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Jim Rash and Nat Faxon notably won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for their work on The Descendants, but the duo have a history of comedic work that is nearly as impressive as their Oscar win. In The Way, Way Back Rash and Faxon took on writing, directing ...

Before Sunrise and Before Sunset remain two of Richard Linklater's most affecting films, and after nine years he's revisiting Ethan Hawke's Jesse and Julie Delpy's Celine in Before Midnight. The film sees Jesse and Celine in their forties, looking back on their past, examining their present ...

Or are they goblets? Depends which side of the Westeros/Highgarden line you're from. (That's not factual, please don't kill me.) Anyway, we have a set of four fancy-lookin' Game Of Thrones wine glasses to give away, the latest in our long line of GoT giveaways this ...

Upon release, Todd Phillips' The Hangover blew away all expectations. In doing so, the simple story spawned a sequel, and now it's grown into a trilogy. The third part builds upon the already established foundation, as the the core cast of Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis return ...

Writer/director Noah Baumbach's credits consist largely of indie films that draw obvious comparisons to Wes Anderson, which makes sense given his contribution to The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou and Fantastic Mr. Fox. His latest, Frances Ha, certainly fits that bill, as Greta Gerwig—who co-wrote the film ...

Romance & Other Disasters is the latest entry in Selected Shorts' series of readings, based around Simon Rich's The Last Girlfriend On Earth and Patricia Marx's Him Her Him Again The End Of Him. This edition of Selected Shorts sees Michael Ian Black, Anna Chlumsky (Veep), and Kirsten Vangsness ...

Game Of Thrones fans tired of re-enacting the show's best scenes with cardboard cut-outs can rejoice at the sight of these cute lil' Pop! Television vinyl figures. We've got a set of six to give away, including Robb and Arya Stark, Jon Snow, Cersei and Jaime Lannister, and ...

Film adaptations of beloved books are always a tricky prospect, but when sacred source material is placed in the hands of Don Coscarelli, of Phantasm and Bubba Ho-Tep fame, it certainly takes a load off. John Dies At The End hit all the right notes, quelling the fears of fans ...

These aren't your (headless) daddy's pins. In our ongoing quest to give you Game Of Thrones swag, we've got a set of four fancy-pants pins to give away. There's the House Stark shield pin, the Hand Of The King pin, the Littlefinger Mockingbird pin, and the ...

Willie Nelson turns 80 today, and in celebration, The A.V. Club is giving away a deluxe Nelson-themed prize package. One big winner will get both a CD and a vinyl copy of Willie’s new album, Let’s Face The Music And Dance, a “Willie For President” t-shirt, a ...

Winter is coming, something something keep warm in with this Stark Sigil hoodie. Ned probably never wore a hoodie, this one—featuring the Stark direwolf—certainly couldn't hurt when trying to protect yourself against harsh Northern winters. (It is ineffective, as far as we know, against white walkers.) Anyway ...

We understand that some percentage of A.V. Club readers enjoy watching the popular HBO television series Game Of Thrones, and some percentage of that percentage like to comment about it. So when they asked us if we'd like to give y'all the chance to win a different ...

We know it's last minute, Chicago, but there's a super-early screening of The East, starring Brit Marling (Another Earth, Arbitrage) and directed by Zal Batmanglij (Sound Of My Voice) TONIGHT, Monday April 22,  at River East, and we've got a bunch of tickets to give away. Marling ...

Perhaps you remember a little series of videos we released last month called State Songs, in which the likes of Iron And Wine and Balmorhea paid tribute to Texas? Well now we'd like to further Texify your life with an A.V. Club scavenger hunt with a grand prize ...

Oblivion, the new film from Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski stars Tom Cruise as a former Marine trying to survive in the post-alien-invastion world of 2073. It's a sci-fi film that exploring the difficulty of being able to find stability in a world that no longer feels like home ...

Jason Bateman stars in Disconnect, a dramatic thriller that displays how the digital age is leaving people both removed from meaningful contact and more vulnerable than ever. Disconnect doesn't open until April 12, but we've got passes to an early screening on Monday, April 8.

All you need ...

News of Ryan Gosling's impending retirement has had many lamenting a future without the leading man, but before he rides off into the sunset you can take in his forthcoming film The Place Beyond The Pines. The film pairs Gosling with Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance, and for our ...

In 1981 Evil Dead flipped the horror genre on its ear, and its two subsequent sequels only continued the film's legacy. On April 5, the Book Of The Dead is re-opened as the Evil Dead remake finally hits theaters. The trailers leading up to it have promoted it as ...

Upon its release we were impressed with the documentary Searching For Sugar Man and continued to champion the film as it made a run toward the Oscars. At the 85th Annual Academy Awards Searching For Sugar Man took home the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, and to celebrate that win ...

Steven Spielberg's classic 1993 film Jurassic Park remains a stunning achievement in both storytelling and visual effects, so its return to the big screen is certainly worth noting. Only this time the trip to the theme park will be in 3D. For our Chicago readers who want to revisit ...

You've heard of Stephenie Meyer, right? From Twilight? She's got this new thing, and we've got tickets to a screening TOMORROW NIGHT, March 26, at AMC River East. Just head to Gofobo and enter the code AVCLUB1USY.

Then, see below for a synopsis and a trailer, though ...

You know you want to. Harry Knowles apparently likes it! The screening is tomorrow night, March 26, at the Showplace Icon on Roosevelt Road (free parking!). Just do this: Visit www.gofobo.com/rsvp and enter the code: AVCLUBH3DR, and you might be a winner. Synopsis and trailer are below ...

Hey Chicago, we've got a bunch of passes to see The Company You Keep, a new legal thriller (I think) starring Robert Redford and Shia LaBeouf, the latter of whom is wearing glasses in the poster and looking very... interesting. To score yourself some tickets to the screening--which takes ...

The Romanian film Beyond The Hills was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Annual Academy Awards, and it's finally receiving a wide release domestically. For those that want to see Beyond The Hills on the big screen we've got 25 admit-two passes good for ...