Follow-up: 9 Years of Disney Star Wars
Has Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm improved Star Wars in the 9 years since George Lucas stepped aside? And by “stepped aside”, I of course mean “sold his company for $4 […]
Hate-Watching the 2021 Oscars
DISCLAIMER: Going into the show, I am way behind on viewing a lot of the contenders. Like most people, I have not seen The Father, Minari, News of the World, […]
Gina Carano was Fired (for the wrong reason) & the scary implications
DISCLAIMER: I know I’m incredibly late to this story, but I got around to it, okay? I prefer writing with some perspective anyway as opposed to jumping in during the […]
Tom Brady won his 7th Super Bowl Without Me
What was it like for a Patriots fan to watch the Buccaneers win the Super Bowl? I’ll tell you. As a New England Patriots fan, I meant to do a […]
HAMILTON: My 10 Favorite Songs (and other general thoughts on the best piece of entertainment I’ve watched all year)
I’ve been trying to find a way to properly review Hamilton after finally watching it when the show debuted on Disney+ back in July, but I’ve been coming up short. […]
BIGGIE’S BABES 2020 [Updated!]
It’s funny how much the culture has changed since I last made this list back in 2014. [see that post HERE] I seriously debated whether or not to do this […]
The Whitest Black Guy You Know (2020 Update)
Author’s note: I first published this post in October, 2011. I am reposting and updating it now to coincide with current events because I think it’s more relevant than ever. […]
Dear HBO Max: Where is the Max?
I love HBO. I’ve been watching it since I was a kid. Ever since I’ve been on my own, I’ve always paid to subscribe to it, be it on cable, […]
Career Advice: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
I’m starting a new column on here called Career Advice. In it, we’ll explore why some big name actors (or any entertainer that comes to mind) make the bad decisions […]
Reaction: Ronan Farrow’s “CATCH AND KILL”
I just finished the audiobook of investigative journalist Ronan Farrow‘s brilliant non-fiction tome Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators, which details how his Pulitzer Prize-winning […]
The 2020 Biggie Awards
The 31st Annual Biggie Awards celebrating achievements in motion pictures for the year 2019 UPDATED WITH WINNERS! Right off the bat, I have to apologize for not posting the Biggies […]
This Annoyed Me Today: Spike Lee’s Instagram
I use Instagram for a combination of interests: first and foremost, seeing and being inspired by great photography (which doesn’t seem to be the priority for most users), but then […]
Review, Reaction, Retrospective: GAME OF THRONES Series Finale, “The Iron Throne”
Game of Thrones is over. Believe me, I’m as sick of hearing about it as you are. I mostly blame the internet for that, not the show itself. My own […]
I Wish Game of Thrones Would Slow the Hell Down
I was inspired to write this post after reading THIS article at The Ringer by Ben Lindbergh. It’s becoming clear to me that if Game of Thrones delivers an unsatisfactory […]
Review: AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
Avengers: Infinity War is at once something familiar and something new. Familiar in that it’s the 19th movie in the now 10-year old interconnected Marvel Cinematic Universe, a franchise of […]
The Sad Fall of Morgan Freeman
Until recently, Morgan Freeman was my favorite actor. Had been since I was kid. I used to call him “the god of acting”. Then he went and played God in […]
