In a marvel in art direction, staging, and theatrical effects, Alien demonstrates true originality in invoking the quintessential idea of survival horror. The notion of man’s desires to struggle for more life involves himself necessarily with the ever-present danger of experiencing the loss of his body. Terminally. For ever.   As cosmic beings, human cell […]

In a fun romp of a film, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ignites adventurous curiosity in the celebration of the mythical that man is permitted to play with, to inform his motivations towards ends which are necessarily spiritual – beyond animal life. It is in the significance of his aims which gives us […]

What is the truth? How can a man even know that about himself? Is peace of mind given to another brother enough to warrant salvation in the mind of the Lord?   These truths are not so self-evident. In the traversing vortex of merchandising dreams which manically fill the life goals of hundreds of millions, […]

Northman (directed by Robert Egger and co-written by Sjón) provides us with a dramatic epic of what it means to be Viking. What it means to be drenched in other-worldly motivations for honor, to compel the human body into directions which are far beyond being dogs.     The saga experience is realized in its […]

  What becomes of man when he develops the scientific reasoning that creates the capability of destroying his natural moral progress? Planet of the Apes provides a grand moral idea of the erstwhile beast that humans can form into. Yet what the film majestically leaves subtle is in the irreversibility of human degeneracy brought about […]

“War is hell,” a helicopter gunner answers matter-of-factly to a combat reporter as he finishes mowing down innocent Vietnamese farmers. It is an ugly truth that the conditions of survival, when coordinated at such massive industrial scales, creates a moment in American History which has been canonized by Filmmakers of great renown. In Mr. Stanley […]

What is an ideal worth striving for? To the Chinese nation, it is peace. Peace which promotes the arts of calligraphy and the game of chess. It is this objective of civil administration of society, wherein all people’s focus is on achieving the same common objective: more availability for fulfilling their artful desires in life. […]

How can man gain redemption after a mistake, that was not even his to begin with? This quintessence of misfortune variegates human souls between triumphs and defeats, of those who have tasted the thrill of victory and those who live mired in loss. And yet, does humanity provide the means for such lost patrons of […]

Carpe Diem. What does it mean to seize the day? Are we all destined for greatness? At the very least, the promise of exceeding one’s potential through sheer will is to be celebrated. It pushes an individual beyond his or her limits of possibility, breaking through the carapace that one is housed in socially, towards […]

Malcolm Gladwell proposed in David vs. Goliath the need for an inferior opponent to defy convention in order to survive. The Oakland Athletics baseball organization is a quintessential demonstration of this demand imposed by the natural circumstances of needing to compete with teams with necessarily larger fan bases and therefore larger purses to build wins. […]