ANNOUNCING: the Start of the 2015 CZ Year-End Lists Submission Period!!!

My message to all of you who watched the new Star Wars tonight.

That guy who both jacked-up the price of an AIDS drug after purchasing it and bought the special single-copy Wu Tang album was arrested today and charged with security fraud. So, good things can still happen.

In terms of top-ten placements, it might have also benefited from the "shows a lot of critics watched" factor that VanDerWerff talked about on Twitter.

I've seen 55% of the movies on the list. Not bad.

In his Charlie Kaufman/Duke Johnson interview, Dowd credited Johnson for directing "Intro to Felt Surrogacy" and not "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas." That ain't right..and not just because "Intro to Felt Surrogacy" was directed by Tristram Shapeero.

Yeah, I wanted to give a reasonable amount of time for people to catch-up. For example, certain movies (Anomalisa, The Revenant, Son of Saul, The Hateful Eight) won't even be available for most of us to see until January.

I'll post the rules at the end of the month. It should be largely the same ones from last year. Also, you will have until mid-February to submit them.

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I'm surprised that Broad City fell so much compared to last year's rankings. I thought the consensus was that the show got better this year, no?

This evening, The Good Dinosaur became the second movie I ever saw in which I was the only one seated in the theater (the first was Pacific Rim two years ago). I imagine that a combination of school night plus ugly weather had something to do with it. I felt like a sad millionaire renting my own private screening.

I watched it, too! I even placed it on my top ten last year. Great to hear that the show ended well.

We're in the calm before the storm right now. In just three days, the critic embargoes will be lifted and we will finally get our first The Force Awakens reviews. Nothing else will dominate pop culture websites but analysis and debates of the movie, as well as speculation of future episodes. May God have mercy on us…

Chi-Raq is a mess of a film, with the raucous satire stuff never really blending well with the "urgent call for action" moments. It also felt as if Spike Lee had a million thoughts on his mind about Chicago and 2015 America, and he tried to say them all in two hours. But, whatever, it was funny, it had powerful…

Jimmy McMillan of the "Rent Is Too Damn High" Party is retiring from politics. 'Tis a sad day for America.
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Here are the fantasy football championship playoff matchups. Get hyped!

I can do it. I was only waiting until after-Christmas to post the announcment because, let's face it, most won't send theirs in until the February due date.

Says the guy who got seven improbable points out of Aaron Rodgers's Hail Mary.

I liked hearing everyone's regional accents in action. Also, Dave's voice sounds exactly like mine, except slightly more Spicoli-esque.

Points scored, which should help you.