As the James Bridges Theater opens its doors Wednesday for this fall’s public screenings, patrons will experience the luxuries of a massive renovation project that brought the theater’s sound system up to the standards of a state-of-the-art movie theater. Read more...

Maybe opposites really do attract. From Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan, to Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, the entertainment industry has shown that the pairing of two seemingly contradicting characters seems to be the formula for box-office success, at least in the non-buddy, buddy-action film genre, if there is such a thing. Read more...

3:15 p.m. ““ I drive toward Sunset Boulevard in search of Star Maps, which are usually available on every other street along the strip. 3:30 p.m. Read more...

Hal Willner, UCLA Live’s 2003-2004 Artist in Residence, treats the multi-artist compilation a lot more seriously than most others. After all, while many of the generic multi-artist discs you see scattered in bargain bins are little more than shameless cash-in attempts, for Willner, the medium is an attempt to explore the unexplored. Read more...

In most cases, it would be difficult to describe a movie like “Bubba Ho-tep” without relying on the cliché and mundane descriptions that give critics a bad name. Read more...

If there has to be a root of all evil, it might as well be money. A decrease in UCLA Live’s state funding this year was naturally followed by an increase in student ticket prices. Read more...

The idea now sounds almost too typical. During the summer after his first year of college at UCLA, Don Coscarelli decided to make a movie. Since then, the results have been anything but ordinary. Read more...