Great review Nathan, and I totally agree. That's why we did Beetlejuice A Drinking Game! as our October show for my series here in MN.  I have never had more fun than I did playing Beetlejuice. His commercial "Hell, I'll possess myself if I gotta, YO! I got demons running all thru me, all thru me!" and first meeting…

The picture is very funny, and Giamatti is one of my favorite actors and it would be great to see him and Jamie Foxx together, but I just don't get the choice of villains here. 
 The best villain for a Spider-Man movie sequel is obviously the Scorpion.  Mac Gargan, a private eye hired by JJJ to investigate and find out…

I'm very sad to GL go.  I enjoyed every episode I saw, and wish they had repeated them more frequently, as Sat morning is sometimes the one time I can sleep late.  They had just cast Ron Perlman as Sinestro and he's fantastic as usual. I hope they give the show a chance to go out with a good series finale, maybe a…

I really enjoyed this book, so like everyone else, I really hope they don't screw it up.  Alfonso Cuaron would be a great choice.  I hope they'll let Gaiman take a crack at the screenplay.  Has anyone seen if Gaiman has commented on this on his Twitter feed?

Nice Detail-About time someone compared Lanas hands to She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters.  Archer showed he is a pretty decent comic book/superhero fan with his Shazam, Isis, and She-Hulk references.

I loved this movie and I am not usually a fan of Wes Anderson at all. I just don't get what is so great about his work.
 But, my dad really loved this movie, he told me about it, and I waited a few months til it was available on Redbox for a buck and watched it during my Holiday Season vacation…I did not expect it to…

When I saw this when I was 15 I thought it was brilliant. Now that I'm 36, I may have to re-watch it.  I used to quote it all the time, and found it kind of inspirational, but even then I thought it was weird that that jerk/kind of bully kid who is "Harry"'s biggest fan all of a sudden wants an education so badly. …

Nathan this was a fantastic read!  Wow.  Apparently Richard Marx has some chip on his shoulder. Wow. I do think that McClelland could have used a better word than "shameless". It never ceases to amaze me that, when someone criticizes someone famous, and that famous person responds, the other person seems really…

Do or do not hire a director Disney Empire. There is no try. 

Another great Random Roles, which is now my favorite feature here on AV Club.

Another great Random Roles, which is now my favorite feature here on AV Club.

I'm surprised by how many of the AV Club staff have seen so few of the best picture nominees in general.  This IS a pop-culture website/review site…right?  That being said, I know life and work keep people very busy. 
The one that stands out on the list above for me is Tobias choice for Best Cinematography for Roger…

I'm sorry Goodbye Mailbox, but to say the BNW isn't as influential as some of the companies and performances (in the case of the Godspell of Toronto) and is not special may not be a huge slam, but it comes pretty close.
 Have any two shows been more influential than SNL which Al Franken helped create, produce and…

You took a risk, and it didn't pay off, because you come off like what you said you were trying to be. The BNW is great because it is so open to everyone and gives opportunities to people to experiment and learn improv.  Plus, people don't give it the respect its due, simply because its in MN.  The influence of that…

Thanks. You're both very welcome.  Its in flyover country and not Chicago, so naturally to NYC and L.A., it might as well be a dairy farm in the middle of nowhere. 
   But Minneapolis (where I moved to from L.A. to be closer to my kid) is a hotbed of performance art culture—The Guthrie Theater, Brave New Workshop, HUGE…

This a great informative article.  I would only add the following:

I loved Charles Durning. I never met him, in the 8 years I lived in L.A., but I loved him, I never met him at all. But he was THE great character actor of the last 30 years. Period. The best. He was an inspiration.

I loved Charles Durning. I never met him, in the 8 years I lived in L.A., but I loved him, I never met him at all. But he was THE great character actor of the last 30 years. Period. The best. He was an inspiration.

I'm an actor, and writer and producer, and I am pretty tired of seeing my industry blamed for the violence of our society. The movies and video games Wayne LaPierre mentioned in his despicable press conference on Friday were made and shown 10-20 years ago. How the hell can any reasonable person think they had anything…

I'm an actor, and writer and producer, and I am pretty tired of seeing my industry blamed for the violence of our society. The movies and video games Wayne LaPierre mentioned in his despicable press conference on Friday were made and shown 10-20 years ago. How the hell can any reasonable person think they had anything…