Tuesday, July 21

SCREEN SCENE: "Clerks II"

"Clerks II" MGM Director: Kevin Smith Few directors are as popular among the college crowd as Kevin Smith. His movies appeal to twenty-something guys the same way that "Gilmore Girls" appeals to high school girls: The bubble they take place in is a male geek wet dream, in which everyone talks the way we’d all like to if we were wittier, members of the opposite sex act pretty much exactly how we would want them to, and the topics of the day almost always hover around those two issues so vitally important to young people – relationships and pop culture. Read more...


Gimmicks in music TV enough to light my Fuse

I gave up on music television by the time I was about 10 years old. This occurred when I was sneaking an episode of “Beavis and Butt-Head” (which my parents didn’t allow me to watch) and the show shifted into a music video. Read more...


Preserving an art form

While the newest movies and the latest TV shows can be seen on countless screens across the world, UCLA prides itself on treasures saved from a bygone era. Read more...


Comic-Con Diary, Part 1

Thursday, July 20 10 a.m.: The doors open and before ticket sales even begin, the line to purchase passes for Comic-Con stretches past the entire length of the San Diego Convention Center. Read more...