Jim Miller is a professor who practices what he teaches. Each semester, Miller guides dozens of students through his English and Labor Studies classes at San Diego City College. He has played key roles...

Sgt. Chris Colter (Jake Gyllenhaal) is given a mission: find a bomb on a Chicago commuter train and find out who the bomber is before he is able to set another one to go off. Colter has eight minutes...

Throughout his career, the late David Foster Wallace had proven to make fictions of ordinary life into something extraordinary. His latest, albeit unfinished, book, "The Pale King", explores the excruciating...

The timely film "Tijuanedos Anonimos" (2009) is a subtitled documentary film about what people of Tijuana, Mexico, were going through in 2009, having the record-breaking drug violence of 2008 still fresh...

For years, Tijuana was the destination for college students searching for that legendary nightlife, cheap drinks and the legal drinking age that was and still is 18, unlike in the United States. In recent...

Virtuoso pianist John Mark Harris delivered an impressive solo recital for early-bird students at 9:30 in the morning on April 13. Harris, a professor at City College, holds degrees from UCSD and the...

The first "Scream" debuted 15 years ago, and after a 10-year absence, lots of plastic surgery, and a few different scripts, the fourth film in the franchise has opened, but will we care? As with all of...

As an avid drama series fan, watching a show like "Grey's Anatomy" is somewhat of an embarrassment. More soap opera than drama, "Grey's" has had its pathetic moments, moments that made me laugh at the...

These days it's a common assumption that when you see recognizable names attached to a project, it means you're in for a good film, but not always. In the case of "The Lincoln Lawyer," Matthew McConaughey,...

City College English professor Farrell J. Foreman knows a little something about how laughter can shorten the metaphorical divide that separates us as people. Not only does Foreman use humor to instantly...

"I'm putting your patience to the test," sings Julian Casablancas in the first line to the first track "Machu Picchu" from The Strokes' highly anticipated fourth album, "Angles." Fans were truly put to...