Gladiator Ii
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Who Should We Emulate? January 13, 2025
“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.” This aphorism appears in Meditations, a collection of philosophical musings written by Marcus Aurelius, a 2nd century Roman emperor.Aurelius is considered one of the less tyrannical, ev...
Western Civilization Gets Glicked December 25, 2024
The newest Hollywood fad is trying to launch the next “Barbenheimer”—the unexpected cultural event that came about when two movies, Oppenheimer and Barbie, refused to move from releasing on the same day. This turned into a social media trend and ende...
Gen Z’s Politics Are Hard to Categorize December 24, 2024
We live, at first blush, under the absolute dominion of celebrity. The former and future president of the United States spent more than a decade as a reality TV star. Taylor Swift just concluded the largest and most lucrative pop music tour in the hi...
Can We Make Pop Culture Great Again? December 16, 2024
When “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” debuted together late last month, there was a painful attempt to call their shared box office success “Glicked” — a reference to the portmanteau of “Barbenheimer” that described the joint cultural triumph of “Barbie” ...
The Return of the Gladiator December 05, 2024
Sir Ridley Scott is on a losing streak. Last year’s Napoleon fell badly flat. This year’s equally hyped sequel to his sword-and-sandals masterpiece, Gladiator, is faring little better. Gladiator II is not a particularly good movie. It suffers from a ...
