Another day, another Democratic Debate dodge… 6:00…They started with forums, and now they’ve moved onto “Town Halls.” What’s next, cocktail parties? 6:20…Quick highlights of Bernie talking for 20 straight minutes: Anderson Cooper asked him how he’ll get his plans through congress, and he talked about a “political revolution” that had nothing to do with how…
Author: Alabama Liberal
Movie Review: Is “13 Hours” Cheap?
I went into “13 Hours” fearful I was about to watch a piece of rightwing propaganda designed to make Hillary look bad, but the movie is largely free of politics and just cruddy for different reasons. Perhaps this is why rightwingers who made “American Sniper” and “Lone Survivor” such big hits largely avoided this trip…
Movie Review: Why Did “The 5th Wave” Flop?
“The 5th Wave” may not have done well—at all—at the box office, but I still saw it, so why not review it? What Works: Chloe Grace Moretz is a great actress no matter how bad the movie she’s in, and here she combines some of the best elements from Divergent’s Shailene Woodley (vulnerable, expressive eyes, real-girl…
Movie Review: The Forest
Is “The Forest” a worthy addition to J-Pop horror? Well…yes and no… What Works: Having a horror movie set in the loony world of Japanese suicide culture is a strong idea, and the second half of the film that actually takes place in the infamous suicide forest works really well. Plus, Natalie Dormer makes a smooth transition from…
TV Review: Can Rebooted “X-Files” Win Over a New Fan?
So a small caveat before we begin: I’ve never seen an episode of the original “X-Files.” But I have seen both movies, which is either a good thing (the first one) or a bad one (the sequel) depending on whether you stopped after the original. Still, the question remains: “Is the reboot enjoyable for relatively-new fans to…
Live-Blogging the GOP Debate…For Some Reason…
6:01–Let’s get ready to rumble… 6:02–Very first question is about Donald Trump. He may have committed a great move. 6:03–Ted Cruz doesn’t know what Ted Cruz believes, he just knows he believes it. 6:04–The second question is about Donald Trump. Gee, I wonder why he didn’t feel he needed to show up… 6:05–“Cuban Matt Damon”…
You Know What? Trump is Right to Skip This Debate…
Only time will tell if skipping the Faux News debate actually hurts Trump in Iowa, but for today at least it seems like a very smart move from a guy that may be cagier than people think. –For the last 48 hours, all the media has talked about is him skipping the debate. –During the…
Live-Blogging the Republican Junior Varsity Debate…For Some Reason
4:00–We’re here, as the GOP allows its sorriest candidates to take up airtime… 4:01–Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Carly Fiorina, and Jim Gilmore are there. Good Lord, what a pitiful crew. 4:02–The first question to Mike Huckabee “Why aren’t you popular this time out?” 4:03–He says that his message is just fine, BUT it’s clearly not…
Are Republican Immigrants Setting Up a GOP That They Don’t Fit Into?
As I pointed out in the article right before this one—“Does Ted Cruz Know that Half of Faux News is From NY?”—the Republicans are looking less and less like the hillbillies they cater to. In fact, if they weren’t so desperate to appeal to Evangelical zealots and rural xenophobia, they might note that they (technically)…
Does Cruz Know that Half of Faux News is From NY? He Should Consider NYC a GOP Success
Watching the “debate” on Fox News Business, I think Ted Cruz thought it was a very safe stance to be against “New York values,” with that familiar, patronizing eye roll. I think he thought there was nothing safer than taking a dump on New York in front of a red state audience. [And you half…
Is TBS on to Something By Showing All of “Angie Tribeca” in One Day?
Cable networks are getting increasingly jealous of the streaming platforms (Netflix, Amazon) putting all of their shows online at once and hogging all the attention, so it was perhaps inevitable that they’d find ways around this. Last year, NBC put the entire first season of “Aquarius” On Demand at the same time (I guess so…
Movie Review: Why “Spotlight” is the Best Film of the Year
I know, I know, you’re thinking “but you said ‘The Revenant’ was best of the year only a few hours ago?” But “Spotlight” shares the top spot this year, as I think both movies are truly something special. And I never got around to reviewing “Spotlight” when I saw it last year, and that’s because…
Movie Review: Why “The Revenant” is the Best Movie of the Year
Actually, “The Revenant” is tied with “Spotlight” for best movie of 2015, and either one would make a great choice for Best Picture. Right now, “The Revenant” is defying my wildest expectations at the box office, and I never dreamed it would make over 100 million and so many people would get to see it….