I get that it's kind of a thing to pretend that Dowd is especially
stingy with positive reviews, but you folks actually seem oddly angry and
bitter about it. You realize that people who rant about movie reviews they don't like are somewhere below Yelpers and above Youtube commenters on the hierarchy of internet…

As a heterosexual man living in 2015, I feel well-qualified to speculate on this topic. The correct answer is: ginger pansexual dwarfs had it the worst in the 50s.

Ahem. Spoiler alert!

I missed the "equality for all" part of your comment. It must be hidden somewhere between the "deranged persecution fantasies" and "rage-fueld resentment."

Books about Victorian Brits dying anywhere are pretty great. If you want one set in polar regions, Endurance by Alfred Lansing is fan-freaking-tastic, although the body count is shockingly low, considering.

I'd like to go on record with Jim Downey as thinking the TIna Fey / Sarah Palin sketches weren't so hot. If I'm remembering correctly, there was no joke. Fey just put her hair in an up-do and repeated a bunch of nonsensical Palinisms verbatim. I know a lot of people said, "That's the joke! Palin is so ridiculous that…

OK, I just watched The Martyrs based on this list, and I _really, really_ wished i had read the linked review first. Fuck this, I'm done with horror forever.

I've seen the movie but I honestly don't remember which scene you're talking about. Can you remind me?

You're referring, of course, to "anytime after 1526"?

Yeah, same. I've given up on most comedy podcasts, because they're just too baggy. Paul F. Tompkins is the last man standing (and truthfully I only really ever listened to Comedy Bang Bang to get my PFT fix).

The lying and just general dishonesty is definitely the main thing that makes O'Keefe grotesque. Ultimately, though, I'm not sure I'd like him much more if he were scrupulously "honest" in his pranks, and I'm also not sure Yes Men's targets feel like they're being treated fairly. In other words, James O'Keefe…

Yeah, I'm kind of with you. I admire the balls and the sense of humor they bring to their stunts, but it seems really difficult to do this kind of work without lapsing into a very strange ethical space. Ostensibly, these pranks are meant to expose hypocrisy and stupidity, but it seems as often as not they just reveal…

You may be overthinking this. The dude's name is Chester Hanks. Roll that one around in your mouth for a while. Some people are just born unlucky.

And if you're in the Chicago area, you can see the actual captured submarine, which is housed in the Field museum. They offer tours of the sub on Saturday mornings, and you can chat with real-life submarine officers. It's freaking awesome.

I am not arguing that studio executives can't ruin movies, because that would be crazy talk. But let's face facts — the studio made thousands of decisions related to this movie, starting with the decision to make it at all. To the extent that it's good, it very much reflects Marvel's savvy in bringing it to the…

You know what party I want to be invited to? The one populated entirely by people who love superhero movies and type cranky comments into message boards if someone doesn't share their opinion of The Avengers. That party would be fucking awesome. Until I ruin it, that is.

I haven't seen it, because the first one was kind of dull, all the MCU movies are starting to blend together, and the trailer for this one promised more of the same (surely the only way to defeat a sentient robot overlord is by punching him on top of a truck). Yes, I know this makes me the enemy of fun. I'm sure I'll…

I am saying it will be bad.

You mean something going for him aside from being a witty smooth-talking famous person who appears frequently on TV and in movies? I can't imagine how he ever manages to get laid…

When I read the headline, I briefly thought this movie was being compared to Tommy Wiseau's new sitcom. That, coupled with the B+, certainly piqued my curiosity. Anyway, yeah, I'll go see this, even if it doesn't star a pregnant and a Chinese.