Hard-pressed to think of a huskier voice from an actress. We're not talking Mickey Rourke levels here, or Mercedes McCambridge from The Exorcist. But it's so husky that it's practically the first thing you notice about her.

Los Angeles, specifically the entertainment industry, is like a different world to Deen. These people come from the South where they say this (completely, obviously, unacceptable) shit all the time without repercussion, rise up the ranks of the industry, and just keep yammering like they think it's all okay. I don't…

I feel like as soon as (mid-point plot twist spoiler redacted) happens in Brave, that's where the movie could have gone to amazing, heartfelt, unexplored places, just a quiet bonding story between mother and daughter. To me, Brave's crucial flaw is that they REALLY zip past that stuff in favor of less interesting…

Up ruled, even as it started to pile on the wackiness with the talking dogs and goofy bird. It managed to have its cake and eat it too - sublime physical comedy, easy dog jokes, compelling action and a ton of heart.

Ratatouille had a similarly rough production history too, but I guess that's what you get when you ask Brad MF-ing Bird to take over.

So You Think You Can Dance = a beautiful, jaw-dropping display of form, power, technique, and the human body, surrounded by the same old reality show shit as always.

Wasn't it sort of a battle she lost, though? There's a whole sequence where Velma gets super-sexed up and even if Cardellini is smart enough to subvert some of those sex-doll tropes with her performance, the producers (and males, y'know, gazing at it) are still sort of taking advantage of her good looks.

Hanna-Barbera was probably responsible for at least 75% of the awfulness.

"Please Don't Bury Me" by John Prine.

"Eh, you look like a lazy douche. There's no possible way you could've risen up the ranks of stand-up comedy for a reason! Surely we, a bunch of stuffed shirts who can barely read the news and are now asked to display jaunty personalities to fill time on a 24-hour news cycle, can keep up with the overrated likes of…

Did the Grease Megamix ever take off similarly? I remember that being huge back then, and it's still remembered to this day.

I remember a bonus feature on the Anchorman DVD that had Ron Burgundy test for ESPN, laughing at the stupidity of a network tailored only to sports. "That'll never take off."

@avclub-534b36b22aab256cdb15c38b66ea1a74:disqus Having no skin in this game, since I've never watched an episode of Community nor think it looks like shit…

Are we not counting Angels in America? Or Insomnia?

Michael Mann couldn't write a woman to save his life. He's so masterfully in tune with over-the-top machismo and testosterone, that they always wind up being the weak points in his stories. This isn't some sexist "Skylar on Breaking Bad is a bitchy shrew" shit either - Mann's female characters just plain suck, whether…

Fantastic production can cover a multitude of sins, like an effects pedal on an electric guitar.

The best scene in Heat is every scene with men in it.

The comment underneath that Better Off Dead video that Erik linked to is amazing, made more so by the fact that it's the only comment on there.

@avclub-6d0cbc987f0ee695ca4e8d07ecde8d7a:disqus The date rape scene in O&R is extremely problematic, and people who are upset by it have every right to be. While people DO technically have the right to be offended by the rape jokes in This Is The End, I also quietly reserve the right to think they're reading the scene…

Actually, if you see "This is the End," you'll witness a pretty well-handled rape joke. Matter of fact, it's kind of a sequence of rape jokes.