Year: 2018 - Page 28 - Kairos – By Brian Niemeier

Fifth Columnists

The war to save Western civilization stands at a turning point. For years, the West seemed fated for terminal decline into a dystopia micromanaged by SJW kommissars. #GamerGate, Sad Puppies, and the election of Donald Trump offered hope that the tide was turning against anti-civilizational madness. At this moment, neither…

January 9, 201819 Comments

Geek Gab Returns

Daddy Warpig and Dorrinal are back! Join them as they return from their new year's hiatus to discuss the new films Jumanji--which toppled The Last Jedi from #1 at the box office, Coco, and Bright. Related: Bright is confirmed to have had the biggest launch of any Netflix original production. And sequels…

January 8, 2018

Most Memorable Read of 2017

Reader Prince Laqroix has written one of those rare book reviews that will leave any author grateful and humbled, no matter his level of monetary success. I’ll just come out and say it; The Secret Kings is a fantastic read. It hits the floor running and doesn’t stop until the…

January 5, 201812 Comments

What Is Weimerica?

Heinlein called it "The Crazy Years". Others refer to it as Clown World. Return of Kings contributor Bryce Lockwood prefers the term Weimerica: a portmanteau of Germany's prewar Weimar Republic and America, which he defines in this helpful guide. Among the defining statistics Lockwood cites for our decline into Weimerica are:…

January 4, 20187 Comments

Bright

Max Landis' urban fantasy Bright is an appreciable, rough-around-the-edges popcorn flick. That it's showing up on people's Best Movies of 2017 lists reveals more about Hollywood's--Bright was produced by Netflix--inability to tell an entertaining story than it says about the movie's quality. Before we get to my review, here are two pictures…

January 3, 201811 Comments

Blade Runner 2049

This review is admittedly late. I don't go to see movies in the theater anymore, so I only recently saw Blade Runner 2049 at the behest of a buddy now that it's out on home video. All of the popular YouTube film critics have already thrown their two cents in on this…

January 2, 20187 Comments

2017 Year in Review

2017 was an interesting year--often in the sense of the old Chinese curse. The past year eluded hard and fast valuations like "good" or "bad" but instead ushered in great change. It was a year that saw many a seemingly invincible cultural edifice demolished, yet demolition precedes new construction. Since…

January 1, 20184 Comments