The fact that Chewy isn't returning as a CGI character is something I take to be a good sign.

They'll add a role for Jonah Hill even after principal photography has concluded, no doubt.

Yeah, no. Either make a sequel to The Goonies starring the original cast or … *shudder* … remake it. But none of this stupid "Mutt Williams" sons-of-Goonies crap.

Favorite Simpsons quote thread.

“R2-D2 as R2-D2,”

Laurents wrote the book of the musical, but Ernest Lehman wrote the screenplay for the film.

But not the year John Barry died.

Speaking of popular songs from really popular animated movies, "Despicable Me 2" came out in the summer, so why is "Happy" only becoming a big hit now?

"The last soundtrack to mark five weeks atop the charts was Titanic, which spent 16 straight weeks at No. 1 in 1998."

I had a Sega Master System when pretty much everyone else had the NES (I still prefer Alex Kidd to Super Mario Bros.).

He should have sent his apology via text to Maestro Fresh-Wes.

AV Club readers are suckers for early-90s Babyface. And Boomerang.

This is just the appetizer before next year's Roar v. Brave.

If they had switched "The Girl is Mine" for "Say, Say, Say" on Thriller, it might have been a successful album.

Remember when Wes Anderson used to co-write movies with Owen Wilson?

Why not Hall & Oates? The criteria for the Rock Hall is subjective, but if it were even slightly objective, H&O would have been inducted a decade ago. In terms of singles and albums, they were one of the most successful artists of that era.

Welcome to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, Chad Channing?

Have they explained how 70s-era Ron Burgandy can be doing commercials for a 2014 car, or is this non-canon?

Better question:  How did Ben Stiller wind up in that thing?

"E.T." is probably the best live action family movie since The Wizard of Oz.  If you haven't seen it in a while, you'd be stunned by how economical it is.  No subplots, no unnecessary scenes, no loose ends.   And all in under two hours.