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…
Category: Mindless Mondays
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…
Entertainment Editorial: Even as White Women Take Over TV, Minorities Remain Invisible
It’s not every week I get to deal with race in an entertainment editorial, and some of you might wonder why I’m not talking about this in “Sunday’s Sermons,” but I feel strongly that this needs to be addressed. It’s the same old song-and-dance. Hollywood casts mostly white actors, and people complain that Television isn’t…
TV Reviews: The Season Premiere of “Game of Thrones,” “BFF,” and “The Killing”
Continuing a busy time for TV (I reviewed no less than ten TV shows last week) comes even more season premiers from the likes of choice HBO dramas (Game of Thrones), cable shows with sinking fan bases (The Killing), and on the complete opposite end of the spectrum, yet another half hour comedy about citified…
Movie Review: “The Hunger Games,” A Justified Mega-Hit
By now, even people who don’t usually go to movies have probably gone to see The Hunger Games. What’s even more surprising is that this is the rare film that deserves to be a mega-hit. Every once and a while, audiences decide to stop rewarding crap (pretty much 80 percent of the movies this year…
Monday Morning Movie Review: “The Lorax,” A Justified Hit
Okay, so I’m about a month late in reviewing this film, and I’m not sure exactly how many people haven’t seen this film that are ever going to, but I did see it, so I might as well review it… What Works: More than you would think. I have to admit that I wasn’t looking…
Mom Jokes: The Deaf Bookkeeper
“THE DEAF BOOKKEEPER” A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper, Enzo, has cheated him out of 10 million bucks. His bookkeeper is deaf. That was the reason he got the job in the first place. It was assumed that Enzo would hear nothing that he might have to testify about in court. …
TV Reviews: Finales of Alcatraz, The River, Archer, Southland, and Premiere of Bent
It’s that weird time of year when not ALL shows are ending their seasons (that would be in May), but some are ending early while other shows are STILL premiering (like Bent). Without further ado… Alcatraz…What Happened (Spoilers obviously): After a season of wondering what in the hell is behind the warden’s precious door (the…
Entertainment Editorial: 5 Struggling Shows that Deserve Another Season (and 5 that Don’t)
Right now is that time when the networks begin deciding what shows are coming back in the Fall, and which ones are going to that big T.V. graveyard of “Gone too Soon.” So I thought it’d be worthwhile to explore which network TV shows I hope come back for another season, and which ones I…
TV Reviews: Grading the “Luck” Series Finale and “Mad Men” Season Premiere
Today brings Alabama Liberal’s first “All TV day” in which I’ll review two critical behemoths now (Luck’s series finale and Mad Man’s season premiere) and then later on today I’ll be bringing you an entertainment editorial about what TV shows I hope get another season and which ones I hope don’t. Plus, a review of…