Warning: This article contains plot spoilers. Movie and television trailers are like free samples at Costco: The good ones excite you and leave you wanting more, while the bad ones make you cringe. Each week, A&E columnist Matthew Fernandez will dissect trailers and analyze the Hollywood fare to come. The queen has been disgraced, the […]
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Trailer Talk: ‘Ghostbusters’
Movie trailers are like free samples at Costco: The good ones excite you and leave you wanting more, while the bad ones make you cringe. Each week, A&E columnist Matthew Fernandez will dissect movie trailers and analyze the Hollywood fare to come. Even though the original “Ghostbusters” film is more than 30 years old, its […]
Movie Review: ‘Zootopia’
There are some combinations in life that go together perfectly: peanut butter and jelly, cats and the Internet, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. In the new film “Zootopia,” Disney returns to the tried and tested formula of animation and talking animals. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. “Zootopia” follows the adventures of Judy Hopps […]
UCLA alumni use creativity to reel in opportunities in film industry
The film industry is full of sharks, but also full of Bruins. Though the road to making it big in Hollywood may be treacherous, UCLA alumni have a long streak of success in the film and television industry. But how is it that so many UCLA alumni from recent years and past decades have found […]
Artist depicts Oscar winners as Mexican to highlight lack of diversity
UCLA professor Chon Noriega smoothed the front page of the Los Angeles Times out on the table in front of him. Twenty white faces and one headline glared back: “Oscars 2016: Here’s why the nominees are so white – again.” In response Noriega, the director of UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center, contacted Los Angeles artist […]
Second Take: The 2016 Oscars showcased unexpected, respectable wins
The Oscars typically leave me in a seething, pointless rage. I have never been able to accurately predict the winners of all 24 categories in a single year; I usually miss a few left-field choices for categories like Best Animated Short Film or Best Costume Design. At this year’s ceremony, I missed five categories, and […]
Movie Review: ‘Only Yesterday’
In “Only Yesterday,” 27-year-old Taeko Okajima reflected on her fifth-grade self, unable to grasp the concept of dividing simple fractions. “People who understand fractions right away understand life right away,” she says. As I heard Taeko’s words in the theater, I felt the same sense of frustration a child feels when they don’t understand. Director […]