Spectre (2015) By Scott M. Waldman   James Bond, as a spy in both film and literature, has graced the screen in many outings over multiple decades with multiple actors who have portrayed 007 including...

Cameos By Scott M. Waldman An amazing activity that goes on in the film industry is how special guests appear in certain films, whether it be in a short cameo appearance, or as a small reference to previous...

Are We Scared Anymore? By: Scott M. Waldman   Horror movies in particular are a very broad category of film and literature that appear at multiple points throughout the year. These films are made...

In honor of the upcoming release of Ridley Scott’s film, The Martian (2015), it seemed necessary to ponder the idea of survival of what seems like the ‘impossible’. The typical stories of how this...

Thirty: Dystopia in a Bottle By Scott M. Waldman “Imagine a city beyond imagination. Free from…” Wait a minute. This message sounds familiar doesn’t it? It appears often over multiple forms of...

By Scott M. Waldman In film’s earliest moments, the idea of filmmaking was to portray life in its context or an event that was, to one’s eyes, a work of art. As film evolved, so did its literary stance...

By: Scott M. Waldman Every so often (once or twice a year), there comes a film in the sci-fi department that really makes you question everything. It makes you, the viewer, question what it means to live...

By: Scott M. Waldman The sun has risen to greater heights and temperatures have finally gone to values above 50°F. Time at the beach, spontaneous vacations to desert islands, and a plethora of big-name...

  By: Scott M. Waldman In the beginning of film, the projected image was the stepping stone that caused a new artistic format to emerge. After many improvements and innovations, the combination...

In any part of a history class, the main learning materials will often be literary or theatrical interpretations of historical events. The literary materials can be history books, online articles, or ancient...

  An accidental theme shared by all of the movies in this week’s column is that they are all about college students who go into the woods for Spring Break (or some kind of break) and then die....