It’s hard to beat a gritty Australian thriller, especially one set in a dusty desolate country town where you don’t exactly know who is the villain. Aaron (Eric Bana) is a federal cop living in the city, he’s haunted by the death of a teenage girl decades earlier in the country town he grew up in. The girl was someone he loved. Continue reading The Dry
My movie nerd status has officially been locked in. About a week ago I started a spreadsheet that currently spans close to 200 movies. I was sick of scanning the streaming services looking for something to watch and coming up with nada. Continue reading I am a Movie Nerd
5. Sputnik
In the Soviet Union era of the 1980’s a Russian Cosmonaut crash lands back to Earth, but he’s not alone, an Alien has hitched a ride in the most disturbing way possible. ‘Sputnik’ isn’t for the easily squeamish but its intelligent, compelling and has enough twists to surprise; think of it as a cross between ‘Alien’ and ‘The Thing’. Continue reading The Top 5 Movies of 2020
5. Ray Donovan
Season 7
Revenge has been a running theme through this show, season after season it drives one of our favorite good/bad guys, but in this season it becomes a lot more personal for Ray when he learns the truth about his sisters death all those years ago. Continue reading The Top 5 TV Shows of 2020
This is the marquee final the tennis world wanted to see. It’s Rafa vs Novak, two heavyweights of the game who are chasing history. They’ve played so many big matches throughout the years including eight Grand Slam finals. That record stands at 4-4. Nadal skipped the US Open due to virus concerns, Novak was famously defaulted from it, now they both have a chance to close in on Federer’s 20 Slams. Novak is on 17; Rafa is at 19, whoever wins tonight are one step closer to tennis immortality. Continue reading French Open Mens Final Preview 2020
This match will be in terms of combined age the youngest Grand Slam final in twelve years. Iga Swiatek is a 19-year-old Polish player who has never made it further than a quarter final in any tour level event. These two weeks she’s been on the run of a lifetime, coming in unseeded she has ripped through the draw without losing a set. Continue reading French Open Women’s Final Preview 2020
Roland Garros is finally here, albeit five months late. It’s weird it will be the final Slam played this year, but this is 2020 so everything is weird. The rising number of Covid cases in recent weeks has forced the organizers to cap spectator numbers to 1,000 on site, from a proposed 20,000 at one point. Continue reading French Open Preview 2020
The Prince of Darkness is still around. Brian Warner has matured and isn’t in his late 90’s heyday but can still tap in to the army of the dispossessed. The need to look for a bogeyman is gone, you want a freak show, just turn on the news. ‘We are Chaos’ is Marilyn’s best album in years. Released last week it runs the full length of his controversial career. Continue reading Marilyn Manson ‘We are Chaos’
This should be a repeat of the Australian Open final eight months ago. Thiem vs Djokovic, but Novak’s moment of madness ended that possibility, which must make the 27-year-old Austrian somewhat more comfortable going into this US Open final. It will be his third Slam final, only this time there’s no Rafa or Novak across the net. Continue reading US Open Mens Final Preview 2020
This match is a repeat of the final from three weeks ago that never happened. Osaka vs Azarenka was supposed to have been played at this very site in the lead up tournament to this Grand Slam, but Osaka withdrew with a hamstring injury. Now we get to see it. They’ve both won two majors but their careers couldn’t be more different. Continue reading US Open Womens Final Preview 2020