Exactly a week ago, I saw Alexander Payne’s “Sideways,” which opened with exceptionally rave reviews ““ mostly because it’s a great film, and partly because movie critics are old people who identify all too painfully with its themes of mid-life insecurities. Read more...

Unfortunately, Hermeto Pascoal, the father figure of Brazilian jazz, doesn’t speak any English. Could a translator’s words accurately convey his personality? They didn’t have to. The 68-year-old songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who Miles Davis once called “the world’s most impressive musician” can communicate better with music instead. Read more...

For those who haven’t heard, the biggest laugh of last week’s “Saturday Night Live” didn’t come during a skit. Ashlee Simpson’s second “performance” of the night went awry. Read more...

Nearly all UCLA students are aware of the good-natured rivalry between North Campus and South Campus. It essentially comes down to the world of humanities and the arts versus the world of the sciences and mathematics. Read more...

“SAW” Directed by James Wan Lions Gate Films Two men wake up to find themselves chained inside a filthy subterranean bathroom. In between them lies a man with a gunshot wound to his head, holding a .38 in his hand. Read more...

Pixar Animation Studios might be known for shattering box office records with their family-friendly films. But part of the success of films such as “Toy Story,” “Monsters, Inc.” and “Finding Nemo” draws from their continual appeal to young adults. Read more...

This Halloween I’d like to get everyone in the spirit of things with this terrifying fact: Over half of all murders happen in the bathroom. Well, at least half of all murder scenes from horror films happen in the bathroom, according to an advertisement for the American Movie Classics channel. Read more...