It’s not the AV Club’s job to “champion” any movie, let alone one the writer doesn’t think is very good. That’s true regardless of who is in the cast.

... And here come all the fatuous commenters disparaging the theatrical experience for any number of facile, inane reasons...

This is like saying the obvious first place to start with a Middle-earth story is the creation of the world, or the best place to start with Star Wars is The High Republic.

Your criticism would land better if it was based in reality.

Your Bizzaro version of Joe Biden is fascinating. Does he also step on baby chicks and pull the wings off butterflies?

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They would definitely rather lose with their candidates than lose with Sanders, if that’s what you mean. Because losing with Sanders likely means losing more congressional districts, state legislatures, governorships and senate seats. Meanwhile, they would also rather win with their candidates than win with Sanders,…

Lol. Fuck off, Disney. Where is this in Return of the Jedi? Look forward to the re-remastered release of the trilogy, where Han shoots first again and there are now two moons near the Death Star 2. Featuring ADR by bored Harrison Ford - "the shield is on Endor, not on the second, ocean moon" 

I just saw Into the Spiderverse, easily in the top 3 for favorite comic movies. I didn’t expect to like it as much as I did.

Oof Boyhood was a big woof for me. It was really something how he managed to make a film in Texas almost entirely white like he filmed it up in Waco or something. And the gimmick of filming it over years does nothing for me. The Half in the Bag review is a pretty good breakdown of the film for those who want a funny…

Jam-packed with nods...

Black Panther wasn’t even the best comic book movie produced by Marvel last year. This is pure pandering by the Academy. 

“didn’t have the depth of an MCU film” ...oh lord. Thank you for the laugh. The MCU is executed well in writing, but it’s still very simple. Competent action, some jokes and fan service. They have a few very good movies, the rest all hover around 5-7/10. A third to a half of their movies are skippable in the overall…

I think if there was weird stuff going on and crazy drama behind the scenes people would have reported everywhere [Editor’s note: We did].

besides the NYT giving someone a platform to mythologize about their heroism and the greatness of the conservative agenda?

Seriously, what the heck did Ernest Kline do to you all???? its a fun little book, his first one by the way and people are killing it and over anayalysing every little thing.