SABRINA JONESStaff Writer At first glance, the poster for “The Greatest Game Ever Played” looks like a botched attempt to recreate Tom Schulman’s 1989 drama “Dead Poet’s Society” on a golf course. The sense of brotherhood and the triumphant waving of hats and hands in the air is indicative of a movie packed with heart-jerking lessons. But from the minute the opening credits … [Read more...] about Disney film talks a big ‘Game’
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Judging good art requires sharp eye
GABE DURHAM Staff Writer Everybody is getting excited just because scientists photographed wild gorillas using rudimentary tools. Apparently this is a big deal because they were the only species of great apes so dumb they didn’t even know you could use a rock to smash things. Welcome to the club, you dirty, stinking apes. I smash things with rocks all the time. It’s just like … [Read more...] about Judging good art requires sharp eye
Chasing white rainbows
KARIN SABINStaff Writer Few have seen a rainbow completely devoid of color, but Pepperdine alumni Dharan and Linda Mandrayar are bringing the image from Indian culture to movie screens with their film “White Rainbow.” Written, directed and produced by the Mandrayars, “White Rainbow” chronicles the story of women in India who literally become white rainbows, widows blamed for … [Read more...] about Chasing white rainbows
Lindhurst welcomes ‘All My Sons’
SHANNON URTNOWSKIStaff Writer Anela Holck/Ass. Photo Editor Famed playwright Arthur Miller’s first major drama, “All My Sons,” is coming to Pepperdine’s Helen E. Lindhurst Theatre next week. “All My Sons” premiered in 1947 at Broadway’s Coronet Theatre under the direction of Elia Kazan. It ran for 328 performances and won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for best play … [Read more...] about Lindhurst welcomes ‘All My Sons’
Step up to the plate
MARY WISNIEWSKIAssistant Living Editor Junior Carolyn Simpson lives in a Lovernich apartment. For the first time on her own, she has an oven, refrigerator and stove. But this doesn’t mean she uses them. “I’m an Easy Mac type of person,” Simpson said. “I have no time to cook. I grab whatever I can and live out of the microwave.” Simpson is certainly not alone. Senior Angie Brij … [Read more...] about Step up to the plate
