financial […]
Movie review: ‘Thor: Ragnarok’
“Thor: Ragnarok” is a thunderous film that sparks life into the Norse god’s tired trilogy. The last time audiences saw the god of thunder was in the disjointed “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” and his previous stand-alone film, “Thor: The Dark World,” which felt humdrum and anticlimactic. “Ragnarok” is easily the best “Thor” film, eschewing the […]
Daily Bruin A&E reviews some recently released horror films
“Happy Death Day” Raunak Devjani, Theater | film | television editor Watching “Happy Death Day” is like listening to a scratched record playing a good album. “Happy Death Day” tells the story of Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe), a popular and entitled sorority sister who gets stabbed to death on the night of her birthday by […]
‘Stranger Things 2’ expands on character development, horror aspects
Poor Will Byers just can’t catch a break. “Stranger Things 2,” which was released Friday on Netflix, revisits the sleepy town of Hawkins, Indiana, as supernatural events once again turn the lives of its residents upside down. The show’s second season is even stronger than its first, successfully expanding upon the personalities and relationships of […]
Alumna plays with Barbie dolls in satirical film about Hollywood
Ava Bogle constantly played with Barbies as a child and now, she is directing them in her short film “Meryl Fuckin Streep.” In the film, Bogle, a UCLA alumna, uses Barbies dolls to satirize Hollywood and the filmmaking experience. The ideas of artistic integrity and selling out are explored in surreal ways by using Barbies […]