The John Rocha Channel Network

On this review episode for The Outlaw Nation, John Rocha welcomes back his Geek Buddies cohost Shannon McClung to finish out the reviews of this first season of Ted Lasso on Apple TV+. The show from creator Bill Lawrence (Scrubs) stars JASON Sudeikis as Ted Lasso and wrapped up its final season this past week. The season took us on a rollercoaster of emotions and events as Ted Lasso went from the...

On this episode of Mornings with The Outlaw, John Rocha and Alex Shashek discuss the new cast for the Resident Evil reboot including Kaya Scodelario and Hannah John-Kamen (Ant-Man and the Wasp). They also discuss Natalie Portman's comments about Jane Foster's struggle with cancer as she embraces being a Female Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder, Aaron Sorkin's comments about a Social Network sequel, t...

On a special episode of Impolite Truths on The Outlaw Nation, John Rocha and Dorina Arellano host a LIVE watchalong of the first Vice Presidential debate between Senator Kamala Harris and VP Mike Pence. This one promises to be explosive with President Trump contracting COVID over the last few days along with 17 other members of the administration and a couple of Republican Senators, talks breaking...

On this episode of The Outlaw Nation Show, The Outlaw John Rocha welcomes back his Founding Fathers teammate, pundit and host Dan Murrell to discuss the future of theaters and cinema now in a post COVID world. The guys also discuss Dan's favorite Schmoedown battles, discuss some of his favorite movies and preview what more we might be seeing on his YouTube channel. PLUS they answer all YOUR Superc...

On this episode of Mornings with The Outlaw, John Rocha and Alex Shashek discuss the new 355 trailer starring Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong'o, Penelope Cruz that dropped this morning, Dune being officially pushed to 2021, the Game of Thrones prequel series finding its King Targaryen in Paddy Considine, the surprising cancellation of GLOW by Netflix, the National Organization of Theater Owners las...

On this episode of Game Time, host John Rocha welcomes Winston Marshall and The Weakest Link's Jay Washington to discuss all the big news from Week 4 in the NFL including the Browns shocking the Cowboys, in Dallas, Tom Brady delivering a vintage performance leading the Bucs to a comeback win over the Chargers, the Bills and Seahawks continuing their undefeated seasons, Foles looking human for the...

On this episode of Mornings with The Outlaw, John Rocha and Alex Shashek discuss Disney pushing their D23 celebration to 2022 because of the COVID restrictions, Madame Masque being rumored to be a villain in the Hawkeye series, Hawkman's appearance in Black Adam teasing a bigger role for the Justice Society of America, the Lord of the Rings TV series starting up production, and the title for the B...

On a special episode of Impolite Truths on The Outlaw Nation, John Rocha and Dorina Arellano host a LIVE watchalong of the first Presidential debate between Senator Joe Biden and Donald Trump. This one promises to be explosive with a very controversial Supreme court nominee process underway, with the massively damaging NYT article about Trump's taxes and with COVID affecting our economy and people...

On this episode of Game Time, host John Rocha welcomes Winston Marshall and The Dungeon's Manager and sports enthusiast John Kaiser to discuss all the big news from Week 3 in the NFL including the Packers beating the Saints, the Nick Foles era starting in Chicago, Russell Wilson tossing 5 TDs to beat the Cowboys, Ryan Tannehill keeping the Titans undefeated, and Josh Allen muscling the Bills over...

On this special NBA Finals preview episode of Game Time, host John Rocha welcomes his Top 10 running mate and the host of Dropping Dimes, Matt Knost to talk about this David vs Goliath matchup of the Los Angeles Lakers vs the Miami Heat. Both the Lakers and the Heat have only lost 3 games each on the way to these Finals with their defense, rebounding and scoring being huge keys for them. LeBron Ja...

On this review for The Outlaw Nation, John Rocha welcomes his Cine-Files cohost Steve Morris to review the new Alex Gibney documentary series on HBO titled Agents of Chaos. The two part doc explores the origins of Russian troll farms in 2013, how they were dispatched to unsettle politics in Ukraine and how they set their sights on the 2016 US election in an effort to hurt Hillary Clinton's chances...

On this excerpt from the most recent episode of The Outlaw Nation, The Jedi Way cohosts Laura Kelly and The Outlaw John Rocha review The Mandalorian Season 2 trailer. They give their thoughts about the worlds we might have seen in the trailer, the characters that were introduced, where the storylines might be taking us in season 2 and who they'e hoping to see come back from season 1.  Let us know...

On this episode of Mornings with The Outlaw, John Rocha and Alex Shashek discuss Disney pushing Black Widow to May 7, 2021 and Eternals and Shang-Chi to later in 2021. They also cover Toby Haynes stepping in for Tony Gilroy to direct the first three episodes of the Rogue One stories, John Cena getting a Peacemaker series on HBOMax, the first trailer for Marvel's Helstrom series, Ray Fisher returni...

On this episode of Impolite Truths on The Outlaw Nation, hosts John Rocha and Dorina Arellano discuss The Atlantic article detailing the lengths, both legal and illegal, that Trump and his staff may go to to delegitimize or call into question the election results if he loses. They'll also offer up their tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg after she passed last Friday and explore why Senator Dianne Fein...

On this review for The Outlaw Nation, John Rocha welcomes his Geek Buddies cohost Shannon McClung to discuss the new Netflix film, Enola Holmes. The film stars Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown as the titular Enola Holmes, sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes, who discovers on the morning of her 16th birthday that her mother has disappeared. Much to the chagrin of her brothers, she sets out on...

On Episode 4 of The Jedi Way, hosts John Rocha and Laura Kelly are all about The Mandalorian! What was it about Season 1 that made it so universally appealing? The incredible team behind the scenes, compelling characters, finding roots in the original Star Wars trilogy and beyond, balancing the use of “fan service” and the big-eyed green baby that won the heart of the internet. And of course, we h...

On this episode of The Outlaw Nation Show, John Rocha welcomes actor, pundit, reviewer and possible Manager of the Year in the Schmoedown Winston A. Marshall. They sit down to to talk about the power of Representation in films and TV shows, what he learned earlier in the year about being a Schmoedown manager that led to his success now in the game, his new InnerGeekdom show for SEN, and how his ac...

On this episode of Mornings with The Outlaw, John Rocha and Alex Shashek discuss the rumors that Tom Hardy has become the odds on favorite to replace Daniel Craig as James Bond with an announcement coming in 2021. They also discuss Watchmen's record breaking night at the Emmys, Florence Pugh;s comments about becoming a part of the MCU with Black Widow, and Alden Ehrenreich breaking his silence on...

On this episode of Game Time, host John Rocha welcomes Jay Washington and Winston Marshall to discuss all the big news from Week 2 in the NFL including Dak Prescott leading the Cowboys back to shock the Falcons, Tom Brady getting his first win as a Buc, Russell Wilson tossing 5 TDs to beat the Patriots, Patrick Mahomes surviving a scare against the Chargers, and the rest of the NFL games. They als...

On this review episode, John Rocha welcomes back his Geek Buddies cohost Shannon McClung to review episodes 4-7 of Ted Lasso on Apple TV Plus. The show from creator Bill Lawrence (Scrubs), stars Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso, a college football coach who is hired to manage an English Premier League team in the middle of the season and save them from relegation.  John and Shannon review the writing,...

On this episode of Impolite Truths on The Outlaw Nation, hosts John Rocha and Dorina Arellano tackle the political issues of the week including Dawn Wooten, a nurse at the Irwin County Detention Center, files a whistleblower complaint accusing unsafe working conditions that spread COVID-19 and accuses ICE of performing hysterectomies on female immigrant detainees. They also dive in HHS spokesman M...

On this episode of Mornings with The Outlaw, John Rocha and Alex Shashek discuss the PS5 launch and announcement and how quickly the consoles sold out in preorders. They also discuss the news that Wandavision is still on track to come out in 2020 while Black Widow is set to be pushed to possibly 2021. They also talk Kat Cairo being selected to showrun and direct  the SheHulk series while the Queen...

On this episode of The Outlaw Nation Show, John Rocha welcomes his cohost for The Jedi Way and Star Wars Schmoedown Legend Laura Kelly to the show to talk about her Star Wars vs Harry Potter fandom, her behind the scenes journey during that Star Wars tournament, what movies inspire her love of cinema, what life is like in Chicago and what her thoughts are on the Gina Carano situation. PLUS they an...

On this episode of Game Time, host John Rocha welcomes Jay Washington and Winston Marshall to discuss all the big news from Week 1 in the NFL including Tom Brady's debut with the Buccaneers, Cam Newton's debut for the Patriots, Aaron Rodgers holding off Bryce Love in Green Bay, and that controversial offensive pass interference call in the Rams/Cowboys game! They also predict who wins tonight's ga...

On this episode of Mornings with The Outlaw, John Rocha and Alex Shashek review The Mandalorian Season 2 trailer dropping in all its glory! They also discuss Jonathan Majors playing Kang the Conqueror in Ant Man 3, Jason Momoa calling out WB's lies and supporting Ray Fisher, Mulan disappointing at the box office in China, DC Fandome's presentation on the Flash movie, Zendaya's new Netflix movie an...