Totally disagree. He didn't do a Nixon impression, which is what people were expecting. He didn't really try to copy the mannerisms or voice of RMN. Instead, he approached the role of Nixon the way any might have approached any role in the Shakespeare canon. We don't know how Richard III really talked or moved, at…

Totally disagree. He didn't do a Nixon impression, which is what people were expecting. He didn't really try to copy the mannerisms or voice of RMN. Instead, he approached the role of Nixon the way any might have approached any role in the Shakespeare canon. We don't know how Richard III really talked or moved, at…

TVDW: Your assertion that Return to Oz is "not a sequel" to The Wizard of Oz is, quite simply, not true. The movie was explicitly marketed — from the newly-minted title on down — as a follow up to the 1939 film. Check out the trailer, which invites viewers to go "back" to Oz. The script for Return contains numerous…

TVDW: Your assertion that Return to Oz is "not a sequel" to The Wizard of Oz is, quite simply, not true. The movie was explicitly marketed — from the newly-minted title on down — as a follow up to the 1939 film. Check out the trailer, which invites viewers to go "back" to Oz. The script for Return contains numerous…

"Sometimes you just know something is wank."

"Sometimes you just know something is wank."

I hate when people say "I get it." It translates as "I don't really get it, but I think too highly of myself to admit as much." "Overrated" is another overrated word I wish I could ban from the critical vocabulary.

I hate when people say "I get it." It translates as "I don't really get it, but I think too highly of myself to admit as much." "Overrated" is another overrated word I wish I could ban from the critical vocabulary.

We are a practical, goal-oriented society. So when a "major film" by a "major director" comes along, we immediately perceive it as a problem to be solved and go into crisis mode. The film cannot exist as an entity in and of itself (this concept makes no sense to us); it has to be a means to some kind of end with some…

We are a practical, goal-oriented society. So when a "major film" by a "major director" comes along, we immediately perceive it as a problem to be solved and go into crisis mode. The film cannot exist as an entity in and of itself (this concept makes no sense to us); it has to be a means to some kind of end with some…

Context is key here. Before "So It's Come to This," I had never seen a clip show which even attempted to satirize or subvert clip shows. This was just a few years after Family Ties had done such shows perfectly straight. In its own quiet way, "So It's Come To This" is a breakthrough — the granddaddy of Community's…

Context is key here. Before "So It's Come to This," I had never seen a clip show which even attempted to satirize or subvert clip shows. This was just a few years after Family Ties had done such shows perfectly straight. In its own quiet way, "So It's Come To This" is a breakthrough — the granddaddy of Community's…

Great news! This became one of my favorite shows last season, and the Archer/Unsupervised hour was one of the high points of the TV week. I hadn't heard any news about the show recently, and I was kind of worried that FX had forgotten about it.

Great news! This became one of my favorite shows last season, and the Archer/Unsupervised hour was one of the high points of the TV week. I hadn't heard any news about the show recently, and I was kind of worried that FX had forgotten about it.

I'm gonna buy this book and then read it on the toilet. That way, I can read about pot…. while I'm on the pot.

I'm gonna buy this book and then read it on the toilet. That way, I can read about pot…. while I'm on the pot.

Exactly. Calling something "arguably the most important" of its kind is not, technically speaking, even a compliment in and of itself. "Definitely the greatest" — THAT'S a compliment. The author is merely acknowledging the impact and influence "Howl" had, an assertion which should not even be controversial. I'm not a…

Exactly. Calling something "arguably the most important" of its kind is not, technically speaking, even a compliment in and of itself. "Definitely the greatest" — THAT'S a compliment. The author is merely acknowledging the impact and influence "Howl" had, an assertion which should not even be controversial. I'm not a…

C'mon, Rabin. Thinner isn't a forgotten classic or anything, but it's a fun watch — definitely not a D-. If you were flipping through the channels and this came on USA or SyFy, it's definitely worth sticking around a while. The appeal is very basic: let's watch some bad stuff happen to a guy who isn't you. And I think…

C'mon, Rabin. Thinner isn't a forgotten classic or anything, but it's a fun watch — definitely not a D-. If you were flipping through the channels and this came on USA or SyFy, it's definitely worth sticking around a while. The appeal is very basic: let's watch some bad stuff happen to a guy who isn't you. And I think…