I generally agree (esp. about Kim Dickens, who's so goddamn good in everything she's in)—I thought it was half of a pretty solid movie and half of one of those shitty thrillers Ashley Judd & Morgan Freeman used to star in together. I knew nothing about the book going in, other than that it was a hit at book clubs and…

My friend and I have had a lot of fun over the past few years mocking that Atlas Shrugged trilogy for being so faithful to Rand's drivel that railroads and the steel industry are the drivers of the American economy in the future.

So glad to see Nerd Poker show up toward the end, even if it hasn't been the same since Mr. Sark left and Jerry & Sarah are hardly on anymore. Episode 59—The Tunnel to Glinishmore—is the high point for me. Their glorious digression about Billy Joel, complete with the revelations that Brian would rather have to go…

So Boomer lives?

If the trailer doesn't include "Gimme Shelter," it's not by Scorsese. This looks more like David O. Russell's Wet Hot American Summer to me, particularly since it stars Bradley Cooper.

I suppose, Stelio. I'm not as big of a fan of velour as you are . . .

Joseph Sargent had a pretty fascinating career. Guy works in tv his whole career, gets the chance to direct some A-list talent and somehow turns out a damn near perfect film with "The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three," goes back to working in tv for years, and then finally makes "Jaws: the Revenge," which I…

Man, my Terriers wound had finally healed and you just ripped the scab right off again. As much as I love Archer, Justified, It's Always Sunny, and a lot of other things that network's done, I'll never forgive F/X for fucking up Terriers the way they did.

Are they making new NTSF: SD: SUV episodes yet?

Oh, sweet jesus. I just freaked out like Liz Lemon's "It's a Mamma Mia! It's a Mamma Mia!" scene when I saw Space Harrier on here. Add in Charlie Chuck's Food Fight, Crystal Castles, Lode Runner and Elevator Action, and this is a serious "been nice knowing you, world" moment.

Well, Tatum is from Alabama, so even if he can't do a Cajun accent, there's a chance that he can at least pull off a convincing southern one. Then again, he might be the American equivalent of Orlando Bloom, who's the only English actor I've ever seen to have an unconvincing English accent.

Because nothing screams "super charismatic Cajun" quite like Hollywood' current black hole of charisma (although I will admit to laughing my ass off at his "fuck you, Miles Davis!" freak out during 21 Jump Street). News like this makes me so glad I grew up an Avengers kid and not an X-Men kid.

As is typical of life in the post-YouTube age, I discovered Snuff Box in the sort of wonderfully roundabout way I assume everybody outside of the UK did. With me, I think it was because I'd seen Barry on Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, from there found The IT Crowd, eventually made my way to The Mighty Boosh, and ended…

"Scully and Hitchcock, I'm just gonna call you your real names so you don't get confused."
"Smart."
"What?"

I can't imagine going through that hell while pregnant (then again, as a man, I can't imagine doing anything while pregnant). I can, however, sympathize with needing to run to the bathroom during oral exams. I drank one of those two-quart bottles of Fiji water during my orals, probably as an outlet for nerves, and I…

Back in 2008 or whenever it came out, I went to see Wall-E in the midst of taking my doctoral candidacy exams (the first exam was on a Monday, the second on a Thursday, and I went to see it on Tuesday). Candidacy exams are an incredibly agonizing and mentally wracking experience—months and months of reading & work…

Way back in '91 or '92, I had an argument with a girl about Maid Marian falling in love with Robin Hood because she saw his bare ass. I said it was stupid, she said it was cute. Well, 23 years later, the AV Club proves I was right. So take that, Julie!!!

Fuck me, I love American Splendor. It still trips me out that 1) that's Judah Friedlander, and 2) despite how incredibly broad his performance is, it's pretty much exactly how the real Toby acted.

I finally got out to see GOTG today and my only complaint (other than the 5 year old kid who shouted every time something cool happened, which meant he was shouting a lot) was the inclusion of the overexposed "Pina Colada Song." The vastly more awesome "Thunder Island" by Jay Ferguson would've been much better in…

I suddenly have the vision of the Rock stabbing Ray Stevenson with a sword to the tune of something by Guy or Babyface.