Author Archive for David Nicolas
The Dramatic ‘Motion’ of Ying Ning
Desperate to find the woman sleeping with her husband, the main character of Ying Ning’s ‘Wu Giong Dong’ (‘Perpetual Motion’) hosts an innocent get-together with her closest friends with the hope that a day of exotic cuisine, cocktails and colored cigarettes will elicit the uncomfortable truth.
Ying’s very comic yet tragic work was the fourth film [...]
Getting Some ‘Head’ at Soma
It was a dance party at San Diego’s Soma as New York’s Head Automatica put on their Sunday best to showcase their most recent release, ‘Popaganda,’ in their return to the West Coast.
The local openers wowed the audience with their solid reggae guitar work and sometimes hackneyed bouncy rhythms. The lead singer’s unprofessionalism may have [...]
Epic Movie
Even if you like Carmen Electra in body-tight outerwear, ‘Epic Movie’ will not come close to satisfying your need for visual stimulation for 90 minutes. Her oceanic-blue body paint suit with strategically placed rhinestones is not enough to carry the venture of co-directors/co-writers Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (‘Date Movie,’ ‘Scary Movie’) as a successful [...]
‘Making Friends’ With Cursive at The Glasshouse
‘So, how do you make it seem you’re available without making it seem you’re easy?’ slurred Tim Kasher, lead singer of Cursive, at The Glasshouse in Pomona.
Though his drunken rant about single life as an online dater entertained the sold-out crowd, it was Cursive’s signature raw guitar and cello accompaniment, as well as the addition [...]
Men’s Soccer Rises Above Highlanders
Soccer: Sophomore Matt Murphy scored the game-winning goal in the second half, giving the Anteaters a 2-0 win.
xZOTica Exposes UCI Undergraduate Film Talent
Something different was going on outside of Social Science Lecture Hall on Friday that had men in black waving their samurai swords and school girls dancing to quick surf rock rhythms. It wasn’t a Japanese takeover of the yellow-bricked venue, but somethi
