No one would have pegged him as a film noir star during his child/teen actor days, but he did good dramatic work as the lead in both "Quicksand" (1950) and "Drive a Crooked Road" (1954).

Lizabeth Scott (91), Lauren Bacall (89), Peggy Cummins (88) and the
practically immortal Kirk Douglas (97) are still around, but none of
them hit it big until the 40s.

Well, he does have plenty of not-appearing-in-SNL-sketches time to fill, so at least it looks like he's making the most of it.

It sounds like they've learned their lesson from the Denver debacle. Maybe scheduling outdoor movies in the middle of Winter isn't such a great idea after all.

Before I scrolled down, I thought this was a great "Birdemic" reference.

Yes, but did you also zoom your glasses in and out in front of your eyes like a cartoon character?

I got a "Reaper" notification for this?

Dana Andrews? The old Republic studios? I didn't realize just how long he's been around.

This is available in WB's "Controversial Classics" seven-film collection, which also features several other great titles such as the early Fritz Lang film "Fury" and Andy Griffith as a manipulative politico in "A Face in the Crowd." It's currently sitting at an all-time low price of $23.99 on Amazon. Definitely worth…

He said he delivered the first piece of honest media in years—meaning that every single other piece of media that has been produced for the past several years has been comprised of nothing but lies. No one but Kanye has been honest. That's not outrageous?

You're giving Kanye way too much credit by even considering that he might be a modern-day Andy Kaufman.

The white guy in the skit was also played by a kid. Perhaps you missed that.

I guarantee this comment was written by a grad student in lit studies.

You have to get used to that sort of thing if you're going to read A.A. Dowd. When bashing one film, he likes to drag another film, related or not, into his pervasive cloud of negativity.

You should have doubled down and also asked about that weird hole in his hand.

When I saw the previews for this show, I think it rang so hollow because, from premise to execution, every single aspect seems like nothing other than a complete rehash of what's come before. It's not even putting a unique spin on a time-tested formula. And it's a shame, because the show managed to snag two great…

July 9, 2013 - the date that the A.V. Club inventory officially ran out of things to catalog.

A.A. Dowd: the Phil Dyess-Nugent of movie reviews.

I agree about Kristin Stewart, but Reynolds was great in "Buried."

I wonder how the AV Club staff settled the arguing over who got to choose Coach and Mrs. Coach, as I'm sure that was the clear frontrunner. (Well, for everyone except Phil Dyess-Nugent, whose writing continues to raise the question, "why haven't you been fired yet?")