Novel delves into gritty Los Angeles personalities


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With an area population of nearly 10 million, it’s easy to focus on some of Los Angeles’ more beautiful and prestigious residents. But Broken, written by J. Matthew Nespoli, takes a look into the morbid lives of the underrepresented and unlucky. Nespoli’s novel follows 14 individuals whose lives of constant struggle somehow become intertwined. Although […]

Tourists helped by Ireland’s friendliest


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How do you spot a tourist in a city full of strangers? Look for the person with furrowed eyebrows stopped in the middle of the street, pouring over a tattered city map with all the major landmarks drawn as cartoon icons. In most places around the world, these confused visitors would be looked upon with […]

French film shows how far we have to go


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“The idea is to learn something in here for when you get out,” Reyeb tells Malik, the main character in A Prophet — a film about a young thug who learns how to develop his own criminal network while incarcerated in a maximum security prison. Not only was the French film nominated for best foreign […]

In Theaters Today


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How to Train Your Dragon Gerard Butler, Jonah Hill and USC alumna America Ferrera lend their voices to the newest 3-D offering from DreamWorks Animation Studios. Taking place in a mythical world of dragons and vikings, the colorful film follows a young viking’s relationship with a dragon he is supposed to kill. Greenberg Director Noah […]