In a continuation of last week’s Oscar predictions for Best Picture and Director (and check out those first as it makes my thinking on each acting category clearer) I list my predictions for this year’s Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress categories. Lots of information on who I think will…
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Oscar Predictions Part 1–Best Picture and Best Director
Some early (but informative) Oscar predictions are released for Best Picture and Best Director, including what I think will be snubbed that everyone else is picking and a couple of possible spoilers. Feel free to listen in for your own betting purposes or to just hear about some exciting movies you might want to watch…
Cartoon: “Not What I Voted for”
On Tax Day, some Trump voters feel bamboozled…
Cartoon: A DEI-less DC
Shockingly, the Best Picture of the Year Actually Won “Best Picture,” AND is Atypically Relevant
Alabama Liberal is shocked that a Best Picture winner is actually relevant to what’s happening in America, explains how the Academy is usually desperate to dodge this by preferring explorations of historical racism, how “Sinners” uses so many tired tropes that he felt like he’d already seen it before, debunks two unfair criticisms of “One…
Most People Don’t Get “One Battle After Another”‘s Deeper Themes (Some of Them Explained Here)
Most people who have seen “One Battle After Another” seem oblivious to the movie’s larger themes, and it’s truly rare a Best Picture winner has received so little critical thought or analysis. Yes, “One Battle” has excellent action sequences, comedic moments, and a heartfelt reunion between Bob and Willa that would be enough to make…
The Best TV Shows of 2025!
Heroic Mentions: “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “Last Week Tonight” did their absolute best to wake up the people of this country–no small thing, and even harder to do while being entertaining, making their success even more Herculean. Also, “The Studio” was more hilarious and even more concerned with being entertaining, but still…
Best TV Characters of 2025
Best Trend: Three-dimensional animated characters…Some of the best, most well-rounded characters of the year could actually be found on animated series like Pixar’s underrated “Win or Lose,” the “King of the Hill” reboot that defied the trend for awful series continuations of long-ago shows, the squabbling family dynamics of “Long Story Short,” or the thrilling…
The Worst TV Characters of 2025
Since the beginning, I’ve done this annual countdown of the most irritating characters on otherwise good shows (so no “All’s Fair” since there’s nothing good about that show) or on series that really should’ve been better than they were, usually undermined by bad characters. 10. Ray Driscoll (Brian Tyree Henry) in “Dope Thief”…It’s pretty rare…
Best TV Moments or Episodes of 2025
These were some TV moments or episodes that I loved in 2025, with a special emphasis on series that were high quality, but may not appear in my overall “Best TV Shows of 2025” list that’ll be posted soon, making this something of a consolation prize… 10. Best Dance: Dance Mom (Julianne Nicholson) has a…
Thank you to Alabama Liberal Fan S.G.
Although this hasn’t been the most productive year of alabamaliberal.com (the first year after an election never is since the podcast is mostly timed to the Presidential election cycle with a couple of episodes in off-years just to keep things active), someone was generous enough to donate the first recurring donation in Alabama Liberal’s near-15…
Was Joe Biden Really That Bad of a President? Why Were His Approval Numbers So Low?
Sometimes, the present-tense is too depressing to think about, and so why not delve into the record of Joe Biden as it’s being written? The question of “Was Joe Biden really that bad?” needs an answer, and that answer is/was/will be “Of course not!” Biden’s economy was a miracle compared to what he inherited (which…
What Conspiracy Theories Do You Have that Might Actually Be True?
Let’s be honest, conspiracy theories have invaded our political discourse far more than just the odd “Area 51”-esque corker of yesteryear. Today, you can barely keep track of them all, and so I thought it might be interesting to look at a handful I have that might actually be true. —Lee Harvey Oswald did not…