By Geoff Daniels The Creator (2023) is a film that finds itself out of time. Although it is a stunning display of Gareth Edwards’ mastery of visual effects and atmospheric imagery, this imagery rests on a flimsy base due to the repetition — rather than the alteration — of conventional science fiction tropes. The story […]
CoMC Students Begin First Feature Film
By Violeta Trevizo What began as a casual conversation at Market Street in the fall of 2015 has now become a project Weston Davis and John Hackney hope will be a milestone in filmmaking for other Texas Tech University students like themselves. “Sam (on Everything)” has gone through many script changes in the past months. The […]
Meet Mass Comm: Wideman Captures International Cultures, Focuses on Film
Students saving to study abroad could be envious of Austin Wideman’s experience traveling through India, China, Thailand, Guatemala, Turkey and Russia — all before graduating college. Not everyone is able to see the world, but all can witness the culture, people and lifestyles he saw through his camera lens. While well-traveled, the senior electronic media and communication major has always […]
COMC Celebrates Life of Loved Professor
Filling the majority of the room, the audience reminisced with laughter and thoughtful nods. Several people wiped tears from their faces. Programs each attendee held displayed the word “memorial,” scratched out and replaced with “celebration.” The crowd, as well as speakers, of faculty, friends and family celebrated the life of Robert Wernsman, a former instructor in […]
Filmmaker Presents Documentary, Discusses Creation With Audiences
She was a countercultural political leader in an era of change, held a spot on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List, and was a woman charged, arrested, incarcerated, tried, and acquitted of homicide, kidnapping, and conspiracy. Angela Davis’ life, political associations, and trial are all outlined in the 2012 critically acclaimed documentary “Free Angela and All […]
Physicist Presents Futuristic Multimedia Film, Educates Area Children
More than 4,000 students from area schools arrived Wednesday at City Bank Coliseum, bouncing with the excitement to watch a futuristic film on their field trip. Organized by Texas Tech University’s Edward E. Whitacre College of Engineering, the College of Visual and Performing Arts, and the College of Education, the coliseum screened “Icarus at the Edge […]
Tech’s International Film Series Opening Week
The Texas Tech International Film Series will begin its Spring 2015 season Tuesday night with a showing of “La Strada,” a 1954 Italian drama directed by cinema master Federico Fellini. IFS coordinator Robert Peaslee said in an email that the first film will be shown tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, located at 120 West […]
Review: Horrible Bosses 2
Sequels to comedies are possibly some of the most predictable movies ever made. The stories begin showing the audience where our beloved characters are now; next, some of kind conflict brings the gang back together again, and then they embark on a journey full of mishaps and one-liners that seems remarkably similar to the first movie. This is true for “Anchorman […]