Echo is a short series focusing on Maya Lopez, featuring five episodes that follows the events of Hawkeye. After turning against former boss Wilson Fisk in the Hawkeye finale, this show is built around Lopez’ return to her hometown, and … Continue reading Review: Disney+/Marvel’s Echo
Mules Measure Up Short In Season Opener With Freeburg Midgets In what turned into a war of attrition, the school with more than 700 students was able to outlast the school with 400-plus on a hot Friday night that featured … Continue reading FCHS Mules football vs. Freeburg, 8-25-23
The St. Louis Comic Con (Mighty Con) was held this weekend in the Collinsville Convention Center and I was able to attend the Saturday session. This was just my third comic convention ever (all within the last year) and the … Continue reading St. Louis Mighty Con
Below is the definitive guide that any self-respecting nerd should devote their life to completing as much of as possible. Comics, sci-fi, fantasy. It’s all in here. Sorted by year of release, this is somewhat of a personal checklist for … Continue reading The Essential Nerd Watchlist
A coming of age/dark-ish comedy originally aired on Youtube Premius in 2019, the television show Wayne eventually landed on my Watchlist I keep in my to-do list app. Seriously, I have no idea how or why I put it in … Continue reading Wayne. No, not Shreve.
HBO’s Barry apparently was not about this guy: So that was disappointing. No, Barry is a Bill Hader vehicle in which the SNL alum plays it straight as a (possibly) psychotic hitman, struggling with the morality of his profession. It is still called a comedy, but a dark one, and by the end of season two, a very dark one. There have been two seasons so far, 16 total episodes. The show follows Barry (Hader) on his journey from efficient hitman to wannabe actor in a troupe of wannabes. Stephen Root plays the mentor, and walks around doing Stephen Rooty … Continue reading TV: Barry
A few years back, Dhani Jones, a former NFL linebacker, had a show on Travel Channel called Dhani Tackles The Globe. Dhani was charismatic and athletic, but the draw to the show was getting to see sports from other countries: rugby, muay thai. dragon boat racing, etc. Netflix’ Home Game is a documentary series that has a similar draw, without the central host. What it does do is crank up the peculiar nature of what international sports can be, compared to what we think of here in the States. Home Game is an eight-episode series, with each 30-minute installment looking … Continue reading Netflix’ Home Game–Bizarreness Worth Traveling To Your Couch For
Netflix’s algorithm does a pretty good job of spitting out recommendations for you based on previous watch habits. So, it really should not surprise anyone when it tells me to check out a show about a religious female fighting badass based on a comic book. So, it made the list. Warrior Nun is based on a comic book character created by Ben Dunn, and the Netflix series spans 10 episodes. It begins with the death of Ava Silva and then gets weird from there, following the rebirth of Silva, played by Portuguese actress Alba Baptista. Much of it is filmed … Continue reading TV: Warrior Nun Review
While I was reading Anthony Ditilllo’s 70s strength manual, he referenced several of the old school strongmen. One I was not very familiar with was Canadian Louis Cyr. So, I thought his name into my to-do list and this weekend finally circled back around to looking him up. There is a movie based on him, but I couldn’t find it on any current streaming services. Instead, I wound up watching a Canadian TV biography show on Cyr, billed as the strongest man in the world at the turn of the 19th/20th century. There were some incredible claims by Cyr and … Continue reading The Father of Strength: Louis Cyr
Just a quick recap of what I’ve been watching lately. Wu Assassins (Netflix) A supernatural Kung Fu series streaming on Netflix, there is one season so far, with 10 episodes. Nothing fantastic, but solid. The fight choreography outshines the story line, although there was enough mythology and a twist or two to make the story line worth it as well. It is built around Iko Uwais, who plays a Chinese-Indonesian orphan chef, and his friends. Uwais’ Kai is bestowed as the last Wu Assassin and must kill the other Wu Lords. If nothing else, you get some Tommy Flanagan, which … Continue reading TV Recap: A Few I’ve Watched Recently
I Am Weez 