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Buffa: Tom Hanks’ Top 5 performances
When it comes to Inferno star Tom Hanks, it’s hard to find a bad movie in his career spanning from 1993 to the present. The master Everyman of film has played it all and played it very well. After a lukewarm opening to his career and a comedy stretch(w...
Buffa: Cinemax’s ‘Quarry’ deserves your attention
There’s a scene during the pilot for Quarry, Cinemax’s pulpy action anthem of a fall series, where a man and woman have a complex conversation without a single word of dialogue being exchanged. It’s all in the looks on their faces, the m
Buffa: What’s with all the Joe Buck hate?
There are so many St. Louisians who hate Joe Buck and I don’t understand it. Before I instruct half the city to get a life and get off Buck’s back, let’s really dig into this. What’s the grudge all about? He’s a prodigal son
Buffa’s Bits: Feel good for Chicago Cubs fans
Welcome back to the stream of consciousness sector of the Daybreak Dose page that never turns off. Every week, I unload all the random thoughts inside the cerebellum and see where they all land in written word form. A lot happened this past weekend. Let&#
Buffa’s Bits: Let’s embrace the Ken Bone phenomenon
Hey there folks. Happy Friday. As we pop the caps off our beers and collectively sigh, the weekend awaits and my head has some extra furniture inside of it. Allow me to unpack. These thoughts aren’t meant to change your mind, yet ease my own before
AT&T’s ‘Kingdom’: The next show you need to binge
When people tell you to watch a show, the first thing that happens is an internal eye roll. Such as, “this person is telling me to carve out 30 hours of my time to watch a show that may not be worth it.” It’s not an easy trade so I only recommend sh
Buffa’s Bits: Carpenter, Vinny’s fight, and the MLB playoffs
Say hello to the all new and first Daybreak Dose Friday edition of Buffa’s Bits. Think of it as a tasty recipe coming together in a kitchen. Some of this. A little of that. Covered with something else. Put it together and it’s magic. Like the
Buffa: The Ascension of Alex Reyes
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Alex Reyes has been to hell and back in a single season. As I sit atop my perch in the press box watching Reyes pitch in do or die baseball activities, it’s surreal to think he wasn’t slotted to take a sing
Jose Fernandez, Dee Gordon, and the transcendent power of sports
Thank you, Dee Gordon. If you had lived under a rock since Saturday, it was just another home run that kicked over a table of zeroes. A fastball without a care in the world of touching 90 miles per hour colliding with a baseball bat for a home run over th
Canelo Alvarez must beat Gennady Golovkin to be king
Boxing is wonderfully old fashioned and simplistic. One person climbing into a ring to trade punches with another willful soul. You don’t play boxing. You stand and fight. For everything. In order to be the king of the sport, 26 year old Canelo Alva