Friday, April 10

SCREEN SCENE: "World Trade Center"

“World Trade Center” Directed by Oliver Stone Paramount Pictures 2 OUT OF 5 STARS One thing already seems too clear about Hollywood’s versions of Sept. 11: It looks as if they’re going to keep suffering from the same problems plaguing Holocaust movies for decades. Read more...




Stepping out of Sufjan's shadow

For independent bands in 2006, the Internet and music blogs have become as vital as Xerox machines and fliers were to the trailblazing underground groups of the 1980s. Read more...


Snakes on a Campus

To Andrew Calara, “Snakes on a Plane” is more than just a summer movie. It’s his secret to victory. This past spring, Calara, a fourth-year computer science student, named his intramural Ultimate Frisbee team “Snakes on a Plane,” after the upcoming thriller film starring Samuel L. Read more...


International artists converge at UCLA

For many people, summer vacation in Southern California means frolicking at the beach and diving into the ocean. But at UCLA, artists from Asia and the United States engage in a different kind of immersion. Read more...


Animation could be moving into new era

When UCLA student Matt Silas begins his first day of work today at technologically groundbreaking Pixar Animation Studios, he’ll still be dreaming of the time when Mickey Mouse shook the animation world. Read more...