Why is it
…that every crappy new comedy/kids' movie/crappy comedic kid's movie has essentially the same poster? A character from the film, on a white or monocolor background, with a stupid tag line (usually a lame pop-culture reference) at the top in a blocky font and the title at the bottom?

No, Mellow Mushroom isn't "local," but it's a small chain, and it's extremely good.

Perhaps it's a suburban Texas thing, as in the cities one can generally find good pizza from local places. Around here, one can choose from Mellow Mushroom, Perotti's, Sammy's, Mamma Mia, Mama's, etc. etc. etc. depending on one's preferences.

It is depressing to see this much AV Club hate for Duran Duran's "A View to a Kill." It's a great song - I always thought it was one of the better opening songs, unfairly associated with one of the absolute worst Bond films. Garbage's "The World is Not Enough" is a fine tune as well.