After all these years, I finally know who Dirk Diggler is. All I learnt from this 2:32 movie is that Burt Reynolds hated himself for taking on the role, and somehow Mark Wahlberg survived this disaster. This movie was already “dirty” for being based on the porn industry, but I hated it for so many … More Boogie Nights (1997)
Crawl was released to a 88% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. I can testify that those numbers are accurate. This intense thriller is man against beast, time against the storm, all the classic clinches that make for good stories. Kaya Scodelario carries the story from start to finish thanks to her ability to act brave … More Crawl (2019)
Stuber wanted to modernize the cop buddy comedy by combining a blind cop, fresh out of Lasik surgery, and a desperate Uber driver. You would think there wouldn’t be any chemistry between Dave Bautista and Kumail Nanjiani, but the two kinda make it work. Bautista may always be famous for his role as Drax, which … More Stuber (2019)
At another time, Spider-Man: Far from Home would have probably been a huge success. Following up Endgame is a tough task to take on. Thankfully Jake Gyllenhaal saves the film as a fantastic bad guy. He steals the show with his illusions as Tom Holland fumbles and bumbles his way through another tour of duty … More Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
The fourteenth week of Yahoo’s Fantasy Baseball covered games between Monday, July 1 to Sunday, July 7, 2019. Ondskans Imperium squeaked out another victory, this time a 5-4-1 win over the ninth-place Los Gigantes. This was our second matchup win (7-2-1 week five) over them, which improved our totals to 12-6-2 on the season. Week … More Keeping the Stats: Fantasy Baseball Week 14
author: Mariano Rivera & Wayne Coffey published: 2014 / pages: 273 book summary: The life and career of the greatest baseball closer of all-time, 5-time World Series Champion, Mariano Rivera. Marino Rivera was already one of my favourite players. When I finally bought The Closer, it gave me such a deeper appreciation of the only … More Book Review: The Closer
author: Ben Blatt & Eric Brewster published: 2014 / pages: 339 book summary: Two best friends, one who lives and breathes baseball while the other one hates it, embark on a cross-continental trip to see all 30 Major League Baseball teams and their home stadiums in 30 days. Last summer we took a cross-continental trip … More Book Review: I Don’t Care if We Never Get Back
author: Sparky Lyle & Peter Golenbock published: 1979 / pages: 248 book summary: The Bronx Zoo is one phrase that described the 1978 World Champion New York Yankees. This book is Sparky Lyle’s point of view of the chaos the erupted on and off the field. If you like baseball, know baseball history, like the New … More Book Review: The Bronx Zoo
The thirteenth week of Yahoo’s Fantasy Baseball covered games between Monday, June 23 to Sunday, June 30, 2019. The General Manager of Ondskans Imperium made some terrible decisions throughout the week that cost the team a 6-2-2 loss, even though they trailed from the opening pitch to the final out. To say the week turned … More Keeping the Stats: Fantasy Baseball Week 13
At first, I thought I was going to hate the back and forth storytelling. The narrative switched from present to the past and then back to the present too many times for my liking. Everything eventually came together and I liked the way the story played out. The ending capped off an entertaining movie, which … More Anna (2019)
