By Jayme Lozano With eight superhero films scheduled for release this year and over 30 Marvel and DC Comics movies planned through 2020, the heroic flick trend shows no sign of hanging up its cape anytime soon. Rob Weiner, a Texas Tech librarian specializing in popular culture and humanities, has studied comic books, but the superhero trend confuses him. “Whether they’re […]
CoMC Students Begin First Feature Film
March 31, 2016 by
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 […]
Kim Kardashian Breaks the Internet, Again
March 29, 2016 by
By Callie Yardley Kim Kardashian posted a censored nude picture on Twitter, sparking a conversation about feminism and women’s right to show off their bodies without being shamed. When you’re like I have nothing to wear LOL pic.twitter.com/UlSLZb1fp1 — Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) March 7, 2016 According to Kardashian’s website, which opens with a black-and-white nude […]
The Oscars: Men’s Fashion
February 29, 2016 by
In the spirit of Chris Rock’s #AskHerMore advice from last night’s 88th Annual Academy Awards, we’ve decided to spotlight men’s instead of women’s fashion. We have to start by discussing Leonardo DiCaprio because he FINALLY won an Oscar! An Oscar nominee for years, his time to shine had definitely come. He should have won a long time ago, but […]
Weekly Poll: Streaming
February 18, 2016 by
We’re all guilty of it. Whether you’re procrastinating or relaxing after a long week, it can be pretty easy to get sucked into a Netflix binge-watching session. One more episode can easily turn into hours. Streaming subscribers reported spending on average six hours per week watching on-demand content in 2015, doubling the hours reported in 2011. Judging […]
Making a Public Outrage
January 28, 2016 by
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoiler information from the Netflix series “Making a Murderer.” To many Texas Tech students, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, is the county from the popular documentary series “Making a Murderer, described by Netflix as featuring “a DNA exoneree, who while exposing police corruption, becomes a suspect in a grisly new crime.” To Kelsey Cottrell, […]
Cinema Lovers Flock to Alamo Drafthouse
October 16, 2015 by
Looking for arthouse movies? Look no further than Lubbock’s West Loop 289. Alamo Drafthouse, which opened in April 2014, is hosting this weekend’s Flatland Film Festival along with the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts. The festival is featuring features and shorts from local flimmakers. Robert Peaslee, an associate professor and chair of the Department of Journalism […]
All Paparazzi On Me: Felipe Goes to the Emmys
October 14, 2015 by
Last month, a College of Media & Communication alumnus stepped foot on the infamous red carpet, among celebrities most of us glimpse only on television. “It was my first time attending the Emmys, so it was pretty surreal being on the red carpet—seeing people from my favorite TV shows right in front of me,” said […]
MCTV: Shola Lynch Interview
February 23, 2015 by
Anchor Laura Duclos interviews documentary filmmaker Shola Lynch in the MCTV studios on Feb. 10th. Shola discusses her career, her point of view on a recent visit by Angela Davis to the Tech campus, and gives some tips to aspiring filmmakers in the university community.
International Film Series Screens Spanish Flicks
February 17, 2015 by
Monday evening, Texas Tech University’s International Film Series (IFS) launched the Spanish Film Festival portion of the creative installment. “El Regreso,” or “The Return,” directed by Herman Jimenez, was screened in room 169 of the Human Sciences Building at 5 p.m. The remainder of the Spanish films will be shown at the same location and time. “The […]
