A forgotten masterpiece in the war genre. Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down captures the sheer intensity, as well as the heartfelt commodity of the brave men during the battle of Mogadishu. The story follows US marines who are sent to Somalia to bring aid over to the people. Their mission was to capture the warContinue reading “Revisiting Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down”
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The overlooked and relevant meaning from The Shining
It has been over 30 years since Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining hit theatres and left its mark on American Pop culture. Jack Nicholson gave a one in a million performance and Stanley Kubrick’s direction was very particular, as always. However, we all remember The Shining for its unsettling imagery and horror elements, but we tendContinue reading “The overlooked and relevant meaning from The Shining”
