The NBA Book Canon

Okay, I am cheating here. This is a film and television website/blog. BUT HEAR ME OUT. NBA books are the essentially this long informal serialized series that reminds me of A Song of Ice & Fire (only if they were written better than what Martin puts out). The Palace Intrigue dynamic is just electric. The catty drama is insane. So, in honor of the  HBO ’80s Lakers Series that is inspired by Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s, I figured I would begin this project.

(Now, amusingly enough, said book on the Lakers is not now, nor scheduled to be included. It is frankly quite mid. As you will see, a single volume on a franchise meant to cover many years is often an inadequate combination.)

***LIKE ALL LISTS ON THIS WEBSITE: THIS LIST IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND WILL BE CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED AS I READ MORE NBA HISTORY***

 

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Ranking the James Bond Films

The James Bond series is one of the most iconic film series in the history of cinema. It has been going pretty much for over six decades. There is a lot of mediocrity to be found in these films, but some of are quite good. It was also genuinely quite surprising to see which ones I liked and disliked. I spent a long time going back and watching all these. Enjoy.

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Ranking the RaMell Ross Films

RaMell Ross is clearly one of the most interesting and exciting new-ish filmmakers on the scene After making a splash with his debut in 2018 in documentary form, he reached new levels of acclaim with his first fiction film, an adaptation of the celebrated novel from Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys. His career will be one to closely pay attention to in the years to come.

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