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“I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore”: Earthy Perfection

June 30, 2019John Smistad

Melanie Lynskey is my new celluloid heroine. The New Zealander is flawless in practically every way in the eclectic as hell crime dramedy “I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore”. Lynskey brings us Ruth, a Regular Jane managing as best she can working as a nursing assistant at … [Read More]

“The Battered Bastards of Baseball”: A Bygone Era of Baseball I Wish Like Hell Would Come Back!

February 4, 2016February 4, 2016John Smistad

a Netflix original documentary. This is the colorful true story of the Portland Mavericks, a scrappy, independent baseball team of underdogs started by actor Bing Russell in the 1970s. “The Battered Bastards of Baseball” is a documentary chronicling the last ever independent Major League Baseball affiliated minor league franchise. Owned … [Read More]