Category Archives: Arts

Clueless By Colburn Tseng Movie titles like Clueless and Dumb and Dumber are the snide critic’s dream. Big, bold sentences filled with clever, cutting puns march through the mind at a steady pace begging to grace the printed page. But alas, snide cleverness will have to wait because Clueless is neither dumb nor dumber. Light-hearted, […]

First Knight By Colburn Tseng Richard Gere is some big stud. Even moviegoers who have never found the actor very appealing will walk out of First Knight agreeing that the soon to be ex-Mr. Cindy Crawford, with his silver hair dyed a youthful brown, just oozes charisma in the role of Lancelot, knight of the […]

By Kristin FioreSummer Bruin Staff Much of what is innovative, emotive, or just plain bewildering in 20th century art can be blamed on Wassily Kandinsky. One of the first true abstract artists, Kandinsky expressed himself through pure form and color, recreating a mood instead of a scene. Six of his seven existing "Compositions" are being […]

By Michael HorowitzSummer Bruin Staff Judge Dredd, and his companion Fergie, have been captured by a cannibalistic family of desert nomads. Strung up to await their fate, the pair dangle in mid-air, suspended by rope coiled around their wrists. Rob Schneider, the comedian starring as Fergie opposite Sylvester Stallone’s Dredd, wears an expression of pain […]

‘All-American’ Cho returns Quirky comic performs this weekend in Redondo Beach By Jeffrey Shore Ever helpful, Margaret Cho, star of ABC’s "All-American Girl," is more than happy to share advice on ways to survive the rigors of success. "You know what helps," she suggests, followed by a thoughtful pause. "Drinking." Another pause. "I’ve been drinking […]

Musical boundaries beware when Kronos comes to town Unusual string quartet redefines ‘classical’ in Schoenberg show By John Mangum Daily Bruin Staff The Kronos Quartet is determined to make listeners think about music in a way that would never occur to most people. It’s a string quartet, so audiences would expect to hear them play […]

‘Langoliers’ ruined by overacting, dialogue By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Senior Staff Stephen King has two types of films. The successful and the unsuccessful. Successful include films like Misery and Stand By Me where the story is realistic. Unsuccessful films include It and Christine where the fantastical take over and bizarre occurrences seem to run […]