“Superman Returns” Directed by Bryan Singer WARNER BROS. PICTURES One would think that a film about the world’s most iconic comic book character would live or die based on the super-strength of its high-flying protagonist, but “Superman Returns” gets off the ground thanks to the performances of a few mere mortals. Read more...

The last time Radiohead performed in Los Angeles, it was September 2003 and this fall’s seniors were wide-eyed freshmen just finishing their first Welcome Week. A lot has changed since then: Many students who started out pre-med have moved up to North Campus, the Daily Bruin’s dB Magazine is all but forgotten, and Radiohead, one of the world’s most acclaimed and successful bands, doesn’t have a record deal. Read more...

“A Scanner Darkly” Directed by Richard Linklater Warner Independent Pictures Long before the suburban Orange County of color-saturated beachfront mansions and high school hook-ups flounced across primetime television, acclaimed science fiction novelist Philip K. Read more...

Rachel Haden grew up in a household where music was as ubiquitous as Mom’s apple pie. As the daughter of jazz musician Charlie Haden, one would expect Rachel to have learned about music in a traditional fashion. Read more...

Though blockbuster explosions and hot young bodies may draw the crowds to the theaters this summer, a different kind of action has recently taken over the silver screen: social action. Read more...

Jeremy Hyman didn’t know what to expect in terms of academics when he entered college as a freshman. Like so many others before and after him, he worried about whether he would take the right classes, how the professors would be, and whether he would get good grades. Read more...

For UCLA alumna Sasha Brookner, exposure to avant-garde music and culture is nothing new. Brookner, a Berkeley, Calif. native, grew up alongside Telegraph Avenue and the East Oakland music scene. Read more...