Mr. Chen, Child Prodigy: A BTVS Retrospective, S6 E9

With all the whacky hi-jinx of amnesia left behind in last episode, we open today’s BTVS with Buffy coming across a simple, non-supernatural mugging. She starts kicking the muggers’ asses, but then Spike intervenes, causing a jolt of pain from his implant when he tackles one of the ne’er-do-wells. He asks Buffy if she wants to help get his rocks off, but she declines and … Continue reading Mr. Chen, Child Prodigy: A BTVS Retrospective, S6 E9

Salem’s Lot (2024) Review

The Max Original film SALEM’s LOT debuts THURSDAY,  OCTOBER 3 on Max. The adaptation of Stephen King’s 1975 bestselling novel reunites the producing teams behind the record-breaking horror franchises “The Conjuring” universe and the “It” films. Gary Dauberman writes, directs, and executive produces the film. Producers are James Wan and Michael Clear for Atomic Monster; Roy Lee for Vertigo; and Mark Wolper. Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home … Continue reading Salem’s Lot (2024) Review

Top Ten Movies Of The Half-Decade, #10-1

When last we met to discuss my favorite movies of the opening half-decade of the 2020’s, I mostly bemoaned the passage of time and how old we are all getting and how we keep onward towards our inevitable demise. Also, I mused that COVID-19 was, like, five years ago! Wild! It was really fun stuff. When not doing those things, though, I was counting down … Continue reading Top Ten Movies Of The Half-Decade, #10-1

Top Twenty Movies Of The Half-Decade, #20-11

The 2020’s are half-over! To most of us, that’s probably crazy, as it signals the inexorable onward march of time and our own eventual decay. I was born in 1980; I still view events from the early 2000’s as “probably, like, ten years ago”. So to figure that 2020–the dreaded year 2020, home of COVID-19!–was HALF A DECADE AGO is astounding. It was January 2020 … Continue reading Top Twenty Movies Of The Half-Decade, #20-11

Bunnymania!: A BTVS Retrospective, S6 E8

With the sing-song episode left in the rearview mirror, I worry I have nothing left to look forward to except a season-and-a-half of episodes which I’m told are not very good. But I endeavor to finish the series and move on, so here we are! We kick things off, as we so often do, with Buffy out at nighttime in a cemetery. She doesn’t appear … Continue reading Bunnymania!: A BTVS Retrospective, S6 E8

Ranking The Rumbles: 2025

It’s Stew’s time to shine! Every year for the past… I dunno… many (?), I have watched the Royal Rumble match[es], reviewed the Royal Rumbles, and ranked them all in order of my own preference. And now it’s time for the 2025 editions. We’re going to be breaking down the matches and figuring out where the new editions fit in the all-time rankings. Let’s get … Continue reading Ranking The Rumbles: 2025

Mustard!: A BTVS Retrospective, S6 E7

Okay, here is the episode I keep hearing so much about, so let’s get into it. “Once More With Feeling” kicks off with an old-timey opening credits with the characters faces transposed over an image of the moon while their actor names are in a red, sitcom-y font next to them. The song that plays is even a jingly bastardization of the typical Nerf Herder … Continue reading Mustard!: A BTVS Retrospective, S6 E7

Ranking The Rumbles: 2024

WOMEN’S ROYAL RUMBLE -Pat McAfee comes out to start the show as special guest commentator for the evening. Michael Cole is very excited, and Corey Graves is pissy about this development. They did this better last year, but they actually explain that by saying Cole knew in advance that Pat was coming out this time. -Naomi is right into the match at #2 giving us … Continue reading Ranking The Rumbles: 2024

Ranking The Rumbles: 2023

It’s Stew’s time to shine! Every year for the past… I dunno… many (?), I have watched the Royal Rumble match[es], reviewed the Royal Rumbles, and ranked them all in order of my own preference. And now it’s time for the 2023 editions. We’re going to be breaking down the matches, figuring out where the new editions fit in the all-time rankings and then talking … Continue reading Ranking The Rumbles: 2023

Ranking The Rumbles: 2022

2022: THE MYSTIQUE DISSOLVES EARLY I’m writing this in the aftermath of the event, and I’m still working out my feelings, so BEAR WITH ME and let’s get right into it! WOMEN’S ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH -You’re probably wondering what the asterisks are for! Well, those are for the SEVEN entrants that were just returning old timers (“legends”) who were all IMMEDIATELY eliminated from the match. … Continue reading Ranking The Rumbles: 2022

Ranking The Rumbles: 2021

It’s been a year, but we are back for another entry in my Ranking The Rumbles series! We are going to do things a little differently this year. I’ll be actually talking about the whole of the 2021 Royal Rumble pay-per-view, though I will be focusing most of my attention on the two separate Rumble matches proper. Before tonight, we’ve had 36 Royal Rumble matches–that includes … Continue reading Ranking The Rumbles: 2021

Ranking The Rumbles: 2020

2020: DIFFERENCE OF OPINION It’s been a good run of Rumbles lately! 2019 gave us a fantastic Women’s iteration of the match. I gave the 2018 men’s Rumble a solid 7/10. Even the kind of “meh” 2017 and 2016 Rumbles, I graded out as ever-so-slightly above average. How long do you think a run like that can last? I’ll admit, I’ve been reading reviews online … Continue reading Ranking The Rumbles: 2020