Don't you know, it's for girls only so ew! Even when shows like Walking Dead (I still watch and like it, mind) get bad, it's so macho that we would rather use our over-the-top, judging-without-actually-watching vitriol elsewhere!

That I absolutely agree with; I just brought it up because I enjoy thinking how people who dismiss the show out of hand because of "oh it's girlie stuff!" mentality based on the title would react to it. There are plenty more examples of recommendations for non-converts (if we are not gonna mind spoiler): "Passion",…

Aren't you on a boycott or something?

I see condescendingly dismissive posts from people who haven't watched this show, imagine their reactions if they happen to watch "The Body", and can only snigger.

Yeah, it grew on me after a few rewatches, but Mike should make that La La Land scene in place of Children of Men for his prominent argument against long takes. On first watch, the traditional choreography really clangs with its modern long take; it induces too much anxiety of what I'm missing when the camera is…

Wow, that was an all-timer for the show. If not my favorite episode, at the very least in the top three for sure. Its most intriguing storyline, firing on all cylinders on the action, suspense, and heartfelt emotions, with a healthy dollop of thoughtful thematic probing and one hell of a cliffhanger. Love that it…

The actual words about uncomfortable timing in the article are more nuanced, but I can see how an article headline writer can glean them into that.

It's been mentioned in the past that AV Club's film writers don't write the headline..

It's been mentioned in the past that AV Club's film writers don't write the headline.

Wonderful, and it confirms my mixed feeling about the first season that they should scale down the rambling length and plot by half. This mostly ditches the mythology and instead becomes a very, very infectious celebration of compassion, inclusivity, and interconnected joy admist the holiday spirit. It spikes to a…

shhhh you're interrupting his narrative

1. The Royal Tenenbaums
2. Moonrise Kingdom
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. Rushmore
6. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
7. Bottle Rocket
8. The Darjeeling Limited

10 Cloverfield Lane, Love & Friendship, Things to Come, Indignation

It's his #11 of the year, so apparently his opinion isn't crap yet, yes.

I take it you don't go much on TV sections, because he's even more full-on obnoxious about his holy opinions there.

So the usual "I'm the most truthful person in the room and different opinions are just dishonest" attitude that people so love of you. Got it.

I would love to read the book sometimes based on its praises. At its core this is a pretty powerful story, rather dark and uncompromising for a supposed YA target. But the film version feels too literal somehow in the first half, coming off like didactic and overtly metaphorical manipulation.

Hey thanks! Just looking over my own top 20 and Civil War probably seems like the outlier for a list like this. I happened to do my first Marvel whole run-through before this film and it's a perfect one to do it, because attachment and understanding of characters over the past films have me totally receptive to all…

This year isn't the best for blockbuster types. To me 2015 and especially 2014 are pretty exceptional for mainstream fare. And for their part last year The AV Club's top 20 has The Martian, Inside Out, and Mad Max: Fury Road (at #1!).

You watch and like quite a few of TV that would be described as arthouse cinema in approach if applied to films, so I don't know why you're assuming so much bad faith and dishonesty with that criteria about other people.