Some weeks just seem a little drearier than others, and this week certainly took the cake… 5. Bradley Manning, the whistle-blower who leaked all those documents to Wikileaks announced that he’s really a woman trapped in a man’s body, and he now wants to be called Chelsea Manning. I swear I’m not making this shit…
Author: Alabama Liberal
Monday Morning Movie Review: Kick Ass 2
This film received no love at the box office this weekend, the reviews were terrible, the audience grade wasn’t great, and even co-star Jim Carrey (desperately in need of a hit) wouldn’t promote it out of some misguided thinking about the Newton shootings and Kick Ass’s violence. What gives? Is the movie really that bad?…
Monday Morning Movie Review: Jobs
If you already know the story of Steve Jobs, this movie probably won’t provide you with much fresh insight, but it’s still worth a watch. Although it must be said that it never even comes close to the heights of the other film about a prickly tech titan: The Social Network. What Works: Steve Jobs was a…
Monday Morning Movie Review: The Butler
A movie that feels slightly all-over-the-place but sneaks up on you to create a sum total far greater than its parts. What Works: The story of Cecil Gaines, a black butler who started out on a horrific cotton farm in the South but became a White House butler for seven different presidents, is just original…
Movie Review: We’re the Millers
A limp, uninspired comedy that wants so badly to be “outrageous” but grows progressively lamer and tamer the more it keeps going. What Works: [crickets]…uhhh…well, if you’ve ever wondered what Jennifer Aniston might look like in a platinum stripper wig and black spandex, the first ten minutes will be decent for you to watch. Still,…
Movie Reviews: Planes
A direct and blatant rip-off of Pixar’s Cars except now with planes (and a few cars for good measure). Similar to Turbo in that only hardcore animation fans or families that desperately want something to do with their kids will really find value in it. What Works: The idea of a race around the world…
TV Reviews: Finales of “True Blood” and “Whodunnit”
Two shamefully bad shows that have grown into the ultimate guilty pleasures. True Blood in that it was a once-promising show that has devolved into a parody of itself. And Whodunnit in that it is probably the single worst show I have ever watched from start to finish…yet I found unexplainable enjoyment in it the…
The “Duck Dynasty” Gang are the Ultimate Hypocrites/Rich Assholes of the Month
I know I haven’t been keeping up with the Rich Asshole of the Month section, but sometimes a special case just reaches out and demands your attention. August’s Rich Asshole of the Month just couldn’t be ignored… I’m choosing the Robertson family from A&E’s unexplainably popular Duck Dynasty. [They recently received a raise to where…
HBO’s Summer Docs, Part II…Casting By, First Comes Love, Pussy Riot, and Cheshire Murders
I felt reviewing a whopping eight documentaries in one post would have been too much, so now the B-team documentaries of HBO’s Summer Documentary series… The Cheshire Murders…I honestly don’t even get why they made this movie. I’m not trying to be funny or snarky, but I watched the whole thing thinking “What’s the…
HBO’S Summer Docs: Americans in Bed, Gasland II, Love Marilyn, and Gideon’s Army
Another Summer, another series from HBO to make Mondays go by a little faster. I can’t say this is my favorite collection of docs, as most of them have been only so-so, but it’s nice to know that HBO maintains their commitment to this series. Americans in Bed…Last night’s addition to the list has…
Monday Morning Movie Review: Elysium (in IMAX)
Months ago I tapped this film as my most anticipated for the summer. It seemed to be the rare blockbuster that was remotely concerned with the world we live in, and it turns out that that’s true…to a point. Even if Elysium ultimately falls a little short of expectations, it’s still one of the absolute…
TV Review: Clear History
HBO debuted this Larry David-starring TV movie on Saturday night in hopes of placating Curb Your Enthusiasm fans who have been waiting two years for another season (if there will even be another one). I can’t say it’s an entirely successful substitute although I really love the idea of David branching out into different plots and directions….
Movie Review: 2 Guns
A textbook example of how expectations can alter your experience at the movies. I think this movie looked like generic junk a couple months——-hell, a couple weeks before it opened. And then the buzz got progressively better a few days before it opened (reviews were actually good, there were rumored to be interesting twists, Paula Patton had…