Emma Weidmann

Film

  • Horror spin-offs sell screams, kill at box office

    Horror spin-offs sell screams, kill at box office

    Winnie the Pooh reimagined as a serial killer, Abraham Lincoln armed with garlic and Elizabeth Bennett, finding her Mr. Darcy during the zombie apocalypse. What do these twisted silver screen spin-offs have in common? Professor of film theory Dr. James Kendrick said as soon as beloved classics like “Winnie the Pooh” and “Pride and Prejudice” among others enter the Read more

  • Review: ‘My Policeman’ needs jail time

    Review: ‘My Policeman’ needs jail time

    “My Policeman” is the sort of movie you put on when you know you want a good cry. The first time you see a peaceful shot of an English town by the sea, you will know that you’re in for an hour and a half of cardigans and melodrama. “My Policeman” delivers on that promise. Read more

  • Of fate and film: Alumnus’ movie ‘The Author’ plays at Cinemark Waco

    Of fate and film: Alumnus’ movie ‘The Author’ plays at Cinemark Waco

    Ashton Brooke Gill stood in line in an airport in Kansas City, Mo., on her way back from a small town in Iowa, carrying only her guitar — no luggage. The singer and former American Idol contestant struck Baylor alumnus Ritchey Cable as the spitting image of the female lead he envisioned for his movie, “The Author.” This Read more

  • Review: Success of ‘The Batman’ is no ridde

    Review: Success of ‘The Batman’ is no ridde

    Compared to Marvel, DC Comics has been known in the past decade to put out movies that simply don’t measure up to the gravitas and impact of “The Avengers.” Director Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” may have just changed that record entirely. A big part of why recent DC movies like “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Read more