I'm not sure I get the frustration. Even if quality education is often built from an unfair advantage (which it absolutely is), it does mean you're probably specialized enough to be overqualified for a general purpose job. Portman was pretty legit, academically: she was reportedly a bright student, published in…

Yeah, tying it in to the Nolan-verse was a huge left field move, but when Ledger appears and utters that immortal line, it all makes sense.

Oh, and the last shot of "A Serious Man" was enough to make me immediately re-watch the entire movie.

I'm glad Waltz with Bashir was brought up. What a powerful ending.

Maybe it's just me (and "Macho Man" Randy Savage), but for me (and "Macho Man" Randy Savage), Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night is the quintessential Hold Steady song.

Thanks to a podcast I'm a part of (which I'll refrain from linking to since I don't want to be "that guy"), I see a good number of movies every weekend. Foxcatcher unfortunately hasn't hit San Francisco yet, so I caught:

Did he go talk to his friends, talk to her friends, talk to her?

I'm assuming you mean "will Interstellar make me barf"? Compared to Gravity, I'd say no — I don't recall it jerking the camera around too often. The scenes that show momentum / intensity usually conveyed it with a rumbling soundtrack (in IMAX you really feel it) rather than spinning camera. Things certainly jerk…

Yup…a minute after I posted that, the "he's not actually showing up" thing became clear in the episode. I need to stop posting with limited info!

Wow, somehow I missed that the first ep was already online. Scheer seems too honestly excited to have it be an impression; just a funny coincidence, I guess.

It's hosted by "Sylvester Stallone" and moderated by Paul Scheer. It's of course possible that it's really Sly, but it just seems amazing that he'd actually agree to do a comedy podcast for non ridiculous bags of money. Whereas we know Kroll and Scheer have played the Stallone Brothers before, to pretty great effect.…

Really hoping the Sylvester Stallone show is hosted by Nick Kroll's character, and features daily appearances by Frank…

One of the best comics working today. After years of missing her shows, this article has only strengthened my resolve to see her live.

As a computer vision researcher, I find it extraordinarily unlikely that this actually works. Dark comedy club, out-of-plane faces, hands or drinks partially occluding the face, not to mention the whole concept of classifying a laugh vs any other motion of the mouth…nope. Not buying it at all.

While I was watching the film (knowing absolutely nothing about the novel), I definitely had a few troubling vibes of this being the story of a "crazy bitch". The girl-who-cries-rape plot elements didn't help either. But as the film progressed, it became clear that this is about a particularly messed up character with…

I may just be in a particularly O'Neal mood, but "house of games" and "peaceful retreat of eggs from his hand" both made me laugh out loud.

I know it's been said already, but boy is it embarrassing that this video doesn't acknowledge that Oracle — one of the largest companies in the world — is real. It seems unthinkable that they don't know this, but why do they continue to call them "fake"?

Considering Jack Johnson covered "Badfish", I really don't think it's a leap to assume he was somehow influenced by Sublime. (And yes, I sort of hate myself for having known that cover offhand.)

I'm not convinced you watched "So Did the Fat Lady".

I'm not sure I've ever agreed with any AV Club article so much as I do with Todd here, complete with audible "yes!"s at work. Start with Sunset, go back to Tallahassee and All Hail (especially for The Mess Inside), spread out from there. I'd emphasize going backwards more than forwards, as some of the older stuff is…