Seriously. I mean, they managed to ink a five-picture deal to cast Black Panther before Doctor Strange, even, in addition to threading Wakanda (apparently) through Age of Ultron and Civil War. It's not as if this is a Hail Mary response to DC's announcements or anything. On top of that, the delay on Captain Marvel…

Jimmy Carter hasn't been president in 33 years, but people keep referring to him as one, too.

@avclub-22eae9960e1078e00ddc334e27fee74b:disqus @avclub-ee7c47abb80c7197652ee2a2a273ca39:disqus  The flashforward with the breakfast took place in New Mexico, or at least the Southwest. His driver's license is from New Hampshire, and he and the waitress have a conversation about how far away that is.

Lee backflips off of nothing and kicks von Sydow off instead.

@avclub-75c0ce4ad8c4d435237c84af7d40b443:disqus  16 hours ago, Heisenberg said he corrected it.

@avclub-146bc30c345d31f3468fec764a1970e1:disqus  Slavery is, actually, a crime in Westerosi society. It's why Ser Jorah was banished to begin with, remember? There's absolutely a common disapproval for the practice in the west.

My girlfriend's dad is a screenwriter, and he recently made a movie with Billy Zane, during the shooting of which Billy Zane convinced him to become a pescatarian.

But the awards were intentionally meta! We can't ignore an actually meta piece of entertainment just because the descriptor has been overused. Would you really prefer something like "self-aware" or (ugh) "post-modern"? Meta's pretty apropos, I think.

I was personally impressed that J. Mascis was not only up for so many awards, but won them!

Any country that has a name with three or fewer syllables is easy to chant. Any country that has a name with more can use a simple acronym. Any country that can't use an acronym doesn't count and shouldn't be allowed on the world stage until they get their act together.

I believe the implication is that since Kathryn Bigelow's first win was against James Cameron for Avatar, if she has another movie out by Avatar 2, it will be a parallel triumph.

Question after reading all of the comments so far: When did we decide that Argo sucks? There's sort of a consensus that it's undeserving and boring or whatever, but I loved it, and I thought that the consensus was that it was "enjoyable and technically proficient; if not a transcendent choice for Best Picture, at…

I think there's a slightly better chance of that happening than you'd think. At least one Oscar voter (the anonymous director that the Hollywood Reporter interviewed that's probably William Friedkin) voted for Skyfall. Unfortunately, the ballots don't have the nominees for Cinematography on them, apparently, just the…

He's the best!

The two people described in the article did the thing described in the article.

@avclub-83475238709616235c8d155c95629c02:disqus  I honestly don't have an intellectual argument for it, I just think it's fun. It seems like it's in the same lineage as "The Humpty Dance" or any other goofy hip-hop single, and I grew up on shit like that, so it appeals to me. There's no accounting for taste, I guess.

Would you really not want to watch Martin Mull shop at Amoeba?

Because he's moved onto COMPLETE WORLD EVERYTHING, which of course includes indie music and horror DVDs.

Why take pride in not knowing about something? That seems silly.

The Golden Globes!