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Like many others who went to experience Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, I left the theater, but the movie did not leave me. While there is so much to break down and discuss about this film, I would like to focus on a specific moment that stuck with me. As a young kid, I remember (not in its entirety) reading Homer's The Odyssey and really taking an interest into the way this story was told. A lot of it is remembered in bits and pieces for me, but one moment that I never forg

A majority of the movie industry has lost the "why". It’s times like now, filmmakers like Nolan, Villeneuve, Scorsese, Tarantino, amongst a small number of others stand out and will be remembered for future generations to enjoy. Their love for the art keeps the passion and vitality of filmmaking alive. Somewhere along the modern filmmaking way, we started losing the reason why we make movies. Greed has corrupted the love and ambition of storytelling. Writers are afraid to tak

I always feel like an old head when I say this, but they truly do not make movies like this anymore. Thief was written and directed by Michael Mann and released on March 27, 1981. This is widely considered one of James Caan's best roles, not only by the audience, but according to him as well. Caan was quoted as saying how difficult this character was to play because, "The way I work, I like to be emotionally available, but this guy is available to nothing." James Caan display

If you've been paying attention to any of the good shows or movies released in the past couple of years, you would have heard of Taylor Sheridan. This guy has mastered the television formula and achieved excellence in his ability to tell different kinds of stories. He helmed the Yellowstone series (which included 1883 & 1923, all of which are in the same universe), Tulsa King, Mayor of Kingstown, and many more. This guy has his hand in so many different pots, you wouldn't eve

"A King may move a man, a father may claim a son, but remember that even when those who move you be Kings, or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone." Spoken beautifully by Edward Norton's depiction of King Baldwin, the king of Jerusalem. I can't even begin to explain how this movie makes me feel. I've been meaning to watch this for a while and waited for the perfect moment to do so. A nice Friday evening, after a week full of busy bullshit, I sat and cracked open a

After reading an article on great leaders throughout history, I sat and contemplated the fact that the accomplishments of so many great men have been overshadowed by the passage of time. My interest in this idea led me to Alfred Lansing's Endurance, a book that tells a story that truly lives up to its name. A story about one of the greatest leaders of all time, tasked by God with the impossible ordeal of bringing him and his 27 men 1,146 miles across the Antarctic after their