The Giant in the Sand
At first, there was only the rumor. A shepherd who claimed to have glimpsed something vast in the dunes. A caravan that detoured to avoid a strange…
he Stone That Remembers: Entering the Tomb of Mereruka at Saqqara
Half-buried in the scorched sands of the Saqqara necropolis, where the desert has long swallowed the echoes of prayer and procession, a weathered doorway of limestone still…
The Eternal Mandala of Dur-Sharrukin: Tracing the Circular Dreams of an ᴀssyrian Empire
In the vast, sun-drenched plains of northern Iraq, just northeast of modern-day Kirkuk, lies the quiet shadow of an ancient dream—Dur-Sharrukin, or “Fortress of Sargon”. It was here,…

10 Films To Watch While You Wait For Denis Villeneuve’s James Bond Movie
Denis Villeneuve is set to direct the next James Bond movie, a thrilling prospect that only a small handful of other movies might be able to give…

How To Train Your Dragon Quietly Sets Up A Mᴀssive Astrid Change For The Sequel
How To Train Your Dragon added a notable detail to Astrid’s character that could impact her story in the sequel. DreamWorks’ first live-action remake is mostly a…

Early Candidate For The Bilbo Baggins Role Reflects On Unmade Hobbit Movie & Reaction To Casting
One of the first candidates for Bilbo Baggins in the unmade movie version of The Hobbit recently expressed his thoughts on the idea of him playing the…

28 Years Later’s Ending Is Behind Its Divisive 64% RT Audience Score – But I’m Convinced It’s A Masterstroke
Warning: Major spoilers ahead for 28 Years LaterAlex Garland and Danny Boyle’s reunion for 28 Years Later yielded one of the most divisive endings in recent memory,…

John Wayne Strictly Followed This Rule For Decades, But Broke It For One Specific Movie
For decades, John Wayne refused to shoot people in the back in his movies, but he finally broke this rule for McQ. Many actors pᴀssed on Dirty…

I’m Convinced The MCU Has A Perfect Way To Do A Spider-Man Death Fakeout Thanks To Marvel’s Comics
If the MCU wants to do another death fakeout, Avengers: Secret Wars would be the perfect place to do so. The exact details about the Avengers: Doomsday…

I’m Convinced Star Wars’ Next Movie Is A Secret Homage To Empire Strikes Back
The next Star Wars movie, The Mandalorian and Grogu, increasingly looks like the perfect homage to The Empire Strikes Back. Nostalgia has always been a mᴀssive part…