Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2022 Finals (4/29/22): Koguma’s Big Night, I Guess
Less than a week after hosting a big two-night soiree at Sumo Hall, the Stardom gang kicked off April embarking...
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022 (5/1/22): Tama Tonga Is Good; Bullet Club Is Back
New Japan's Wrestling Dontaku 2022 came a few weeks after their Hyper Battle, a solid card headlined by El Desperado...
Top 10 WWE Matches of the Month – April 2022
Much like in 2020 and 2021, WWE’s emphasis on in-ring competition was lacking. Much of the roster could still "go"...
NJPW Windy City Riot (4/16/22): Mox Keeps It Moving; Suzuki Still Rules
The last shows I caught from New Japan's U.S. branch were the 2020 Super J Cup and Moxley vs. KENTA...
WWE WrestleMania 38 Night 2 (4/3/22): Why Is This Still Happening, And Why Do I Still Watch It?
WrestleMania: why is this still happening, and why do I still watch it? The first part is easy, as WrestleMania...
5 Star Movies: Swan Song, A Hero, Strawberry Mansion, The Pink Cloud, The Bubble
Swan Song: This is a sci-fi film set in the future, but more than anything it is about Mahershala Ali's...
5 Star Movies: The Tragedy of Macbeth, Jackass Forever, Big Bug, The Adam Project, Free Guy
The Tragedy of Macbeth: Like any good Shakespeare story, Macbeth depends on the delivery. Here was Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand,...
5 Star Movies: National Champions, American Underdog, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, Belfast, Licorice Pizza
National Champions: The script is sometimes a little much, but this movie about a college football star on strike is...
5 Star Movies: Ron’s Gone Wrong, The Tender Bar, 8-Bit Christmas, West Side Story, The King’s Man
Ron’s Gone Wrong: This was freaking adorable. And smart. But really just so freaking adorable. The best and most unique...
5 Star Movies: The French Dispatch, Spencer, Cmon Cmon, Flee, Eternals
The French Dispatch: Keep waiting for Wes Anderson to jump a shark but he just doesn't, even if the tales...
5 Star Movies: The Eyes of Tammy Faye, I’m Your Man, The Lost Daughter, Being the Ricardos, Don’t Look Up
The Eyes of Tammy Faye: Compelling source material that is brought to life by Andrew Garfield and especially Jessica Chastain...
5 Star Movies: The Power of the Dog, Encanto, Respect, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Spider-Man: No Way Home
The Power of the Dog: It’s got a point of view, purposeful pace, and Benedict Cumberbatch puts in a chilling...
5 Star Movies: The Nowhere Inn, In the Heights, The Velvet Underground, Red Notice, Shang-Chi & the Legend of the Ten Rings
The Nowhere Inn: St. Vincent wrote a mockumentary with Carrie Brownstein. I wish they could've sustained the momentum earned from...
WWE WrestleMania 38 Night 1 (4/2/22): My Father Said, When I Was Younger… STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD!
WrestleMania: why is this still happening, and why do I still watch it? The comforting memories of Dad howling with...
5 Star Movies: King Richard, Passing, Worth, Tick, Tick… Boom!, The Harder They Fall
King Richard: The emphasis seemed more on the benefits of just being a Guy Who Is Correct over one who...
NJPW Hyper Battle 2022 (4/9/22): Jesucristo, El Desperado!
New Japan's 2022 NJ Cup and Hyper Battle tours both continued a gradual return to the normalcy lost from COVID-19’s...
NXT Stand & Deliver 2022 (4/2/22): Brunch With Gunther
Headed into its' seventh WrestleMania Weekend, NXT was going through some stuff. Last September it became NXT 2.0 (really more...
Top 10 WWE Matches of the Month – March 2022
On the Road to WrestleMania WWE did not do much of that wrestling thing, though it allowed their TV shows...
Stardom World Climax 2022 ~ The Top (3/27/22): Syuri and Saya Standing Out
There’s a lot of wrestling out there, so standing out is encouraged. Stardom stands out, or at least gets that...
Stardom World Climax 2022 ~ The Best (3/26/22): Pirate Princess Continues Voyage
Stardom's Budokan Hall show in March of last year was so good it convinced me to watch them at least...