Published in Feature Presentation·Aug 5Staff Picks: 1993Movies from a great movie year. — Feature Presentation’s Staff Picks is not a best-of list. How do you even craft a list of the best of something as subjective as film? This is a list designed to highlight films (and occasionally television shows or other mediums of entertainment) of a certain theme or topic. It’s a…Movies5 min read
Published in The Boy Who Loved Joe Kelly·Aug 4I’m Rooting for The(se) AstrosAnd other things that are hard for me to say. — I’m not sure which is worse, the fact that I have to own up to my disastrous 2022 MLB Season predictions, or that I’m going to root for…gulp…the Houston Astros. In April, I wrote my 2022 MLB Picks and Predictions piece, and in it, I suggested that the Astros would…Baseball6 min read
Published in Feature Presentation·Jul 29Ranking Every Season of DexterThe show that was untouchable until it wasn’t — So I finally watched Dexter: New Blood. It took some convincing. You see, I thought Dexter was one of the best shows on television. I probably would have put it in my personal top five until…the later seasons. For reasons I will get into later on, I didn’t even finish…Television7 min read
Published in The Boy Who Loved Joe Kelly·Jul 26My Top 10 David Ortiz MomentsCelebrating Big Papi after his Hall of Fame induction. — The 2022 Boston Red Sox make me really sad. We had so much potential, but after a gaggle of freak injuries and some severe underperformance, I have egg on my face after predicting a deep playoff run. Yes, I even said they could win the World Series. After the complete…Baseball6 min read
Published in First Run·Jul 22The A-Listers Talk About Nope (2022)From the couple who see a lot of movies because they have AMC A-List. — There are major spoilers in the following review. Patrick: Before we begin, I would be remiss not to acknowledge the fact that we are The A-Listers…and seeing a movie at AMC totally sucks. Tonight alone: the lights didn’t dim until ten minutes in, people around us were talking and sipping…Movies5 min read
Published in The Boy Who Loved Joe Kelly·Jul 21The 2022 Baltimore Orioles: Contenders or Pretenders?The team that’s surprising everyone — even their biggest fans — It was Hawaiian shirt night at Camden Yards and the place was on fire. After a thrilling walk-off victory the night before, Birdland was ready for another stunner. …Baseball9 min read
Published in Feature Presentation·Jul 20Rotten Movies I LoveMovies that I love and you don’t have to. — Rotten Tomatoes is a flawed system. And that’s okay. The electoral college is flawed, but we still use it. But it’s problematic to label a movie either good or bad, fresh or rotten. Add in the fact that no one seems to understand how the computation works, it’s somehow become…Movies7 min read
Published in Feature Presentation·Jul 14The B-Sides: James CaanThe flip side of his filmography — The B-Sides is a series from Feature Presentation highlighting the underseen, underrated, and underappreciated gems of a filmography, genre, or theme. I think it’s kinda lame to take the death of celebrities really hard and personally, especially if they’re up there in years, but I still end up doing it…Movies5 min read
Published in The Boy Who Loved Joe Kelly·Jul 13Our Red Sox-Cubs 2022 DiaryThe breakdown of our Wrigley Field adventure. — To start the month of June, the Boston Red Sox continued a series of road games in Chicago — playing the Cubs for only the third regular-season series between the two teams at Wrigley Field. Starting next year, it looks like every team will be playing every team and interleague…Baseball8 min read
Published in Feature Presentation·Jul 8If You Liked This 2022 Movie, Watch This ’90s MovieYou’ll also like this movie, I promise. — 2022 is halfway over. That means we’ve already gotten a lot of the heavy hitting, highly anticipated films from this year. And if you’re anything like me, as great as many of these movies may be, sometimes they just don’t compete with the oldies but goodies. …Movies5 min read
