I usually dislike when things like this are woven into some pseudo narrative of the world, but fucking hell if this isn't some kind of dark, soul-hollowing sign that the best, most awesome people go away while the bigots keep rampantly multiplying. Fuck. You were always great, David.

Went to see Pulp Fiction at a cinema screening, which was of course pretty cool. The last chunk of the movie, after Butch and Fabienne goes away on Zed's motor cycle, felt a bit excessive in an environment where you couldn't divert your attention the same way you could in front of a TV screen, but I guess calling…

What fucking "blockbuster backlash"? Did I miss something?

Maise Williams is in a psychosexual drama? Isn't she 12?

Grraargghhh, don't you dare belittle my strong, well thought out opinions on trivial pop culture matters with puns!

Personal Jesus is my favorite song of all time. Which you now know.

They sure do! Long ones!

Marvel traded them for Batman, whom DC thought had his best years behind him and was a huge albatross on their wage cap.

Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens: A fun, effective space adventure elevated by strong new characters and performances, but also somewhat held back by a slavish devotion to mirroring/aping previous films in the series and a script that doesn't rise above convention. Grade: B

I'm kind of torn on Rey. On one hand, she's an extremely refreshing flip on several tired gender stereotypes, acted very well by Ridley, and constantly involved in exciting stuff on screen. On the other, she's almost insufferably competent in everything she does, and while the term "Mary Sue" has a lot of problematic…

Not that any of them are any good, but I think you'd be better off skipping Attack of the Clones. It takes the stuff that didn't work in Phantom Menace and runs it into the ground, while also cramming in a bunch of new sucky elements.

That's unpossible!

I agree with the B-grade. The movie succeeds as a fun space adventure with well crafted characters and great special as well as practical effects, and that's really all I was asking for. The new characters are almost uniformly great (although I could definitely stand to see a bit less droid centered comic relief) and…

Where the bloody hell is EX MACHINA?! I was certainly prepared for it not to be at the top spot, but not even on the damn list?

I kind of hate that it has even been allowed to become a tug-of-war, as any other pronunciation than "Raahs" is just varying degrees of stupid.

It also gives the article some edge, as well as making a point of not treating entertainment aimed at a female audience as inherently worse than other forms.

I certainly wouldn't call it shitty, but it does disguise itself as a much smarter, more subtle show than it actually is. Sometimes that works to it's advantage, the pulp and outrageousness giving the more grounded sensibilities of the show a dramatic lift, and sometimes they clash horribly and the show just looks…

Hi guys! This time of the year it's real easy to get Feliz Navidad stuck in your head, so whatever you do don't think of Feliz Navidad. Don't. Think. Of. Feliz. Navidad.

Fox really can't stop patting themselves on the back *insert more graphic metaphor here if preferred* over their jackpot in signing Jennifer Lawrence to be in a bunch of these movies before her career truly took off. I'm definitely not sold on this trailer (people talking in rooms, character overload, bad costumes),…

The Thrilla In Manila documentary is so great that there really shouldn't be any need for a fictionalized take on the event, Ang Lee or no Ang Lee.