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Inventory The slinky vagabond: 15 notable David Bowie cameos

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

March 11, 2013 | 12:00am -
Movie Review Dead Man Down

Blackmail, revenge, and murder are the would-be combustible elements in this wet stick of cinematic dynamite.

March 8, 2013 | 3:00pm -
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 -
Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club Is The Kid Stays In The Picture a masterpiece Hollywood memoir? Oh yeah

Will prolonged exposure to Robert Evans’ prose lead to talking like him? You bet your ass.

March 7, 2013 | 12:00pm -
Bestcasts Chris Hardwick discusses his favorite episodes of Nerdist

“The greatest thing that you can have with your work is to not have to do things that you don’t want to do and only work around things that you are excited about.”

March 7, 2013 | 12:00pm -
Watch This Michael Rapaport finds the dysfunction behind A Tribe Called Quest’s mellow vibes

Exposing the brittle bonds behind the deceptively communal spirit of one of rap’s true golden ages.

March 7, 2013 | 12:00am -
Random Roles Tom Sizemore on Point Break, True Romance, and getting yelled at by Pete Rose

“Tough doesn’t mean shit to me. I don’t look forward to running up and down mountains, but the result is spectacular.”

March 6, 2013 | 12:00am -
Great Job, Internet! The makers of the Charlie Brown/Louie mash-up bring you the stomach-churningly educational "Scientifically Accurate Spider-Man"

Gross but funny. But mostly gross.

March 5, 2013 | 10:30am -
Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory Small Apartments finds humanity in sleaze

Jonas Åkerlund’s strangely winning sleeper transcends its own quirkiness.

March 5, 2013 | 12:00am -
Great Job, Internet! So it's come to this: The Simpsons do "The Harlem Shake"

Oh dear. This cannot end well.

March 4, 2013 | 2:10pm -
TV Club : The Simpsons (Classic) “Lisa Vs. Malibu Stacy”

Abe gets ornery and Lisa gets impassioned in a classic episode devoted to some of Springfield’s crankiest fixtures.

March 3, 2013 | 2:00pm -
Movie Review 21 & Over

A shameless ripoff of The Hangover, from the screenwriters of The Hangover.

February 28, 2013 | 1:00pm -
Watch This Seed Of Chucky finds the absurdity in the familial dysfunction of possessed demon toys

The fourth Child’s Play sequel embraces self-parody with a post-modern, meta-textual funhouse mirror of a narrative.

February 28, 2013 | 12:00am -
Great Job, Internet! Tyler, The Creator gets obnoxiously awesome in this photo with the non-awesomely obnoxious Donald Trump

Finally, Tyler uses his powers of obnoxiousness for good rather than evil.

February 27, 2013 | 3:00pm -
My World Of Flops Supermarket Brands Sponsored Case File #34: Foodfight!

An ill-fated attempt to give corporate mascots the Toy Story treatment fails on every level.

February 27, 2013 | 12:00am -
Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory Freaky Deaky’s minor funky pleasures can’t make up for its jarring tonal shifts

Freaky Deaky could pass as a half-assed Elmore Leonard knockoff, if it weren’t an actual adaptation.

February 26, 2013 | 12:00am -
Inventory Love on the dole: 18 songs about being on government assistance

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

February 25, 2013 | 12:00am -
TV Club : The Simpsons (Classic) “Homer And Apu”

Homer's a delightful fella in this wonderful exploration of Apu's existential angst

February 24, 2013 | 2:00pm -
Great Job, Internet! Get Involved, Internet: Help make Cannibal Ox's long-awaited follow-up to The Cold Vein a reality

It's up to you to make a follow-up to Cannibal Ox's The Cold Vein a reality

February 22, 2013 | 4:10pm -
Hear This “Pumped Up Kicks” sneaks eviscerating darkness into a danceable package

Plus, the kids love it.

February 21, 2013 | 1:30pm -
Movie Review Snitch

The injustice of mandatory minimum sentencing grounds this Dwayne Johnson action movie in social drama.

February 21, 2013 | 12:04am -
Random Roles Jeffrey Combs on Re-Animator’s endurance, playing H.P. Lovecraft, and more

“It was 30 days in that hideous, bald-headed, dog-dick-out-of-my-forehead thing. I hated it. It was so uncomfortable.”

February 20, 2013 | 12:00pm -
Inventory “I forget who I am—who am I?”: 23-plus alter egos of sitcom characters

Another list from The A.V. Club.

February 20, 2013 | 12:00am -
Watch This Donnie Brasco features Al Pacino as a Willy Loman-esque sad sack

Mike Newell’s 1997 film casts an unblinking, unsentimental eye on the more depressing side of organized crime.

February 20, 2013 | 12:00am -
Great Job, Internet! Today in Alison Brie being adorable news: Alison Brie adorably freestyle raps on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

Awwwww.

February 19, 2013 | 12:25pm -
Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory The singularly insane Branded is a case study in good intentions gone astray

ncoherent ideology combines with amateur storytelling for a mindfuck that transcends conventional notions of “good” and “bad.”

February 19, 2013 | 12:00am -
Great Job, Internet! Watch a lovely documentary on the making of Belle & Sebastian’s If You’re Feeling Sinister

Watch a compelling film about Belle & Sebastian’s masterpiece.

February 18, 2013 | 4:40pm -
Films That Time Forgot White House Madness is the Kentucky Fried Movie of alt-history Nixon comedies

Dead dogs, exorcisms, psychedelic freak-outs, and a Groucho Marx impression make up the “true story” of Nixon’s impeachment.

February 18, 2013 | 12:00pm -
TV Club : The Simpsons (Classic) “Bart Gets Famous”

Bart becomes a fad in a hilarious and trenchant satire of overnight celebrity.

February 17, 2013 | 2:00pm -
NOT OPTIONAL A classic Nicktoon, insane stand-up, and 3 more cant-miss entertainments

This week in necessities.

February 15, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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