I just had a fleeting but enjoyable image of Guy Blank, typically frozen in place, clutching a bayonet ready for battle as his fellow soldiers stream and fight around him.

Nothing says "serious filmic consideration" like using the term "SJW".

Upvoted for the comparison of "Strangers With Candy" to "Barry Lyndon."

I'd seen several of Bette and Joan's roles because I spent a good portion of my teen years glued to TCM, but don't be embarrassed! There's people that before this I'm sure had never heard of either of these women. I agree, you've got great movies to look forward to seeing for the first time.

I'd be over the moon if she got a supporting actress nod. She really added so much to Joan's character.

Definitely agree.
Showing a more nuanced Joan than "Mommie Dearest" is not only a pretty low bar, it doesn't mean that she's a more likeable or better person.
The series primarily showed her interaction with her twins since they were quasi-involved (showing up on the set and interacting with BD) in the shooting of the…

That might be my favorite moment in a series that's full of truly excellent moments.

So true about Jessica Lange. Her performance is such a gut-punch. I found myself almost tearing up at certain scenes (like when she's moved by Ann Bancroft's generosity and praise) since Lange really takes you the whole way.

Given that Joan purportedly was well aware of her gay fans from the beginning and apparently always supportive, it stuck me as a little off that she didn't realize that's what the young man was indicating. But then again, we were supposed to get that she was consumed by her own insecurities and thus there really…

Two Faye Dunaway references and I hoping we'd see a young Faye Dunaway at least on the set with Bette. I'd have loved to see Bette's reaction to Mommie Dearest and then maybe a transition to her own daughter's "tell-all".

Now Fox News, THAT'S where you get fair and balanced!

I agree that any time a man is going to explain how a woman isn't very feminist is going to have to tread carefully, but the amount of complaining about the use of the phrase "heteronormative" makes me wonder if people complaining know what the word actually means. To people that aren't heterosexual, it's kinda been a…

There can never be a Trump mention at the AV Club without several people complaining that there's a Trump mention.

I think a good portion of the criticism of Meghan Trainor in this article alone is less the "blue-eyed soul" (if you want to categorize her as that) and more the fauxminism and stylistic emptiness (although I agree the latter is a bit redundant for criticism in a pop singer).

"Who the fuck cares?! Live and let live."

I really miss Lily Sparks's write-ups. So often I'm watching and chuckling to myself over how she's going to react to something then I remember she's not doing it anymore.

When Rumple put the Blue Fairy in a coma for him so that Gideon wouldn't blacken his heart (apparently your heart only blackens if you carry out the deed yourself, not just all but actually carry out the deed?), Gideon seemed surprised and pleased and gave him back his dagger.

I wondered about that, too.

Latinx (which is pronounced like Latin Ex) simply means "Latin people of all genders" and it's easier to say that "Latinos and Latinas" or "Latin@s" (an attempt to use both). "Latinx" as a phrase was coined by (wait for it!) Latinx activists.
It's a nice, small, gender inclusive word and it's really not that big of a…

Given that Anne Bancroft was the first choice to play Joan in Mommie Dearest (and she was apparently eager until the constant problems with who would write the screenplay finally drove her off the project), I think we can guess.