Student therapists and student patients met at the UCLA university counseling center, where the therapist learned the patient’s deepest secrets during the therapy sessions – in the TV show “Sanity.” “Sanity” is about five marriage and family therapy, or MFT, students learning to deal with issues inside and outside the therapy room, said graduate student Andrea […]
Category Archives: Film & TV
Second Take: James Corden an unexpectedly brilliant choice for ‘The Late Late Show’
Announcing James Corden as the host of “The Late Late Show” in September 2014 was a risky move by CBS. Corden was an unknown actor for the majority of American late night viewers; few people knew him from his work in the U.K., and his appearances on Broadway in “One Man, Two Guvnors” and in […]
Film with diverse cast depicts plight of undocumented transgender Latinas
Jennifer scours every corner of her cluttered room, but she can’t find her estrogen pills or the money to buy a refill. Her boyfriend doesn’t understand why she resorts to the sex trade to keep her transition going, but as an undocumented transgender Latina woman, she doesn’t have much of a choice. Jennifer is the […]
Q&A: Producer, UCLA alumnus discusses upcoming ‘Black Panther’ film
When Nate Moore was a child, he was fascinated by Black Panther comic books. He said the superhero’s mysterious persona and technologically advanced home country provided an escape from his small hometown of Clovis, California. The UCLA alumnus is a producer of the upcoming “Black Panther” stand-alone film, which is scheduled to premiere in February […]
Second Take: Will the ‘Jumanji’ reboot be a downgrade from the childhood classic?
Hollywood’s recent trend of remaking timeless classics to exploit fan bases for higher profits clearly has no problem trampling all over my childhood favorites. The latest classic film to fall victim to the money-grabbing is “Jumanji,” the 1995 fantasy-adventure comedy film starring the late, great Robin Williams and co-starring Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst and Bradley […]
Second Take: Hollywood films inaccurately portray Greek Life, reinforce stereotypes
The mention of Greek life usually conjures up images of keg stands, loud music, bizarre rituals and shallow people. The Hollywood film industry reinforces these associations with attempts to bring collegiate Greek life to the big screen through movies like “Animal House” and its newest addition, “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising,” which premiered in Westwood on […]
Love | Hate: Is the all-female ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ a stepping stone or unoriginal remake?
“Ocean’s” films has always boasted an A-list cast. In the 1960 film, Frank Sinatra, as Danny Ocean, led his squad of Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr,. In 2001, George Clooney’s Danny Ocean headed a team of Brad Pitt and Matt Damon. It seems only a matter of time before all-star female-led heist caper hits […]