If I remember, he was questioning why protest groups existed, in a Republican sort of way, as if they had nothing to protest about.

I was going to put The Girls as most overrated in my comment. Reviewing Emma Donoghue' s fantastic new book in the NYT, Stephen King said The Girls had too much "look at me prose". I thought it went metaphor nuts. Good viewpoint of a teenage girl discovering her sexuality, but could have been written in less…

Stoner is an underrated American classic.

I adored The Goldfinch as did many.

The Circle movie should be interesting. Days of Rage was informative as to the events, but his political commentary may have been wrong.

Only films and TV about other media get reviewed. It does seem like their assumption is that AV Club readers don't read books as their own media.

Maybe there was more at the beginning of the year, or whenever I saw more of them. The celebrity memoirs Rabin can do; we don't need two columns on the same thing. Maybe the book critics just like to read a lot of celebrity memoirs.

They seem to be trying, though. This year's reviews had more literary fiction than usual.

In this politically crazy year, the best novels I read this year were about how countries can be very absurd. It is hard to believe that such a genocidal, brutal, inhumane thing as slavery existed, sanctioned by the government, contributing mightily to the economic growth and capitalism of the United States. Colson…

As a mood-pick-me-up, my favorite story of the day: at the end of CBS Evening News, they profile a charming, exuberant, and ambitious 11 year old who will have the opera she wrote, about Cinderella, premier in Vienna. Thank the universe for little girls.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news…

I was worried about Cindy after the first round, but thrillingly didn't have to be. So long game show Amy Brenneman and the unwitting accomplice to a bank robbery probably.

She wasn't bad in Pop Culture, so not recognizing a famous Stars Wars quote was perplexing.

When she said the right answer, I said, "Cindy, you're breaking my heart." In a good, happy way.

If you're still accepting opinions…It is objectively very well made, a superbly shot, directed, acted, written historical drama about this Puritan family in the very unknown and frightening New World. But also an emotionally rich portrait of a family of religious zealots and how the intersection of their faith with…

I have to see Werner Herzog vs. the internet and definitely Werner Herzog vs. the volcano. I agree wholeheartedly with your first, second, third, fifth, and seventh picks. Now interested in seeing the movie your fourth place is in.

I did not like 6 and thought 12 fine but overrated. I could be wrong on Embrace The Serpent and need to watch it again, but I don't think I am on Hell or High Water, for the reasons I stated in my comment—the script, going for elemental, is very slight; the characters are cliched types instead of real people with real…

I just noticed—because I didn't read it before—that Paterson's entry fails to mention its purported source, William Carlos Williams' book of poetry of the same name (which I just started on, the movie being a good excuse to finally read it). I don't know why you guys omitted it, unless the poems have nothing to do…

That's why I said I was late! Pay attention!

Come on, we just need 37 changed hearts and minds. It's too late for a mass hypnosis operation, isn't it?

Or a certain prescient show's Waldo.