I think 2012 is the time for the AV Club to institute a year-end "Most Inessential Movies" list to go alongside its run of inessential albums.

I think 2012 is the time for the AV Club to institute a year-end "Most Inessential Movies" list to go alongside its run of inessential albums.

I was going to use a condom, but then I thought to myself, "when's the next time I'll be in Haiti?"

I was going to use a condom, but then I thought to myself, "when's the next time I'll be in Haiti?"

Speaking of established actors trying something new, Sylvester Stallone killed it when he was hosting in support of Cop Land. The sketch where he tried to marry off his daughters by way of an informercial was particularly strong and way out of character for the Rocky Rambo Roidhead.

Speaking of established actors trying something new, Sylvester Stallone killed it when he was hosting in support of Cop Land. The sketch where he tried to marry off his daughters by way of an informercial was particularly strong and way out of character for the Rocky Rambo Roidhead.

If memory serves, that was a dreadful transition season, but the night Jim Carrey hosted he nailed every sketch. Historically, the last sketch of the night is awful. When Carrey hosted, it was Jimmy Tango's FatBusters, which was one of my favorite SNL sketches of the decade.

If memory serves, that was a dreadful transition season, but the night Jim Carrey hosted he nailed every sketch. Historically, the last sketch of the night is awful. When Carrey hosted, it was Jimmy Tango's FatBusters, which was one of my favorite SNL sketches of the decade.

They don't have Twitter in Japan.

"In retrospect, driving the Deathmobile over the audience was ill-conceived"

Is Jennifer Love Hewitt a character, because I've been rooting against her since Kids Incorporated.

It quacks like a pedophile.

"Demolition Man" is unforgettable in large part because it was turned into a decent pinball machine. Because the machine is still in use in arcades everywhere, the movie is itself frozen in time, adding a third layer to your metaphor.

Even down to the tacked-on sent-into-outerspace exit

I liked the first two Shadow books well enough. The third took the Shadow series careening over a cliff, though, with a frozen embryo MacGuffin storyline that only a 12-year-old purity-ring-wearing middle school nerd could love.

50 First Dates had the decency to not take itself seriously.

This makes 50 First Dates sound like Annie Hall.

The lyrics are kind of corny, but I love me some "I Love New York" as well

You should spend some more time with Confessions on a Dance Floor, given your Madonna taste.

Possible plot where Sanchez uses Finn to get introduced to high school love interests.