Sunday, April 26

Film focuses on Burma protests

Eighty-five minutes of real-time video reporting in the middle of a violent protest has been packaged in the documentary "Burma VJ: Reporting From A Closed Country," which will be screened as part of the UCLA International Institute's second annual Human Rights Film Series. Read more...


Video Game Review: Lego Rock Band

We all know by now that the Guitar Hero and Rock Band video game franchises are a cruel joke played on the baby boomers. How torturous it must be for them to have lived through the magical era of the Beatles and protest songs and vinyl, only to watch their children play plastic instruments in front of a television screen. Read more...



Screen Scene The Twilight Saga: New Moon

The question, at this point, is not whether to take the "Twilight" series seriously "“ if you don't have pictures of Robert Pattinson on your walls, feel free to laugh when the vampires sparkle in the sunlight. Rather, the real question is whether "Twilight" is taking itself seriously anymore. Read more...