Comparing movies can be a tough and sometimes, frankly, stupid way to look at movies. However, watching Olivia Wilde’s new film Booksmart I obviously could not help but watch this thinking about Superbad, and no not just because the star of this is Jonah Hill’s sister (ok maybe a little). Superbad, when it came out was THE MOVIE of my high school years. It was … Continue reading Booksmart Review
It has always been very interesting to me how fantasy writers can basically write one successful series and live off of it for the rest of their lives. J.K. Rowling, George R.R. Martin, and of course J. R. R. Tolkien (my name is A.J. maybe I can be a famous writer too since I go by initials). Tolkien obviously wrote The Hobbit and the Lord of the … Continue reading Tolkien Review
A major question that lingers throughout most people’s lives is what happens when we get older? Do we wither up and become a shell of our former selves, or do we continue to cultivate our interests into our elder years? This is the question the new movie Poms, directed by Zara Hayes deals with. Poms is about an aging woman named Martha, played by the … Continue reading Poms Review
What an absolutely amazing weekend of Boxing. Our highest profile fights ended with Knockouts and definitive scores so for once there really were no controversies. Just good clean boxing. Here is my recap of all the great action. Saturday May 18 – DAZN We start with the Semi Final of the 118 lb. World Boxing Super Series. We had a great matchup between WBA Champ … Continue reading Boxing Recap 5/18
Growing up the biggest thing any one talked about and played with was Pokemon. Pokemon Cards, Pokemon TV Shows, and of course Pokemon Video Games were all the rage in the late 90’s early 2000’s (it almost seems like I am doing the Spaceballs Merchandising bit right now) . There have been Animated Pokemon movies in the past but when we found out they were … Continue reading Detective Pikachu Review
Saturday May 18 Who: Josh Taylor (14-0 12 KO’s) vs. Ivan Baranchyk (19-0 12 KO’s) Where: The SSE Hydro, Glasgow When: 2pm EST/11am PST How: DAZN Implications: This is the other Semi Final for the World Boxing Super Series 140 lb. tournament. We saw Regis Prograis win 3 weeks ago and he will face the winner of this fight, which also is for the IBF title. Baranchyk is a rough and tumble … Continue reading Boxing Preview 5/18
Another weekend of Boxing and we had knockouts and upsets all over the board. It still is just amazing to me the amount of consistently good boxing we get every weekend, so here is my recap of this Saturday’s action. Saturday May 11 – ESPN We started the card on ESPN with a rematch of WBO Champion Emanuel Navarrete and former champion Isaac Dogboe. This … Continue reading Boxing Recap 5/11
Wild MMA weekend! We had belts changing hands, massive knockouts, and story lines galore coming out of the UFC and Bellator. So here are my five thoughts on the action from Saturday. Jake Hager aka “Jack Swagger” had another easy submission to go 2-0 in MMA. He held on a bit too long on the choke though, and the crowd booed him incessantly during his … Continue reading Five Thoughts on the Weekend in MMA
UFC 237 is coming to you from beautiful Rio De Janeiro, Brazil this weekend and it looks to be a fun card. I am not going to sit here and lie to you and say this is a must buy or anything, but if you do buy it, it will be a good time. Strawweight championship is on the line in the main event, and … Continue reading UFC 237 Preview
There has been a lot of talk in recent years about the death of the Romantic Comedy in the current movie world. We’re a long way from the Julia Roberts-Hugh Grant era, and pretty far from even the Apatow era of R rated rom coms. 2018 though there was a resurgence and Netflix had their “Summer of Love” and then Crazy Rich Asians came out and … Continue reading Long Shot Review
The Musings of Apple Juice 