French film shows how far we have to go


“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


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 […]

Can government stop Internet freedom?


While earthquakes, health care reform and Tiger Woods have dominated mainstream news in the last months, there’s another story that has been steadily making waves in the international and online world — Google vs. China. In January, Google claimed to be the victim of a hacking attack that originated from computers in China. In response, […]

Weekend Picks


thursday, march 25 Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. > Getty Villa > FREE The Getty Villa celebrates the bicentennial of Mexican Independence with a display of Aztec sculpture and the Florentine Codex, a 16th-century manuscript chronicling Aztec history and culture. Dan O’Bannon 7:30 p.m. > Egyptian Theatre > […]