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. The hellish phenomenon of “Minions” took over cinemas last year. It infected merchandising […]
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Love | Hate: Is ‘House of Cards’ compelling or too flawed to entertain?
Just in time for the nitty-gritty action of the 2016 presidential election to roll around, Frank Underwood from “House of Cards” and his highly competent and trustworthy (read: evil) political team are returning to Netflix. The Kevin Spacey-led drama, set around Frank’s criminal race to the executive office alongside his wife Claire (Robin Wright), enters […]
Matter of Fact: Hosting 2024 Olympic Village a chance for UCLA athletic prestige
I’ll admit I was excited. I mean, there’s really only one way to react when your university announces that it’s open to the idea of hosting a massive orgy. Before you rush to the Central Ticket Office to sign up, let me make it clear I’m talking about Monday’s announcement that UCLA would play host […]
Movie Review: ‘Dirty Grandpa’
On Jan. 22, “Dirty Grandpa” was unleashed on the unsuspecting American public. The purpose behind the movie is dubious. Historians and scholars will debate it for years to come. But here is what stands obvious and unrelentingly true: “Dirty Grandpa” is a travesty and a punishment for everybody who watches it. The film stars Zac […]
Tanner’s Take: Upsets won’t be enough to guarantee Bruins a March Madness bid
The UCLA men’s basketball team knows all about the unpredictability of this year’s college basketball season. Just ask Monmouth, Washington or Washington State. More often than not, the Bruins have found themselves at the center of the madness, creating national headlines in the process. Just ask Kentucky, Gonzaga or Arizona. Plenty has been written about […]
Love | Hate: Does ‘The Bachelor’ bring fresh absurdity or tired tropes to reality TV?
With the return of A&E’s “Love | Hate” column, two writers will declare their love or hate for recent pop culture events. After 14 years, does watching a handsome male date 28 random strangers simultaneously, then swap genders and start all over again get tiring? Does it represent a shallow way of handling television, romance […]
Sounds of Schoenberg: The Turkish ‘ud’
Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. This week, we highlight the Turkish “ud,” a fretless lute played as a solo instrument or member of a larger ensemble. Münir […]