David Boreanaz is pretty hunky looking in that picture… anyway that note struck me as odd. Todd does seem to identify the characters with figures in his own life (and often himself) and make judgments about their future through that lens. I mean I guess we all do to some degree, but he kind of seems to be writing his…

Same. If a holiday lands on a Thursday, everywhere should really stay closed the next day as well. This way all I'm doing is missing a day where I could work, whereas if I had tomorrow off I'd still get paid for it. Ah well…

On the other side of the equation there's Bridesmaids (125 mins.), The Five-Year Engagement (124 mins.), Think Like a Man (122 mins),This Is 40 (134 mins), and The Internship (119 mins) all of which are all made a lot less funny due to unnecessary padding and subplots.  I think the problem seems worse than it is…

We can all agree that ParaNorman was the best animated film of 2012, yes?

True, I haven't… I tend to steer clear of Gerard Butler and Jason Statham vehicles.

I don't know, it's becoming an addiction. Probably because this has been one of the worst summers on record for mainstream movies so there's not much positive to discuss.

This Is the End was pretty hilarious, probably my second favorite Apatow movie (my favorite being Pineapple Express). I probably would have given it an A- if they hadn't copped out with the ending.

For me it's his Buffy reviews, though the Lost ones were good too. Those were pretty much what got me into watching tv critically.

@avclub-912a96819c9a3f09a4217e7dbb4d3e74:disqus It seemed more like the Pirates people thought the Matrix sequels were really awesome and provided the ideal sequel template, both in terms of how they were filmed/released and creatively.

As much as I like Tasha she has kind of odd taste in animated movies: e.g. giving Rango a B- and Wreck-It Ralph an A.

Yeah I wasn't being terribly clear, I think I was trying to avoid needlessly bashing Man of Steel once again on this site since I feel like I've already gone a little overboard with that. It was really, really awful though.

The Hannibal ones were pretty good but I thought they kind of missed the point sometimes. I think the problem with the tv reviews is that VanDerWerff's voice has become kind of overwhelming, and most people who keep with them have gotten really used to him, so they feel kind of stale and predictable. I find myself…

For the record I thought Man of Steel was fucking atrocious, possibly the worst movie I've ever seen in theaters. The movies I liked that they gave C pluses were Iron Man 3 and The Great Gatsby.

Presumably because he's rating in on the "Man of Steel" scale. When that movie gets a C+ it's hard for anything to sink lower than a B.

I think the answer is that people want a big long spectacle if they're going to go out to the theater, akin to the double features of old. The reason movies like Bride of Frankenstein were so short is because they were intended as part of a double feature that would run at least three hours including a newsreel and…

He's actually lining these movies up for himself these days: Dark Shadows and this basically exist because he's always wanted to play Barnabas Collins and Tonto.

More like I don't want to subject my friends or partner to any more terrible movies because of my choices. This summer is a bit of a minefield: I've liked a couple movies that critics hated and disliked a couple that received somewhat more positive reviews. I might just end up playing it safe for the rest of the…

I didn't get the hate for that movie: it was a bit tired but worked a lot better than Verbinski's sequels, which I despised. Depp and Cruz were fun onscreen together, and I liked how detached the story was from the plot of the previous trilogy. I always thought the movies should just be light, enjoyable trifles,…

The casting of Helena Bonham-Carter is also suspicious, it really does sound like a Burton-esque take on the story. I think it's probably more the case that Depp has a lot of creative control over his projects, and it sounds like he came up with the idea to remake both this and Dark Shadows, and basically convinced…

I don't think the actual reviews are bad, but I can't really trust the recommendations anymore. They gave the two movies that I think are the best mainstream releases of the summer a C+, as well as one that I think is pretty much the low point of modern film-making, and then gave Star Trek a B, which I'd say was a C+…