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Podmass Best Show’s pledge drive kicks off strong and Professor Blastoff shares the love

The best podcasts of the week of February 28-March 6.

March 8, 2013 | 12:00am -
Watch This Dig! the divergent fortunes of The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols

A riveting documentary chronicles the Blur/Oasis-like rivalry between two bands that were never as big as Blur or Oasis.

March 8, 2013 | 12:00am -
Movie Review Oz The Great And Powerful

Sam Raimi fuses L. Frank Baum with Army Of Darkness in a spectacle that isn’t nearly as great as that sounds.

March 7, 2013 | 12:08am -
Movie Review The Girl

Abbie Cornish plays a poor Texas mother who smuggles Mexican immigrants across the border in this narratively rigged indie drama.

March 7, 2013 | 12:02am -
For Our Consideration If documentaries want to be treated like movies, they need to behave like them

Accepting docs made in tired, cut-and-paste formats only encourages more like them, and less like the new Leviathan.

March 7, 2013 | 12:00am -
Movie Review Beyond The Hills

Cristian Mungiu’s worthy follow-up to 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days visits an isolated Romanian convent.

March 7, 2013 | 12:00am -
HomeVideo Review Cujo / The Running Man

The rush of mid-’80s Stephen King adaptations left the quality-control button unmanned.

March 6, 2013 | 12:00am -
Newswire Eco-horror from the frightmaster who directed Rain Man and a 20th anniversary for Schindler's List on DVD/BD this week

Barry Levinson seems like the last guy who should do a found-footage eco-horror movie, but The Bay deserves to find an audience on DVD.

March 5, 2013 | 11:32am -
Newswire Weekend Box Office: Hollywood gets year's John Carter out of its system

Jack The Giant Slayer wins the weekend easily, but that's only a small consolation.

March 4, 2013 | 9:22am -
Inventory Out of a tailspin: 16 great shows that recovered from bum seasons

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

March 4, 2013 | 12:00am -
Movie Review The Last Exorcism Part II

The title is just the first place where this horror sequel goes wrong.

March 1, 2013 | 2:50pm -
I Learned It At The Movies Want to do spring break properly? These movies have some advice

Make sure to shout “Woo!” at all times, or it won’t look like you’re having fun.

March 1, 2013 | 12:00pm -
Watch This A 400-year-old shaman manifests as a neck tumor in The Manitou

And it just gets weirder from there.

March 1, 2013 | 12:00am -
Podmass Margaret Cho enters the podcasting arena and Flop House contracts Oogieloves fever

The best podcasts of the week of February 21-27

March 1, 2013 | 12:00am -
Interview Tom Colicchio on solving the hunger problem in America

“Now that I’ve seen laws made and I know how sausage is made, I’ll stick to sausage.”

February 28, 2013 | 12:00pm -
Movie Review Phantom

The disappearance of a Soviet nuclear submarine forms the basis for this budget-priced underwater chamber drama.

February 28, 2013 | 12:07am -
Movie Review A Place At The Table

This activist documentary calls attention to the growing problem of hunger in America.

February 28, 2013 | 12:06am -
The New Cult Canon John Woo’s Hard Target added signature flair to a generic Hollywood premise

Maybe it isn’t a great John Woo movie, but it’s a transcendent Jean-Claude Van Damme movie.

February 28, 2013 | 12:00am -
Newswire Three of our top five films of 2012, including The Master, lead the week on DVD and Blu-ray

The Master, Holy Motors, and The Loneliest Planet lead an exceptionally good week for DVD/BD.

February 26, 2013 | 4:04pm -
Newswire Weekend Box Office: *Crickets*

On Oscar weekend, American honored the movies by not showing up to see them.

February 25, 2013 | 9:14am -
Watch This The German drama Requiem raises questions about a famous demon-possession case

Requiem presents the rare demon-possession drama where the person possessed is the most human in the film.

February 25, 2013 | 12:00am -
TV Club : Other Shows The 85th Annual Academy Awards

Let's discuss the 85th Annual Academy Awards in our liveblog.

February 24, 2013 | 12:00pm -
Movie Review Dark Skies

A derivative haunted-house movie subs out ghosts for aliens.

February 22, 2013 | 3:10pm -
Newswire Join us for an Academy Awards liveblog on Sunday

It's like blogging, but in real time. Also: Argo.

February 22, 2013 | 12:55pm -
NOT OPTIONAL A bloody good crime film, a stellar horror comic, and 3 more can’t-miss entertainments

Some entertainment is optional. These five aren’t.

February 22, 2013 | 12:00pm -
Watch This The Friends Of Eddie Coyle gives a late-career Robert Mitchum an extra set of knuckles

Peter Yates’ adaptation of George V. Higgins’ novel shows the weariness and age behind Mitchum’s tough-guy screen persona.

February 22, 2013 | 12:00am -
Podmass Podcasters decamp to SF Sketchfest while Eddie Pepitone makes the rounds

The best podcasts of the week of February 14-20.

February 22, 2013 | 12:00am -
Movie Review Red Flag

Writer-director Alex Karpovsky plays himself in a DIY comedy about a lovelorn filmmaker who hits the road.

February 21, 2013 | 12:01am -
Movie Review Rubberneck

Writer-director Alex Karpovsky tries his hand at the psychological thriller with this slow-burner about romantic obsession.

February 21, 2013 | 12:00am -
HomeVideo Review Die Hard: 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Collection

The new Die Hard Blu-ray collection makes it easy to track how a scrappy, standout action feature became a tired, overwrought franchise.

February 20, 2013 | 12:00am -

Podmass Best Show’s pledge drive kicks off strong and Professor Blastoff shares the love

Watch This Dig! the divergent fortunes of The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols

Movie Review Oz The Great And Powerful

Movie Review The Girl

For Our Consideration If documentaries want to be treated like movies, they need to behave like them

Movie Review Beyond The Hills

HomeVideo Review Cujo / The Running Man

Newswire Eco-horror from the frightmaster who directed Rain Man and a 20th anniversary for Schindler's List on DVD/BD this week

Newswire Weekend Box Office: Hollywood gets year's John Carter out of its system

Inventory Out of a tailspin: 16 great shows that recovered from bum seasons

Movie Review The Last Exorcism Part II

I Learned It At The Movies Want to do spring break properly? These movies have some advice

Watch This A 400-year-old shaman manifests as a neck tumor in The Manitou

Podmass Margaret Cho enters the podcasting arena and Flop House contracts Oogieloves fever

Interview Tom Colicchio on solving the hunger problem in America

Movie Review Phantom

Movie Review A Place At The Table

The New Cult Canon John Woo’s Hard Target added signature flair to a generic Hollywood premise

Newswire Three of our top five films of 2012, including The Master, lead the week on DVD and Blu-ray

Newswire Weekend Box Office: Crickets

Watch This The German drama Requiem raises questions about a famous demon-possession case

TV Club : Other Shows The 85th Annual Academy Awards

Movie Review Dark Skies

Newswire Join us for an Academy Awards liveblog on Sunday

NOT OPTIONAL A bloody good crime film, a stellar horror comic, and 3 more can’t-miss entertainments

Watch This The Friends Of Eddie Coyle gives a late-career Robert Mitchum an extra set of knuckles

Podmass Podcasters decamp to SF Sketchfest while Eddie Pepitone makes the rounds

Movie Review Red Flag

Movie Review Rubberneck

HomeVideo Review Die Hard: 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Collection

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Podmass Best Show’s pledge drive kicks off strong and Professor Blastoff shares the love

Watch This Dig! the divergent fortunes of The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols

Movie Review Oz The Great And Powerful

Movie Review The Girl

For Our Consideration If documentaries want to be treated like movies, they need to behave like them

Movie Review Beyond The Hills

HomeVideo Review Cujo / The Running Man

Newswire Eco-horror from the frightmaster who directed Rain Man and a 20th anniversary for Schindler's List on DVD/BD this week

Newswire Weekend Box Office: Hollywood gets year's John Carter out of its system

Inventory Out of a tailspin: 16 great shows that recovered from bum seasons

Movie Review The Last Exorcism Part II

I Learned It At The Movies Want to do spring break properly? These movies have some advice

Watch This A 400-year-old shaman manifests as a neck tumor in The Manitou

Podmass Margaret Cho enters the podcasting arena and Flop House contracts Oogieloves fever

Interview Tom Colicchio on solving the hunger problem in America

Movie Review Phantom

Movie Review A Place At The Table

The New Cult Canon John Woo’s Hard Target added signature flair to a generic Hollywood premise

Newswire Three of our top five films of 2012, including The Master, lead the week on DVD and Blu-ray

Newswire Weekend Box Office: *Crickets*

Watch This The German drama Requiem raises questions about a famous demon-possession case

TV Club : Other Shows The 85th Annual Academy Awards

Movie Review Dark Skies

Newswire Join us for an Academy Awards liveblog on Sunday

NOT OPTIONAL A bloody good crime film, a stellar horror comic, and 3 more can’t-miss entertainments

Watch This The Friends Of Eddie Coyle gives a late-career Robert Mitchum an extra set of knuckles

Podmass Podcasters decamp to SF Sketchfest while Eddie Pepitone makes the rounds

Movie Review Red Flag

Movie Review Rubberneck

HomeVideo Review Die Hard: 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Collection

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Newswire Weekend Box Office: Crickets