John Francis Daley's monologue always makes me laugh

It'll be a sketch of either seafood or a class of rambunctious youngsters.

All three of those films are in my personal top 100. Before Sunrise is like a perfect lazy Saturday afternoon movie, just enchanting and beautiful. Before Sunset is my favorite, I've described it to friends as a thriller composed entirely of walking and talking. The first time I saw it my heart was pounding out of…

I watched Before Sunset on Wednesday. It was actually the first thing I thought of when I first heard the terrible news.

Oh man, I read the first paragraph thinking you meant "The Room." I finally realized my gaffe in the last sentence.

—The Winning Season, a fun coming-of-age basketball movie starring Emma Roberts (!) and Sam Rockwell (!!) as her alcoholic basketball coach. Its greatest accomplishment is that it never feels cheesy or schmaltzy. B+ Weird Fact: In this movie, Roberts plays starting point guard Abbie Miller, who wears number ten. …

I've been trying to think of the 21st century equivalent of that (which is tough since everything is a click away now). Jessica Pare in Hot Tub Time Machine?

Yes and I loved that book. Vampires actually has a special resonance with me because it was the book I was reading when I first met someone who would become a very good friend. Maybe it's because I listened to the audiobook that the tone seemed to shift so much. I remember thinking "You know, this would make a good…

—Swamplandia by Karen Russell. Enjoyed for the most part. Half the book is a coming-of-age story that doesn't really go anywhere. The other half though, about a teenage girl searching for her sister in the "Underworld" (Florida swamp) is fantastic, full of great imagery. The tone of the book takes a SEVERE left…

Charlie's Angels by Charlie Kaufman

Elephant by Richard Linklater
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World by the Russo Brothers
Spring Breakers by Sofia Coppola
Cube by Duncan Jones
A Scanner Darkly by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!) by Woody Allen

The Black Cauldron directed by Brad Bird

Harmony Corine's "Kids" directed by Alfonso Cuarón

Animal Farm directed by Terry Gilliam

Bandslam by Richard Linklater

Last Airbender by Del Toro

A Goofy Movie by David Lynch

I've said this before in other realms of the internet, but Toy Story 4 should be about humans realizing that all toys are sentient.

Weird, I listened to this song for the first time today, before I even went to the AV Club.

"This Charming Man," "Shakespeare's Sister," "How Soon is Now?" "Hand in Glove," "Big Mouth Strikes Again"