A Brief History On February 24, 2022, days after recognizing Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a full scale invasion of Ukraine. Digging Deeper Russia’s invasion has had five major phases thus far. The first phase covers the period from February 24th, 2022, when Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine, to April 7th, 2022 when fighting focused away from the northeast and Kyiv and towards the south and east of Ukraine. The second phase covers the period from April 8th, 2022, when the area of heavy fighting shifted to the south and east of…
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A Brief History On April 11, 1997, American action adventure horror film Anaconda was released in theaters in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing. Today, we take a flashback to the 20th Century to look at an entirely enjoyable film, campy, yes, but with a decent budget (for the time of $45 million and a cast featuring major stars. Digging Deeper The story finds us in the Amazon, with our heroes, played by Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Owen Wilson, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, and Jonathan Hyde, searching for a mysterious and almost mythical remote tribe in the dense jungle bordering…
A Brief History On February 24, 2022, days after recognizing Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a full scale invasion of Ukraine. Since then, the war has expanded to involve many more countries either directly or indirectly. North Korea has sent military personnel to fight against Ukraine for Russia, while Iran has supplied drones to Russia for use against Ukraine. To help Ukraine against Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and numerous other nations on nearly every continent have delivered significant numbers of weapons and other aid to Ukraine. Digging Deeper Exacerbating…
A Brief History On January 23, 2026, French supernatural psychological horror film Return to Silent Hill was released in theaters in the United States by Cineverse and Iconic Events Releasing. Digging Deeper A reboot of the Silent HIll film franchise based on the video game, Silent Hill 2, from back in 2001, Return is taking the original premise of the haunted rural mining town in a slightly different direction with new characters. A lovelorn man seeking his lost love desperately in the nightmare title town, the alcoholic James receives a mysterious letter from his former love interest, Mary, urging him to “return to…
A Brief History On February 22, 2026, a collaboration of several history YouTubers attempts to help promote and uplift the history black people in the United States and diaspora as well as their ancestors both in and out of Africa. Rather than the usual narrative that is taught in the American school system which largely focuses on the topic of oppression and subsequent freedom against this oppression, the aim of this playlist is to discuss the more obscure yet impressive or misunderstood topics about black history that bring positivity and appeal to the topic rather than tragedy, pity, or negativity. Digging…