I caught this without seeing any of the other ones first; what percentage of the other movies was just straight up driving? I won’t say they didn’t do any driving in this movie, but it definitely didn’t feel like the director had much interest in making it a focus. There’s probably 2 eye-catching stunts in the whole…

On the extreme off chance this isn’t a joke, I got a screener without having seen any of the F&F movies and can confidently say that if they allude to anything, at all, at any point, it did not interfere with my ability to determine whether or not The Rock was going to drive a truck. 

It bums me out that Onion contributors actually made a system by which people could create bot-generated versions of things (thanks, Botnik.org!) and after a couple of their scripts got insanely popular, comedians decided to cut out the middleman and just pretend they were doing the same thing.

A little off topic, but has Kate Beaton ever come around? “Edward Gorey” and “museum” are a perfect intersection of the things I’ve seen her write about. 

I use my teeth to crack open peanuts if I get a less pliable bunch and I’m very hungry, but I would never try to make the case that it’s not germy because I didn’t suck on my fingers. It’s gross and I won’t do it in polite company (bars, baseball games and in the comfort of my own home being the exceptions). Kevin’s…

I wasn’t around for the AV Club’s initial rabid following of community, but I followed the reviews (and read way too many comments) during my extremely belated watchthrough. It’d be great to be able to see one of those discussions spring up again in real time.

Does it sound like that? Almost all the criticism is directed at what literally happens on screen, not the ideas behind it.

Here I was, thinking that terrible parody Twitter accounts were a thing of the past. Instead it just turns out I finally unfollowed everyone I knew with the bad sense to retweet them.

Film props strike me as the kind of thing I would buy during a mid-life crisis. Sports cars are a total drag because I’m expected to both use it enough to justify the purchase AND perform regular maintenance. I can just chuck a Nelson & Murdock plaque up in my man cave and then never shut up about it!

I had a roommate who was a fastidious cleaner, but who was also remarkably sheltered so a lot of common-sense stuff went over his head. We all went home for winter break (he was the last to leave), and when we returned we discovered he had thrown out all the meat in the freezer because he thought it would go bad while…

Oh god, I saw the chain of comments here and thought they were actually all from today. Thank god it appears this is actually a holy crusade of commenters from over a year ago. 

Whenever I’m asked this question at a new place, I say yes, but in such a frightened and unconfident manner that it’s immediately clear that I’m lying. No real benefit to my approach, I just get real nervous when people ask me stuff. 

The funniest part to me is the way he throws his hands up right before crushing his balls. It reads as a practiced gesture meant to be nonchalant, which is IMMEDIATELY undermined by his reaction. This really is a masterclass in physical comedy. 

Because Taika loves recasting, I initially thought the girl in the second screenshot was the same girl from Hunt for the Wilderpeople, but then I realized that this movie was filmed 12 years before and then I mostly just felt like an asshole. 

This was a fun watch, but I’ve been checking the NPR website daily because Idles teased that they did a Tiny Desk show. I do think it’d be fun if the act immediately following Sesame Street is a bunch of shirtless English punks.

I don’t know how to feel about finding out the likely origin of Bury Your Gays. On one hand, it’s nice to know it wasn’t entirely borne out of the desire to keep queer characters from finding happiness. On the other hand, it’s a real bummer to think that a trope that satisfied 1950s morality censors is still so…

It’s becoming clear that Kevin is really doing us a disservice with the Boombox Lincoln profile pic. For most people, that’s a strict upgrade from their alternative pictures. Between the Hunger Pang thumbnail and this picture, it’s clear that Kevin’s camera contains a gold mine. 

The costuming would probably be dope, though. Say what you will about Daredevil not being able to fight anything bigger than a smart car, he never fails to look cool doing it. 

When I read this headline I would have put down hard money that it was because Pamela told Kid Rock to stop doing the “my wife” bit around her. I’m surprised to find it is the exact opposite. 

Alright, you’ve converted me. I’ve always been unenthusiastic about deviled eggs as a potluck gift (in my experience, they lose something during the travel to the host’s house, so I prefer to eat them at a family dinner where they remain in their home kitchen), but this Greenspan recipe looks too good to resist. I’ll…