Quirky?  This is one of the least "quirky" films from last year.  It takes "Blue Valentine" and manages to make it even rawer, shining a light onto human narcissism.  The characters are only meant to connect to us in that fraught, human way, completely fragile.

Mangum and Johnson seem like a sublime pairing.  I'm gonna have to try and find a video of such a performance.

This is the A.V. Club.  No one's ever seen a woman in a bikini (IRL, that is).

Emma Watson has definitely moved beyond the "perpetually 12" look.  Gomez, though having a body exceeding that of 12, still has a face that looks like it belongs on a Gerber jar.

Especially avoid those old 1970s movie houses with shag carpeting.

Replacing Joe Francis with Robert Loggia somehow makes the crossover thought less dirty.

Todd!  You're a SoCal resident, correct?  A theater over in Anaheim Hills will be doing your beloved "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" this summer.  Figured I'd give you a friendly heads up!

I'm still waiting for my 10 episodes of "Miami Vice" and "Crime Story."

DIABETES IN LINE, BAM A LAM
GONNA MAKE HER GO BLIND, BAM A LAM
EAT A STUFT-PORK PIE, BAM A LAM
NOSH PASTRAMI ON RYE, BAM A LAM

Seconded.  Mexican Daryl.

BOW BEFORE YOUR BALSAC GODS OF GWAR AND CONSUME YE PRINCES OF THE TENDER TANG.

THERE'S A KOSHER ALTERNATIVE!?!?!?!?

Uncle Mayor seems like the greatest honorary title you can be bestowed.  Like, Keys-to-the-City great.

@avclub-d83db5f35f6ff3433edc33b58e6af6e0:disqus's had heart, but Football in the Groin had a football in the groin.

A theater ghost story, for Todd: at the community theater I used to work at, we had a ghost named "Midget Greg," only named because once, while calling for two cast members onstage, the words "Mitch & Greg" got garbled, and the tech booth mistook this answer as "Midget Greg" was responsible for the onstage nonsense.…

I remember in high school watching a 1979 BBC production starring a young Ian McKellen as Mac, a young Judy Dench as Lady M, and Ian MacDiarmid doing the doorkeeper/guard's soliloquy.  A bit dated, but pretty good.

@avclub-ee9f27294518464fb899ff8de0f7dc7f:disqus ehh…dunno if public forums on a pop culture website are the best place to air shady underbellies, and I also want to be a bit reticent with information, so, if it's really desired, here's a general rundown of my 2001 National Jamboree:

@avclub-ca4fc44a59d0201cc7d4f760153cb00c:disqus , you and I were in the same vicinity then.

Attended one too, here, @avclub-cfe912f5cb3aa572bd1c9ae2a9b82207:disqus .  Amazing fireworks display, but good lord, that was a bizarre spectacle.  It was like 90s bombastic arena shows filtered through "The Waltons" and every "Army of One" commercial.

Having been to that shindig as a scout, oh yeah, Carly Rae is going to be prime bate material for those teens.