Right. Or, to put it another way, if you see the trailer and think, "Gee, that doesn't look very good. I guess I won't go see it," and maybe mention that to your friends or post one or two comments on an article, that is a normal reaction. If, otoh, you hear about the movie and go on every single article or message…

I'm going to guess that a C+ counts as a positive rating for Rotten Tomatoes but a C- counts as negative. Not sure about a C. It's hard to focus on the review and not the grade when people are actually tallying. In any case, it seems like this movie, which received a B, is better-than-average for you.

You're not seeing this movie in theaters because it hasn't opened yet. It opens on Friday.

What a weird list, a combination of arty movies nobody ever saw and Will Ferrell movies. No place on here for Little Miss Sunshine? No Melissa McCarthy films except Bridesmaids. The Heat was my favorite, but Spy got a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.

That's a great idea. I don't know if most people would pay $50, but $10-15, definitely. That would also cut down on one of the main problems I've seen on AVClub's recaps (and a problem which probably reduces comments on certain shows) and that is people who make multiple screen names with which to comment. If it was a…

Actually, if you watched the last minute of the last episode, they found the Nevada votes and Selina won. On this show, Mindy did suffer professional consequences in the early episodes (Danny stealing her delivery because she was in jail), but then, she got herself more together professionally. I actually think, from…

Try Louie if he ever gets around to writing anymore. Or watch it on NetFlix. But, if what you don't like about this show is that it doesn't have the same characters consistently from week to week,mother scratch that and watch It's Always Sunny. If you don't like those OR Kimmy OR Mindy OR New Girl OR Silicon…

Yes, you're correct. When several loud people on the Internet agree, it becomes like the Bible or, I guess, the Encyclopedia Brittanica before there was an Internet, and no one can possibly have a different opinion. Sorry, but I'm a woman (one who works and has rights and stuff like that), and I enjoyed the show and…

Fun fact: the show's composer is BJ Novak's brother.

Ah, sounds like what my husband and I call the "punchy skits" on SNL, the ones that run after Weekend Update and deal with something like a character being pecked at by a big bird — only funny if you're half asleep and not really then either. Poor Rashida Jones.

I can see both sides. People who got mad at her, got mad at her because she basically said, "FFS, I'm a size 8. Stop lumping me in with women who are size 20," which sounded condescending to the size 20s. But, meanwhile, as the mom of a size 4 daughter who worries she's fat, I don't at all appreciate Hollywood saying…

The music on this show is generally very good. I have two favorite shows that have little in common (The other is Game of Thrones) except both have very good music. The show also has good written-for-the-show music (not all sit-coms do) in addition to the popular songs used.

I didn't see The Newsroom as misogynistic. I think there is a tendency to confuse the characters (and especially such a strong main character as Will McAvoy and one who speaks so pointedly) with the author and think that the character's views are the same as the writer's. Will McAvoy definitely had a problem with…

But that's kind of a typical sit-com premise: "(Character's Name) is a successful (profession) but his/her personal life is a mess." That's why I mentioned Veep. The woman is supposedly president of the United States, but she has no successful personal or professional relationships, is hated by her own mother,…

My first thought was Tywin Lannister. I think Stannis would be a stretch because Stephen Dillane (who played that part) is much younger than Cox. In fact, Cox is about 20 years older than Mark Addy, who played Robert Baratheon (Dillane is older too, but he looks younger). Also, the actors who played Stannis and Renly…

Yeah, I was thinking that. He sounds like a jerk.

I know. Loved that! As you might guess from my user name, I am a fan of the Bronte sisters. And I hadn't thought about the gun on the mantle, but you're right. That was clever.

Actually, there was an article in Variety a few weeks ago that mentioned its viewership (It wasn't specifically about that — it was about Transparent, and all the other streaming shows that were more successful than it) and it seems pretty similar to its Fox ratings, or a little more which, considering viewers have to…

Nothing. Just more of an event thing than something I'd watch every week. YMMV.

Oh, I feel like she is pretty critical in the weekly recaps, though. I mean, no, she doesn't hate the show. I've read recaps where the reviewers hated the show (Every recap of The Newsroom was like that, presumably because it was about/criticized journalists and it was journalists writing the recaps), and it SUCKS to…