Tag: Arts & Culture

Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for Nov. 11–17

This week, we feature an animated fantasy sure to please dragon fans and a Western adventure with John Wayne in his first starring role. New Release ‘Good Night Oppy’ This feel-good documentary chronicles the 2002 project to complete two robots—“Opportunity” and “Spirit”—that will journey to Mars to determine if there was ever water on the…


Burzynski: The Cancer Cure Cover-Up | Documentary

This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. “Burzynski: The Cancer Cure Cover-Up” is the story of a pioneering biochemist who discovered a unique and proprietary method of successfully treating most cancers. This documentary takes the audience on a near 50-year journey both Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski and his patients have been…


Don Hollway: How the Romans Betrayed Their Protector and Got Sacked for It

Don Hollway is the author of “At the Gates of Rome A.D. 410.” The Sons of History will be discussing his new book and what led to the Sack of Rome in this momentous year. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” – Feature Films: Cinema collection:…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘In the Heat of the Night’: Norman Jewison’s Brave Film on Our Shared Humanity

PG-13 | 1h 53min | Drama, Mystery | 1967 Norman Jewison’s classic “In the Heat of the Night” is a towering tribute to how self-assessment is key to embracing our shared humanity. It’s based on Stirling Silliphant’s screenplay, which in turn is based on John Ball’s novel. A homicide detective from Philadelphia, Virgil Tibbs (Sidney…


Book Review: ‘Spies and Lies: How China’s Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World’: Unmasking China’s secret intent

I saw a recent interview with author Alex Joske and was immediately struck by his professional demeanor and his youth. Turns out he was the youngest-ever analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and is known for meticulous Chinese-language investigations grounded in authoritative and independently verifiable sources. In other words, he does what he does…


Film Review: ‘Confess, Fletch’: Jon Hamm Nails the Second Career Role He Was Born to Play

R | 1h 38m | Caper, Comedy | September 16, 2022 Directed by Greg Mottola (“Superbad,” “Adventureland”), “Confess, Fletch” is basically an art-heist caper comedy with Robin Hood overtones. And while lead actor Jon Hamm’s debonair charm and formidable intensity anchored “Mad Men” for seven seasons, in the years since, he’s also demonstrated himself to be highly skilled…


Before the Wrath | Documentary

This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. While scholars debate the timing of the rapture, the world has lost why this event is prophesied to occur in the first place—knowledge that was once understood by those in the first century. Today, researchers in the Middle East have rediscovered ancient…


The Classics Are for Everyone, Not Just Old, Dead, White Men

Yes, yes, and yes! That was what I shouted, in the silence of my heart, when I finished Louis Markos’s online review, “How Classical Education Can Liberate Black America.” Earlier that same week, I read yet another account of an attack on the classics of Western civilization, the Great Books as they were once called, as…


[PREMIERING 11/15 at 9:30AM] The Final War

An unprecedented combination of personal story and great power politics, history, and present, “The Final War” follows Epoch Times award-winning investigator Joshua Philipps and retired U.S. Air Force General Robert Spalding through their journey of awakening to the Chinese Communist Party’s infiltration of America. They try to make sense of the seemingly chaotic post-pandemic world—from…


Stirling Castle: Scotland’s Glorious Treasure

Strategically located between the Highlands and the Lowlands, Stirling Castle is set high on a volcanic outcrop in Stirling, Scotland. The medieval estate hosts numerous buildings in varied architectural styles, reflecting the castle’s fascinating past and legacy. Over the centuries, new buildings were added to the oldest surviving part of the castle, the North Gate….