I feel this way about certain mobile games. I loathe the outrageous microtransactions in something like Marvel Snap, frankly they ought to be illegal, but I also never personally pay for any of them and can just enjoy the game for what it is.

and they say that white Bronco is still out there, slowly rolling down the highway...

I liked Monarch, but it needed (a) more Kurt Russell and (b) special effects that didn’t look like they were rendered on someone’s basement Windows 95 PC.

at the end of it all, the only thing that matters, the only thing that will bring light in dark times, and save the day, is... Michael Burnham, Michael Burnham, Michael Burnham.

i am so glad that the a.v. club is actually back to doing regular coverage of offbeat stuff like this. dare we hope the Paste purchase will actually prove a good thing?

what the heck does “Bravo-esque” mean

i still consider it one of the scariest films ever made, and that’s having rewatched it numerous times and knowing full well that it’s fiction. something about the highly believable, “here’s what it’s like to be lost in the woods” vibe which works for me.

i mean, they co-produced Akira Kurosawa’s Ran; that alone deserves some kind of reward.

i’ve got my commemorative Happy Meal Chaplin McShake cups right here!

ugh.

Sam Barsanti is that you?

and Peter Weir just announced his retirement!

holy shit! a Random Roles, on A.V. Club? In 2024? Amazing.

what’s a morgan wallen

don’t worry, the fifth episode of The Acolyte will randomly be a lore-essential side-story exclusively featuring Mando and Grogu.

or siding with Noa Tishby for that matter. your first question before co-signing anything like this is, “who am i signing next to?”

just an aside but isn’t it nice now AVC has comments back that articles like this attract hundreds of comments.

RJ: I knew you’d come back.

you had me (losing all interest) at Jared Leto.

you were, but i rescued you!