My birthday is coming up, and I’m going to have a few hundred dollars to blow on something, so I figure I’ll blow it on video games since I’ve been out of the loop for about a year now. Read more...

With the pop-based “Moulin Rouge” and recent box-office hit “Chicago,” it’s easy to see the audience of musical theater is changing. However, John Hall, producer and director of the UCLA Musical Workshop’s production of “The Wild Party,” shows his regard for tradition. Read more...

Kyle Daniels had been trying to go out with a girl for about two weeks. Finally, they made a plan to go to the movies on a Sunday afternoon. Read more...

“Daredevil” Starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner Directed by Mark Steven Johnson Comic fans will once again unite Friday as “Daredevil” is unleashed upon the masses. While it’s not quite as good as “the world’s first flaming billboard” on Sunset Boulevard promises, there is plenty of heart and soul to this story of justice and revenge in Hell’s Kitchen. Read more...

Music takes time to impact the eardrums. The Kronos Quartet (“kronos” being the Greek word for “time”) has been making its impact across the world for 30 years. Read more...

Steve Reich remains at the forefront of the musical movement known as minimalism, and his 1968 piece, “Pendulum Music,” was a seminal work of the genre’s early years. Read more...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the 75th Annual Academy Award nominations came out Tuesday. And there wasn’t much to be surprised about; most of the nods coincided with this year’s Golden Globes. Read more...