Technically, it wasn't the weekend, but on Thursday, I saw Takers. While I really wanted it to be good, other than some decent action scenes, it's not. The main problem I had was the movie never establishes whose side the viewer is supposed to be on. As the main cop, most of what Matt Dillon does is either through…

Honest question: if they're not intentionally perpetrating fraud, is there anything that can really be done? My thought would be that the "fraud" is coming from society, which has been pushing the notion that you essentially need to go to college, no matter what you want to do.

1) If you liked the show in the past, I'd say it's worth it. The show's bounced back this year, and it's probably been on par with seasons 1 and 3.  Plus, I think every possible finale they've had has been a strong episode.

Go look at Oldman's IMDB, though. Since Leon, he's really just done (generally awesome) over-the-top villains in bad-to-mediocre movies or good but subtle supporting work in good-to-great movies. Not exactly the type of stuff that gets you nominated.

@avclub-df80f70f60b1c678f8c91696f4a54f5f:disqus While I don't think he technically did anything legally wrong, the moral problem is that it doesn't seem like he ever did anything to follow up, even just to find out the results of the university's investigation. He essentially washed his hands of the issue after he…

Monty Python and the Holy Grail was our history teacher's go-to for a couple years.

I like Yahoo because every time I read the comments on their articles, I enjoy how stupid/ridiculous (not to mention prejudiced) many of the posts are.

I've had a copy of State of Grace laying around for a while, and I finally got to it on Saturday night. It's an enjoyable movie, but it seemed like it was trying to subvert the tropes of an undercover cop movie or at least show the hopelessness of that life, a la The Departed, and failed to do so. Especially…

God I hope so. (Although isn't Idol on Tuesdays and Wednesdays?)  I've been pretty optimistic about all this, figuring that quality would win out.

The problem is that the show isn't just mind-numbingly bad (Read the AVC review for the season finale for a taste of the ridiculous coincidences that happened this season.), it's that it seems like it has enough elements that it could be a decent show. Unfortunately, it wastes all of that with terrible writing.

@avclub-64f027640f63616a277e92096313264f:disqus  Yeah, I should've tacked on something like "unless you want to do the same thing that a bunch of assholes like Pat Robertson do" to that last sentence.

I think that depends on how you view Tebow. If you think all his praying and public religiousness is done to make others view him as this holy person, then that quote applies. But if you believe that he's not doing it for show but rather that his actions are just part of the fact that he loves God/his faith, I think…

@avclub-87e5534d9bc0a57552c66125db770c46:disqus I wonder what the price point for that would have to be, though. I mean, standard HBO's $10-15/month, right? How much lower would HBO GO have to be for HBO to both make a reasonable profit per subscription, and yet also get enough consumers who sign up because they think…

Well, both Hall and Johansson decided to get out when things went bad.  One of them just did it on a grander scale than the other.

Yeah, blame the city, not the owner who declined a new stadium for the team (that would be shared with the Indians) in 1990, probably because they wouldn't let him rip off the Indians in the new stadium. The owner who realized how much less revenue he got with the Indians gone, so proceeded to demand renovations 5…

The problem with GTA IV wasn't that the story was too pompous, but that the super-serious attitude extended to the gameplay as well. Most of the missions were either the "follow this car and kill this guy" or "go here, get in a shootout, and get away safely" variety, and it got tedious. Seriously, the only mission I…

I don't remember exactly when she stops aging, but I think it's when she's in her early 20s (at least that's the age she looks).  One of Edward's sisters spends the book finding another half-vampire to show what Renesmee will be like.

There's at least one book (I think it's the 3rd one) where they mention the point differential as being a factor in who wins the House Cup. Gryffindor has to win by a certain number of points in their last game, so Harry can't grab the Snitch until then and has to prevent the other team they from grabbing it at the…

Well, what if you just lived there but weren't actually related, ala Riggins in S2? Most of the actual parents in Dillon are either terrible parents or have their own issues, so I think you could convince them to let you stay there. Then it'd be okay, right?

It was actually a Sesame Street movie, but does anyone else remember Follow that Bird, where Big Bird gets caged and painted blue? I remembered being scared by that as a kid, especially since he had this very depressing song. (In fact, I just looked it up, and I'm still a little creeped out.)