When sequencing the excerpts to be performed at tonight's Opera Gala, Neal Stulberg, director of the UCLA Philharmonia, resorted to a tactic all too familiar to any student who has attempted to construct an exhaustively researched paper. Instead of note cards, though, he used leaflets of paper with various excerpts from popular operas to determine the succession of pieces for the gala. Read more...

Talk about coming back with a bang "“ and then a crash. The first 10 minutes of "28 Weeks Later" certainly hit the spot when it comes to the survival-horror genre. Read more...

It's hard to say what truly makes a film heartwarming, uplifting and family friendly. However, suffice to say, "Georgia Rule" is far from making the grade. Read more...

"Spider-Man 3" for the Wii is a risky proposition for gamers. It isn't as pretty as the other versions and is highly dependent on the Wii's motion-sensing controls. Read more...

What if a leather-clad Spartan from "300" was pitted, not against the Persian army, but against "Desperate Housewives" femme fatale Eva Longoria? Read more...

Autolux performs at Bradley International Hall on Wednesday night in the final show of the Student Committee for the Arts' free concert series. Read more...

On Soundstage 3, seated on a couch as if in his own living room (that is, if his living room had galleys and elevated passageways where a ceiling should be), is the award-winning cinematographer Stephen Burum. Read more...