Being called a “corny ass nerd” in the comments on my first album review was one of the highlights of my life.
I entered the Daily Bruin as a News intern during the COVID-19 pandemic, trained in Copy on a whim and became a slot editor.

This post was updated May 27 at 10:21 p.m.
Revenge is lukewarm in “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” an extravagant yet weightless prequel.
Pioneer of the postapocalypse George Miller returns to the wasteland for the fifth installment of the “Mad Max” saga and prequel to “Mad Max: Fury Road” in theaters Friday.

This post was updated April 28 at 7:17 p.m.
In this backhanded game of love and tennis, “Challengers” has an ace up its sleeve.
Slicing into theaters Friday, director Luca Guadagnino’s riveting romantic melodrama circles a tightly coiled love triangle culminating in a tennis match showdown.

This post was updated April 9 at 9:16 p.m.
Spectacular films will be springing onto screens this season.
As the flowers begin to bloom, a fresh slate of movies will be budding alongside them.

This post was updated March 31 at 9:47 p.m.
As an archaeological excavation, “La Chimera” digs up a spellbindingly poignant fantasy.
The rollicking romantic drama released in select theaters Friday after it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

Overflowing with unadulterated animation, “Poor Things” is anything but pitiful.
Sailing onto select screens Friday, acclaimed auteur Yorgos Lanthimos helms the grimly comedic, absurdist fantasy that splendidly adapts Alasdair Gray’s 1990s novel of the same title.

This post was updated Nov. 19 at 7:12 p.m.
Warning: spoilers ahead.
Despite ceaseless stylistic brilliance, “Saltburn” is more fizzle than flame.
The sordid thriller ignited in theaters Friday, spotlighting the tale of an outsider at Oxford University thrust into the staggering aristocratic estate Saltburn for a summer with his magnetic classmate.

This post was updated Nov. 7 at 9:19 p.m.
Two years, two Elvis-related biopics. The oversaturation of the genre has never been more glaring.
Biographical pictures are films featuring stories – accurate or embellished – of real-life figures, which can include an overview of their lives or focus on specific notable events.

This post was updated Oct. 22 at 7:46 p.m.
“Can you find the wolves in this picture?” The perpetrators are devastatingly captured on the silver screen.

This post was updated Oct. 12 at 8:56 p.m.
This spooky season, past sonatas lurk behind the concert stage.
With a cloud of dust and doom, this autumn’s melodies are here to chill one’s bones.