In to defend the Lips, and back you up. Say what you will, at least all the Lips' most gimmicky stuff has been weird-ass limited edition EPs and toys, or relatively anonymous writing/session work (like on the Miley Cyrus album). Their albums proper have consistently been fantastic, with "Embryonic" being a masterpiece…

Tusk and Red State have been two of his most visually sophisticated movies thus far, and Zach and Miri had a very solid, Apatow-esque kind of look to it that was noticeably better than a lot of his other stuff. It just kinda sucks that this newfound proficiency in that side of the craft is happening at the same time…

To be even more fair to Smith, presumably, as a director, he might know his limitations and hire a DoP who knows their shit and the technical side of things, who can achieve the thing he wants from them by ya know, describing it to them (directing if you will). Which is not to say he did it well on that movie (because…

Also, "Do Ya Thing" by Gorillaz (especially the extended mix) is probably one of the greatest vocal performances Andre's ever turned in just in terms of dexterity and scope.

That's Imogen GAY Poots, to you.

I mean, I'd say it's a loving deconstruction. Certainly Nancy's character arc deconstructs story beats from 80s movies (more romcoms and teen flicks than scifi, but still), and in terms of "Images," for instance, with the bike chase/van scene, they entirely subvert *the* iconic Amblin image (one it's indebted to, and…

I mean, I think it says a lot about the villain that it doesn't phase him that the scientist dies after more or less affectionately talking him into going into the area he know is damn well dangerous.

Also:
“If that was his death, that would be very unsatisfying to me,” Duff told reporters.

To be fair to Martin, he hasn't been very active in comedy or film, but he has been creatively active in his music, and it's really good. I mean, he's won a few Grammys from his bluegrass albums, worked with some of the top players in the biz, and was recently nominated for Tonys for his musical he wrote/composed. Not…

I through a weird set of circumstances, I was wearing a bright yellow New Day tee, a black and red checkered shirt, and bright red pants last night. I walked around looking like a goddamn De La Soul branded-Happy Meal all night. That said, New Day Rocks etc…

I was there and had a pretty good time, though it was really fuckin strange how the heels dominated the night. Can I ask if the crowd's incessant chants about the Universal Belt being shitty were able to be heard while watching at home? Because it kinda ruined the Rollins/Balor match for me even though it was pretty…

Not to defend Sandler, but if I recall, it was that he *did* cast Native American actors, but then had them say such dumb and offensive things a lot of them literally quit and complained publicly.

Yeah, also, while their political outrage wasn't particularly deep (listening now, its one of the least rewarding aspects of their work from the era to revisit), it was wide reaching. I've gotta tell ya (and I'm not even a little embarrassed) Green Day's "American Idiot" was 100% part of my burgeoning political…

We need to start labelling our drugs better…

Also, I loved the ways in which they nodded to her actually knowing a thing or two about the field, just further underlining the tragedy. Like how they *must* have gotten on the topic of the pyramid's structure because of something she said, or how when they crashed into the toy house she chewed them out for not using…

Eh, Perry's movies work because they have a bunch of highly verbal characters with assorted neurosis bouncing off one another — not so different than the Pooh clan. Plus, I can just hear Eeyore delivering his deadpan dialogue, as can I hear his self-important Owl being a bag of hot gas like the Roth stand-in in Listen…

I think when it comes to "Community" it's because they proved they were able to stitch together a couple of great 2-3 episode arcs that essentially already felt like a three-act movie that it didn't seem like much of a stretch (especially if, as early rumors had it, a seasoned feature film pro like Lin was onboard to…

Yes! I literally watched it for the first time this week, and could not believe it doesn't already have a huge cult following around it. It's pretty spectacularly and knowingly trashy, and campy as all hell. Plus, goddamn, some of the best use of color I've seen in a superhero movie. Looked like it was ripped out the…

Oh man, I kinda know one of the guys in this band! And played at another one their houses! They're really great, and quite nice — super cool to see them getting some love here on the AVC.

Look, getting picked up for regular work by *anyone*, not just Salon, would be a high point in life for someone trying to make a living as a writer. Wouldn't call it "embarrassing" for someone to make forward moves in the career of their choice. Don't blame the writers for the type of content they're being…