I didn’t cry, but I think I actually vocalized a squeeee! when Alfred realizes Bruce is OK. I was so expecting some ambiguous spinning top shit, and then no! Super Happy Ending in My Face! Batman deserves it, Alfred certainly fucking deserves it and I think this is when everyone was being mean to Anne Hathaway for…

Gina Rodriguez would NEVER. Taylor Swift might, but when she realized she got caught on camera doing it, would buy ice cream for seven hospitals full of sick kids. So one can see why she is such a polarizing figure. I find her shtick endearing, she is sort of constantly buying carbon offsets for her shitty…

Snape is by far the best character in the books, and by “best” I don’t mean most likable. He just has the coolest shit going on. Like, he’s in his own private spy caper along side the main action of the book. The moment I realized that while reading was one of my favorite moments of the series. I was hoping the movies…

It’s a tough line to walk. On the one hand, making everyone out to be a monster doesn’t help the cause. It just makes people defensive. On the other hand, Jessica Walter is not an 18-year-old ingenue. Bateman’s dismissal of her account (and her fucking tears right in front of his fucking face!!!) implies that no…

I really loved her character. There is something very exhilarating and lovable about a character completely confident that everything would just work out. I don’t think such a character could carry a whole movie, as the Rube Goldberg-ness of her existence would probably wear thin, but she is a delightful addition to…

I was a bit annoyed when it first happened but taking the movie as a whole, I think it works. The fact that his primary motivation was not REVENGE was probably the most meaningful tweak.

I also love Wes Anderson and still agree he is a solid B+ but would put Moonrise Kingdom as his peak, A submission. It’s the only one I’m always in the mood for and I think the only one that achieves genuine emotional reaction from me.

I scream this out loud while watching this show constantly, and I think that is the one thing that made this season more awful-awful than enjoyable-awful. Archie as a franchise is fundamentally about teenagers. NONE of these plots make any god damn sense for teenagers.

I was not aware of this meme, and I adore it, it is one of the most wonderful things I’ve ever seen, but I don’t ever want to watch it again.

That is one of my favorite songs period, and I listened to it a lot during a particular rough patch. I find it especially gutting when the artists that seem to have the deepest understanding of mental illness, the ones who can talk about it so plainly and nakedly and with so much self-awareness, and help so many as a…

I am trying to grapple with the idea that art can only reflect humanity on our best behavior. That it can only serve as an example to strive for or an obvious cautionary tale. When it aired, I found a bit of catharsis at seeing my worst impulses acted out on screen. I didn’t take it as permission to indulge in them.…

I did really like that moment of empathy from Tony where he realizes what’s happened and is about to happen. He’s begging Peter to hold it together but he kind of knows he won’t, because he wouldn’t. Which was pretty much all conveyed in RDJ’s delivery.

“Why did you buy swords?” “It’s complicated Brendon you wouldn’t understand.” “Yeah I would.” “You wouldn’t understand unless you live alone.” “So you live alone and you got lonely and you bought swords, what don’t I understand?” “....wow. You nailed it.”

Rocket and Nebula stay because they always feel left behind. And someone’s gotta rep their franchise.

When I realized who was standing at the end and who was dissappeared, I actually got a huge grin on my face. Possibly because I’m dead inside, but also because I thought it really was brilliant. Everyone expected the OG’s to go. Everyone figured the new school was safe. And then they went and killed their darlings.

I thought who they chose to disappear was really smart. You expected the old guard to go. And in fact, the old guard has been pretty up front about wanting to go. They’re tired. They’ve lost everything. But no. They are the ones who remain. The old guard and Rocket, the one who struggles most with loneliness and…

Tom Hank’s delivery of “Take me to the hospital, I’m sick” in the Burbs is one of cinemas all time greats. There is nothing funny about that line in and of itself. And yet, my college roommate and I could frequently “quote” it. Only 80's Tom Hanks can make a nothing line of dialog like that into a quote.

Whew. I am finally free of the tyranny of internet spoilers! By the way, pop culture internet sites, when you have a headline on your main page that says MIND BLOWING TWIST and a photo of a long-dead character, the “spoiler alert” designation is maybe not as useful as you think. I appreciate you, AV Club, using a…

I think there’s tension to be mined from “Can Rick get out of this mess?” which I agree, is non-existent at this point. But there’s also tension from “Will Rick ever get his shit together as a functioning human?” He says there’s no value in that, but a lot of his actions say otherwise. As long as they keep playing…

I was a total poser when this movie came out. I never really connected to it, but knew I was supposed to (just like I knew I was supposed to have intense feelings about Kurt Cobain) and I was just sort of like, “I mean, I don’t NOT like this exactly. It’s fine. So I guess I’ll just tell people it defines the very…