Note: I can usually predict about 4 out of 5 nominees and 2/3rds of winners, for whatever that’s worth in your Oscar betting pool. The rankings are how sure I am they’ll be nominated (so the 4th or 5th placers may very well not make the cut) and the top choice is who I think will…
Author: Alabama Liberal
The Reason White Racists Love FX’s “Atlanta”
Opening Defense: I know the pushback I’ll most likely receive is “but wait–black people love ‘Atlanta’ too.” Sure, but this year saw a variety of black-starring and created TV shows from “Loosely Exactly Nicole” to “Insecure” to “Luke Cage” to “Queen Sugar” and none of them received the universal adoration from white critics that “Atlanta” did….
300 at 30: Episode 18–Your Authority Figures Were Wrong, It’s Ok to Throw Away Food
A PAINFUL episode as I throw away perfectly good junk food.
300 at 30–Episode 17: Do Milestones Matter?
Does it matter that I regained all the weight I lost in 2016? How to get back on the weight-loss-horse even after regaining, and talking about New Year’s Resolutions. Happy 2017 everyone! We’ll re-lose last year’s weight together.
Every 2016 Movie From Worst to Best
It’s a proud Alabama Liberal tradition to rank all of a completed year’s movies from worst to best—beat that paid-critics with your limited “Top 10” lists—and as always there’s just a few qualifiers: 1. Just because movies share the same letter grade (like a C grade) doesn’t mean they’re equal, and the rankings reflect which movies of…
The 10 Best TV Shows of 2016
You’ve seen the Best (and Worst) Characters, and the Best Scenes or Episodes, but still, there can be only one true list of the year’s 10 Best TV Shows… Honorable Mention: “Real Time with Bill Maher” is about to become the most important voice for “The Resistance.” Let’s quit kidding ourselves that Trumpers will ever listen to…
The Best TV Scenes or Episodes of 2016
Note: This is a combination of TV episodes, scenes, moments, shots, or whatever you want to call it. This is not to be confused with “The Best TV series of 2016” which ranks an entire season, and will be posted shortly… Honorable Mention: “The Good Wife” Iowa episode…”The Good Wife” gave us a lot of good…
The BEST TV Characters of 2016
People Vs. OJ…Veep…Westworld…The Night Of… Best Self: Campbell Scott as himself in “Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll”…Having a celebrity play themselves rarely leads to anything other than smiles or a soft chuckle, but “Sex” gave Scott his most interesting role since “Roger Dodger,” as a manipulative, hilarious genius trying to stage a Hamilton-rip-off. He has only…
The WORST TV Characters of 2016
Note: As always, these are bad characters in otherwise good shows. There has to be a certain element of “ruining a good series” present, otherwise I could just list participants at an RNC debate… Have to Include It: The “Sand Snakes” and Ellaria Sand (Indira Varma) in “Game of Thrones”…Actually, they didn’t get on my nerves so much,…
300 at 30: Episode 16–It Takes Work to Be Unhealthy
Does it seem like a lot of work to get more physically fit? It actually takes more work to be unhealthy, and how to start thinking of it that way…
300 at 30: Episode 15–Where Did the Day Go?
Have you ever lost the day to an addiction? Food addiction is no different…
300 at 30: Episode 14–Think of it as Elite
Think of what you’re doing as rare, and think about people more unhealthy than you rather than feeling bad about the 1% of fitness freaks.
300 at 30: Episode 13–A Better Class of Garbage
Don’t be fooled by slightly “healthier” junk food when make New Year’s diets…