It would have made more sense to sue the studio for tricking us into thinking that Paul and Ringo were going to show up on James Corden’s late show and accuse Jack of stealing their songs, when that turned out to be a dream sequence. Also for including James Corden in the movie at all.

Is anyone else weirdly excited about The Holdovers?

Another fun fact, Rod Serling was one of the writers on the original Planet of the Apes, which makes sense given that he used the same twist in at least three episodes of The Twilight Zone.

I didn’t realize how much I needed this.

The dialogue in Star Wars is actually translated from the Red Book of Westmarch.

True! A number of people tried to kill Beatles, and one of them succeeded!

“The Beatles never had fans on social media tracking their private planes.”

Not to be that person, but at the height of their fame the Beatles were being shuttled to concerts in the backs of armored vans because riots broke out when they traveled. They were nearly killed in the Philippines. This was a major reason why…

I love that right-wingers are only just now discovering Mumford & Sons. 

good time to hit up the library!

Brandon has a long, long history of being inadvertently socially awkward. (He once informed a reporter that he plucks out his chin hairs and collects them in a plastic bag!). As an autistic, I’ve often wondered if he’s mildly on the spectrum.

Jesse Plemons deserves more love for his performance in Game Night. And Mark Boone, Jr. for Batman Begins. “What, they don’t like falafel?”

Yes, the whole thing seems fairly harmless. I think the people who are attacking him don’t realize that he likely has a touch of the ‘tism.

I was going to say, haven’t murder mysteries always been killing it? Hasn’t anyone seen Endeavour?

The Rock is basically the Danny Strong character in Buffy who’s inexplicably mega-famous and no one can explain how.

** mild spoilers **

In the book on which the movie is based, American Prometheus, there’s a debate about what exactly transpired. The authors note the existence of conspiracy theories alleging that Jean Tatlock was murdered by the FBI because her communist sympathies had the potential to compromise the Manhattan…

it’s like how Louis C. K. kept trying to warn us he was a sex creep, and somehow people were shocked when he turned out to be a sex creep 

Texas isn’t a red state, it’s a blue state that’s been so heavily gerrymandered that voting, even in large numbers, is effectively useless.

it wouldn't be the AV Club if we didn't bitch about the AV Club. it's a time-honored tradition. 

This reminds me of the gag in The Phantom Tollbooth where Milo meets, in rapid succession, the Smallest Giant, Tallest Midget, Thinnest Fat Man and Fattest Thin Man in the World (they’re all the same guy).

The Silver Chair is the best one! It’s Lewis’s attempt at a Spenserian romance.