A pair of macho, guys-vs.-guys actioners that come from different sides of the respectability spectrum, but will probably appeal to about the same demographic… Den of Thieves…Can writer-director Christian Gudegast (whose previous screenwriting credits include “classics” like “London Has Fallen” and the Vin Diesel howler “A Man Apart”) be sewed for copyright infringement? Because that’s how…
Author: Alabama Liberal
Movie Match-Up: “Proud Mary” vs. “The Commuter”
Two absolute junk January thrillers starring actors who’ve seen better roles, and if you waited until February to watch a movie in theaters I certainly wouldn’t blame you since the old truth about January being a dumping ground for the bottom-of-the-barrel looks to be holding true this year. However, not all bad things are equal,…
Who Will Be Nominated for Oscars (and Who SHOULD Be)
Note: Each category starts off with who I think should be nominated because almost all of my picks surely won’t be, and I kind-of don’t give a damn who they actually nominate… Who Should Be Nominated for Best Actor… Runner-Up: Robert Redford, “Our Souls at Night”…A beautiful movie about regretting things when you get older and the hopefulness…
My Family Wouldn’t Exist without the Immigration Lottery
In a rare personal video, I explain how the misunderstood immigration lottery works and how it led to my wife and young son.
Social Liberalism Creates Jobs (Like Doug Jones)
AL explains how choosing Doug Jones over Roy Moore has already created jobs for Alabama, and how North Carolina’s homophobic laws have cost them jobs. Plus, how bigotry now scares away business and makes it harder for red-state based companies to recruit top talent…
Bannon’s Firing Exposes the Alt-Right as Astroturf
Pull back the Steve Bannons and the Richard Spencers of the Alt-Right and you find the Bob Mercer-billionaires REALLY controlling it…
OF COURSE, Trump is a Racist
I take on the convenient notion that Trump–with a decades-long record of discrimination–is just pretending to be a racist to get votes or fool voters…
Is the #MeToo Movement a Pawn of Big Business?
I breakdown the mergers of Disney/Fox/Hulu, AT&T/Time Warner, and the disastrous repeal of net neutrality, and how MeToo is unknowingly paving the way for it.
PC Liberals are the New Social Conservatives
AL talks about joining the Alabama Democratic Party of the 90’s to get away from social conservatism, but today’s ultra-PC liberals may have more in common with social conservatives than they think…
Andrew Jackson & Teddy Roosevelt Would HATE Trump
Despite Trump’s idolation, Jackson (an actual boot-strapping populist that actually did have an inauguration crowd to remember) and the anti-trust, pro-conservation Roosevelt would HATE him.
What is Trump’s Real Interest in the Kennedy Assassination?
AL puts on his tinfoil hat and tries to figure out why Trump–a narcissist interested only in himself–is interested in the Kennedy Assassination: perhaps to figure out how they’ll get at him?
Bubba Takes on Will and Grace
In a homophobic panic about “Will and Grace”‘s return, Bubba wants to find out how he can keep gay men from hitting on him–but he’s assured by an actual gay man that he has nothing to worry about…
Trump Considered Roy Moore a Rival
Why Trump didn’t REALLY want Roy Moore either–albeit for very different reasons. Did Trump recognize his own narcissism, meglomania, and refusal to take orders in a much more ideologically-credible politician?