The prosecution of African slaves for murder and piracy aboard an illegal Spanish slave ship off the coast of Cuba, and their dramatic acquittal at the U.S. Supreme Court in 1841, was all but forgotten until Steven Spielberg’s film “Amistad” refreshed our memory. The movie was based primarily on a 1 ...
Here’s one you won’t see in the History Books. A new Book, The State of Jones, the Small Southern County That Seceded From the Confederacy by Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer. The State of Jones Southern Historians, who have done much of the work on the Confederacy and the Civil War, have used quite ...
The past few days have been rainy rainy, so when the sun came out today and S. wanted to come over for a swim, I readily agreed. We then decided to go see a movie. At the movie theater. I hadn’t seen a movie in movie theater since December. I used to go to movies all the time, but then I moved to Ne ...
Movie: Spartacus (1960) “The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers s ...
The 3rd film in the Underworld saga goes back hundreds of years to give an explanation for the origins of the feud between the vampire Death Dealers and the werewolf Lycans. Taking over directing obligations from Len Wiseman in Rise of the Lycans blu-ray, is greenhorn Patrick Tatoupolos, renowned fo ...
The 3rd film in the Subculture story goes back masses of years to explain the beginning of the feud between the vampire Death Dealers and the werewolf Lycans. Taking over directing obligations from Len Wiseman in Rise of the Lycans blu-ray, is greenhorn Patrick Tatoupolos, known for his creature-des ...
