This thread is un-American.

I disagree with the assumption that a movie about a game that turns into a conspiracy to steal all his money and destroy him could not be called "The Game."

Obviously this is mostly just a disagreement on the semantics of what a "twist" is, but I would still maintain that if a movie gives you a clear expectation from the outset, seemingly fulfills that expectation completely near the end, then goes on to finally fulfill it again in a different way, one or the other of…

I think it still qualifies.  The titular game is quite plausibly brought to resolution with his brother and the first birthday entourage on the roof, and the actor's horror at the protagonist having a different gun.  If his suicide succeeded after that, I'd agree, not a twist.  But that THAT resolution is still within…

1.) Social Network
2.) Se7en
3.) Zodiac
4.) Fight Club
5.) The Game
6.) Alien 3
7.) BB
8.) Panic Room
*long gap*
—line separating movies I like from movies I don't—

If you guys haven't, I recommend checking out the Assembly cut of Alien3 they released in… 2003?  Whenever they released that big box set.  (It is also found on the blu-ray release.)   It is, in my estimation, substantially better than the theatrical cut, though they cut out the part where *SPOILERS OBVIOUSLY* Ripley…

I knew I wouldn't be the only one who immediately thought of Walter & Perry.

Stop blaming Occupy for what could just as easily be blamed on @avclub-dc10fce584f2cdf09d6690e0f2883227:disqus

What on earth is a meme?  This has caused me to chuckle audibly.

According to Christian's past two reviews, the finale of Portlandia should be something like the 57th pick for tonight.

The commercial initially aired during the Oscars, so there was a fair amount of discussion in articles related to that.  Not that there's much to discuss; it's awesome.

In my estimation, a lot of the appeal of this episode comes down to whether or not the ending resonates with you.  The point isn't how interesting or not interesting the alien culture is; the interest and emotion are focused on Picard and how he reacts to said culture and how the experience changes him.  It shows him…

No, I know what you meant, it was just a dumb joke.

Definitely Cheers.  After all, everybody knows his name.

One of these days, windy… bang, zoom, right out of the airlock!

They've been having some tech problems today.  Seems to be getting better.

I'm trying to come up with a stem-cell/stem-bolt joke, but I think the only way to make one successfully is by employing some kind of lame meta/self-referential thing.

I'm trying to come up with a stem-cell/stem-bolt joke, but I think the only way to make one successfully is by employing some kind of lame meta/self-referential thing.

Wow, I can't imagine switching away from that episode.  What a great hour of TV.

Have we misled you before?  I can't think of a time you disliked an ep that we'd been trumpeting.