How to Save Original Films
This article is not to say that film needs saving, but it is more of one perspective versus another within a web-of-a-battle. There are really only five types of film: fiction, nonfiction, a hybrid that […]
Articles by Scott Waldmann
Sixty-Nine: Too Many Trailers?
The past few weeks have been busy, besides prepping for midterms and finals, because there have been trailers for upcoming or far, far away films. There have been superheroes teaming up (again), giant robots […]
Sixty-Nine: How Marvel Should Have Been Written (Age of Ultron)
To start off, this is not saying that Marvel is doing a bad job; they have plenty of great material that they have brought to the silver screen that has been full of laughs, drama, […]
Sixty-Eight: Logan (2017)
The difficulty with many long-running tales to astonish is giving it a proper ending that ties all loose ends, pays homage to the characters that we have spent years getting to love, and making […]
How DC Should Have Been Written (Man of Steel)
To start off, this is a three-part piece discussing how the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) should have occurred based around its three current (and less acclaimed) films. These are to be taken as ‘Elseworld’ stories […]
The Lego Batman Movie
As a sequel to the well-received/awesome The Lego Movie (2014), its follow-up movie had big shoes to fill, and who else’s feet to use besides those of Lego Batman himself? It is odd for a […]
La La Land (2016): 10 out of 10
A modern day musical, an all-star cast of two, and fourteen Oscar nominations; Damien Chazelle (Whiplash) gives us all this and more as he directs his third film with the amazing chemistry between frontrunners Emma […]
Arrival (2016): 10 out of 10
It isn’t often that a sci-fi film leaves the audience questioning everything, but that’s what Arrival is all about. Who can be trusted, how can we find a common ground, and how would anyone react […]
CoAD Dean Urs Gauchat Retires
In CoAD (College of Architecture and Design), a voice has worked within its ranks for over 25 years and has made improvements to the image and perspective of that department that will last for many […]
Doctor Strange (2016): 8.5 out of 10
Let’s face it; this year has belonged to comic-book films. Benedict Cumberbatch’s take as the Sorcerer Supreme of the MCU marks the eighth superhero film to be released in theatres this year (Deadpool, Batman v […]