This post was updated March 27 at 10:00 p.m. Please hold – the future will be here shortly. Set in a sci-fi reality of the near future, the short film “Please Hold” is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Read more...
Photo: Erick Lopez plays Mateo in “Please Hold.” Co-produced by alumnus Diego Nájera, the film is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. (Courtesy of Farhad Ahmed Dehlvi/Scavenger Entertainment)
This post was updated March 27 at 9:20 p.m. Colombian representation in film blooms boldly in “Encanto.” Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Animated Feature Film, the Disney film follows the magical Madrigal family as they navigate their gifts and enchanted home – their “encanto” – set in the protected, forested landscape of Colombia. Read more...
Photo: Assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Felipe Zapata collaborated with Disney as a Colombian botanist in the Oscar-nominated film “Encanto,” where he worked with animators for accurate plant representation in the movie. (Megan Cai/Daily Bruin)
Something remarkable this way comes. Director Joel Coen of the Coen brothers adapts one of Shakespeare’s famed plays to the big screen in “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” Released in theaters Dec. Read more...
Photo: Denzel Washington (left) and Frances McDormand (right) play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” (Courtesy of Alison Cohen Rosa)
This post was updated Nov. 28 at 10:36 p.m. Through a rose-tinted lens, “Licorice Pizza” is serving up childhood and first love nostalgia. Starring first-time actors Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman and silver screen veterans Bradley Cooper and Sean Penn, Paul Thomas Anderson’s newest film will premiere in select theaters Friday. Read more...
Photo: Alana Haim (left) and Cooper Hoffman (right) play Alana Kane and Gary Valentine in “Licorice Pizza.” (Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Richard Williams takes center court and center stage in “King Richard.” Played by Will Smith, the titular father figure is in full view in the new tennis biopic executive produced by Venus and Serena Williams. Read more...
Photo: (From left to right) Will Smith, Demi Singleton and Saniyya Sidney play Richard, Serena and Venus Williams in “King Richard.”(Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)
This post was updated Oct. 20 at 9:49 p.m. Sci-fi fans are in for some extra spice as “Dune” heats up the theater screens. Featuring a noteworthy cast including Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, the film is director Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of the beloved 1965 science-fiction novel of the same name. Read more...
Photo: Zendaya (left) and Timothée Chalamet (right) play Chani and Paul Atreides in “Dune.” (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures)
Marvel’s latest legend has arrived, and his name is Shang-Chi. Released Friday in select theaters, including Westwood’s Regency theater, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” centers around lazy hotel valet, Shang-Chi (Simu Liu), as he is forced to return home to fight the demons of his past, including his father and leader of the powerful Ten Rings organization, Xu Wenwu (Tony Chiu-Wai Leung). Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Marvel Studios)
