Not a Clarkson fan, but that's actually a fair point - his American equivalents are Fox News broadcasters and compared to them he at least has a sense of humor about himself.

What about Post Office?

I'm afraid of being shot by a gun. It happens so much in movies.

Ringwald was a Guardian Agony Aunt for a couple of years. Her replacement is Alanis Morisette.

"making a white dude the villain (which, sadly surprisingly, is still a rare thing in action films these days)"

You truly are the king of idiots!

Oh now I get it: AV Club gives good reviews to music that everyone else thinks is mediocre and mediocre reviews to films that everyone else thinks are good.

This is a much kinder review than I've seen almost everywhere else.

I didn't follow this band past their first couple of albums, but their drumming was their not-so-secret weapon on those records. Without him the band has nothing at all.

My friend and I laughed in unison at that line reading when watching it at the cinema. You can see Weaving's head shake as though it's about to burst.

The 10 hour paint drying movie is a real thing: it was a stunt to make the ratings board have to watch all of it.

"The Western will never die!!" - Hollywood executive, circa 1953

You ain't from around these parts, are ye?

Have to agree with this - for years I'd only ever heard the remastered version of Raw Power, so got quite a shock when I heard the original mix. I appreciate Bowie's sense of humor in subverting the album's title I guess, if nothing else.

I choose not to think he was a replicant anyway. The themes of the story resonant better for me if he's a human who learns how to live. I'm hoping they don't put the debate to rest in the sequel, as Scott seemed to bizarrely keen to do in interviews.

Plenty of movies do, and they're usually called out (see: anything Stephen Daldry's done). I'd disagree with Russell's movies being 'interesting to talk about'. That's the entire problem really: they're not.

O'Russell makes watchable, often enjoyable movies that absolutely don't deserve award consideration beyond one or two performances.

De Niro's rich and seems bored by most of the movies he does. What compels him to keep doing them? Because he sees it as his job? A desire to stay in the spotlight? Slightly more money? I'm not being judgmental - I find the idea of a once-great actor carrying on in this manner genuinely fascinating.

The Force Awakens notwithstanding, Sawyer was Hans Solo - they should have killed him off at the opportune moment rather than kept him around with nothing to do. His character arc seemed to gravitate with the general quality of the show (I thought season 6 was dreadful).

Given its relentless acclaim I'm sure you're not the only one to feel that way. However I can't join you in that sentiment. The movie is a great example of a film being so much more than the sum of its parts.