Erm, to be fair, mine was not the most trenchant of observations— but I was primarily commenting on the appearance of the filmmakers (Echols is the most respectable looking of the three).

Glad they're free, but…
…that's not really a flattering photo, eh?

Winter's Tale
Not the Shakespeare play (though that wouldn't be a bad choice, either)— the Mark Helprin novel. Helprin creates a fantastic world grounded in every corner of an ever-burgeoning 20th century New York City, and adds a layer of magic and mythos to create a world simultaneously more appealing and dangerous…

Yeah, that's one of those words that always makes me do a mental double-take. It seems like it should mean the opposite of what it actually means.

Excellent point, Shane D. Even in its best years (and the US Office's best years were fantastic), the novel sense of rawness— the mirror held up to reality— that the UK show brought was lost. Instead, the US Office treated audiences to a hilarious, often touching (but much more rote) comedy. The mockumentary format…

The U.S. pilot…
…turned me off to that series for a few years. It aped the UK version so ineffectively I couldn't handle it.

Yeah, he probably died of the canceraids long ago.

I'm on board for this…
…so long as it ends with Gooding Jr. blowing up the Berghof by flying up its exhaust pipe, opening fire, and getting out *just* in the nick of time.

I was in Sleuth!
It's quite good. See the version with me in it, not that ponce Jude Law.

Whatever. I'm holding out until they make a "Grape Escape" flic.

I loved this…
…when it first came out, for the reasons Mr. Rabin states so eloquently above.

That actually makes you normal. Good movie, though.

It means…
…that AV Club staffers will soon fall victim to a Victorian-era tragedy?

The rare triple crown, Carl f'ing Yastrzemski.

Did I mention how devastatingly devastated I was?

Old Yeller
I mean, that's the answer. Unless a yellow lab previously mauled you (unlikely) and you derive some kind of sick pleasure from watching the end of that movie.

I loved his show as much as one (responsibly) should have, and "True Stories with Charlie Murphy" had me dying with laughter. His material, and the philosophy behind it, truly struck a chord with people. By exploding racial stereotypes ad absurdum he not only revealed those stereotypes for the hogwash they were— he…

Isn't his cultural cachet pretty much spent at this point?

Coldplay is similarly terrible.

Other picks for counter-intuitive new Community regulars?
I nominate the following: