they really force guys to get built these days. 

I’m actually good with saying “the America.”

One of the films I’ll go to bat for is Rocky V.  In fact, it’s my favorite Rocky after the original.  It’s not perfect by any means, and in places downright problematic, but I respect this film for what Avildsen and Stallone tried to do, namely walk back some of the absurdity of the last three films to bring the…

I thought Creed was good, but not much more than that. If this entry is less compelling, that doesn’t bode well for me.

I would go the opposite direction (although might be too similar to what they did with Drago). We always get the zen “boxer becomes zen” in the Rocky movies, but what about Lang holding on to his bitterness that he never saw the success that Rocky did, despite having the same trajectory. Being seen as a crazy man when…

I feel like everybody forgets Rocky Balboa ever happened which is sad because in my opinion it’s one of the best franchise revivals ever and sort of laid the groundwork for Creed. I also like it more than Creed, although the latter has a much better final third (basically once Rocky finds out he has cancer, the movie…

When will they bring back T? I’m talking about CLUBBER LANG.

Word I learned today: “digestif”

Range opens more doors. Jeff Daniels took “Dumb & Dumber” in part because if it was a hit, he’d get to work a lot more instead of waiting for just the dramatic scripts to come by.

Naturally an AV Club review must factor the race of the children and the wokeness of the white people.

Can we all refer to Marky Mark as Marky Mark? I hear he loves that.

Walhberg once said he regrets appearing in “Boogie Nights” because he’s not only a devout Catholic, but a huge, practicing douche.

Loosely inspired by the experience that Anders and his wife had when they decided to foster and eventually adopt three older kids...

No, they caught some flack for that, so there are accents this time.

Also “one-man costume party” is pretty great.

I really enjoyed RDR, but my big concern with Rockstar games is they seem to think enforcing banality makes the world more “real” or “authentic”. There’s always pizza delivery or taking our cousin bowling or other things that aren’t vaguely FUN, but your character gets dragged into doing it because that’s just how the…

And Horizon Zero Dawn.

Yes.

I always loved how Raimi aped this panel with this shot from Spider-Man 2:

The Arkham games were far from perfect, but I’m going to be real irritated if a Spider-Man game gets a pass on doing all the same stuff because it somehow feels like a more natural fit for Spider-Man.