“Daphne may not have been our favorite character this season...”

Just wanted to add my own hearty FUCK YOU AV CLUB to the mix. I’ve been reading this site for well over a decade, mostly for the comments section, but it’s getting much harder to justify any time spent on this website. 

This is a very common answer to this question, and while I understand that reaction, I revisit the film fairly often for a few reasons. The score is one of my very favorites, and I find the filmmaking so kinetic and energizing, that rather than leaving me drained, the film leaves me on a high. The subject matter is…

Not to mention we have no idea what’s coming down the pike. Yes, there is a pandemic right now but whose to say there won’t be an even worse one in 6 months? Or a war? Or a big environmental disaster? Or any number of awful things? If anything the all important notion of social distancing and staying home would seem…

A friend of mine had never heard of it, so we sat him down to watch it and when the shift in the movie comes, his “WHAT?!” was everything.

Her character is also given the name Santanico Pandemonium, which is just about the best name created for a character ever.

I care. The Clone Wars tv show is one of the best aspects of the whole Star Wars franchise, despite how terrible the prequels themselves were, and many of the stories told on that series were among the most original, mature and visually striking.

Criminally underrated Tarantino, a film that gets better and better with each viewing. Stuntman Mike is one of Tarantino’s best creations and one of Kurt Russell’s best performances. Moreover it features a car chase that could very well be the most thrilling one I’ve ever seen, deceptively terrific cinematography, and…

Ha, I too was confused as to why this article was positioned as a response to an argument nobody made. Did he really even need to mention Alien at all, especially so prominently in the title? It just feels like it’s slagging on Alien for no reason.

It’s crazy to read how many comments on here say something to the effect of “who cares?” and “why should they force representation on us?” and “there shouldn’t be a focus on sexuality in Star Wars anyway” statements which all come from such a position of privilege that is apparently totally blinding to the fact that…

Everytime there’s an article like this, there’s always a comment to this effect and I can never understand how some people just lack the empathy to understand that just because they don’t value the element of surprise in a story, that therefore means nobody else should. It may not matter to you, but I absolutely…

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia started in 2005, not 2010, or are we disregarding the first 5 seasons for some reason?

Yeah, I’m also going to stand up for EuroTrip. Scotty Doesn’t Know is the clear highlight, and it’s great the way the song keeps coming back throughout the movie in different forms, but while EuroTrip definitely plays to the cheap seats often, I actually think it’s a tad smarter than your average teen sex comedy and…

It’s Jeffrey Wright, not Geoffrey like some sort of toy selling giraffe.

In college 3 friends and I once took a road trip from New England to Knoxville Tennessee because Bart, Milhouse, Nelson and Martin did it on The Simpsons. It was...underwhelming, but I did get a small thrill out of seeing the Sun’s Sphere. I mean, Wig’s Sphere.

Akira Kurosawa created Star Wars when he made The Hidden Fortress.

I agree. Movies are as long or short as they need to be, or at least are deemed to be by a filmmaker. This is the same mentality that leads a lot of fans to believe they are owed something by the creator. Since when is one of the presumed purposes of cinema to “respect” an audience in any capacity?

Kids dinner! I got Panda Express!
Did you get the sugar chicken?
That’s kind of all they have.

I’m not really buying the whole line of logic that MoviePass creates an expectation of how much a ticket should cost considering that theaters have been jacking up their prices every couple of years since I was a kid (growing up in a large metropolitan area). My baseline expectation is that theater prices rise every…

Since getting Moviepass, I’ve been to the theater way more than I would have otherwise. I’ve seen movies I never would have considered paying for. I’ve also been more willing to spend on concessions because it feels like the ticket doesn’t cost me anything. Moviepass pays the full ticket price so the theaters aren’t…