A wooden sculpture depicts a woman kneeling and holding a seat. She wears blue glass beads around her neck, and a contemplative gaze crosses her elegant features as she looks inward with downcast eyes. Read more...
Photo: UCLA professor Mary Roberts helped organize “Shaping Power,” a LACMA exhibition featuring art from the Luba Kingdom of Central Africa.
If your inner 10-year-old rejoices at the thought of monsters fighting robots, then “Pacific Rim” is the film for you. “Pacific Rim” is Guillermo del Toro’s childhood fantasy brought to life, and the director has said he hopes it will reintroduce the Kaiju genre popular in the ’50s (“Kaiju” literally translates to “strange beasts”) to a new generation. Read more...
The true horror fan has been currently subjected to a great scare depression. Studios continue to pump out cliche and moronic horror films filled with minimal, cheap scares and stories that provide no depth to this revered genre. Read more...
Here’s a look at some of the most anticipated films fighting for the weekly crown in the months before fall quarter. Read more...
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Back in the day, rappers wanted to be, and at times were, gangsters. Now the name of the game is transcendence: Rappers aim to be gods. Enter “Magna Carta... Holy Grail.” Read more...
Photo: courtesy of Roc-A-Fella Records
Already causing a stir within the Billboard and Recording Industry Association of America sales figures, is the album an intelligent marketing strategy or just a ploy for attention? Read more...
Watching “Maniac” feels like a descent into psychosis. In this fresh remake of William Lustig’s 1980s horror cult classic “Maniac,” director Franck Khalfoun revives the slasher genre with point-of-view filming and a new take on the killer profile. Read more...
Photo: Elijah Wood performs the role of Frank in his new horror film “Maniac.”
