I thought this was the season's best episode so far, but that's not saying much when most of it was spent looking for Sophia and brooding at the farm. The Walking Dead irks me because it has the potential to be such a great show and just keeps falling short. We know very little about the characters and there's not a…

Does the Academy have a hate-on for Emmanuel Lubezki? Almost every shot in "The Tree of Life" was a work of art. First he got robbed for Children of Men and now for ToL. I'm also surprised that Hugo won best visual effects considering you could tell while watching what was greenscreened.

I'm sure if the best pictures were limited to five again it'd be nowhere to be found. It seems like an Oscar bait movie they just jammed in there at the last minute.

Do you think think they'll still drag that out? I can see the possibility of Stanley mentioning something to Pam later on that makes Jim have to prove himself to her again.

That's one of the first times I've seen that too. Strangely enough, the only hate I ever see for such beloved films or characters comes from comments on the A.V. Club or Gawker.

4.38 million viewers, the Office probably won't be renewed if it keeps following that trend. I liked this episode because of Catherine Tate and the change of scenery. Then again, this season's been awful so far which may be why this one stood out.

I've been a huge Alias fan for 10 years now and was thirteen at the time this episode originally aired. Some guys loved Farrah Fawcett but for my teens Jennifer Garner was the woman who adorned my wall. I'm pretty sure the opening few minutes of this episode singlehandedly kickstarted my coming of age. I'll always…

The Grammy's are all bought and paid for pretty much based on whatever album sells the most copies. If the Oscars followed their lead, Transformers or Twilight would win Best Picture. It's hard to take them seriously when Black Eyed Peas and Taylor Swift are winning in the highest categories.

To be fair, Gawker is more along the lines of TMZ mixed with wordpress then any form of journalism. Their writers get paid for every 1000 clicks which is why the writing always leans towards troll bait. Up until recently I had [unfortunately] read Gawker for a long time and noticed my outrage level dropped…

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I still can't believe the first Journey made $240 million on a $60 million budget. A quarter of the Transformers audience checked it out.

Both the Office and Dexter need to go. Sure, you could always pretend they ended earlier but you'll know that they're still out there spreading awfulness.

Just wanted to say that I eagerly anticipate these reviews every week, more then any other show I follow. I decided to give Carnivale a second chance because of them (after giving up on episode 7 when it originally aired) and don't regret it. After ploughing through season one I'm already half way into the second…

Should be this guy, he even looks the part: http://www.youtube.com/watc…

I just finished watching episode nine and that's where it's finally starting to pick up. Many people found Carnivale too slow (and it is), but maybe they were trying a form of storytelling that builds across multiple seasons. If the info about the three season arc is accurate that makes sense, however it requires a…

Rebecca Black: The grown up version.

I watched a couple of episodes when the show aired but I was 14 at the time and hated it. Now that I'm older and have more mature tastes (plus, I'll watch almost anything HBO airs) this recap got me to go back and watch the series. It looks beautiful and while the plot is slow, it won't be losing me as a viewer.…

Really surprising to see Bridesmaids up there. I'm going to go with The Tree of Life winning Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography. The movie, while a bit of a narrative mess was grandiose in its ambition and scope. As much as I'd like to see Rooney Mara win Best Actress (that's the only award I care…

I (unfortunately) read Gawker for a couple of years before getting tired of exactly what you described and this post does replicate some of that. This doesn't happen very often at the A.V. Club so it's easy to overlook, but parts of it did come off as Gawker-like. (As a plus, the comments are also a lot better here.)

I read this comment in Robert California's voice.