It’s the end of the world as Sanders knows it. Every poll that’s been done today shows he’ll at least lose Maryland and Pennsylvania. Almost every poll shows Hillary having a smaller lead in Connecticut and Delaware (small, white New England states he should win). He may not even win Rhode Island, although that’s definitely his best…
Author: Alabama Liberal
TV Reviews: Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, and Veep
Game of Thrones…No sooner did I write an article saying “GoT” might save this lackluster TV year than they came back with a very weak season premiere. “Never fear” some might say “they always start slow and get really good by mid-season” but previous seasons have had the books as a blueprint. Who knows if…
Can “Game of Thrones” Save This Lackluster TV Year?
First off, let me say that I’m not in general one of those people that says “There’s nothing good on TV.” I find those people to be incredibly boring and really spoiled. There are now more than 100 basic cable channels each with their own handful of original series; plus great premium networks like HBO, Starz, Cinemax,…
How AMC Network Lost Their Most Loyal Viewer
It’s no exaggeration to say I was the most loyal viewer AMC network ever had. I watched literally every scripted original series they ever made (have you ever even heard of “Low Winter Sun?”) and at least some of their unscripted series like the great “The Pitch” and the more guilty-pleasure “Small Town Security.” When…
Actually, the Second Season of “Better Call Saul” was WORSE than the First
The conventional wisdom seems to be that the second season of AMC’s Breaking Bad-Spinoff/prequel “Better Call Saul” was better than the first season. And, as usual, the conventional wisdom is wrong. The second season was actually worse than the first on almost every level. The first season had a couple of early missteps (like Tuco…
Do We Have “GOP Stockholm Syndrome?” Are We Immune to Their Crazy?
One of the many dangers of having an 18-month primary season (the earliest presidential candidates joined the fray in the first months of 2015) but barely a 4-month general election season is that there’s so much party in-fighting you might get used to Republican crazy or even take it for granted. Sure, Bernie is a…
Movie Review: “Midnight Special” is One of the Best Movies This Year
I’ve been complaining for a while that movies are too beholden to the sci-fi/fantasy/comic-book tastes that seem to be overpowering films about real people. Well, “Cloverfield Lane” and especially “Midnight Special” show you can get around that problem by making a sci-fi film that would play just as well at the Toronto Film Festival as…
Movie Review: 10 Cloverfield Lane
Yeah, yeah, better late than never. And in this case, it really is since this is one of the best movies I’ve seen this year along with the equally unpredictable sci-fi film “Midnight Special” which I’ll review tomorrow. What Works: Sadly, it feels like most of the people who were going to see this already have,…
Will New York Primary Really Change Anything? Probably Not
New York is the third most populated state in America, it’s home to the most populated city in America, and it’s got direct ties to all of the main presidential candidates: Trump and Bernie are from there. Hillary was a Senator there. And Ted Cruz directly insulted them even as he also took money from Wall…
Trump Saying Saudia Arabia Should Have “Nukes” Scares Me
[Note: The actual headline of this article—which I had to edit for brevity’s sake—was “Trump Saying Saudia Arabia Should have Nuclear Weapons Scares The Hell Out of Me.”] It’s strange that the media has made covering Trump’s every second a national priority. [At this point Trump is the anti-Beetlejuice, you have to say his name three times to…
The Southeast is Actually the MOST Important Area for Democrats
For months we’ve seen Bernie and his even worse traveling circus of goons—i.e. surrogates—basically write-off the Southeast and laugh dismissively about Hillary’s wins there. They might say different variations of things like “Well, it doesn’t matter if Hillary won ‘Bamasippi’ as she’ll never win those states in November.” They might even mock the “ignorance” of…
Movie Review: Batman Vs. Superman
Sadly, this movie is as bad as you’ve heard. Even though my hopes weren’t high going in, it was a heart-rending experience to have them dashed completely as I sat through one of the worst DC-Comics movies ever made. And I really, really don’t enjoy saying that. What Works: Well, uhhh…ummm…well, there’s a pretty good sequence…
Why I’m NOT Live-Blogging Tonight’s Democratic Debate
In the past I’ve live-blogged the majority of GOP and Democratic Debates. I haven’t kept up much with the endless Town Halls, forums, awkward “meet my family” hostage takings, or Trump’s daily appearances on cable news networks, but who could really blame me? Only the debates really “matter” if anything at all matters in this…