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Beyond the Scoreboard

Was Michael Jordan’s Baseball Stint the Best Thing for His Basketball Career?

It gave him a break both physically and emotionally from all the pressure of winning titles, while also paying homage to his dad

Mar 20

Was Michael Jordan’s Baseball Stint the Best Thing for His Basketball Career?

Mar 20

Published in
The Ugly Monster

‘The Substance’ Might Be 2025’s Most Unforgettable Best Picture Nominee

‘The Substance’ presents fading beauty in aging women as an identity crisis

Mar 7

Demi Moore in red lipstick and red dress in front of a mirror in ‘The Substance.’

Mar 7

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My Official Thoughts on ‘Wicked’ — Beloved Musical Gets A Bright Makeover

Note: SPOILERS for Wicked.

Mar 2

Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) in Wicked. Hair braided, no hat. Black dress. Glasses on.

Mar 2

My Official Thoughts on ‘Dune: Part Two’ — The Better BP-Nominated Chalamet Film

Note: SPOILERS for Dune: Part Two.

Mar 1

Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) hoisting his Crysknife in front of a crowd of Fremen warriors.

Mar 1

My Official Thoughts On ‘A Complete Unknown’ —Well-Intended But Forgettable Biopic

Note: SPOILERS for A Complete Unknown.

Mar 1

Bob Dylan (Timothée Chalamet) and Sylvie (Elle Fanning) close-up of riding a motorcycle in ‘A Complete Unknown.’

Mar 1

My Official Thoughts on ‘I’m Still Here’ — An Introspective Family Drama

Note: SPOILERS for I’m Still Here.

Feb 28

The five Paiva children with their mother Eunice (Fernanda Torres) on the steps of their house smiling for a picture.

Feb 28

My Official Thoughts On ‘The Substance’ — Dead-Simple Plot, Explosive Execution

I watched the trailer for Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance months ago and was gripped by this movie since then.

Feb 28

Bottle of the green “Activator” fluid in ‘The Substance.’

Feb 28

My Official Thoughts on ‘The Brutalist’ — Doesn’t Feel It’s Gargantuan Length

Note: SPOILERS for The Brutalist.

Feb 27

My Official Thoughts on ‘The Brutalist’ — Doesn’t Feel It’s Gargantuan Length

Feb 27

My Official Thoughts on ‘Anora’ — Wild but Digestible Character Story

Note: SPOILERS for Anora.

Feb 27

Still from the movie Anora showing Mikey Madison looking perplexed while wearing a black T-shirt.

Feb 27

My Official Thoughts on ‘Nickel Boys’ — Refreshing Take on Jim Crow-Era Story

NOTE: SPOILERS FOR NICKEL BOYS.

Feb 19

My Official Thoughts on ‘Nickel Boys’ — Refreshing Take on Jim Crow-Era Story

Feb 19

My Official Thoughts on ‘Conclave’ — Wonderfully To-The-Point

Note: SPOILERS for Conclave.

Feb 14

Hall of Catholic Cardinals. Red floor, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) walking down to cast his vote for Pope.

Feb 14

My Official ‘Emilia Pérez’ Thoughts — A Better Film Exists Underneath It

Note: SPOILERS for Emilia Pérez.

Feb 12

Emilia Pérez (Karla Sofia Gascon) in a black dress and lights. In front of her is Rita (Zoe Saldaña), back of head to camera.

Feb 12

So the Super Bowl Happened…Eagles, Chiefs 2.0

As I write this, it’s February 10 — the day right after the Eagles won their second Super Bowl title ever.

Feb 11

Caesar’s Superdome at night in New Orleans, lit purple.

Feb 11

Published in
The Ugly Monster

How the ‘Emilia Pérez’ Drama Will Affect The Oscar Race

Controversy makes ‘Emilia Pérez’ less of an Oscar darling

Feb 8

How the ‘Emilia Pérez’ Drama Will Affect The Oscar Race

Feb 8

Published in
PRESS BOX

Let’s Talk About the Luka Dončić Trade

The most shocking NBA trade in modern memory

Feb 3

Feb 3

2025 Oscar Winners — My Predictions

Let’s see how much of them I got right.

Jan 29

Zoe Saldaña in Emilia Pérez (Netflix) still of her in a medical room, Demi Moore in The Substance (Mubi) with mascara streaming down her face, also in a tiled medical room. They look at an Oscar statuette in the middle of the thumbnail image.

Jan 29

Temporary TikTok Ban — The Uncomfortable Truth to Creators

What this made creators and business owners face head on

Jan 23

Temporary TikTok Ban — The Uncomfortable Truth to Creators

Jan 23

Published in
Beyond the Scoreboard

Volleyball Once Changed My Voice — Literally

An account of my only in-game volleyball injury

Jan 17

Fridge magnet of a female high school volleyball player leaning up against a black, red, and white padded wall. She is holding in her left arm a red, black, and white volleyball and is wearing a shirtless, red volleyball jersey with the number 13 on it and black Spandex shorts. Her hair is pulled back.

Jan 17

Published in
Clear Yo Mind

What I Learned from a Reiki Session

It’s July 2024.

Jan 17

Jan 17

Are Comedies Dying? Sort Of…

Still image from Napoleon Dynamite (2004) | Courtesy of FilmGrab. Searchlight Pictures, Paramount Pictures

Jan 10

Napoleon Dynamite in a blue shirt at the front of his social studies class. White board and US map behind him.

Jan 10

Allison Wonchoba

Allison Wonchoba

I am the founding freelance editor and ghostwriter for Astral Editing Services: https://astraleditingservices.com/ Welcome to my Medium page!

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