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NBA
NBA Season Preview 2017-18: Pacific Division
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr. NOTABLE NEWCOMERS The newbie I'm most looking forward to seeing is Milos Teodosic because of his seemingly legendary court vision, at least it was so internationally. How will it translate...
Movies
'Marshall' is a Crowd Pleaser
Marshall (Open Road Films) Sometimes we need to look past the comic book heroes paraded onscreen to appreciate the real ones that have left a mark in this world. Marshall , directed by Reginald Hudlin,...
Culture of Hoops
NBA Season Preview 2017-18: Top MVP Candidates
Image courtesy of Erik Drost/Flickr. The NBA's 2017-18 season presents a range of expected and fascinating MVP candidates. There will be the annual names thrown into the mix, however, for the sake of enjoyment, a...
Television
Supergirl Season 3 Premiere Review: 3.1: Girl of Steel
The Supergirl season 3 premiere showed Kara Danvers in a crisis after Mon-El left. This was a big problem for viewers like myself who have trouble buying her being this devastated by Mon-El. When will...
NBA
NBA Season Preview 2017-18: Top 50 Players, Toughest Cuts
Image Courtesy of Philadelphia 76ers/Facebook 2017 was supposed to be the year that I allowed myself to take a break before I started grinding from October through June. 2017 was supposed to be the first...
NBA
NBA Season Preview 2017-18: Top Rookies To Watch
Image courtesy of Taylor Macias/Hardwood and Hollywood This NBA rookie class is point guard dominant with Dennis Smith, Jr., Lonzo Ball, Markelle Fultz, De'Aaron Fox, Milos Teodosic, and can we call Ben Simmons a point...
NBA
NBA Season Preview 2017-18: Central Division
Image Courtesy of Cleveland Cavaliers/Facebook Notable newcomers While the Milwaukee Bucks stood pat and brought back almost every contributor from a Playoff team last season, the rest of the division was reconfigured over the summer....
Movies
SDIFF: a Place for Film Lovers
SDIFF 2017 The San Diego International Film Festival was an amazing experience for filmmakers and fans of cinema. The festival has been going strong for several years, and keeps getting better every time it comes...
Television
Marvel's Inhumans Season 1 Review: 1.3: Divide and Conquer
Unfortunately, the second week of Marvel's Inhumans was more of the same. As the title implies, the characters each went on their own separate journey. None of these stories were particularly interesting. Things like Medusa...
NFL
Sonny Talks Sports Podcast: NFL Week 5 Picks
Image Courtesy of Philadelphia Eagles/Facebook On this edition of the Sonny Talks Sports Podcast, Sonny and his weekly NFL picks co-host Paul Clark make their picks for the Week 5 NFL games, and touch on...
