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Posts by Juan Miko de Villa

Worth Revisiting - Hoop Dreams (1994)

By Juan Miko de Villa Mar 11, 2010 12:01 am

There are numerous opinions on what exactly turns a boy into a man. Whatever viewpoint one takes – be it a first love, first fight, move away from home – there is a common thread: the ...

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Unsolicited Opinion - Urban Transportation (Escalators)

By Juan Miko de Villa Mar 05, 2010 11:32 am

Having lived in the 'burbs for the majority of my life, I had never really relied on public transportation until about 6 months ago. To my surprise, public transportation - in Toronto at least - ...

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Sad Day In Guy News - Iverson Could Be Done

By Juan Miko de Villa Mar 02, 2010 2:54 pm

It's been an undeniably tough year for the Answer. He began this season looking for a fresh start with a young Memphis team following unsuccessful stints with Detroit and Denver before that, all ...

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Second Opinions - Black Dynamite

By Juan Miko de Villa Feb 25, 2010 8:16 pm

I first wrote this review without realizing that one of my fellow dashing fellows (ugh, I know...) had already covered this film, so I shelved it. But, since the dvd is presently getting some ...

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UFC 112 - Vitor Out, Maia In

By Juan Miko de Villa Feb 13, 2010 12:05 pm

With Vitor Belfort pulling out of his title match with Anderson Silva with a shoulder injury, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu specialist Demian Maia will step in to fight for the UFC's middleweight title. ...

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Wu-Tang vs. The Beatles: Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers - or, What You Should Be Listening To

By Juan Miko de Villa Feb 10, 2010 11:57 am

I realize I'm probably a bit late to this party, but I thought it was worthwhile to post this anyways. My friend recently turned me on to this album in which Tom Caruana remixes our ...

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UFC 109 Thoughts And Predictions

By Juan Miko de Villa Feb 05, 2010 2:49 pm

All things considered, Saturday's UFC card isn't half bad. If you shuffled around the order of some of the fights it would gain back alot of legitimacy; in my opinion, which I'm sure isn't all that ...

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Training With Saulo Ribeiro - In Perspective

By Juan Miko de Villa Jan 24, 2010 11:36 am

I recently had the opportunity to train under one of the most decorated Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belts around, Saulo Ribeiro. You may have seen him cornering Diego Sanchez. The head instructor at ...

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Facing Ali (2009) - Trailer

By Juan Miko de Villa Jan 22, 2010 4:35 pm

I hadn't really heard of this documentary until recently, but I'll be checking it out soon. Seems like it aims to put forward an even handed look at Ali, giving a good middle ground to the "When We ...

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Tiger Woods Will Keep Gracing Our Gaming Consoles

By Juan Miko de Villa Jan 21, 2010 9:42 pm

Despite his current PR problems, it looks like software giant EA is sticking with Tiger as the coverboy for their golf game franchise. "We made the decision to continue with Tiger Woods on the ...

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