"Now, having no theme isn’t a crime. But it doesn’t provide much fodder for fruitful analysis either."

When it comes to cell phone use in the theater, you have three options:

The answer to "Why now?" is that critics spent the month leading up to its premiere giving the show an extended, public blowjob. With that much critical buildup hailing the show as a game-changing achievement for the ages, the fact that the show has a problem that's all too common in television must have been an…

Girls has only aired two episodes, and these articles just keep on coming. It raises an interesting question: If this pace is maintained, how far up its own ass will the TV critic community be by the time the finale airs?

I feel superior to anyone that doesn't get the reference.

I'm hoping Stiller does. I think it would be kind of awesome if every Sean Penn movie from now until the end of his career has him being cut out in favor of dinosaurs.

Yeah, Ebert's usually pretty good, but there was some weird psychological shit going on with him concerning that movie. I love the way Lynch keeps putting that same Siskel & Ebert segment on every DVD edition just to taunt him.

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If the reactions here are any indication, this July Universal would be well advised to buy some banner ads on this site for the film with the same "VAG" cropping.

Yeah, I've always viewed Bunk vs. Omar arc, particularly in season three, as a bit of course correction on the show's part. They thought the audience was liking him a bit too much, some even viewing him as the show's hero, so they had another one of their popular characters lambast him for being a detriment to society.

I think it was really arrogant the way Marshall McLuhan put down that man in the movie line who was merely trying to discuss his work. What an asshole.

I love the way he declines to name Sam Simon when bashing him, and then mentions that he made a bunch of money on The Simpsons.

Nixon is his best film. In general, I like pretty much all his movies up to and including Any Given Sunday.

This seems relevant:

So either Baldwin is supposed to be one of those imaginary mentors like Bogart in "Play It Again, Sam" or his character has some serious boundary issues.

A few weeks back, Letterman randomly in the middle of the show spent two minutes doing a terrible impression of Barbara Stanwyck on "The Big Valley." Weirdness without explanation. He's still good for that on occasion.

It's time for "Can you sell a me a hot dog?"

And The Norm Show (don't judge me).

When Jay Pharoah went on Letterman sometime last year, Dave asked him to do his Obama impression, and Jay hesitated for a couple seconds with this "Oh shit I might get in trouble" look on his face before doing it.

And if it weren't for O.J., Tim Meadows never would've had anything to do either.