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GET READY FOR HALLOWEEN: SCARY FILMS & MAZES doin’ it the hard way PASSION PIT HITS THE GREEK DANNY TREJO RETURNS IN PLUS… STUDENT DEALS MACHETE KILLS AROUND L.A.! STARTS FRIDAY 10/11

2 Campus Circle - October 10-23, 2013 Film | Music | Culture TABLE OF CONTENTS

’ October 10-23, 2013 WHAT’Sinside DON T MISS ONE OF Vol. 23 Issue 19 THE YEAR’S BEST FILMS* • • • Editor-in-Chief Sean Bello Los Angeles Daily News • • • • • [email protected]

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Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group/MCT NEWS VIEWS The latest from Los Angeles and Beyond.

BY CAMPUS CIRCLE STAFF

If you downloaded iOS 7 and you’re experiencing discomfort – don’t worry. You’re not alone.

USC GRABS NO. 4 SPOT IN PLAYBOY’S TOP PARTY SCHOOLS LIST Although the University of Southern California has landed a spot in the top 10 of Playboy’s Top Party Schools, the university has fallen two spots compared to last year. In 2012, USC was ranked No. 2, but now the university has come in at No. 4. Other schools in the top 10 include Arizona State University, Louisiana State University and Florida State University. The No. 1 school is West Virginia University. Playboy conducted its search for healthy has gotten a little bit easier. UCLA students Karan Kajla also donated money to UCLA in other areas: $3 million has been the top party schools by using data from the National Center and Alison Light launched an app called Fit Bruin on Sept. 20. donated for grants for foster care students, and $2 million has for Education Statistics, the NCAA and the Census, as well as This app allows students to create personalized health plans; been donated to expand art programs for children and families feedback from social media, according to the Huffington Post. they can track what they eat in the dining halls and other places. at UCLA’s Hammer Museum. By using the dishes’ nutritional information and customizing JED FOUNDATION AWARDS USC “SEAL OF APPROVAL” users’ exercise preferences and weight loss goals, Fit Bruin tells PULLING ALL-NIGHTERS AFFECTS STUDENTS’ GRADES, FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES students how many calories they can consume each day to reach HEALTH Many prospective college students are probably unaware that their goals. About 30 users are using the app so far. Every college student goes through an all-nighter at some point sometimes students can develop mental illnesses, such as during his/her academic careers. It’s inevitable. Whether it’s for schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, etc., while they are in school. $15-MILLION DONATION GOES TO UCLA’S a big paper or final exam coming up the next day, many students The fact is that these mental illnesses can manifest when young ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES are buying coffee and energy drinks to get them through the adults are between the ages of 18 and 25 (just take Amanda Los Angeles philanthropists Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker night. However, these students who are burning the midnight Bynes, for example). According to a USA TODAY study, 40 are donating $15 million to the University of California, Los oil will suffer - both academically and physically. Studies show percent of college deaths are due to suicide. This is why students Angeles’ Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. The that students average lower GPAs, their memory gets worse, looking at colleges should also consider which colleges have and their bodies get short-term euphoria when they pull all- great mental health services. The Jed Foundation, a non-profit nighters. In the long run, they even increase their chances of organization that advocates suicide prevention among college “The recommended hours getting a stroke. The recommended hours of sleep are between students, gave out the “seal of approval” to 30 colleges who have seven to eight hours during a 24-hour period. demonstrated strong solutions to students’ mental health needs - the University of Southern California is one of those schools. DOCTOR CONFIRMS APPLE’S iOS 7 IS MAKING PEOPLE The foundation looks at college programs such as “free access of sleep [for students] are SICK; USERS EXPERIENCE NAUSEA, HEADACHES to the gym, free counseling and physical health services, crisis With its cool features and sleek design, some people think programs, restricted access to hazardous or illegal materials, Apple’s new iOS 7 update has turned their iPhones into an early identification of students with problems” and more to awesome new, high-tech gadget. For others, the software update determine which schools have a pro-mental health culture between seven to eight hours is making them sick. Literally.Some users have complained that on campus. Other schools that received the “seal of approval” the design is causing them to experience headaches and nausea. include New York University, Columbia University and Yale One person wrote on one of Apple’s support forums: “The zoom University. animations everywhere on the new iOS 7 are literally making me during a 24-hour period.” nauseous and giving me a headache. It’s exactly how I used to get UCLA STUDENTS CREATE FIT BRUIN APP TO PROMOTE car sick if I tried to read in the car,” according to Fox News. One HEALTHY LIVING ON CAMPUS doctor told Fox News that iOS 7’s “parallax” function (which The “freshman 15” is a nightmare. Nobody ever wants to gain funds will ultimately strengthen environmental studies by causes the phone’s background to subtly move back and forth) 15 pounds or more in a single year. With endless term papers, establishing up to five faculty chairs and endowing a center gives users a feeling very similar to car sickness. The good news tests, campus activities, etc., it’s hard for many students to that will research how to make cities more sustainable. There is “sick” users can reduce the motion by going into settings and maintain a balanced, healthy diet and make time to exercise. But will also be an annual $100,000 prize awarded to investors and turning down the parallax effect. If that doesn’t work, they can for students at the University of California, Los Angeles, being policy-makers who advance sustainability. The Pritzkers have always trade in their phone for a iPhone with iOS 6 on it.

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PASSION PIT DOES IT THE HARD WAY Bassist Jeff Apruzzese explains how the band does live performances.

Passion Pit is an American indie pop band from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Jason Nocito BY PATRICK MEISSNER

Phew! Summer is always a big season for music fans. Between Apruzzese explained that when playing at a festival, the opposite of that. Instead of taking the sounds that are on the music festivals, your favorite bands going on tour and making band “usually like[s] to keep it as fast paced and up-tempo as record, we use hardware. We use analogue keyboards to remake time to relax in the sun, it can be a busy time of year. Come possible.” and re-program all the sounds by ear that are on the record October, most people start to settle in for a long winter. Bands The idea is to keep people interested. As Apruzzese to make a new version of it…[it’s] something that we feel will hibernate in their studios, making more hits for next summer’s explained, “At festivals, there’s the ADD mindset. There’s always stand better in a live setting versus on the record.” tour. Fans hang up their sweaty wristbands like trophies and the anxiety of feeling like you’re missing out on something. You Apruzzese claimed that Passion Pit takes these extra start saving money for more shows. can only hold someone’s attention long enough before they go measures with their sound because the band truly relishes their That is, unless you’re a fan of Passion Pit. For you, the best checkout DJ whoever across the field.” performances. “This is fun for us,” he said. “The moment that show of the year is still coming up. If you already know what One of the highlights of playing their own headlining show any one of us stops having fun is when we’re not gonna wanna I’m talking about, chances are you’ll be at the Greek Theater on includes having a chance to perform the songs that normally do it anymore. No one’s forcing us to be here.” Oct. 25. don’t fit in their set. When discussing the band’s pre-production The bassist also mentioned that Passion Pit was “talking The electro-pop-rock, feel-good dance group is coming regimen, Apruzzese said that Passion Pit has been taking time about doing a live album” this year. He said that the band through town as part of its fall tour. Following a long summer to learn the “the songs that [they] have been wanting to play for plans on bringing a Pro Tools recording rig to each one of their of playing the festival circuit, these shows are a chance to see the the last three or four years but have never figured out how to performances; however, he didn’t say if they would be using band in a more comprehensive performance. play before.” select tracks from different cities, or if the live record would be In a recent interview with Campus Circle, bassist Jeff It may seem trivial, but learning how to play a song live from one straight performance. Apruzzese explained how the band is getting ready for its seven- is a big deal for a band like Passion Pit. Their songs require so It’s going to be a good show when they roll through town. It week stretch on the road. many different sounds and layers; you can’t just post up on any was a good show this time last year when they did the Hollywood “We spent the better half of this year getting together a stage with instruments and play them. You have to account Bowl, so it stands to reason that this month’s show at The Greek good production,” he said. “We’re kind of taking our current for each of the individually recorded tracks on the record, and will be no different. model, breaking it and adding on top of it.” the musicians only have so many hands. The task is especially Be sure to get really loud, by the way. Maybe scream This “current model” refers to the structure Passion Pit uses difficult for Passion Pit, because they do it the hard way. something obnoxious or bring a signature horn, something to for its summer festival shows. When adapting a performance Apruzzese explains how most bands do it: “A lot of bands stand out from the noise of the crowd. Bring your bells and to a full, headlining set, they have the chance to take a more use soft synth now. [They] take all the samples used in Ableton whistles, and get yourself heard! I mean…you do have bells and candid approach when designing their set. The performance or Logic or whatever, and get a bunch of MIDI controllers, and whistles, right? can have highs, lows and an overall arch. When dealing with a then take all those samples, and then use that as a carbon copy festival performance, on the other hand, the approach is entirely of the exact track used on the record.” Passion Pit will be performing in Los Angeles on Oct. 25, 2013 at different. But for a Passion Pit show, he said, “We do the exact the Greek Theatre.

6 Campus Circle - October 10-23, 2013 Film | Music | Culture MUSIC: CD REVIEWS

Nancy Kaszerman/Zuma Press/MCT MILEY, ELTON, GAVIN & MORE SCORE BIG WITH NEW ALBUMS

BY CAMPUS CIRCLE WRITERS

Miley Cyrus has been the media’s focus these past few weeks – does she continue to dazzle audiences with new album Bangerz?

Miley Cyrus Bangs Out Hits on Bangerz viewpoint with a minimalist mannerism fronted by John’s voice too, and Unvarnished ends with “Everybody Needs a Hero,” an By Jennifer Boucher and acoustic piano. There are other instruments, but they are expression of loneliness that pays homage musically to mid-’60s Miley Cyrus has shown the world she can transform from a often burnished into the background. pop. Disney icon to a fiercely explorative artist. On Bangerz, her new Like the CD’s artwork, there’s a twilight-like quality, album, you’ll see for yourself. which drifts through The Diving Board. A sense of solitude and Make a Move Has “Gavin DeGraw” Written All Bangerz is filled with a variety of songs that dabble in a little somberness suffuses songs such as dusty ballad “A Town Called Over It bit of everything: rap, pop and even a tad of country. Opening Jubilee,” which is about Midwesterners trying to escape the new By Kathy Le track “Adore You” provides a relaxed beginning to her album, Depression. First single, the wistful “Home Again,” is about Gavin DeGraw returned to the charts with his 2011 release which is filled with a mixture of happy and sentimental songs. separation from family and one’s past. A different historical Sweeter, and he’s aiming to stay with his fourth studio album The instrumentals in “4x4” and “FU” give the songs a perspective permeates sobering but hopeful pop piece, “Oscar Make a Move, teaming up with producers who have worked unique vibe compared to the rest of the album. “4x4” has a Wilde Gets Out,” which imagines the bon vivant’s life after with the likes of Kelly Clarkson, Jason Derulo, Taylor Swift and catchy rhythm that makes the listener feel like he/she is dancing prison. The album notches up near the end with the spirited Maroon 5. at a country club. Meanwhile, “FU” has a soulful, burlesque-like (and spiritual) “Take This Dirty Water” and “Mexican Vacation,” The album is arguably DeGraw’s most radio-friendly vibe, making you want to bring out your fishnets and pasties. In which have hymn-like refrains and ecstatic choruses. and up-tempo release yet. The sound is richer, more layered, this song, Cyrus holds longs notes and puts on a fierce persona. perhaps. The hooks aim to remain in heads for days. Album title “SMS (Bangerz)” is sassy, choppy and upbeat, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Hit an Ace with This is perhaps accounted by the fact that for the first making anyone who listens to it want to get up and dance. Cyrus Unvarnished time, the crooner co-wrote every song, with artists such as ends her album with “Hands in the Air,” which gives a final By Kevin Wierzbicki OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder and Boys Like Girls’ Martin impression of strength and conquering life’s obstacles. It’s been seven years since Joan Jett and her Blackhearts put out Johnson, a departure from writing alone. The lyrics are smart, The majority of Cyrus’ songs are about love, referring to an album and several decades since they broke onto the scene fun and fresh; some even make social commentary – “Night sky both blissful feelings and heartache. This is not surprising since with hits such as “I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll” and “Bad Reputation.” full of drones, this neighborhood of clones, I’m looking at the she was getting a lot of media attention for her relationship with Time has been good to Jett, though; her voice is a little huskier crowd and they’re staring at their phones.” actor and now ex-fiancé, Liam Hemsworth. now but still instantly recognizable on buzzing guitar-filled punk DeGraw’s single, “Best I Ever Had,” screams Train. The The ex-Disney princess has something for everyone with pop tunes like “Reality Mentality” and “Any Weather.” And as title track would make a good follow-up single, complete with Bangerz; the different genres and styles will appeal to audiences usual, Jett isn’t singing about cute little kittens on Unvarnished; the irresistible “oohs” that tend to connect well with audiences. everywhere. “Different” is an anti-bullying manifesto filled with rip-her-to- “Finest Hour” is the charming, good-guy version of the party shreds attitude (and a great cowbell rhythm) while “TMI” is a anthem. “Need” is the break-up, you-miss-me-now anthem. Elton John’s The Diving Board Dives Into Success scathing indictment of the excesses and indulgences of the digital Still, as commercial as the record is, Degraw’s voice remains By Doug Simpson age where Jett sneers lines like “Don’t need to know the stuff as unique as ever and sticks undeniably with his roots in blue- George and Ira Gershwin. Lennon and McCartney. Elton John you’re up to/Who you eat or who you screw…” eyed contemporary soul. “Who’s Gonna Save Us” brings back and Bernie Taupin. These are three of the greatest songwriting Jett has a knack for crafting songs that are feral yet friendly. memories of his hit “Not Over You.” “Heartbreak” hearkens back teams of the previous century. Almost everything here is danceable and an easy sing-along. to “Sweeter.” Happily, John and Taupin continue their collaborative A big part of the fun is chiming in when her vocals switch to Somehow, as arguably different as the collection may connection on John’s 30th album, The Diving Board. wildcat mode, a growled verse or two here, a shriek there. sound to the old days of “Chariot,” Make a Move is one that has The 15 tracks offer a mature, sometimes nostalgic Jett has proven in the past that she’s good with a softer mood DeGraw written all over it. www.CampusCircle.com Campus Circle - October 10-23, 2013 7 FILM: FEATURE

ROBERT RODRIGUEZ DELIVERS ALL-STAR CAST IN MACHETE KILLS

Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez and Sofia Vergara are just a few of the actors who “wow” in this sequel.

BY CAMPUS CIRCLE STAFF

Danny Trejo and Michelle Rodriguez return in this action-packed thriller. Rico Torres

The adventure continues for legendary secret agent I’ve been doing. She’s very crazy, and not very stable. And she’s said the director. According to him, during the filmmaking Machete Cortez in Machete Kills, an action-packed thrilling an assassin. It’s all fun to be in a movie where you get to do process, creators never want to feel like they’re “actually doing film where Machete (Danny Trejo) takes on his next mission: he action, and shoot guns, and shoot people with your metal bra.” it,” so they shot the cast while they were rehearsing, making the must stop a crazed global terrorist (Mel Gibson) from starting Although Machete Kills might seem like a strong “manly” scenes more authentic. a nuclear war. film with supreme action sequences by “studly” actors such as The production schedule was staggered and tight, with Releasing on Friday, Oct. 11, director Robert Rodriguez’s Trejo and Gibson, don’t for one second this is solely a male- everyone working 12-hour workdays. However, Rodriguez was Machete Kills has an unbelievably star-studded cast: Michelle focused film; Rodriguez has created female characters with completely able to focus on each character’s journey in Machete Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, Carlos Estevez (aka undeniable strength and power. Kills. Some weeks, Heard’s character would be the focus and Charlie Sheen), Lady Gaga, Antonio Banderas, Jessica Alba, “His characters for women are always so strong, and a lot other weeks it would be a different actor’s. When it comes to the Demian Bichir, Alexa Vega, Vanessa Hudgens, Cuba Gooding, of fun. I wanted to be one of those characters,” said Vergara. film’s main star, Trejo, Rodriguez said he didn’t have to worry Jr., William Sadler and Marko Zaror – talk about an all-star Michelle Rodriguez, who returns as Luz, noted that female too much about him. lineup. viewers will have a good time watching this film. “I think that “It’s hard to remember a time I didn’t work with Danny Many of these stars were more than excited to have roles in it’s cool that you have a girl who is incredibly sexy, and meant Trejo,” he said. “I had so many actors to deal with that I just Rodriguez’s latest film. Sheen, who is credited as Carlos Estevez to be eye candy for the guys, but her attitude has changed. It’s kept thinking, ‘we’ll save Danny. I’ll shoot him at the end of the in Machete Kills, said, “Robert [Rodriguez] and I have been more about, ‘This is what I want, and I’m going to get it no day. Danny would get very little time. And there was something trying to work together for a long time, ever since From Dusk matter what.’ And you see that in Machete Kills. I think the magical about that because he didn’t even need any time.” ‘Til Dawn. Robert said, ‘I want you to play the President. I’m women are going to have a good laugh with this one,” she said Although Trejo’s character might be seen as a kick-ass, like, ‘Far out. Let’s do this,” according to a prepared statement. in prepared statement. extremely intimidating federal agent, Trejo said Machete is Lady Gaga, who plays assassin La Chameleon, was a fan of Twenty-five-year-old actress Alexa Vega has worked really not that unordinary. “The one thing that I really loved the first Machete and went to the theaters to see it when it came with Rodriguez in the past on the Spy Kids movies, which he about the character Machete was that he was a regular guy. He out in 2010. “I went out, and I bought some tequila, and put directed and wrote. She has a theory on why Rodriguez’s female was just a cop. He was a Federale – a federal agent in Mexico – on my leather jacket, and I watched the film, and I laughed the characters are so badass, to say the least. and he was nothing special, other than that he was a guy who whole time,” said Gaga. “The women in Robert’s life have all been strong women. had to right wrongs. He’s just a regular guy that can kick ass. He In this sequel, audiences can expect to laugh, especially When his sisters come into a room, they command the room. I uses his head,” said Trejo. with hilarious, sexy actress Vergara (“Modern Family”) playing think because he grew up with these women in his life, he’s able With action, comedy and an incredibly cast with both Madame Desdemona, a machine-gun wearing dominatrix- to really put that on the screen…” said Vega. talented, strong men and women, Machete Kills is a boundary- esque Madame. However, don’t expect Vergara’s Madame Rodriguez commented, “It’s always been that way, and breaking film that will delight a wide audience. Desdemona to have the same sunny disposition her character it’s never anything planned. I grew up with five sisters. When “The whole series is completely wacky,” said Rodriguez. Gloria has in “Modern Family.” you understand a woman’s strength, that comes across to be a “There are no rules…I think that’s why it attracts a lot of actors: “I’ve been wanting to do a character like that for a long highlight of the movie.” anything goes.” time,” said Vergara in a prepared statement. “The character is Shot on a limited budget, Machete Kills was done on a very fantastic for me because it’s something very different from what fast-paced, “breakneck” manner. “We shot fast and furious,” Machete Kills releases in theaters on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013.

8 Campus Circle - October 10-23, 2013 Film | Music | Culture FILM: Q&A

DANIEL RADCLIFFE, CAST DISCUSS POETRY, BEAT GENERATION IN NEW FILM, KILL YOUR DARLINGS The cast answers questions about the film that depicts an incredible story leading up to a major literary movement.

BY SYDNEY CHAMPION Daniel Radcliffe has graduated from Hogwarts Jessica Miglio, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics and enrolled in Columbia in Kill Your Darlings.

Allen Ginsberg. William S. Burrough. Jack Kerouac. You might recognize these DR: Yeah, since finishing Potter it’s been a huge journey for me. I’ve never worked with different crews names as those of poets who defined the Beat Generation, a culture that rallied against rigid literary before, different groups of actors before. The Woman in Black was filmed in England. If you’ve done standards of poetry. a Harry Potter film you’re never going to work again in England without knowing somebody on the However, how much do you know about these guys prior to when they became icons, when they crew because you know so many people. So, actually doing Kill Your Darlings was a huge thing for me were just young students at Columbia University? because it meant I’m not going to be working with anybody I knew, and you have to find out who you Kill Your Darlings tells audiences the untold story of a young Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliff) are again on a film set. It felt like starting fresh in a way. Working with John Krokidas, our director, he and his friends Lucien Carr (Dane DeHaan), Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston) and William S. Burrough did introduce me to unique ways of working that I’ve never really been shown before…I don’t know (Ben Foster). When they were students at Columbia, these four young men bonded over their love at what point exactly, but I think from doing “How To Succeed” (the musical) and through Kill Your for poetry and their goal to shake things up. But when Lucien’s older, homosexual male friend David Darlings, that was a big period of transition for me in terms of work. Kammerer (Michael C. Hall) falls in love with him, things end tragically and Allen is forced to realize the kind of man his best friend, Lucien, really is. Q: When you were younger, did you have antsy writing and thoughts that you put down that reflected this kind of feeling that these Beats wrote about? Why do you think there is such staying Q: What really resonated with you when you read the script? power with these guys? Dane DeHann: Lucien Carr was entirely a surprise. I didn’t really know that he existed, and I didn’t MCH: I think we’re still feeling the ripple effects of the cultural phenomenon or revolution that know that this story actually happened. He has this kind of charisma and extroverted quality to him. they perhaps started... It’s different from work I’ve done in the past, but [he’s] still a really complicated individual. He just I definitely have some journal entries that characterize -- ultimately they’re run-on sentences. seems like a really hard person to wrap my mind around, and that’s kind of what attracted me to him. DR: I definitely have my fair share of real bad poetry. I wrote when I was about 17 or 18. Daniel Radcliffe: By reading Allen’s diaries when he was a teenager (and that combined with the In terms of the Beats, there’s something about the way they did what they did…My English character I saw in the script), I found him very likable immediately. He seemed by all accounts…to teacher used to say something that I think really applies to the Beats: There are two types of poets. have been very kind, warm and very good company. The diaries reveal him, as does the film, to be There are people who write poetically about their life and people who live poetically and write about it. this really interesting mix of somebody who had immense confidence and intellect and rich inner DD: Yeah, I’m also guilty of teenage poems of trying to achieve naked self-expression (laughs). light…he was still quite reserved and shy as a young man. I think that’s a really interesting split in a I think [the Beats’] effect on today’s society is kind of amazing; it’s not just that their books are personality… still celebrated and read. But also, they were they original hipsters. Where I live in Williamsburg, Michael C. Hall: I was aware of this story, and I went through my period of fascination with the Brooklyn, I can’t walk down the street without seeing 10 people dressed exactly like Jack Kareouc. Beats…And I was excited more specifically about the opportunity to humanize and sympathize this It’s really insane. So, obviously their books had this huge impact, but what they stood for, how they guy [David Kammerer] who’s sort of a footnote in a lot of accounts of formative years of the Beat dressed -- all that stuff still resonates today. generation and, if anything, was characterized as a bit of a two-dimensional villain, stalker. I liked that the movie seemed to aspire to round him out a bit. To read the full transcript of the interview, please visit campuscircle.com

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This Is The End, The Heat and “American Horror Story.” DVD BY JEREMY ROSS Suzanne Hanover The Majors: The only indication that The Heat is actually a 2013 release is the presence of Melissa McCarthy, who stars Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, James Franco, along with Sandra Bullock in a cop buddy comedy directed by Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill and Craig Robison star in Paul Feig (Feig also guided McCarthy to an Oscar nomination This Is The End. for Bridesmaids) Without McCarthy as the co-lead along with Bullock, it would be quite easy to conclude that this film was made in 1995, not 18 years later. It is a testament to Bullock that she still fits easily into the type of comedies that she could have done nearly two decades ago, but that just means that Bullock hasn’t aged. This type of film has. The Heat is still an agreeable entertainment, since there are few stars as endlessly charming as Bullock and as naturally funny as McCarthy, but there’s essentially nothing memorable about the film. This is a mostly tepid follow-up to Bridesmaids that achieved similar box office success but almost certainly will not be remembered as fondly, if remembered at all. The Heat was not the only film this summer that seemed a throwback to 1990s cinema. But whatever its faults, Heat is far better than the terrible R.I.P.D., an action comedy reminiscent of Men in Black but without even the charm of its creaky sequels. This was one of the biggest failures of the summer’s films, and rightfully so. Director Robert Schwenkte, who made the surprisingly clever action-comedy Red, has far less success with R.I.P.D. While Jeff Bridges can play the grizzled mentor role in his sleep, Ryan Reynolds once again proves himself to be inadequate as a movie star in his own right. His cover-friendly looks and frat boy charm make him a perfect romantic foil for bigger stars, but as a leading man, he once again feels insufficient, even when paired with a veteran like Bridges. It is only natural to wonder whether the budget for pot was factored into the budget for This is the End, and if so, whether this caused the film to cost more than Avatar. A lackadaisical comedy about the end of the world, the film features most of the Judd Apatow stable of stoner actors playing themselves. These include James Franco, who once again skids ever closer to self- parody, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, and the film’s co-writer, Seth Rogan. Emma Watson also appears, and along with The Bling Ring and The Perks of Being a Wallflower, shows increasing range as an actress after Harry Potter. Although the audience may have a sense that the actors are doing the film more for their pleasure than the audience, the film still leaves enough of that pleasure for viewers. This is the End might be self-indulgent, but it’s difficult not to have a good time when its actors clearly are.

The Idiot Box: Adopting a miniseries format was clearly a brilliant move for American Horror Story, which returned for a second season with a mostly new cast and a premise completely different from its first season. This time set in a New England insane asylum in the 1960s, the series often seems as crazed as its inmates. What other series would incorporate an Ed Gein- style serial killer, alien abductions, Nazi experimentation, demonically possessed nuns and musical sequences? Like most Ryan Murphy series, American Horror Story: Asylum is an imperfect entertainment with the occasional lapse in tone and even decency. However, taken as a whole, this is one of last year’s best series. Jessica Lange once again anchors the show with one of her finest performances, reminiscent of her career-best work in Frances, but the true leads are Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters as patients wrongfully imprisoned in the asylum. This is a show that dares to have a subplot that suggests that Anne Frank survived the Holocaust, and it actually makes it work. Downton Abbey, Seasons 1-3 gets an American release on DVD in preparation for the fourth season premiere in America this winter. Only the first season is essential viewing, thanks to tighter plotting and fewer unsuccessful subplots, but even when the show fails to be great art (in the manner of Gosford Park, by creator Julian Fellowes), it is usually good entertainment – a high-toned soap opera with better costumes and accents. Despite the democratic focus on both the aristocratic family and their servants, the aristocracy usually prevails in terms of viewer interest thanks to Maggie Smith, who has been honing her role as a curmudgeonly aristocrat for 30 years. No living actor can do as much with a one-liner as Smith, and here she makes even the dullest lines sound like poetry.

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MUST-SEE FILMS TO CREEP YOU OUT The perfect movies to get you in the Halloween spirit.

The classic tale is back with new faces, but the horror is still there in Carrie. BY KAI CHAN Courtesy of Sony Pictures

October is the perfect month to watch films that in hopes of living a normal life. However, prom night comes and worries! There are other films that are a must-see that you can will keep you on the edge of your seat. Check out these creepy her religious mother forbids her to go. With her power, Carrie rent or watch it on Netflix. Here’s my list of spooky movies. films you can watch with your friends, significant other or by locks her mother in the closet and heads out to prom. At the Ju-On: If you’ve seen the movie The Grudge, you have to watch yourself (if you’re brave enough, that is). prom, Carrie wins prom queen, but there is an awful surprise the original. Ju-On is from Japan and is split into two short waiting for her: a bucket of pig blood drops and splatters all movies. They’re not long, but they have just enough suspense to Theatrical Releases over her. Furious and embarrassed, she unleashes her power, creep you out. The story focuses on the house where a woman bringing hell to anyone who stops gets in her way. Carrie will be and child’s death occurs. Their spirits haunt the house and will I Will Follow You Into the Dark: Sophia (Mischa Barton) released on Oct. 18 everywhere. kill anyone who sets foot inside. This Japanese version will send undergoes severe depression after her parents’ deaths. She chills up your spine. Please note that it’s in Japanese but also has feels she no longer needs to live until she meets Adam (Ryan Haunter: In this reverse ghost story, teenager Lisa Johnson English subtitles. It’s available on Netflix. Eggold), who pulls her out of depression. When he mysteriously (Abigail Breslin) and her family died in 1986 under sinister disappears in a haunted house, Sophia enters the house, circumstances but remain trapped in their house, unable to Orphan: In this film, a mother and father decide to adopt a little determined to find him even if that means crossing to another move on. Over a period of six “days,” Lisa must reach out from girl name Esther from an orphanage. Esther is not welcomed supernatural realm. It will be released on Oct. 11 in select beyond the grave to help her present-day, living counterpart, by the couple’s son, Daniel, but his little deaf sister, Max, is theaters. Olivia, avoid the same fate Lisa and her family suffered. Starring fascinated with her. The seemingly happy story unfolds into a Breslin, Stephen McHattie (300,), Peter Outerbridge (Silent Hill: nightmare as the mother begins to get suspicious of Esther. The Where the Devil Hides: The small town of New Bethlehem Revelation), Michelle Nolden (Red) and David Hewlett (Rise of father ignores the mother’s worries, so she does some research is a tight-knit community. So tight-knit, in fact, that six girls the Planet of the Apes). It releases in L.A. on Oct. 25. and finds something shocking about Esther’s secretive past. Rent were born on the same day by different mothers. However, the DVD, and check it out. some find this as an omen for something evil to come. On their Skinwalker Ranch: This film is based on the true story of 18th birthdays, the girls go missing one by one...are they dead? Skinwalker Ranch, a mysterious place where paranormal activity A Nightmare on Elm Street: There is a reason why classic The town wonders if it is the work of a town elder, or it it’s a occurs. The cattle rancher’s 10-year-old son disappears into movies are the best. In this film, the nightmare of a horrendous prophecy of the devil’s daughter coming. It will be in theaters thin air and more strange activities begin to occur. A scientific man with knife-like claws keeps four friends awake throughout everywhere on Oct. 11. team is sent to the ranch to explore and find out the cause of the night. What they don’t realize is that the man is coming to these supernatural events. It is expected to release on Oct. 31 in get them. Freddy creeps into their dreams (or nightmares?), Carrie: This is a remake of the 1976 film Carrie based on Stephen theaters everywhere. feeds off their fears and makes their reality a living hell. Nancy, King’s famous novel of the same name. In the film, Carrie (Chloë one of the four friends, must learn how to defend herself from Grace Moretz) lives with just her mother (Julianne Moore) in a Couch Favorites Freddy if she wants to avoid death. This movie may be old, but small town where her peers pick on her at school. One day, she it still brings back nightmares. Find it on DVD or watch it on discovers she has a telekinesis power, and she begins to practice it If you can’t make it out to the theaters this Halloween, no Netflix…if you dare.

16 Campus Circle - October 10-23, 2013 Film | Music | Culture HALLOWEEN SOCAL’S FRIGHTFULLY FUN HALLOWEEN MAZES! You probably haven’t heard of these spooky places. Let us enlighten you.

Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor has always been an L.A. haunt favorite.

Old Town Haunt is This haunted scary because it’s house has a based on a true scare in store in story – prepare to every room. be spooked!

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Big amusement parks such as Universal Studios and Knott’s Berry Farm have their haunt historical place. I got freaked out in one part, which I had to get onto my knees and crawl through nights where people come and get spooked by ghouls and zombies. But there are other places that a tunnel. The tunnel is pitch black, tight and (being deaf), I had to hold onto something. I reached are just as frightening! for the girl’s ankle in front of me and she nearly kicked me. I kept apologizing for scaring her until we all got out of the tunnel. When I finished the maze and walked upstairs, a big guy with a baby Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor mask on approached me. I wasn’t sure if I should keep on walking or go back downstairs to get 1126 Queens Highway away from him. Old Town Haunt was a different experience from other mazes I’ve been to, but I Long Beach, Calif. 90802 found it’s perfect for quick scares. Plus, the lines move quickly. Ticket prices vary on nights. The 877.342.0738 haunting tour lasts until Nov. 2. There are six mazes listed in order from least scary to the most frightful. Two years ago, my friends Tickets: $15 to $17 for General Admission, $20 to $22 for VIP. and I did not know about the fright level on each maze, and we ended up starting with the most Website: oldtownhaunt.com frightful of them all. Each maze is based on different haunted stories from the ship. For example, there is a maze called Submerged, where you might meet the ghost of Mary, a girl who has been Reign Of Terror haunting the ship for more than 50 years. A lot of us were still shaken from the first maze, The 197 N. Moorpark Rd. #B Village Of The Damned. It is my favorite, and one of the largest mazes. It takes you through the Thousand Oaks, Calif. 91360 village filled with crazy people and odd creatures. Queen Mary also added a new maze, Circus, (Above Gold’s Gym) where the ringmaster will try to trick your mind. There will be performances by freak shows, but This is one of the longest mazes I’ve ever experienced. This year, there are a total of five mazes some freaks might wander around the ground you walk on. The Queen Mary also will have rides, attached to each other. It features 65 rooms and covers 12,000 square feet! This maze used to be a “Ferrisqueal” and a Mechanical Monster. You can even reserve a hotel room and stay for a night. hosted at someone’s house, but it grew so big that the maze had to move to a shopping center, where Ticket prices vary on nights and packages. The event lasts until to Nov. 2. they will close part of the mall and change it into a haunted maze. There is a surprise in every single Tickets: $20 for Happy Haunting Hour, $24 for General Admission, $84+ for VIP Packages. room. For example, there was one room I entered cautiously; it was a child’s room with toys and Website: queenmary.com/dark-harbor small bed. Nothing happened, but as I was about to enter another room, a clown came out of a closet behind me and screamed, “What are you looking at?” He left to scare the people behind us. Old Town Haunt My attention was on him the whole time that I didn’t see another monster right in my face when 20 N. Raymond Ave. I entered the next room! When I left the building, I forgot there weren’t actually really monsters Pasadena, Calif. 91105 creeping behind trees or bushes in the real world. The event lasts until Nov. 1. (At the corner of Colorado & Raymond) Tickets: $15 for General Admission, $25 for Express Line 626.248.7652 Website: rothauntedhouse.com This is a small maze in Old Town Pasadena that is located right under an 1800’s bank building. There is a story about three bank robbers who tried to steal gold but did not succeed. Ever since, Certainly, there are more places where you can get scared, and L.A. is more haunted than you might they haunt the basement. What’s odd is their body parts were found scattered across different think. These mazes are just to get you started. If you feel brave, go alone, but I would bring a friend areas underground. So, not only will you walk through a fun maze, you’re also walking through a or two. You never know who or what you might run into… www.CampusCircle.com Campus Circle - October 10-23, 2013 17 CALENDAR

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Osawa uses large scallops, not the small ones, in its dynamite scallop dish. The sushi rolls at Osawa are surprisingly tasty! Shabu shabu involves cooking very thin slices of meat in a flavorful broth.

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When choosing a restaurant there a few rules I abide by. to sample both the sushi and the shabu shabu. Before, however, fish and rice to shine through. Osawa does not disappoint, as The first: while half-priced sushi is a tempting mistress, it’s usually why not peruse the appetizers and specials? We were so glad the albacore tuna, halibut and salmon were, clean-flavored and better to just pass. The second: avoid places that serve multiple we did, otherwise we would have missed the shishito tempura melt-in-your-mouth delicious. ethnic cuisines. You’ve seen them—“Do I go with the chicken stuffed spicy tuna with sweet soy. Shishito peppers are the Now, with the sushi portion “checked off,” would they be tikka masala, the lasagna or the hamburger & fries?” Invariably, best way to start off a Japanese meal (take that, edamame, you able to deliver on the shabu shabu portion? I would say yes and all three will be bad or they’ll all taste suspiciously similar. overrated legume!), and certainly stuffing it with spicy tuna and no. So, I was a little cautious when I was asked to review Osawa then battering and deep-frying it could not be a bad thing. The There is a choice of rib-eye, prime rib-eye, pork, salmon or Shabu Shabu Sushi in Pasadena. Shabu shabu, which entails pepper was crunchy on the outside while the tuna maintained wagyu beef (at $89 a plate!) We went with prime rib-eye, which cooking thin slices of meat and fish and vegetables in a flavored its creaminess on the inside. The sriracha from the spicy tuna has a good ratio of lean meat to fat. Swished in the flavorful broth, is one of my favorite dining experiences. It’s delicious, fun and the seeds from the pepper gave the dish heat without being broth for a matter of seconds (for rare), the rib-eye took on the and social, like how fondue was in the ‘70s but without the flared overpowering. broth flavor while retaining its buttery texture. jeans and partner swapping. While I would order the shishito peppers again in a Where things went a little off the rails was with the Sushi, of course, needs no introduction. It’s a cuisine that is heartbeat, what will keep me coming back is the appetizer vegetable component of the shabu shabu. It included the usual also an art form, but how would it work combined with shabu special: scallop dynamite. You may have had dynamite sushi shitake mushrooms, udon noodles and assorted vegetables. shabu? I’m not sure about other places, but at Osawa, the result before (it’s usually a California roll topped with a spicy mayo However, for a green instead of spinach, which I’m used to, they is a definite home run. sauce and quickly grilled), but Osawa takes it to a whole new used chrysanthemum greens. Perhaps this is a more traditional Upon entering Osawa, the host and sushi chefs greeted us level. First of all, Osawa uses large scallops, not the smaller and approach, but the flavor of the greens was very flowery and warmly behind the counter. It’s a comfortable space with tables chewier bay scallops. The larger scallop allows you to appreciate overpowered the rest of the ingredients. along the window and right side, and a good-sized sushi bar on the mild flavor and succulent texture of the scallop. Meanwhile, Desserts are available, but we barely had room for it, as you the left. The restaurant is appropriate for a date night, dinner the dynamite sauce is a creamy delight that balances tangy and can imagine. with friends or a single looking to satisfy his or her sushi craving. spicy perfectly. I’m pleased to say Osawa has made me reconsider my firm The menu only takes up one page, which is a good sign; Kristen and I toasted our great selections with beer and stance on multiple cuisine options. The trick is to just make sure focus on doing a few dishes well, rather than a lot of dishes sake, while awaiting the sushi and shabu shabu. Would Osawa be to do them well, as Osawa does. average. I believe Sun Tzu said that…or Bobby Flay (I get those able to deliver on its dual cuisine promise? Oh, yes, indeed it did. two confused all the time). When it comes to sushi, I’m more of a traditionalist; I prefer Osawa Shabu Shabu Sushi is located at 77 North Raymond Ave. Clearly, my lovely wife, Kristen, and I were going to have nigiri (fish on rice) rather than elaborate rolls because I want the in Pasadena, Calif.

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