A Brief History On September 19, 2017, we are happy to report on our pre-screening of the latest block-buster sequel out of Hollywood and Twentieth Century Fox, Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Cutting right to the chase, and that is exactly how the movie starts, this film is a worthy sequel to its older brother, Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) which grossed a nice profit, $414 million on a budget of $91 million. The movie premiers in theaters on September 22, 2017. Digging Deeper The Kingsman films are what could be called “spy spoof,” a sort of James Bond meets Get…
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A Brief History On September 19, 1846, two shepherd children in La Salette-Fallavaux, France experienced a vision or an encounter with what has officially been recognized by the Catholic Church as a meeting with the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ. The event, known as Our Lady of La Salette became an important influence on religious thought, influencing such theologians as Saint John Bosco, Saint John Vianney, and writer JK Huysmans. Digging Deeper The encounter began as the 2 children, Maximin Giraud and Melanie Calvat, were returning from a local mountain where they had been tending to their families’ cows. …
A Brief History On September 18, 1997, Atlanta billionaire Ted Turner (aka, Mr. Jane Fonda from 1991 to 2001) donated a massive one billion dollars to the United Nations. His donation was used to create the United Nations Foundation, of which Turner serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Having become super wealthy through his media businesses, including a billboard and advertising business, CNN (the first 24/7 cable news network) and television station WTBS, a cable pioneering giant “super-station.” His 2017 net worth is estimated at $23 billion, so he could afford such an enormous gift. We list 10…
A Brief History On September 17, 1939, only a couple weeks after World War II in Europe began, the German U-boat, U-29, sunk the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous with two of the three torpedoes fired striking the unlucky carrier. Courageous sank with 519 of her crew going down, becoming the first aircraft carrier ever sunk by a submarine. Here we list all the aircraft carriers ever sunk in combat by submarines, a dangerous prey as carriers are inevitably well protected by escorting ships. Note that no aircraft carrier has been sunk in combat from any source since the end…
A Brief History Horror fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland to see Friend Request before it opens in theaters. Digging Deeper Popular college student Laura (Alycia Debnam-Carey) has tons of friends, both on Facebook and IRL. She graciously accepts social outcast Marina’s (Liesl Ahlers) online friend request, until Marina crosses the line and Laura unfriends her. To everyone’s shock, Marina takes her own life in a ritual meant to torment Laura, which appears in a video posted on Laura’s profile. Although it was not Laura who posted the video, or other creepy content that begins appearing on her…