In a continuation of last week’s Oscar predictions for Best Picture and Director (and check out those first as it makes my thinking on each acting category clearer) I list my predictions for this year’s Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress categories. Lots of information on who I think will…
Category: Entertainment Editorial
Oscar Predictions Part 1–Best Picture and Best Director
Some early (but informative) Oscar predictions are released for Best Picture and Best Director, including what I think will be snubbed that everyone else is picking and a couple of possible spoilers. Feel free to listen in for your own betting purposes or to just hear about some exciting movies you might want to watch…
Shockingly, the Best Picture of the Year Actually Won “Best Picture,” AND is Atypically Relevant
Alabama Liberal is shocked that a Best Picture winner is actually relevant to what’s happening in America, explains how the Academy is usually desperate to dodge this by preferring explorations of historical racism, how “Sinners” uses so many tired tropes that he felt like he’d already seen it before, debunks two unfair criticisms of “One…
Most People Don’t Get “One Battle After Another”‘s Deeper Themes (Some of Them Explained Here)
Most people who have seen “One Battle After Another” seem oblivious to the movie’s larger themes, and it’s truly rare a Best Picture winner has received so little critical thought or analysis. Yes, “One Battle” has excellent action sequences, comedic moments, and a heartfelt reunion between Bob and Willa that would be enough to make…
The Best TV Shows of 2025!
Heroic Mentions: “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “Last Week Tonight” did their absolute best to wake up the people of this country–no small thing, and even harder to do while being entertaining, making their success even more Herculean. Also, “The Studio” was more hilarious and even more concerned with being entertaining, but still…
Best TV Characters of 2025
Best Trend: Three-dimensional animated characters…Some of the best, most well-rounded characters of the year could actually be found on animated series like Pixar’s underrated “Win or Lose,” the “King of the Hill” reboot that defied the trend for awful series continuations of long-ago shows, the squabbling family dynamics of “Long Story Short,” or the thrilling…
The Worst TV Characters of 2025
Since the beginning, I’ve done this annual countdown of the most irritating characters on otherwise good shows (so no “All’s Fair” since there’s nothing good about that show) or on series that really should’ve been better than they were, usually undermined by bad characters. 10. Ray Driscoll (Brian Tyree Henry) in “Dope Thief”…It’s pretty rare…
Best TV Moments or Episodes of 2025
These were some TV moments or episodes that I loved in 2025, with a special emphasis on series that were high quality, but may not appear in my overall “Best TV Shows of 2025” list that’ll be posted soon, making this something of a consolation prize… 10. Best Dance: Dance Mom (Julianne Nicholson) has a…
The Fantastic “One Battle After Another” Reminds You How Irrelevant Most Movies Actually Are
Here, Alabama Liberal not only explains why “One Battle After Another” is everything most films aren’t, but strongly encourages you to see a film that speaks to the moment–while you still can…
ALL 2024 Movies Reviewed, Graded, and Ranked–An Alabama Liberal RECORD of Nearly 500 Movies
Note from Alabama Liberal: “Better late than never” is the thinking about finally releasing this annual movie countdown when it’s damn-near Labor Day. What I lack in speed, I make up for in thoroughness, listing an Alabama Liberal record of almost 500 movies released in a single calendar year. [The only major one I didn’t…
CBS Cancellation of Colbert Should Terrify EVERYONE Who Lives in a Free Society
There seems to be some confusion in the media about whether Paramount’s desire to please an aspiring tyrant like Trump had anything to do with their shocking decision to cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” which has been on the air since 1993, but only become number 1 in the ratings under Colbert, and…
Colbert Cancellation Proves Paramount is the Next Business Private Equity Will Kill
Alabama Liberal sounds the alarm that Serial Killer Capital (private equity) is here to murder another business, this time CBS/Paramount Global, who are also about to be taken over by one of Trump’s favorite nepo-baby stooges.
Now That the Best Shark (Mark Cuban) has Left, “Shark Tank” Needs a Total Cast Reboot
Alabama Liberal talks about watching “Shark Tank” from the first episode, why he enjoys the show, why Mark Cuban was the best shark, and the real limitations of the sharks left on the show from the remaining best shark “Queen of Plastic” (Lori Grenier) to Mr. Burns (Kevin O’Leary) who had to literally be bailed…