We did The Running Man on Tuesday. We can't do ALL obvious ones. (Anyway, I actually rewatched The Most Dangerous Game with the intention of writing it up for this, but found it…lacking.)

Actually considered that one. Love The Hold Steady, love that song, love that solo.

If I'm remembering correctly, they're all in the same city. Which makes no sense.

Your first objection could be applied to a large number of time travel movies, which operate under the assumption that the act of traveling through time is already built into the architecture of time. Don't the Terminator movies adhere to the same logic? How can Skynet be built from technology that came from an arm of…

December is just a very crowded month at the A.V. Club. Besides all the end-of-year coverage, we're running holiday content, too.

Thanks for catching that. Should be fixed now!

This is an interesting idea. I'll give it some thought.

Election? A-. Easily his best.

Yeah, I'm not much of a fan. Election is hilarious. If you dig Payne, there's a pretty good chance you'll dig this.

I agree about McDowell. The movie's one weak spot.

Yes, we've certainly written about this movie before. And yes, I generally prefer that Watch This serve as a platform for recommending less well-known fare. But it's 1993 week and these are our favorite movies of the year and it just seemed wrong not to highlight it.

Yikes. I've been trying to forget that one since I saw it. Truly dismal.

Hey, I gave The Wolverine a B.

That Twilight Zone segment is the single worst thing he's ever directed. It's everything people who hate Spielberg accuse his other movies of being. Inexcusable is right.

It's at the very bottom of the piece, below the "Outside Canon" section. Next up is Revenge Of The Nerds.

I'll do Scream eventually. But it won't be a horror franchise every month.

Oh, no doubt. For the nostalgia trip alone. Though that one has a LOT of sequels.

Thanks to everyone providing suggestions for future franchises to cover. I'll be doing this monthly. Only rule: The series has to have at least four installments. No trilogies.

Plum slipped my mind.

Both great points.