I guess Alabama Liberal had figured he’d learned too much about women and how to seduce them from me, and decided he’d rather have me review a movie. At first I was excited for the job, and would have enjoyed giving my two cents on Expendables 2 (best movie of the year) or reviewing a timeless classic…
Petty Issues: Kardashian’s Pregnant, Hillary Clinton’s Admired, and 5 Men Sue Alcohol Company for Shitty Lives
Kim Kardashian announced she was pregnant on New Year’s Day. Just the way we all want to start the year off…Maybe the Mayans were off by a few months. Hillary Clinton tops a recent Gallup of the Most Admired Women in the world. She has now won this title 17 times and broken the record…
Every 2012 Movie, From Worst to Best
Just like last year’s list, this won’t be every movie that came out in 2012, but instead a list of the movies I’ve reviewed (and some that will be reviewed in the near-future). Because, well, one of our favorite things about the end of a year is listing everything we liked (or didn’t), so why not get…
How Did I Do on Last Year’s New Year’s Resolutions
On January 8th, I posted a Sunday’s Sermon about my resolutions for 2012, calling it “New Year’s Revolution,” and getting all pumped about all the things I was going to give up in the brave new wonderful known as 2012, the year some of us thought the world might end. [I guess I figured it…
The 10 Best Novels of the Year
Are these the best books of the year? Obviously, I have no idea, as I haven’t read a large majority of the novels that were released in the last year. I’ll just say I’ve read most, not all but most of the ones that have been placed on End-of-the-Year lists (notable exceptions include The Twelve…
Book Reviews: This is How You Lose Her, Sutton, The Round House, Live by Night, and Back to Blood
Note: Nearly all of these books have been featured on “Best Books of the Year” lists, and yet, I found all of them to be lacking in some fundamental way. The subtitle of this article could almost be “When Everyone Else Loves a Book that You Merely Like” but that wouldn’t fit on the Twitter…
5 TV Shows to Swear Off in the New Year
Sadly, Christmas is now behind us, and it’s time to focus on the New Year. And what better way to do it than to think about managing your time. And what better way to think about managing your time than to start picking off good-for-nothing TV shows that might have started off good but have…
Movie Review: This is 40
A big studio film with the soul of an independent movie, and a damn good one too. What Works: I liked this movie more than I really could have anticipated. Whereas some of Judd Apatow’s previous films (like The 40 Year-Old Virgin and the overrated Knocked Up) jumped off from a high-concept premise but gradually…
Movie Review: The Girl
This is a bit of a cheat since it aired on television, but HBO’s The Girl feels enough like a real movie to warrant a review. It has at least two recognizable stars (Sienna Miller, Toby Jones), and a biographical story (about Alfred Hitchcock’s obsession with actress Tippi Hedren, his star in The Birds and Marnie) that…
It’s Christmas Damnit…Counting Down Some of the Gifts Given to Us this Year
Right off the bat question: “Will these be the type of imaginary ‘gifts’ Mitt Romney accused Obama of giving voters?” Nope, this will be real things to be grateful for. And if it bears a striking resemblance to my Thanksgiving list, well…I can’t help coincidences… 5. The Gift that AMC (the TV network) Split Breaking…
Movie Review: The Guilt Trip
It’s hard to imagine anyone falling in love with this movie, but it’s hard to imagine anyone outright hating it either. It’s really a big shoulder-shrug, the type of “take-it-or-leave-it” entertainment that few people will run out to see, but it’s a pleasant enough time around the holidays, and a pretty good movie for sons…
Movie Review: Cirque Du Soleil, Worlds Apart
This “movie” is really bits and pieces of the Cirque Du Soleil shows in Vegas, all strung together with the thinnest of plots. Basically, there’s a girl, and there’s a guy, and they are in loooooooooooove or something like that, but they are “separated” by the Cirque worlds they have to get through to be…
Movie Review: Jack Reacher
This movie may be slightly better than you think…but only slightly. What Works: At the center is a pretty generic thriller that feels more like a 90’s movie than one in 2012 (the pretty blonde female lead, the basic plot, generic villains, a slightly-damaged hero who’s not really that damaged, the plodding plot, the jokey…