Director: Ron Howard Running Time: 122 Minutes Rated: R For: Debate and ‘David vs. Goliath’ narrative enthusiasts Not For: Documentary/Thriller genre fans Debates and interviews are some of the media’s biggest headaches in broadcasting.  How in the world does someone make two talking heads engaging?  However, some discussions live on in history either because the […]

People say that college is where you go to study what you want in order to become what you want. How true is this? In today’s age, it is not enough to just pursue what you want anymore. Sometimes that career path may not be accessible or even feasible for you. Instead, millions of college […]

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy reports that two new U.S. studies have found detectable levels of mercury in 55 brand name foods made with high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS, from three different manufacturers).

It was cold.  Marrow chilling, teeth chattering, joints aching, face numbing cold.  It was the kind of cold that shot right through seven layers of clothing and that even the bodies of over one million people packed tightly together couldn’t ward off.   And yet for hours upon hours on January 20th more people than I […]

So on the gruesome 4 hour drive home from Big Bear, my cousin asked an interesting question. He asked my other cousin,  and I if we feel like we have made life long friends from our time in college. One is currently going to a community college and said that he does not feel like […]

Attacking, chasing, and humiliating London cops is all in a day’s work of freeing Palestine.

Last Friday night, I went to a party at UCSD for a friend’s birthday. She turned 21 and of course a party was not without people getting intoxicated and acting dumb. I took a lot of pictures and I was not afraid to post them up on facebook until someone reminded me that my dad […]

On Monday, January 19, the dcist printed an interview with celebrity chef and star of the Travel Channel’s No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain. When asked if he had any advice about food, Bourdain took the opportunity to point out that Alice Waters “annoys the living s***” out of him.

Really? Thanks, Tony, great advice.

Director: Jonathan Demme Running Time: 114 Minutes Rated: R For: Heavy/family drama enthusiasts Not For: Romantics, cheery optimists Marriage is regularly associated with joy and happiness as the couple cheerfully runs down the aisle, finally bound together at last.  Films have explored this concept in many different ways from a comedic look at the lives […]

Director: Stephen Daldry Running Time: 124 Minutes Rated: R Recommended for: Drama enthusiasts, character-centric film enthusiasts, Kate Winslet fans Not recommended for: Historians, easily offended viewers World War II films cover a variety of topics from the invasion of Normandy to the kindness of a man amidst the Holocaust.  More often than not, they are […]