Friday, February 20

Theater review: ‘Love Never Dies’

The Phantom of the Opera returns to haunt Christine Daaé one last time in “Love Never Dies.” Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to “The Phantom of the Opera” is playing at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre until April 22 and is a dazzling spectacle of love and loss. Read more...

Photo: (Photo courtesy of Brinkhoff/Moegenburg of Hamburg Company Photos)


Album review: ‘Golden’

Lady Gaga and Kesha aren’t the only pop singers adding a little country-influenced twang to their tunes. Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue’s latest studio album “Golden” came out Friday and features the synth-pop sound that brought Minogue to fame back in the ’90s, while also throwing in some folksy instrumentals. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Liberator Music)


Dance group plans interactive J-pop performance for Geek Week

Two pairs of dancers will tell a story of jealousy and redemption when “Revolver” by Megurine Luka plays. Dressed in cosplay, a recreational dance group from UCLA will dance to a variety of Japanese pop and vocaloid songs Friday for Geek Week at Carnesale Commons. Read more...

Photo: Kirigami, a recreational dance group from UCLA, aims to give members a sense of community through Japanese pop songs and cosplay. A subgroup of UCLA’s Japanese Animation Club, Kirigami will dance to a variety of Japanese pop and vocaloid songs Friday for Geek Week at Carnesale Commons. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)


Global Melodies: UCLA Klezmer Music Ensemble aims to revive culture through performances

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s Department of Ethnomusicology offers a range of different ensembles spanning multiple regions throughout the world, each with a rich musical dynamic and sound. Read more...

Photo: Students in the UCLA Klezmer Music Ensemble play a traditional form of Eastern European Jewish folk music. Klezmer became a part of American-Jewish life in the 1970s and 1980s as a way for baby boomers to find their own form of folk music. (Edward Figueroa/Daily Bruin)


Movie review: ‘Blockers’

“Blockers” is an embrace of female sexuality cleverly woven into a comedic film. Emphasizing social messages and laugh-out-loud jokes alike, the movie revolves around three high school girls who plan to lose their virginity on the night of their senior prom. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Quantrell D. Colber/Universal Pictures)


Movie review: ‘You Were Never Really Here’

A morally sound hit man smashes in the skulls of sex traffickers and spearheads Lynne Ramsay’s latest vigilante thriller, “You Were Never Really Here.” Directing the follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2011 psychological thriller “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” the Scottish filmmaker returns to the big screen with a bitingly visceral and visually captivating masterpiece in which Joe (Joaquin Phoenix), a traumatized Iraq War veteran, earns his living by rescuing children from the sex trade. Read more...

Photo: (courtesy of Alison Cohen Rosa, Amazon Studios)


Alum start women-owned bar in Filipinotown, creating good spirits for all

Roselma Samala and Christine Sumiller spent New Year’s Day of 2013 at Patricia Perez’s house, sipping mimosas and brainstorming ideas for the bar they wanted to open. Read more...

Photo: Daily Bruin alumnae Patricia Perez, Christine Sumiller and Roselma Samala opened their bar Genever on March 7. Genever is the only bar in Filipinotown run entirely by women, and women-owned bars, Perez said, are a rare occurrence nationwide. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)