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Tom Petty Knew How To Cut To The Chase

I’ve always enjoyed Tom Petty’s music, but it’s been a few years since I gave his catalogue a thorough listening. Upon re-visiting it these past… Continue reading Tom Petty Knew How To Cut To The Chase

PUBLISHED ON October 5, 2017in Music, Uncategorized
Tom Petty

The Killers Were The Soundtrack Of My 20’s

The Killers have a new album out titled “Wonderful Wonderful”, and it’s pretty good. The title track has a nice riff that sounds a lot… Continue reading The Killers Were The Soundtrack Of My 20’s

PUBLISHED ON September 26, 2017in Music, Uncategorized
Billy Joel, Brandon Flowers, Bruce Springsteen, Hot Fuss, Jimmy Eat World, Pete Yorn, Sam's Town, The Killers, Tom Petty, Van Halen

IT Conquered The World!

As a part of my new personal initiative to stay active on my blog, I figure I’ll start posting reviews of movies, TV, and whatever… Continue reading IT Conquered The World!

PUBLISHED ON September 14, 2017in Books, Horror, movies
Clown, It, pennywise, Salem's Lot, Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me, Stephen King, stephen king's it, The Shining

What Lies At Baelwood Manor

It’s been a while, but life takes you down some unexpected roads sometimes. In my case it was a wonderful road that brought me to… Continue reading What Lies At Baelwood Manor

PUBLISHED ON August 29, 2017in Books, Horror
Ghosts, Gothic, horror, Murder Mystery, Romance, Victorian Era

Stranger, Better Things

A lot has already been written about the new Netflix show Stranger Things, so I’m not really going to take too deep a general… Continue reading Stranger, Better Things

PUBLISHED ON July 23, 2016in Monsters, Netflix, Television, Uncategorized
A Nightmare On Elm Street, Carrie, E.T., Firestarter, H.P. Lovecraft, It Follows, Jaws, Netflix, Stand By Me, Stephen King, Stranger Things, Super 8, Television, The Guest, Winona Ryder

America Is “R”-eady!

Deadpool just became the highest grossing R rated film of all time, which is awesome, but I’m not here to discuss Deadpool specifically. Rather, what… Continue reading America Is “R”-eady!

PUBLISHED ON April 24, 2016in comic books, Game Of Thrones, movies, Netflix, Television
Bridesmaids, Comic Books, Daredevil, Deadpool, Die Hard, Face/Off, Game Of Thrones, Jessica Jones, John Wick, Judd Apatow, Kingsman, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Lethal Weapon, Netflix, Paul Feig, Punisher, Shane Black, Superheroes, Television, The Nice Guys, The Purge, The Walking Dead, Trainwreck

Batman v Superman v Batman & Superman

I’m about to lay out my take on Batman v Superman, so be warned, there are massive spoilers ahead. The majority of reviews were… Continue reading Batman v Superman v Batman & Superman

PUBLISHED ON March 29, 2016April 3, 2016in comic books, movies, superheroes, Television
Apokolips, Arrow, Batman, Batman v Superman, Comic Books, CW, Darkseid, David Goyer, Doomsday, Supergirl, Superheroes, Superman, Television, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Zack Snyder

Roman Reigns vs Dean Ambrose A.K.A. Vince vs The WWE Universe

If you’ve clicked to read this blog then you already have some sort of interest in the current WWE product, and so you don’t really… Continue reading Roman Reigns vs Dean Ambrose A.K.A. Vince vs The WWE Universe

PUBLISHED ON March 4, 2016in Sports, Uncategorized, Wrestling
Brock Lesnar, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Dean Ambrose, Roadblock, Roman Reigns, Triple H, Vince McMahon, WrestleMania, WWE

Fantasy Booking Game Of Throne Season 6

Fantasy booking is a term you read a lot from pro wrestling reporters. It’s essentially when they book the storylines and matches that they would… Continue reading Fantasy Booking Game Of Throne Season 6

PUBLISHED ON February 5, 2016February 5, 2016in Game Of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, HBO, Television, Uncategorized, Wrestling
Fantasy Booking, Game Of Thrones, HBO, Jon Snow

We Need To Talk About Movie Bloat

A few weeks ago my three month old was only sleeping about an hour at a time – he’s since gotten much better. But this… Continue reading We Need To Talk About Movie Bloat

PUBLISHED ON January 13, 2016in movies, Uncategorized
Amazon Prime, Braveheart, Christopher Nolan, Django Unchained, Gladiator, Gone With The Wind, HBOGo, Heat, Interstellar, Lawrence Of Arabia, Martin Scorsese, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Bay, Netflix, Quentin Tarantino, Reservoir Dogs, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, The Hateful Eight, The Revenant, The Ten Commandments, Transformers, Wolf Of Wall Street

Joe Mikolay

Author of the Venator Series and the Post-Human Universe

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