After being lukewarm to downright unenthused about all of today’s movies, here comes an honest-to-God crowd pleaser. I may not have been totally in love with this film, but I can recommend it to almost anyone and feel like they’ll have a pretty good time. What Works: The set-up is that two cops who knew…
Category: Mindless Mondays
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Bully
Man, this is going to be a hard one to explain… Okay, so this movie is as famous for its ratings battle as it is for the actual content of the movie. For anyone who doesn’t know (and is perhaps not alive on this planet), the film is about bullying kids and received an R-rating…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: American Reunion
Continuing our slog through “high school” or youth based movies today, comes the latest, and supposedly last entry in the American Pie franchise. The good news? It may not be as bad as you were expecting. The bad news? That’s still not the same as saying it’s a good movie. What Worked: It’s one of…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Cabin in the Woods
I didn’t go for this movie. Sorry, but for Rotten Tomatoes to give this movie a 93% approval rating only shows how flawed that site is for judging “fanboy” movies. [Note: This will include some very vague spoilers. I really doubt anyone hasn’t seen this movie that plans on seeing it, but I figure I’d…
TV Reviews: By Jumping to the Future, Is “Fringe” Getting Its Groove Back?
So last Friday, the show featured its second leap into the future with an episode set in 2036 (hence this post being numbered archives/2036…get it?) and I think the show may have finally re-established its groove and wormed its way back into the hearts (and especially heads) of its devoted sci-fi faithful. What Happened (Spoilers):…
Entertainment Editorial: The Five Best Movies of the Year…So Far…
We’re past the quarter mark for the year and about to head into “The Summer Movie Season” where everything is exploding, animated, or includes dick jokes, but (let’s be honest) since we never really leave that season anymore and Hollywood makes blockbusters (or big flops like John Carter) year-round, we can’t just ignore the late…
TV Review: “Eastbound and Down” a TV Comedy that Takes You On a Journey (Plus, “Life’s Too Short”)
I won’t start this review off pretending I don’t have a bias towards HBO’s “Eastbound and Down.” I’m a big Danny McBride fan (if you haven’t seen his debut “The Foot Fist Way” do so). I love the character of Kenny Powers (the most lovably assholish character in TV comedy). And this show comes the…
Mom Jokes: A Little Something to Lighten Up Tax Day
A politician dropped by the local elementary school to explain how taxes worked. He called Johnny up to the front of the class, and asked if he had any lunch money. Johnny said yes and pulled out four quarters. The politician took one of the quarters from Johnny and said “The government takes this money…
Entertainment Editorial: Alabama Liberal’s Book of the Month is…C-Street!
Today brings our monthly “Book of the Month” Club selection, but also the very first one to be a non-fiction book. In fact, I can’t say I really enjoy non-fiction books, and have often times bemoaned the fact that no one seems to read novels anymore. Still, “C-Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy” by…
TV Reviews: Scandal, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers, and the Season Finales of Happy Endings/Bent
Another week, more shows trotting out to slaughter…In order of increasing quality… ABC’s Scandal…What Happened: A bunch of bullshit with Kerry Washington as some uber-slick crisis manager in Washington D.C. putting out fires…but also making plenty as she stabs her clients in the back since this is broadcast TV and they have to make everything…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Mirror Mirror
The trailer’s for this movie looked awful, and Snow White and the Huntsman seems like it will be much better. Okay, so right off the bat I should tell you that this movie is NOT awful…that’s the good news. The bad news is that it is no better than a C and completely forgettable/disposable/you can…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Wrath of the Titans
This movie had a weak opening weekend box office, it’s the sequel to a film that wasn’t good, and this one is worse. Why watch this when you could watch a half dozen other teen-aimed fantasy movies (like the far superior Lorax or Hunger Games) in theaters now? What Works: It’s always a pleasure to…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: John Carter
Beginning our day of “Unsatisfying Fantasy Films” is John Carter. Damn, can you believe this movie only came out a month ago? It feels a year ago seeing as how much negative press has been written about it being a box office flop. It seems all people care about is whether or not a movie…