We don’t mean to brag, but we think we’ve got ’em right this time. After going 7 for 10 and then 8 for 10 in our Oscar picks of the past two years, we’re predicting this is the year we nail everything. Read more...

Mr. Langtry selected a machete from the shelf and looked back at me. “Call me Denis,” he said. “Please, I’m asking you. You don’t have to call me Dad, just Denis.” His eyes turned back to examine the blade he held between us, and his never-trimmed eyebrows flared like two cats tensing to fight. Read more...

“Darwin’s Nightmare” Directed by Hubert Sauper International Film Circuit The cobbler’s children go barefoot in Tanzania. The seemingly harmless Nile perch fish is the largest source of income for the towns surrounding Lake Victoria. Read more...

“Conviction” NBC While shows like “Law & Order” and “NYPD Blue” dominated airwaves for two decades, the last five years have seen an explosion of procedural dramas. Read more...

As I’ve mentioned in my previous columns, graduating and going out into the real world means having to trade in frat parties and keggers for cocktail parties and art shows and abandon the too-familiar Westwood bars for ones that have a slightly more mature crowd. Read more...

Dorm life usually brings to mind dining halls, study lounges and floor socials. But the somewhat infamous “Frederick of Hedrick” adds a little something extra to the Hill by providing anyone the opportunity to get involved in a theater production, regardless of previous experience or major. Read more...

In January, the British music magazine New Musical Express named the 100 greatest British albums of all time. Mostly, the list contains the usual suspects: The Beatles, Radiohead, The Stone Roses, etc. Read more...