By Thomas E. Simmons Released in 1997, Titanic1 casts massive shadows. The film’s title mimics the gargantuan scale of the eponymous ocean liner herself (displacing 52,000 tons), the scope of her disastrous finish (the deadliest peacetime ship-sinking in history), and the film’s swollen budget (at $200 million, the most expensive film ever made at the … Continue reading Submerged Values
Flop Era
By Savannah Sisk We’ve all seen those videos on our For You Pages: “hey, girlies! Welcome to my TikTok on how to get out of your flop era.” The last two words are spat with such disdain you actually frown at your phone. Am I in my flop era? You wonder. I have been laying … Continue reading Flop Era
Sun Tzu and Entertainment: The Land Before Time’s “Easy Route”
By Andrew Nickerson Many classics have achieved long-lasting fame/influence, but it’s hard to find any such document with the track record of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, a masterpiece that’s been the text on tactics/strategy for 2,000+ years. In its pages can be found the blueprints for victory, the lone goal of any war, … Continue reading Sun Tzu and Entertainment: The Land Before Time’s “Easy Route”
Academy of the Heart And Mind 