I find it bizarre that they decided to include actual magic in this series.

Sure, but his non-threatening-ness would rub off on the rest of them.  Nobody would think Tywin Lannister was threatening if he shared every scene he was in with Bozo the Clown.

Looking back, I don't really understand how Public Enemy were ever thought of as threatening, so long as they had Flavor Flav walking around dressed like an Adam West-era Batman villain.

This combines two of the Academy's favourite subjects:  the Second World War and George Clooney.

And looking remarkably like Joel Grey.

The book series this is based on is a minor favourite of mine.  It's nicely-done YA literature that makes for a good quick read.  The first movie, which I watched purely out of curiosity, completely fails the capture the strengths of the books.  Like, one of the things I really enjoyed was how Rick Riordan understood…

It's funny to imagine Julianna Margulies doing her guest role in the ER pilot, "dying", and then some time later getting a phone call from the producers asking her to be a series regular (and, really, female lead) instead.  "Wait, didn't I die?"  "Nope!"

24 is a good example of diminishing returns in that regard.  They eventually killed off pretty much everyone I liked, and in those circumstances it's hard to give a damn about the new characters.

I don't think Harry was actually responsible for raising the kid; the grandparents did that.

@avclub-d4c5630db0ec3444ec43c0982a9e83d3:disqus , not that there isn't distrust between the centaurs and wizards, but centaurs were classified as "beasts" by their own choice, because they (and the merpeople) objected to sharing "being" status with goblins.

"See you in hell, candy boys!" is one of my favourite lines from this show that has little to no applicability to ordinary life.

After the park was abandoned as the show's central narrative conceit, it was harder and harder to fit Ann into the show.  Her friendship with Leslie was lovely, but that alone never quite sufficed, and since the Ben relationship started he's been Leslie's main screen partner.  So I'm not entirely surprised by Jones…

The part where the main character is dared to kiss "the most beautiful girl in the room" and chooses to kiss his crush rather than his current girlfriend was easily the most excruciatingly painful scene put to cinema last year.  The entire audience in my theater knew what was going to happen as soon as that line was…

Presumably this means showing how sex only takes place while wearing
flannel pajamas—the kind that have tiny little flaps where the
God-sanctioned babymaking happens—so this announcement should be very
exciting for fans of Torv, Leigh, and families

Other suggested dramatic readings for teasers?

I saw this trailer with The Wolverine, and had no idea what it was until the title card at the end.

@avclub-d8ce2adc9b1af56525908959b6dd1f7f:disqus, Nirvana's debut is usually held up as the beginning of the 90s, musically, so I don't see how Cobain's death could then mark the end of the 80s.

There's some variation there.  You could argue that, culturally, "The 50s" is really everything from the demobilization of the armed forces in 1946 until shortly after the death of JFK.

The earlier shows have many of the same motifs and stylistic touches, but they're far, far superior as television, and nowhere near as flawed.  The West Wing remains my favourite TV drama.

I watched regularly through the end of season 13.  "Poppa's Got A Brand New Badge" was a lot of fun.