I thought both of those albums were phoned-in (though I agree Rock and Roll in a Black Hole was a highlight.) Zombie's lyricism needs to move beyond, "Yeaahhhh! Ride a unicorn! Come on!!"

It's funny, I didn't know this was a Dowd issue, but I just had a discussion with my friend about this movie hours ago where I said it's patronizing how the AV Club always awards "black comedies" a B- because they're scared to deal with them as they would any other movie, while still wanting to appear respectful. And…

Her music is… professional. She's just a boring personality.

"Ban bossy" was bullshit. Bey has ripped off Kelis' style more than once with twenty times the chart impact. Kelis releases a single called "Bossy," and then she comes up with that??

Yeah. Piers Morgan could have expressed this as less of a douche, but the opportunism and convenience of her sudden political awakening sounds like she's kowtowing to me.

I really don't get the acclaim for this movie. And a big problem is that it isn't well-made. The direction has neither the capacity for suspenseful visual gameplay or naturalism (the second is in part because the dialogue is really stilted). There are no surprises, except maybe for the final moments that are so badly…

Corgan isn't saying twitter activists shouldn't believe in things or should stop expressing those views, nor is he even agreeing with Jones' crazy conspiracy shit. He's simply talking about the non-existant state of social dialogue in America right now ("You're with us or you're a garbage person"). You can be a…

The visuals are nice, but this is formulaic for Rihanna's new femme fatale image, and conventional for Korine as well, whose sudden mainstream pop tourism with his last couple projects has impressed critics who don't understand how condescending it is.

"There must be more than this provincial life" is one of the worst lines to ever be in a Disney movie song.

The problem with Refn is his "style" is way too affected. Drive is all right as a genre riff, but the things that people like about it (the use of music, the laconic nameless hero, the way LA looks at night) aren't interesting to anyone who has seen Blue Velvet, The Driver and Thief. Only God Forgives was even more…

I made a point somewhere on here about how it seems to be artists and people with artistic sensibilities who are the most resistant to labels and prefab ideologies. Which is to say, if you're a free-thinker who is not prone to espousing consensus, you've probably had some difficulty with the internet these past few…

I don't necessarily disagree, which is why I said, "or at least supplanted the space where there were no ideas." I just feel that right now actual dialogue is crucial, because all I see is people segregating themselves and learning to hate each other, when openness, inclusion and diversity are really worthwhile goals.…

The premise of your post made me laugh: It isn't comedy if I don't think it's funny.

I wouldn't have put it so crassly, but that's basically how white semi-educated people act all over the internet now. It isn't an AVClub exclusive. And it's mostly funny to me because almost none of them gave heed to these issues before 2012, when they realized it was to their social advantage. Buzzwords and talking…

I think, also, that Schumer, just as a successful R-rated female comic, has been cast in this light by certain people as a comedian who speaks for issues of diversity and social justice, which wasn't really fair to her. So now she feels she has to play that role, and call out what's "problematic".

I know he has some profile, and he seems annoying. But he's still just a kid. We can't expect him to know anything.

But Schumer had a point in that case, imo, even though it wasn't cool to blast a kid publicly who was just trying to express his fandom. That being, making jokes about yourself isn't giving a pass for other people to make jokes about you. They're very different things.

Mike Leigh knows! You should watch his films.

I'm replying to Cigarette's claims that AVClub is focused on matters of financial earnings and which actors dress as superheroes rather than global issues. But keep being a dickhead if it gets you places.

I'm not agreeing with the OP, but pop culture doesn't mandate trivial.