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A movie year that began with Alone In The Dark really had nowhere to go but up. But how far up? The A.V. Club’s film writers pick the year’s best, and a few of the worst for good measure.

On paper, 2002's cinematic crop doesn't make a lot of sense: In part, it offered no prevailing trends that would make clear-cut discussion topics, and in part, it presented an abundance of riches. Some of the year's best films featured an...

High Fidelity may have exposed the nerdiness at the heart of list-making, but for those who care about movies (or music, or books, or just about any cultural enterprise), it's tough to resist the lure of the Top 10. Lists impose order on...

Is it the mark of a good year or a bad year when consensus about the year's best films comes easy? Is the pool of contenders too shallow, or are 2003's great films so apparent that most right-minded people can agree on them? Whatever the case,...

Like much of the country, moviegoers in 2004 were divided into red states and blue states, with some lining up for Fahrenheit 9/11 while...

Every year, film studios, music labels, and TV networks attempt to pitch their wares to critics and other entertainment writers by sending out...

The times keep changing and the Friday The 13th series just keeps changing with them.

Whatever happened to Ned’s Atomic Dustbin anyway?

Despite a high-profile launch at the beginning of the '90s, the celebrity-owned Planet Hollywood restaurant chain has fallen on hard times. But why? Is it that people don't enjoy dining while surrounded by castoff celebrity clothing and used...