Film
Review: Ben Is Back
| January 20, 2019
Ben is back!
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Review:Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
| November 24, 2017
There are few things as satisfying as a good revenge flick.
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Film
Review: It
| September 11, 2017
I think I’ve read half of the famed Stephen King novel. Maybe not even half. And I saw parts of the TV mini-series that was popular in my
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Film
Review: The Belko Experiment
| March 20, 2017
What a waste of potential this one turned out to be. Do not – I repeat – do not waste your money on this film. I’d like to
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Film
Review: Get Out
| March 14, 2017
The best thrillers play on very real fears; given the racial overtones of GET OUT and our cultural climate, it’s no wonder it’s getting rave reviews. Jordan Peele,
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Film
Review: Split
| January 23, 2017
About half way through “Split” I closed my eyes and nearly fell asleep. Yet I walked out of the theatre feeling positive about the film overall. It’s too
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Film
Review: Patriots Day
| January 17, 2017
We live in a world fueled by anger. And anger breeds hate. PATRIOTS DAY, the latest collaboration between actor Mark Wahlberg and writer/director Peter Berg could easily focus
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Reviews
Review: Why Him?
| January 3, 2017
If there was any doubt about Bryan Cranston’s acting prowess, “Why Him?” should be enough evidence to convince even the biggest skeptic. To take a script like this
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Reviews
Review: Rogue One – A Star Wars Story
| January 2, 2017
Finally!
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Film
Review: Moonlight
| December 30, 2016
Moonlight!
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DVD Reviews
Review: Goat
| December 29, 2016
I decided to RedBox this one; it was filmed locally near Cincinnati, Ohio and I know several people in the film. I also knew it was going to
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Reviews
Review: La La Land
| December 28, 2016
There was something magical about movie musicals during the Golden age of film. Those big, bombastic dance numbers, the romantic moments between the two handsome leads, and the
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Reviews
Review: Fences
| December 27, 2016
Full disclosure: I can really only fairly review the first hour of this film. And that first hour was so dull and boring that I excused myself from
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Review: Nocturnal Animals
| December 21, 2016
You may leave the theater feeling some of that sadness.
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Review: Manchester By the Sea
| December 19, 2016
The longer I sit with it, the more I like it. I’m still not sure it’s as good as some are saying but I definitely left the theater
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Columns
Worth It: The Night Abyss Bled Forever
| September 8, 2016
One night, The Monster Abyss - known then as Prince Justice - had a match with a wrestler named Nick Rivers...
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Columns
Worth It: The Night Gentleman Jim Broke A Fan’s Nose
| September 1, 2016
There are a million stories like this, I’m sure, but this one is extra special because of the lightning fast hands of the late “Gentleman” Jim Chadwick. Chadwick
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Columns
Worth It: The Night Karl Anderson Almost Wasn’t Booked?
| August 25, 2016
It was his first heel booking; I was going to be his manager. It was my first heel booking, too. Karl Anderson, known back then as “Chad Too
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Columns
Worth It: The Night A Fan Checked on Wildcat Chris Harris
| August 18, 2016
Long before Braden Walker was a gleam in whomever’s creative eye, “Wildcat” Chris Harris tore up the Midwest Indy scene as one of the nation’s most promising up
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Columns
Worth It: The Night Dean Ambrose Almost Tased Me
| August 11, 2016
It wasn’t a taser, actually, but a stun gun and he was waving it right in my face. Click, click, buzz buzz . . . I actually thought
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Columns
Worth It: The Night Abyss Chased Me
| August 4, 2016
He wasn’t Abyss yet; that character was still a twinkle in Dutch Mantell’s eye. He was Prince Justice or maybe just Justice by then. Regardless, he was the
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Columns
Worth It: The Night Karl Anderson Didn’t Wrestle Jerry Lawler
| July 28, 2016
The anticipation of working with a legend like Jerry Lawler is palpable, especially if you are a young athlete looking to get noticed and hopefully make a career
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Columns
Worth It: The Night Dregen Almost Got Stabbed
| July 21, 2016
“He called my old lady ‘Four Eyes!’ I’m gonna kill ‘em!” That was the conversation being held out back of the fairground’s Exposition Hall after a rowdy fan
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Columns
Worth It: The Day I Watched Jimmy Valiant Sell Like a Champ
| July 14, 2016
I was drawn to professional wrestling because of the storytelling and the larger than life characters. One of the most charismatic stars of the 1980’s was the Boogie
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Reviews
Review: The Purge – Election Year
| July 8, 2016
How will you vote?
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Reviews
Review: Finding Dory
| July 7, 2016
Does the Finding Nemo sequel keep on swimming?
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Columns
Worth It: The Life and Times of a Low Level Professional Wrestling Personality – Introduction
| July 7, 2016
I’m not a wrestler but I have been involved in some capacity of professional wrestling since the year 2000. I have wrestled; in my mind, though, calling yourself
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