‘Heavenly creatures’ are hellish murderers Writer-director Jackson frightens, yet beguiles in film By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Staff On a crisp June day in 1954, New Zealand girls Juliet Hulme, 15, and Pauline Parker, 16, sat down to tea with Pauline’s mother, went for a walk in the woods and bludgeoned her to death with a brick. Read more...

The Incubator ‘Twins’ reunite with Reitman to deliver funny dialogue, solid performances in latest ‘Junior’ By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Staff Even if it offered nothing more than a pregnant Arnold Schwarzenegger, Junior, for curiosity value alone, would be worth the price of admission. Read more...

MacGyver’s genius not enough to prevent ABC movie from bombing Bland acting, clichéd plot, scarcity of investigator’s tricks disappoint fans By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Staff MacGyver. Read more...

Tatum dishes out top 10 albums of 1980s What’s that Noise? Michael Tatum In terms of its music, the ’80s have been a much misunderstood decade. Read more...

Mexico’s pop star Cristian offers strong concert at Amphitheater Pre-show delays overlooked by devoted crowd By Jeff Hilger Cristian Castro, Mexico’s newest pop superstar, overcame a number of pre-show difficulties in his Friday night concert at the Universal Amphitheater. Read more...

‘This is Halloween’ By Lael Loewenstein It’s Halloween again, and that means it’s time to rent last year’s feature smash, Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas. An astonishing combination of ghouls, effects and stop-motion technical wizardry, the recently-released video is the perfect Halloween treat. Read more...

Performance artists’ bodies, minds go to extreme with art genres, self-mutilation By Nisha Gopalan Paints, pencils and plaster are generally assumed to be the tools of the traditional artist. Read more...