Watching Ragnar come back broken and disrespected after everything he built was genuinely hard to sit with. Here is why I think the show knew exactly what it was doing.

My wife introduced me to The Final Draft, a competition show with a similar setup to Physical 100. While the premise is solid, the execution fell short on my first watch.

A storyline from the TV series Vikings captures something timeless about fear-driven leadership and the catastrophic consequences that tend to follow.

Letting Floki command the invasion of Paris looked like an act of loyalty. It was actually one of Ragnar Lothbrok’s most calculated moves, and it tells you everything about who he really was.

Six time Mr. Olympia, one of the most recognized names in bodybuilding history. When I spotted him at a hotel I gave him a nod and kept walking. That is just how I was raised.

The Last Samurai is a beautiful film about a terrible thing. What troubled me most was not the battle. It was watching Japanese men destroy their own culture for the approval of outsiders with guns.

People saw the Ryan and Benavides confrontation. But the moment that stuck with me had nothing to do with the argument itself.

Blood Red Sky is a vampire hijacking movie that lands somewhere in the middle. Not great, not bad, just a decent enough way to pass two hours if you are in the mood for something mildly entertaining.