It has begun to give me great pleasure at the end of the calendar year in reflecting on what I have watched the 12 months prior. Seeing what sort of binges you went on, what actor or director captivated you for a time. What you have learned, and what scopes…

After another bizarre pandemic riddled movie year, 2021 managed to round out into creating a fairly impressive list of movies for itself despite whatever barriers may have exited for moviemakers. I didn’t grow up as a huge theatre goer, but as my love of movies has increased exponentially the past…

An old article from my monthly movie round up series that fell off the wagon. Here are a few more thoughts on some gems I enjoyed all the way back in April 2021. Favourite — LA Confidential (1997) (dir. Curtis Hanson) LA Confidential is the type of movie I was immediately captured by upon watching it. I quickly…

Written by Isaac O’Neill with additional editing and contributions by Chris Howson-Jan Mutombo — 11.9 PPG / 12.6 RBP / 3.1BPG Resumé 8× NBA All-Star (1992, 1995–1998, 2000–2002) All-NBA Second Team (2001) 2× All-NBA Third Team (1998, 2002) 4× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001) 3×…

Nightcrawler (2014) Nightcrawler impressed me much more the second time around than my viewing when it first came out in 2014. I really do think Gyllenhaal carries this — he has clearly worked to make himself a great actor. His performance is an excellent case of an actor legitimately disguising himself in…

See Part 1 and Part 2 here. This article was co-written by Isaac O’Neill and Chris Howson-Jan The criteria for Most Improved Player has largely remained the same over its 36 year history. The collective NBA zeitgeist seems to follow consistent yet arbitrary criteria for “improvement” in terms of draft…

See Part 1 in my prior article, outlining the history of the often forgotten yet ever intriguing Most Improved Player Award. “What makes the quirky Most Improved Player Award so much fun is determining what you value as improvement. Some may lean towards G-League players make the leap as consistent…

In our Context Matters series we look to analyze NBA history and how we arrived at the state of today’s league. What trends and patterns exist. What historical pecularities influenced history. And how these outcomes can be predictive for future outcomes. What makes the quirky Most Improved Player Award so…

Co-written by Isaac O’Neill and Chris Howson-Jan You can find the link to last year’s Over/Under results here. You can find the link to the East here. Win totals from last season are based on their adjusted win totals from the shortened season. …