Blog Posts
Dustin’s Blockbusters : F1
In 1986, director Tony Scott released his Navy (not Air Force), Tom Cruise starring classic, "Top Gun". In 1990, Tony Scott released his Nascar racing, Tom Cruise starring, cult-classic, and "Top Gun" pseudo sequel, "Days of Thunder". In 2022, Director...
The Man with One Eye : A Deep Dive with Indie Filmmaker Dustin Cook by Verum Visand
The vast world of Indie Cinema is competitive at best & otherwise can be an unforgiving experience. Those that persist might achieve a flash in the pan, but those that persevere become the cream of the crop. Whether the secret ingredient is style or story or...
The Trifecta : A New & Improved Method to the Madness by Verum Visand
Have you ever felt as if your life needed a reset? …but the tools available never really work for you or any words of wisdom always sound like a different language? Whether you are deep in recovery or just trying to get your life in alignment, the Trifecta is a...
My Favorite Films From 2001-2024 by Dustin Cook
As I plan to write articles on various topics related to film, I thought it would be a good idea to cover what I think was the best picture from every year I have been alive. However, it is important to identify some criteria. First and most obvious would be that...
Project 2025 by Liam Dargen
Written in November 2024 It’s election year and the presidential race is something everyone should be keeping an eye on. For the Democrats incumbent president Joe Biden has stepped down from re-election, so there will be a new candidate running for the nomination with...
Liam’s Box Office 1 by Liam Dargen
"Civil War." In a dystopian future America, a team of military-embedded journalists races against time to reach Washington, D.C., before rebel factions descend upon the White House. Gee, this movie was something else. It was a gripping, intense and thought provoking...
From Spider-Man to Bodybuilding by Dustin Cook
My journey with bodybuilding has unlikely beginnings. Having been born in January of 2001, I was part of those inoculated with the beginnings of the Superhero film genre. While Tim Burton's 1989 “Batman” film and the 1978 “Superman” by Richard Donner...
Transformation by Astrid Amore
When it comes to addictive behaviors, we learn new tactics or use those we already know that also supports our “survival mode”. There are a variety of these that we condition ourselves into understanding, what works and what doesn’t, to survive in our...
House of the Vagabard!
After living so many lives through countless adventures, one grows accustomed to maintaining an open mind of the world. Eventually, time offers perspective & along with the natural order of change, one can also identify the primary consistency is chaos....