"Joshua by 6th round KO" is the official result from the 12/19/25 bout between Jake Paul and former 2x World Heavyweight Champ Anthony Joshua. Join me for a deep dive into the event and related boxing lore, including the crazy true story of a proposed 1968 boxing match between Muhammad Ali... and Wilt Chamberlain!

On Bill Pullman's 72nd birthday, a look back at Harold Becker's vastly underrated 1993 suspense thriller Malice.

Michael Mann's sensational "Los Angeles Crime Saga" opened December 15, 1995 to widespread critical acclaim and enormous boxoffice. As we speak Mann is preparing a sequel, set to star Leonardo DiCaprio,  Christian Bale, Austin Butler, Bradley Cooper, Ana De Armas, possibly Al Pacino, and others.

Still in a state of shock. Rob Reiner was a fantastic film producer and filmmaker, AFTER having been a brilliant sitcom star as actor. These are my (hopefully coherent) thoughts on his career and he and wife Michele's tragic deaths.

As a kid, Snow Days were almost always fun. As an adult, not so much 😆

Rob Reiner's strong adaptation of Aaron Sorkin's smash-hit Broadway play opened in the U.S. on December 11, 1992. Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, J.T. Walsh, and Kevin Bacon are solid; Jack Nicholson puts the movie on his back and runs away with it. 

Released on December 7, 1990, Clint Eastwood's The Rookie disappointed critics and audiences alike. While many in Hollywood believed that Clint's time as a major player was over, The Man from Malpaso's best days were still ahead.

Netflix has purchased Warner Bros/Discovery for $82.7 billion. Join me as I discuss why this is way more important than you think and may signal the end of cinema as we've known it.

Watched the Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd "buddy comedy/horror" film Friendship. Have a lot of thoughts, not all of which are printable.

November 29, 1990: Misery opens. Rob Reiner's strong adaptation of Stephen's King's bruising novel goes through numerous incarnations -- first Robert Redford, then Warren Beatty -- before Kathy Bates and James Caan make movie magic. Ms. Bates stunning turn as Annie wins her the Academy Award for Best Actress.

The fan-favorite 3rd sequel rolled up an astonishing $300 million at the boxoffice, 60% of which came from the overseas market! And why? Because "In Europe, they line up around the block for Stah-Low-Nay."

38 years on, Steve Martin remains hilariously relatable as family man Neal Page, but our biggest takeaway is funny, friendly, deeply wounded Del Griffith, and the genius who breathed life into him, John Candy. 😢

Money Train opened November 22, 1995. Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson fail to recapture the magic from White Men Can't Jump, but Jennifer Lopez registers strongly in her film debut.

The newest entry in our ongoing series is a rare movie in which "the heroes are also the villains," Changing Lanes.

Home Alone opened November 16, 1990. An instant hit with critics and audiences, the film rolled up an astonishing $477 mil at the box office against a budget of less than $20 mil!

"The Arnold Version" of Stephen King's dystopian classic novel The Running Man opened on November 13, 1987.

Ron Howard's fantastic action thriller Ransom opened on November 8, 1996. A commercial and (to a lesser extent) critical success, the film goes on to gross an astounding $309+ mil at the global boxoffice, a CRAZY tally for the era, an R-rated movie, and zero I.P. 

33 years on, Passenger 57 stands as a hugely entertaining "Die Hard On A/Die Hard With A/Die Hard In A," with Wesley Snipes firing off epic one-liners from start to finish.

Completed a successful move from Huntington to Coram in the first week of November, 2023. I've made a lot of mistakes in my homeowner era (particularly in the first year), but 2025 has had real-world real-time problem-solving which (I like to think) would make those here before me smile.

Alas, the Dodgers have won World Series titles "back-to-back... and belly-to-belly." Join me for a look at the 2025 W.S. as well as some fascinating history of the Dodgers franchise, their rivalry with the Yankees, and Free Agency.