There’s no better place to keep a finger on the pulse of arts and entertainment happenings than Los Angeles. The A&E world is alive – it’s always buzzing, sometimes ready to implode with a hint of a surprise album or a celebrity’s controversial statement. Each week, the Daily Bruin A&E editors will discuss their views […]
Category Archives: Film & TV
UCLA professor emeritus enters 50th year of teaching film
Howard Suber leans on a desk, the last scenes of “Apocalypse Now” flickering in his oval glasses. The film professor has seen the movie countless times over the years, and while the crashing symbols and dual slaughter scenes overwhelm most viewers, Suber’s eye is fixed as ever on a minute detail: the hero relinquishing his […]
Movie Review: ‘Steve Jobs’
When Steve Jobs passed away in late 2011, the reaction to his illustrious and world-changing career was, to put it lightly, divisive. The world seems to acknowledge how Jobs helped advance computing technology to where it is today, but recognizes that perhaps he didn’t use the most honorable corporate methods as co-founder of Apple Inc. […]
To View or Not to View: ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘The Last Kingdom’
In the war zone that is the fall TV season, it’s important to pick out the gems hidden in the media mesh. Each week, A&E columnist Sebastian Torrelio will profile one new show and one returning show that share a connection, detailing how they may make those after-school hours more meaningful. There is not a […]
HBO goes free for students living in UCLA housing
The magical kingdom of Westeros and corrupt boardwalks of Atlantic City are now more accessible for UCLA students. The UCLA Student Technology Center announced Friday in an email that students living in UCLA housing will now have access to their own HBO GO and MAX GO accounts, without additional charge. Andres Campos, a programming analyst […]
UCLA alumni film first person pilot in Alaskan wilderness
UCLA alumni Ben Arfmann, JP Castel and Justin Perkinson spent two weeks in Sitka, Alaska filming through the cold, rain and snow in the unforgiving Alaskan wilderness for their survival series pilot. Premiered on Sept. 27 on the History Channel, “Dead or Alive – Stranded in the Alaskan Wilderness” is set in the heart of […]
Movie Review: ‘Pan’
There are a handful of moments in director Joe Wright’s prequel take on the “Peter Pan” story that are absolutely terrifying. One is when Hugh Jackman appears on screen as the child-kidnapping pirate Blackbeard and starts singing Nirvana for no apparent reason. Another is when a poorly composed CGI skeleton emu starts stumbling and squawking […]