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Inventory “Illusion, Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money”: 20 inept magicians in pop culture

The A.V. Club's weekly list.

May 20, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A What are your favorite and least favorite cultural baits and switches?

Stop jerking us around, pop culture.

May 17, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A The films you’ve loved longest

In the third AVQ&A in a themed trilogy, we look at the films we discovered earliest in life and still enjoy rewatching.

May 10, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A Favorite pop-culture goodbyes

A staff departure has us thinking about the best and most poignant farewells in pop culture.

April 26, 2013 | 12:00am -
Random Roles Ricky Schroder on public puberty, NYPD Blue, and re-watching his child-actor roles

“I am thankful that Lonesome Dove came along. If it hadn’t, I’m not sure where my career would be.”

April 25, 2013 | 12:00am -
Inventory Product misplacement: 20-plus brands given unhelpful movie associations

The A.V. Club's weekly list.

April 22, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A The album you’ve loved longest

A reader asks about albums we discovered early in life and still consider essential listening.

April 19, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A Willful cultural ignorance

Our weekly reader-and-staffer question looks at art and information we’ve deliberately avoided because we don’t want it in our heads.

April 12, 2013 | 12:00am -
Inventory “Don’t worry about the government”: 13 fictional political machines that are too stupid to be sinister

Another list from The A.V. Club.

April 10, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A What did Roger Ebert mean to you?

The world’s most famous film critic was so much more than that.

April 5, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A Who should replace Jimmy Fallon?

The Tonight Show news has us all speculating about our dream host for Late Night.

April 4, 2013 | 12:30pm -
AVQ&A Empathizing with art

Our weekly reader-and-staffer question looks at moments where we know exactly what someone in a story feels, because we’ve been there ourselves.

March 29, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A Favorite festival experiences

After SXSW, we talk about our favorite festival experiences.

March 19, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A Surprising songs in concert

This week, a reader asks the staff and readers about unexpected songs we heard at live performances.

March 15, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A Perfect pop culture?

This week, a reader asks what art we can’t nitpick over because it’s unimpeachably right as is.

March 8, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A Favorite poems

This week, the staff and readers discuss the poetry that sticks with us.

March 1, 2013 | 12:00am -
For Our Consideration Sure, Community has changed… but it’s aging like any other sitcom

If Dan Harmon weren’t Dan Harmon, would people be cutting Community a little more slack?

February 28, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A Fictional foods we want to try

A reader asks the staff and commenters what foods from pop culture they’d most like to sample.

February 22, 2013 | 12:00am -
Inventory Tom Hanks vs. the Fonz: 35-plus Oscar nominees in weird TV guest spots

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

February 18, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A Regrettably unattainable art

In an age of near-infinite pop-culture accessibility, we look at those rare items we still can’t acquire.

February 15, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A Best album-opening one-two punches

This week, the staff and readers look at the most perfect beginnings for albums.

February 8, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A Pop culture too extensive to start

This week, the staff and readers discuss which pop-culture series or genres have built up what seems like an impenetrable backlog.

February 1, 2013 | 12:00am -
Inventory Begin again: 27 opening-credits sequences that evolved with their series

Another list from The A.V. Club.

January 30, 2013 | 12:00am -
Inventory Clear eyes, full hearts, eh, I’ll just wait for the TV show: 14 TV series that usurped their original film versions

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

January 21, 2013 | 12:00am -
Inventory You’ve got to go on waiting for the miracle to come: 63 of our most anticipated entertainments of 2013

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

December 31, 2012 | 12:00am -
Inventory Do you hear the (dead) people sing? 20 films and shows that end with posthumous reunions

Another list from The A.V. Club.

December 19, 2012 | 12:00am -
Inventory Bold type: 13 opening-credits sequences better than the movies that follow

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

November 26, 2012 | 12:00am -
Inventory Who do you think you’re messing with, buddy?: 18 cinematic attacks on American soil

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

November 5, 2012 | 12:00am -
Inventory Familiar faces in unfamiliar places: 17 TV cast reunions on other shows

Another list from The A.V. Club.

October 3, 2012 | 12:00am -
Inventory The future won’t look like this: 11 unintentionally ridiculous depictions of virtual reality

Another list from The A.V. Club.

August 29, 2012 | 12:00am -

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