It seems impossible to capture the true magic of movie theater popcorn with a bag and the microwave’s mysterious “popcorn” button—something snack brands have been trying to perfect for decades—but darn it, AMC is gonna try anyway.

I wonder if “Earl Hofert” (as he was listed in the credits for “Cabin Boy” and “Beavis and Butt-Head Do America”) will make an appearance.....

The obvious inspiration for the “God Squad”: http://www.thepowerteam.com/

There’s a much stranger example of this that has nothing to do with science fiction — “The Manchurian Candidate,” where 36-year-old Angela Lansbury (some sources say 37, but that may be at the time of release rather than production) played the mother of 33-year-old (some sources say 35) Laurence Harvey — and had icky…

Dave Letterman went through a period when, if he would have an actor on whose movie opened “in selected cities,” when billboarding that actor, Dave would get a deadly serious expression, look right into the camera, and intone, “I pray to God that your city has been selected.”

I always thought it was weird that, in the first episode of “From The Earth To The Moon,” Hanks gave Scolari a very small part as Pete Conrad during the Gemini program— but then, just a few episodes later, when they get to Apollo 12, Conrad’s moon shot, he was played by Paul McCrane (with a completely different…

In the NFL sketch, I kept expecting them to announce Dave Chappelle as the new coach.

I really love the Mary Jo-and-Bridget Rifftrax projects. They recently got their own logo, drawn in the style of Betty and Veronica from Archie comics. I could (and have) watched their Tupperware short over and over again.

Good food writing inspires people to be more ambitious in their culinary choices, without shaming them. Bad food writing comes across as boasting about your own refined palate. This is bad food writing.

Here, take your star. You don’t have to sue me for it.

A royal military man (Denzel Washington) receives a prophecy about his regal prospects from a witch (as singular as Coen in this case, with Kathryn H...

If “Jeopardy!” had been using their MERV filter, they’d never have hired Mike Richards.

Look, all you need is a dose of Hibernol™:

Both times I was on the show (three years apart), I won my game, but did not win the bonus round, and then lost as the returning champion in my second game. I won a variety of small prizes, mostly forgettable — except for a set of Cutco knives, which I still use almost every day, 30 years later. Here are the two…

How is Andy Samberg not in this movie?

Many years ago, in the late 80s/early 90s, I appeared on a low-budget game show on what was then The Nashville Network. They made it clear to us going in, in the rules of the game, that if you were on an episode, and the episode did not air, for any reason, technical or otherwise, you would not receive your prizes.…

I get frustrated because the online-ordering apps for fast food places now allow you to specify exactly which and how many condiment packets you want -- which seems to go largely ignored by the restaurant staff. I have asked for, say, three ketchup packets and gotten either zero or eight. This especially annoys me…

Only Murders In The Building stars Amy Ryan, Aaron Dominguez, and Vanessa Aspillaga, with appearances from Sting (yes, that Sting) and Tina Fey.

I have no connection whatsoever to this product, but one of these days you might want to review Millie’s Sipping Broth, available online--they are savory tea bags with flavors like tortilla soup or Thai lemongrass. You make them just like steeping a cup of tea. It’s an interesting product. I don’t use it as often as I…

Bourdain trashed “A Cook’s Tour” after he’d moved on, saying it wasn’t up to his expectations, he was hobbled by the network or the production company, etc., etc. But it was what introduced me to him, and I still have a lot of fondness for it.