Second Take: Failure of ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ shows that costly CGI can’t save a bad film

The eyes of “Alita: Battle Angel” loom from billboards throughout Los Angeles. James Cameron’s latest blockbuster, which released Thursday, features two hours and two minutes of computer-generated image anime eyes, calling back to the film’s anime origin. It is also noteworthy because it made $27 million its opening weekend premiere – a mere fraction of […]

Restaurant review: South Korean dessert shop Sobok disappoints with monotonous flavor, aesthetic

Gummy goodness oozes from a pastel pink swirl. Rivers of saccharine soft serve melt along the edges of a paper cup. Fruity scents permeate the room, and quirky flavors dominate the menu. The creamy confectionery tantalizes onlookers, but its desserts ultimately disappoint. Hailing from South Korea, Sobok is relatively new to Los Angeles. Its Buena […]

Weekend-long film festival features preservation of classic Hollywood films

Some films released in the early 20th century have never been seen again because they were damaged by water, lost in a fire or simply deteriorated over the course of time. But from Friday to Sunday, the 2019 UCLA Festival of Preservation will screen films that are rarely seen anymore, said festival programmer Paul Malcolm. […]

Theater company’s ‘Lonely Hearts Club’ show seeks expression on Valentine’s Day

An upcoming Valentine’s Day event on campus will feature three distinct hearts of comedy: improv, sketch and stand-up. Lapu, the Coyote that Cares Theatre Company’s annual Valentine’s Day comedy show, titled “Lonely Hearts Club,” will take place Thursday in the Kerckhoff Charles E. Young Grand Salon. LCC is scheduled to perform comedy sketches, most of […]

Budding Los Angeles: Cannabis testing facilities expand, ensure high-quality products for consumers

Thirty years ago, buying cannabis was difficult, expensive and illegal. Buying cannabis in 2019 is somewhere between picking up a prescription from a pharmacy and buying beer from a liquor store. Join columnist John Tudhope each week as he visits cannabis companies in Los Angeles and discusses the budding industry. Gone are the days when […]

Alumnus Rickey Minor discusses his experience working backstage for Grammys

For 61 years, the Grammy Awards has provided viewers with often unforgettable performances from some of the biggest stars in the music industry. For many of these iconic Grammy moments, Rickey Minor, a UCLA alumnus and member of the Recording Academy, sat backstage helping to produce what viewers saw on television. From 2011 to 2013, […]

Collaborative concert to reinterpret, give voice to female figures in Torah

Old books can learn new tricks. At least that’s what Rabbi Ruth H. Sohn is trying to prove as she draws messages of gender equality from the Torah. These messages will be highlighted in “Bible Women: The Concert – Voices of our Mothers” which takes a traditionally male-dominated narrative and spins it by giving female […]