Last week brought the news that North Korea has finally decided to give up their nuclear program in favor of something crazy, like not letting their citizens starve to death. The constantly-struggling nation struck a deal to give up nuclear production in exchange from massive aid from the United States. Still, who knows if the…
Category: Mindless Mondays
TV Review: From “GCB” to “The Walking Dead” to “Justified,” Ranking the Southern Set TV Shows
Last night on ABC, the new show GCB premiered as part of a wave of Southern set TV shows that have come on the scene in the last five years after roughly 150 of being ignored. So I thought it might give “interloping yankees” a nice perspective to be able to rank the Southern set…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Wanderlust
This movie is a little bit better than I thought it would be, which is notable since Paul Rudd movies usually look good but disappoint (How Do You Know, Knocked Up, My Idiot Brother), and it is no less than the third straight performance I’ve liked Jennifer Aniston in (after The Switch and Horrible Bosses), which…
Movie Review: Ghost Rider 3D
This movie sucks. What Works: Nicolas Cage pisses fire in one scene. What Doesn’t Work: Well, when the highlight of your movie is Nicolas Cage pissing fire…does it sound like much goes right? What I Would Have Done Differently: I watched this movie for free and the price was still too high. When you begin…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: The Secret World of Arriety
I have to admit I’ve never seen this director’s work before (he’s known primarily for high class anime films based off popular children’s stories). So I can’t say I’m a fan necessarily or can compare this to his other films. My gut feeling is that if you like his other films, you’ll probably like this…
Mom Jokes: Redneck Hooker
A redneck was walking home late one night and noticed a woman in the shadows. “Twenty dollars,” she whispers. Bubba had never been with a hooker before, but he figures “what the heck” it’s only twenty bucks. They’re hiding in the bushes for only a minute when all of a sudden a light flashes on…
Alabama Liberal’s First Annual Underrated Awards! [And the Overrated Awards]
In the past few weeks, it seems like everybody and their brother has had an awards show. The Grammys, the Golden Globes, The Screen Actor’s Guild Awards, The Director’s Guild Awards, the Producer’s Guild Awards, the Teamster’s Best Awards, the Catering Services Awards, etc. And then of course the Oscars. Well fuck that noise. This…
Movie Review: The Oscar Winning Sports Doc “Undefeated”
Last night, Undefeated won the oscar for best documentary. Luckily, I saw it Saturday, and all so I can tell you it should NOT have won…well, maybe not so luckily then… What Works: Judging the film solely on its own merits, it’s a pretty good sports doc about a high school football team in a…
Movie Review: Act of Valor
I was excited to see this movie as it’s proudly touted that it was made with “Active duty Navy Seals” and the director is a former stuntman who should know his way around an action sequence. Well, it turns out that taking hits is a lot easier than staging them in a satisfying way. And…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Red Tails
This movie opened quite a while ago but I just got around to seeing it. Much like Big Miracle, I’m pretty sure everyone who is going to see this movie in theaters already has seen it, but here goes nothing… What Works: This movie about the Tuskegee airmen is obviously well-intentioned, well-crafted, well-acted, and has…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Big Miracle
Few people caught this movie when it opened in early February, but that’s a real shame. I hope they catch this save-the-whales flick when it comes to DVD, although I do think the great Alaska visuals play best on a big screen. What Works: Okay, so right off the bat I was thinking “Who really…
Worst…Oscars…Ever? [General thoughts about Billy Crystal, The Artist, Red Carpet, etc.]
I can’t say tonight’s show was the worst Oscar telecast but its damn sure the worst I’ve watched from start to finish. There were no good surprises (The Artist sweep), a couple bad ones (Meryl over Viola, Undefeated over Paradise Lost 3), and Billy Crystal bringing the house to a yawn with a poor performance…
Entertainment Editorial: Who WILL Win the Oscars and Who SHOULD Win
The Oscars–as anyone who’s watched television or seen a magazine cover recently knows–are exactly a week from right now. This looks to be one of the most boring shows of the last decade as two things from the past make a big comeback: Billy Crystal and silent films. It’s hard to look at the likely…