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AVQ&A What are you reading this month? (March 2013)

We look at some of the month’s releases and ask our staff and readers what books they’re currently exploring.

March 6, 2013 | 12:00pm -
Newswire Free download: an exclusive Ted Leo track about DC Pierson’s kingdom of crap

New free music, plus some of our favorite old free music.

March 4, 2013 | 3:00pm -
YA Why? In February’s best YA book, a frustrated teen kills himself over and over

Gregory Galloway’s second novel addresses despair and suicide sympathetically, and without flinching.

March 4, 2013 | 12:00pm -
Films That Time Forgot 1987’s Devil Dynamite has it all: vampires, ninjas, and vampire ninjas

How many tropes can one super-cheapie Hong Kong action film pack in? This one tries to find out.

March 4, 2013 | 12:00pm -
Newswire Joe Wright directing film adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s upcoming adult novel, skeptical question mark?

Tom Hanks’ production company is reportedly grabbing even more Neil Gaiman writing so nobody else can have any.

March 1, 2013 | 1:45pm -
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 -
AVQ&A Favorite poems

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

March 1, 2013 | 12:00am -
Movie Review Stoker

Oldboy director Park Chan-wook makes an assured English-language debut with this dark coming-of-age tale.

February 28, 2013 | 12:08am -
Movie Review War Witch

This deserving Best Foreign Language Film nominee follows a 12-year-old child soldier in sub-Saharan Africa.

February 28, 2013 | 12:01am -
Movie Review Jack The Giant Slayer

This isn’t your grandmother’s “Jack And The Beanstalk.” It’s far more expensive.

February 28, 2013 | 12:00am -
Great Job, Internet! Cheery YouTube video answers Seth MacFarlane with “We Saw Your Junk”

“Not a peep of Seth MacFarlane’s junk to see. Hypocrite!”

February 26, 2013 | 12:22pm -
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 -
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 -
Great Job, Internet! Read 12 new Neil Gaiman mini-stories online, then help illustrate them

The author known for his quiet, lyrical fables produces 12 more, based on reader prompts.

February 19, 2013 | 2:00pm -
Movie Review Escape From Planet Earth

An intergalactic CGI animated film from the Weinsteins offers precisely zero surprises.

February 15, 2013 | 3:09pm -
Watch This Death Becomes Her casts Bruce Willis as the helpless rope in a tug-of-war

The star of Die Hard and The Last Boy Scout took an opportunity to play a weak, henpecked husband in a movie that consciously plays on his tough-guy image.

February 15, 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 -
Movie Review Beautiful Creatures

Another supernatural YA adaptation tries to fill the Harry Potter/Twilight void.

February 14, 2013 | 12:00am -
Interview Aziz Ansari gets candid about love: “elusive and sadly ephemeral”

“Please do not read further if you are into the idea of finding long-lasting love and happiness.”

February 13, 2013 | 12:00pm -
Inventory “Is that one thing?”: 5 pop-culture life coaches who can’t count

Another list from The A.V. Club.

February 13, 2013 | 12:00am -
HomeVideo Review Tales Of The Night

French animator Michel Ocelot (Kirikou And The Sorceress) returns with more gorgeous, earnest bits of folklore.

February 13, 2013 | 12:00am -
Inventory Tonight, let’s be lovers: 18 songs about one-night stands

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

February 11, 2013 | 12:00am -
NOT OPTIONAL The great HBO show you’re not watching and 4 more can’t-miss entertainments

Some entertainment is optional. These five aren’t.

February 8, 2013 | 12:00pm -
Watch This 1936’s My Man Godfrey is a Depression-era fantasy needling the rich

Gregory La Cava’s heavily Oscar-nominated hit is a screwball classic, but also tied to its specific era.

February 8, 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 -
Movie Review Identity Thief

Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy team up for a hassle-filled cross-country road trip, Planes, Trains And Automobiles-style.

February 7, 2013 | 12:05am -
AVQ&A What are you reading this month? (February 2013)

We look at some of the month’s releases and ask our staff and readers what books they’re currently exploring.

February 6, 2013 | 12:00pm -
Newswire Henry Selick’s The Shadow King proceeding without Disney, but with a plot and voice cast

The latest from the Coraline director now has a title, a distribution partner, and basically everything but a production budget.

February 5, 2013 | 2:30pm -

AVQ&A What are you reading this month? (March 2013)

Newswire Free download: an exclusive Ted Leo track about DC Pierson’s kingdom of crap

YA Why? In February’s best YA book, a frustrated teen kills himself over and over

Films That Time Forgot 1987’s Devil Dynamite has it all: vampires, ninjas, and vampire ninjas

Newswire Joe Wright directing film adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s upcoming adult novel, skeptical question mark?

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

AVQ&A Favorite poems

Movie Review Stoker

Movie Review War Witch

Movie Review Jack The Giant Slayer

Great Job, Internet! Cheery YouTube video answers Seth MacFarlane with “We Saw Your Junk”

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

AVQ&A Fictional foods we want to try

Great Job, Internet! Read 12 new Neil Gaiman mini-stories online, then help illustrate them

Movie Review Escape From Planet Earth

Watch This Death Becomes Her casts Bruce Willis as the helpless rope in a tug-of-war

AVQ&A Regrettably unattainable art

Movie Review Beautiful Creatures

Interview Aziz Ansari gets candid about love: “elusive and sadly ephemeral”

Inventory “Is that one thing?”: 5 pop-culture life coaches who can’t count

HomeVideo Review Tales Of The Night

Inventory Tonight, let’s be lovers: 18 songs about one-night stands

NOT OPTIONAL The great HBO show you’re not watching and 4 more can’t-miss entertainments

Watch This 1936’s My Man Godfrey is a Depression-era fantasy needling the rich

AVQ&A Best album-opening one-two punches

Movie Review Identity Thief

AVQ&A What are you reading this month? (February 2013)

Newswire Henry Selick’s The Shadow King proceeding without Disney, but with a plot and voice cast

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AVQ&A What are you reading this month? (March 2013)

Newswire Free download: an exclusive Ted Leo track about DC Pierson’s kingdom of crap

YA Why? In February’s best YA book, a frustrated teen kills himself over and over

Films That Time Forgot 1987’s Devil Dynamite has it all: vampires, ninjas, and vampire ninjas

Newswire Joe Wright directing film adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s upcoming adult novel, skeptical question mark?

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

AVQ&A Favorite poems

Movie Review Stoker

Movie Review War Witch

Movie Review Jack The Giant Slayer

Great Job, Internet! Cheery YouTube video answers Seth MacFarlane with “We Saw Your Junk”

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

AVQ&A Fictional foods we want to try

Great Job, Internet! Read 12 new Neil Gaiman mini-stories online, then help illustrate them

Movie Review Escape From Planet Earth

Watch This Death Becomes Her casts Bruce Willis as the helpless rope in a tug-of-war

AVQ&A Regrettably unattainable art

Movie Review Beautiful Creatures

Interview Aziz Ansari gets candid about love: “elusive and sadly ephemeral”

Inventory “Is that one thing?”: 5 pop-culture life coaches who can’t count

HomeVideo Review Tales Of The Night

Inventory Tonight, let’s be lovers: 18 songs about one-night stands

NOT OPTIONAL The great HBO show you’re not watching and 4 more can’t-miss entertainments

Watch This 1936’s My Man Godfrey is a Depression-era fantasy needling the rich

AVQ&A Best album-opening one-two punches

Movie Review Identity Thief

AVQ&A What are you reading this month? (February 2013)

Newswire Henry Selick’s The Shadow King proceeding without Disney, but with a plot and voice cast

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