One of the movies I was looking the most forward to this summer (and now that summer is officially over, I’ll probably repost that list later today) was “Lawless.” I thought “Tom Hardy, Jessica Chastain, Shia Lebouf, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, and Guy Pearce working off a script from the guy who wrote The Proposition…
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Movie Review: The Expendables 2
I may be a bit late in reviewing this film (which is representative of my enthusiasm for seeing it) since most of the people that are going to watch it have already forked over their money by now. Well, I’m sorry for you…I’d give you a refund but I’m also going to guess that the…
Mom Jokes: The Revenge of the Wives
We do a lot of marriage jokes in this section, and quite a few deal with men who have been…not so happily married for decades. Well, today’s it’s the wife’s turn… He said: I don’t know why you wear a bra, you’ve got nothing to put in it. She said: Why do you wear pants?…
TV Reviews: Season Finales of Breaking Bad and Small Town Security
Okay, so technically it’s not Breaking Bad’s season finale, and it’ll continue this season with eight final episodes, but that’s all the way until next year. For now, let’s get into it… Breaking Bad…It’s no secret I consider this the best show currently on television, and this season has been no exception. It may not…
Bubba’s Sex Tips: Celebrities Should Keep Their Politics To Themselves…Unless They’re Eastwood
Bubba is firmly of the opinion that all those Hollywood liberals (and I hope you can feel the disdain through the italics, as I surely would verbally emphasize the hell out of those words in disgust) should just shut the hell up with their politics and constantly ramming their liberal beliefs down my throat by doing bullshit…
Petty Issues: RNC Edition
I just don’t think Mitt Romney wore enough makeup during his convention speech…I couldn’t tell if it was him or a ventriloquist dummy version of Donny Osmond. While at the convention, Mitt officially accepted the nomination to be the party’s candidate. Or, as Ron Paul supporters call it, “A minor setback for us.” Mia Love…
Larger Editorials: Five Reasons I Don’t Care About the Republican National Convention
I don’t care——at all——about the Republican National Convention. And it isn’t just because I’m a Democrat. It’s because… 5. Republicans Aren’t Showmen. Think about the last true Republican “Entertainer” that was out there, and you probably think of Ronald Reagan. Now think about the people you want to watch put on a show. Musicians? Democrats. Actors? Democrats….
Red State Vs. Blue State: Debating Paul Ryan, Hate Groups, Dirty Campaigning, And Romney’s General Chances
Today I’m debating a friend who graciously agreed to play Devil’s Advocate with the Paul Ryan nomination, although she might have preferred Nikki Haley if it had been her pick. I know this may seem a bit…late to some of you, but I wanted to give it a few weeks so we could really see if…
Alabama Liberal’s Book of the Month Club Pick is…
“Dare Me” by Megan Abbott. I wasn’t totally in love with any of the books I read this month, but Dare Me is a very strong book that cleverly reinvents the noir genre by setting it in a high school…and unravels some deep truths about what the book calls, the “dangerous boredom of teenage girls.”…
Why Sorkin’s “The Newsroom” is a Great Show (and Why Most Critics Don’t Like It)
Watching HBO’s great new show “The Newsroom,” two feelings come over me. First, a feeling of “I can’t believe a show gets it this honest, this succinct on these complex issues, this…right.” Second, a feeling of “Of course critics largely pan this show. It’s as much about their failures as it is the news media’s.” So, in a tradition I…
TV Reviews: “True Blood” Season Finale, Premiere of “Go On,” “Animal Practice,” and “Grimm”
Although I really want to talk about a great show a little later today (Newsroom), let’s warm up by quickly grading some shitty ones. [Except for Grimm, which is just mediocre, not bad.] True Blood…Last night was the fifth season finale of HBO’s (current) longest running drama show, and just realizing that makes me depressed. The fact…
Mom Jokes: Grandfathers Don’t Know Everything
Hunter was 4 years old and was staying with his grandfather for a few days. He’d been playing outside with the other kids, when he came into the house and asked: ‘Grandpa, what’s that called when two people sleep in the same bedroom and one is on top of the other?’ His Grandpa was a little…
Sunday’s Sermons: Togo’s Women Have a Sex Strike…Should American Women Do the Same?
There’s a small piece of international news circling around out there about an honest-to-God sex strike taking place this week in the West African country of Togo. Apparently, women there are fed up with the current president, and their plan to oust him is to withhold sex from their husbands for a week. I actually…