Howard Ho Click Here for more articles by Howard Ho [email protected]   Welcome to Springfield, U.S.A., the most indiscriminate city in the country and setting of the GameCube game, “The Simpsons: Road Rage.” In it, you’re a Simpsons character driving a taxi service through the streets of Springfield looking for Apu, Millhouse, Homer, Reverend Lovejoy, Mr. Read more...

By Andrew Lee DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected]   TROUBLEMAN UNLIMITED The women of Erase Errata thrive on musical impulse. Forget “studio polish,” there’s something to be said for a band like Erase Errata, which sounds on record like it’s been together just long enough for the members to plug their instruments into the same soundboard. Read more...

Unlike films about baseball (“Field of Dreams,” “Bull Durham”), basketball (“Like Mike,” “He Got Game”), football (“Any Given Sunday,” “Remember the Titans”) or even golf (“The Legend of Bagger Vance,” “Happy Gilmore”), not many high-profile films have been made concerning the sport of tennis. Read more...

PARODIES, GAGS AND PLENTY OF CANDY APPEAR IN THE RETURN OF THE SHAGADELIC SPY By Howard Ho DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected]   Photo courtesy of NEW LINE CINEMA   Photo courtesy of NEW LINE CINEMA You may be wondering if the Austin Powers series can still reinvent itself with the third installment, “Goldmember.” It’s not really hard to outdo the last one, “The Spy Who Shagged Me,” which dismally relied on playground, fart humor and was unable to deliver what the hype promised. Read more...

By Mari Nicholson DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] MIKE CHIEN/Daily Bruin Passionate octogenarian FrancEyE reads at Unurban’s Wednesday open-mic night. In spite of the cafe’s dim lighting, Unurban’s objective to provide a comfortable creative space is clear ““ particularly on evenings when the subject is whatever open-mic participants deem relevant. Read more...

By Ryan Joe DAILY BRUIN CONTRIBUTOR [email protected]   USA Films Robert Evans (left) with Jack Nicholson, the star of his 1975 film “Chinatown.” Producer Robert Evans led the ultimate Hollywood life ““ one filled with triumph, torment, love, lust, friendship, betrayal, wheeling, dealing and cocaine. Read more...

Anthony Bromberg Click Here for more articles by Anthony Bromberg   This is our life, the collective life of the UCLA student body: we live sheltered in Westwood, hurrying to and fro, worrying, stressing and taking for granted the mecca of entertainment possibilities that the city around us is. Read more...