Fantasy Baseball Recap: Week Three (Apr. 17 – Apr. 23)
BREAKING NEWS! Before I get to the rest of the week, at the time of writing this, there is an accepted trade in the league. Team Bangarang Rufio (Eric) has […]
Love Languages Quiz | Who Is Jonathan Stanko?
When you are slightly tipsy on vacation, you take a love language quiz. Everyone does, don’t they? Emma and I were talking with our friends in Florida and the topic […]
Summation Of Stanko’s Thoughts On The Five Films Nominated For “Sound” At The 95th Academy Awards
“All Quiet On The Western Front”Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel, and Stefan Korte I say this knowing I don’t know anything. Why does it feel like war […]
All Checked In To “The Continental”
“The Continental is a chain of hotels located all around the world that function as a neutral territory for members of the criminal underworld. They are frequented by many hitmen […]
Screw You Chief, Southbury Fucking Rocks
A couple days ago, Barstool Chief had the following take on Dog Walk. The Dog Walk on Twitter: “What did Connecticut do to you? @BarstoolChief https://t.co/xI64wOJdlO” / Twitter The TLDR […]
Is There Hope That This Franchise Can Be Saved? “Fast X” Trailer Reaction
“Dom Toretto and his family are targeted by the vengeful son of drug kingpin Hernan Reyes.” Director: Louis LeterrierWriters: Justin Lin, Dan Mazeau, Gary Scott Thompson Staring: Vin Diesel, Jordana […]
Steven Soderbergh Is A Vibe Connoisseur With “No Sudden Move”
“A group of criminals are brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what’s really going on when their simple job goes completely sideways.” Director: Steven […]
The Mandalorian Chapter 21 (S3E5) Reaction | The Pirate
We start off the episode with flashbacks to episode one with Vane and Gordian Shard; the henchman Pirate and his leader. Also Din Djarin is talking to Paz Vizsla during […]
“Anthropoid” Starts Out Strong And Continues Momentum
“Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the WWII mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich’s third in […]
Fantasy Baseball Recap: Week Two (Apr. 10 – Apr. 16)
I would like to say that having your two mainstays at shortstop for the year getting hurt in the same week at the start of the 2023 season is NOT […]
“Fanny” | An Exercise To Expand Horizons
“Young Marius dreams of leaving his dull provincial life and seeing the world. When the beautiful Fanny declares her adoration for him, Marius must choose between an adventurous life at […]
“Italian Studies” Passes Without Flying Colors
“A writer loses her memory. Adrift in NYC, she connects with a group of teenagers – in conversations both real and imagined – and searches for a way home.” Director: […]
Fantasy Baseball Recap: Week One (Mar. 30 – Apr. 9)
I am in a fantasy baseball league with my cousins and many of his friends. To these people I am not known as Stanko. I am known as Cousin John. […]
Stanko Golfing: Playing Golf With 40 MPH Wins Is Fun, Right? It’s Fun, RIGHT?!
This round of golf had the second toughest wind conditions of any round of golf I have ever played. The only conditions worse? When I got to play in Ireland […]
“Air Force One” Is Still A Top Notch Energetic Thrill Ride
“Communist radicals hijack Air Force One with the U.S. President and his family on board. The Vice President negotiates from Washington D.C., while the President, a veteran, fights to rescue […]
“Barbie” Trailer Reaction
“Barbie lives in Barbie Land and then a story happens.“ Director: Greta GerwigWriters: Noah Baumbach, Greta GerwigStaring: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Will Ferrell, Helen Mirren, John Cena, Michael Cera, Emma […]
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