Continuing Alabama Liberal’s alien invasion day, is a movie that isn’t really about alien invasions. Another Earth is essentially two movies. One of them is a ponderous, unrealistic drama about a young woman (Brit Marling) who kills a man’s (William Mapother) family in a drunken car wreck and then strikes up a relationship with the…
Category: Mindless Mondays
Entertainment Editorial: Do Stars Still Matter?
When I say stars, I mean big name actors. And when I say big name actors, I don’t mean Kim Kardashian. Now this item isn’t meant to ask if actors are still necessary–I still remember all those articles saying actors were now irrelevant in the wake of completely CGI animated movies like Final Fantasy…which promptly…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Captain America
This movie is curious because I remember liking it decently as I watched it, and that’s good. But only two days later I can hardly remember a thing about it, and that’s not so good. It was solid, wholesome, respectable…and just a little bit boring. This movie is so old fashioned it could be one…
Movie Review: The Devil’s Double
This movie should have been better than it was. It’s loosely based (and, to me, very loosely) on the actual life of the man chosen to be Uday Hussein’s body double. It starts around the time of the Iraq/Iran war and ends several years after the first Gulf War. Dominic Cooper plays both the poor,…
Movie Review: Friends with Benefits
I hate this “movie” which is really just an excuse to make money on top of money. First they make money by selling tickets to people but also the film practically pays for itself by some of the most obvious product placement I’ve ever seen in a major film. Justin Timberlake’s “character” in this extended…
Movie Review: Zookeeper
The best thing I can say for Zookeeper is that I didn’t hate it. I don’t know what it says about me that I know Zookeeper sucks but I still found myself thinking it was as good as any of the other movies I’m reviewing today. Although Captain America, The Devil’s Double, and Friends with…
TV Review: Breaking Bad
This review only covers the first episode of season 4 but Breaking Bad is my personal favorite TV show currently on the air right now (not so stiff competition as the heyday of The Sopranos, The Shield, The Wire, Deadwood, Damages, Rome, and Lost are over) so I feel I had to weigh in sooner…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Harry Potter End Game
Harry Potter is the only movie where you’ll find screaming kids and grown men saying “fuck” at the top of their lungs because they can’t get a better seat. The theater I saw it in started leaking heavily during the climax–making it feel like I was watching it in the middle of a rainfall–and no…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Horrible Bosses
I want to say right off the bat that I like this movie. I want that to be crystal clear because the review for it might seem like I don’t like it. So just to get that out of the way, the movie is pretty good, very enjoyable, and a solid B+…now let’s get into…
Mom Jokes: Catholic Heart Attack
Catholic Heart Attack A man suffered a serious heart attack while shopping in a store. The store clerks called 911 when they saw him collapse to the floor. The paramedics rushed the man to the nearest hospital where he had emergency open heart bypass surgery. He awakened from the surgery to find himself in the…
TV Review: True Blood, the Worst Show on TV That Critics Won’t Turn Against
That title doesn’t mean that I think True Blood is actually the worst show on TV. [I have seen the 9th circle of hell that is Basketball Wives or anything else on VH1, Bravo, or MTV]. It’s not even the worst show on TV that critics like (I’m lost to the appeal of Showtime’s “Mischievous…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: A Better Life
Even in the summertime a small independent film with no well known actors and a complete lack of special effects can sneak into theaters, cross your radar, and floor you. A Better Life is one of those movies. It’s not a perfect film but it’s one of the best two or three movies I’ve seen…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Cars 2, Crawl Don’t Run to the Theater
The unnecessary sequel is a necessary staple of summertime moviegoing (as I’ve already pointed out in reviews for Pirates 4, Transformers 3, Hangover 2, etc.) but that doesn’t mean you have to like it. No sooner did I waste three hours of my life watching Transformers 3 did I go watch Cars 2, a significantly…