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The best films of 2012
By Nathan Rabin, Mike D'Angelo, Scott Tobias, Alison Willmore, Keith Phipps, Noel Murray, Sam Adams, Tasha Robinson December 19, 2012 | 6:00am
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Zero Dark Thirty
By Scott Tobias December 18, 2012 | 7:11pm
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Rob Schneider’s The Chosen One is a redemption fantasy gone awry
By Nathan Rabin December 18, 2012 | 6:00pm
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Poetry overcomes its sentimental plot with a series of harsh obstacles
By Scott Tobias December 18, 2012 | 6:00am
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How Make Way For Tomorrow earns its reputation as one of the saddest movies ever
By Noel Murray December 17, 2012 | 7:30pm
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Two versions of Bad Santa’s opening scene create different expectations
By Mike D'Angelo December 17, 2012 | 6:00pm
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Exclusive: Behind the scenes of Sleepwalk With Me
By Josh Modell December 17, 2012 | 6:00am
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: December 14-16, 2012
By AV Club Staff December 17, 2012 | 6:00am
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Rock stars rescue faded actors (and Colonel Sanders) in the Austin Powers lead-up The Phynx
By Nathan Rabin December 17, 2012 | 6:00am
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Losing our edge?: 14 panicky works about growing older
By Nathan Rabin, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Sam Adams, Tasha Robinson, Scott Tobias December 17, 2012 | 6:00am
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Chris Tucker on Silver Linings Playbook and his intermittent film career
By Nathan Rabin December 14, 2012 | 7:00pm
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Eight Crazy Nights proves that it’s not worth spending Hanukah with Adam Sandler
By Nathan Rabin December 14, 2012 | 6:00pm
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The Princess Bride cast duels with words as much as with swords
By Tasha Robinson December 14, 2012 | 6:00pm
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A week of swordfighting films continues with Kurosawa’s startlingly bloody Sanjuro
By Noel Murray December 13, 2012 | 7:30pm
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Mel Brooks on how to play Hitler, and how he almost died making Spaceballs
By Steve Heisler December 13, 2012 | 6:00pm
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
By Tasha Robinson December 13, 2012 | 6:00am
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Best films of 2012 so far: an annotated checklist (Part 2)
By Scott Tobias December 13, 2012 | 6:00am
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John Boorman’s Excalibur covers the King Arthur legend in blood, flesh, and Jung
By Keith Phipps December 12, 2012 | 7:30pm
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This week we're barely putting up with Jack Reacher
By Amelie Gillette December 12, 2012 | 6:00pm
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Garbo sneezes!: 26 genuinely effective movie taglines
By Nathan Rabin, Parker Winship, Zack Handlen, Scott Tobias, Alison Willmore, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Noel Murray, David Sims, Tasha Robinson December 12, 2012 | 6:00pm
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Paul Verhoeven’s Flesh + Blood—it’s all right there in the title
By Noel Murray December 11, 2012 | 7:30pm
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Before Drive, Nicolas Winding Refn made the bloody good Viking movie Valhalla Rising
By Scott Tobias December 10, 2012 | 7:30pm
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A Tyler Perry academic conference applies highbrow criticism to a lowbrow empire
By Nathan Rabin December 10, 2012 | 7:00pm
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And the Parameter winner is... The Ballad Of Oscar Homeslice!
By Josh Modell December 10, 2012 | 6:00pm
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Corey Feldman on child actors, his favorite roles, and the Goonies sequel
By Will Harris December 10, 2012 | 6:00pm
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Big Stan is a prison-rape comedy made worse by its commentary
By Nathan Rabin December 10, 2012 | 4:00pm
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: December 7-9, 2012
By AV Club Staff December 10, 2012 | 6:00am
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Jon Lovitz will kick your ass: 20-plus unexpectedly badass performances from established non-badasses
By Nathan Rabin, Steve Heisler, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Scott Tobias, Keith Phipps, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Tasha Robinson December 10, 2012 | 6:00am
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Idiocracy posits a future president that’s as slick as he is dumb
By Tasha Robinson December 7, 2012 | 7:30pm
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Tasteful pop-culture preferences for our presidential runs
By AV Club Staff December 7, 2012 | 6:00am
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Primary Colors examines the moral compromises involved in running for president
By Keith Phipps December 6, 2012 | 7:30pm
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Gabriel Over The White House’s fictional president awakes from a coma and saves the world
By Noel Murray December 5, 2012 | 7:30pm
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To love, honor, obey, and bomb: 10 film flops headlined by doomed couples
By Erik Adams December 5, 2012 | 6:00am
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Tom Waits, Hugh Jackman, and Rachel Zoe inducted into the Headwear Hall Of Fame
By Marah Eakin December 4, 2012 | 10:45pm
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A week of presidential films continues as Robert Altman explores Richard Nixon's Secret Honor
By Nathan Rabin December 4, 2012 | 7:30pm
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How accurate were the Skyfall, Lincoln, and Life Of Pi trailers?
By Keith Phipps December 4, 2012 | 5:00pm
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The 50 Cent-produced Fire With Fire could be a lot worse
By Nathan Rabin December 4, 2012 | 6:00am
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A week of presidential films kicks off with Henry Fonda as Young Mr. Lincoln
By Scott Tobias December 3, 2012 | 7:30pm
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A Drugstore Cowboy scene features drug logic at its most inventively deranged
By Mike D'Angelo December 3, 2012 | 5:00pm
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New Orleans on film in honor of Killing Them Softly (5 of 5): Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans
By Scott Tobias November 30, 2012 | 6:00pm
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Devon Sawa on Nikita, Nerf, and going from teen heartthrob to SLC Punk!
By Marah Eakin November 30, 2012 | 6:00am
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New Orleans on film in honor of Killing Them Softly (4 of 5): Easy Rider
By Keith Phipps November 29, 2012 | 7:30pm
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Petshop
By AV Club Staff November 29, 2012 | 6:00am
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The New World reshaped an American origin story in the style of its creator
By Scott Tobias November 29, 2012 | 6:00am
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New Orleans on film in honor of Killing Them Softly (3 of 5): Angel Heart
By Tasha Robinson November 28, 2012 | 7:30pm
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Stooping To Stumble Case File #29: That’s My Boy
By Nathan Rabin November 28, 2012 | 6:00am
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New Orleans on film in honor of Killing Them Softly (2 of 5): The Cincinnati Kid
By Scott Tobias November 27, 2012 | 7:00pm
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Dave Barry’s Complete Guide To Guys could be much funnier
By Nathan Rabin November 27, 2012 | 4:00pm
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Space Cruisin' The Intergalactic Turnpike
By AV Club Staff November 27, 2012 | 6:00am
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New Orleans on film in honor of Killing Them Softly (1 of 5): A Streetcar Named Desire
By Noel Murray November 26, 2012 | 7:30pm
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In the 1987 film Deathrow Gameshow, there are no winners
By Noel Murray November 26, 2012 | 5:00pm
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Hitchcock and the pitfalls of the artist biopic
By Scott Tobias November 26, 2012 | 6:00am
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Bold type: 13 opening-credits sequences better than the movies that follow
By Zack Handlen, Scott Tobias, Joel Keller, Keith Phipps, Erik Adams, David Sims, Emily St. James, Claire Zulkey November 26, 2012 | 6:00am
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Wrong-man movies in honor of Hitchcock (4 of 4): The Wrong Guy
By Nathan Rabin November 23, 2012 | 7:30pm
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Wrong-man movies in honor of Hitchcock (3 of 4): The Thin Blue Line
By Noel Murray November 21, 2012 | 7:30pm
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Life Of Pi
By Tasha Robinson November 21, 2012 | 5:49pm
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Thanksgiving pop-culture plans
By AV Club Staff November 21, 2012 | 6:00am
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Wrong-man movies in honor of Hitchcock (2 of 4): The Big Clock
By Noel Murray November 20, 2012 | 7:30pm
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Welcome To The Neighborhood
By AV Club Staff November 20, 2012 | 6:00am
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Childstar reveals child actors as cogs in Hollywood’s machine
By Nathan Rabin November 20, 2012 | 6:00am
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Wrong-man movies in honor of Hitchcock (1 of 4): The Wrong Man
By Scott Tobias November 19, 2012 | 7:30pm
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A filmmaker’s commentary defends the ill-timed political comedy Blue State
By Nathan Rabin November 19, 2012 | 6:00pm
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Avanti! illustrates how sometimes falling for a movie is like falling in love
By Mike D'Angelo November 19, 2012 | 5:00pm
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: November 16-November 18, 2012
By AV Club Staff November 19, 2012 | 6:00am
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Vampire-film alternatives to Twilight (5 of 5): Vamps
By Nathan Rabin November 16, 2012 | 7:30pm
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Appalling celebrity behavior or beliefs
By AV Club Staff November 16, 2012 | 6:00am
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Where to start with Jerry Lewis’ considerable, oft-misunderstood filmography
By Noel Murray November 15, 2012 | 6:00pm
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 2
By Genevieve Koski November 15, 2012 | 5:30pm
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Richard Benjamin on Peter O’Toole, celebrity treasure hunts, and Woody Allen
By Nathan Rabin November 15, 2012 | 4:00pm
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Silver Linings Playbook
By Scott Tobias November 15, 2012 | 6:08am
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L'Amore della Pistola
By AV Club Staff November 15, 2012 | 6:00am
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Vampire-film alternatives to Twilight (3 of 5): Martin
By Noel Murray November 14, 2012 | 7:30pm
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Vampire-film alternatives to Twilight (2 of 5): Trouble Every Day
By Scott Tobias November 13, 2012 | 8:00pm
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Not even Colin Hanks can save the laugh-free dark comedy Lucky
By Nathan Rabin November 13, 2012 | 6:00am
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Futurespace
By AV Club Staff November 13, 2012 | 6:00am
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The Adventures of Craig
By AV Club Staff November 13, 2012 | 6:00am
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Danny Huston on playing villains, Nick Cave, and more
By Will Harris November 12, 2012 | 5:00pm
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: November 9-November 11, 2012
By AV Club Staff November 12, 2012 | 6:00am
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The first vulgar pop-culture jokes we understood
By AV Club Staff November 9, 2012 | 6:00am
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24 hours of discomfort, comedy, and discomfort-comedy with Tim Heidecker of The Comedy
By Josh Modell November 9, 2012 | 6:00am
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A guide to the James Bond films
By Keith Phipps, John Semley November 8, 2012 | 6:00pm
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Kevin Spacey’s Father Of Invention is a phony comeback tale that failed to spark a comeback
By Nathan Rabin November 8, 2012 | 4:00pm
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Monster Complex
By AV Club Staff November 8, 2012 | 6:00am
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Skyfall
By Keith Phipps November 8, 2012 | 6:00am
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Lincoln
By Keith Phipps November 8, 2012 | 6:00am
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Memento’s puzzle structure hides big twists and bigger profundities
By Scott Tobias November 8, 2012 | 6:00am
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Be your own Bond: 10 Bond gadgets that have become readily available technology
By Tasha Robinson November 7, 2012 | 6:00am
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The Anal Probes
By AV Club Staff November 6, 2012 | 6:00am
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24 hours of American political movies
By Nathan Rabin, Keith Phipps, Noel Murray, Tasha Robinson, Scott Tobias November 5, 2012 | 5:00pm
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1965’s Hootenanny A Go-Go teaches us that boats and folk songs are the key to getting lucky
By Tasha Robinson November 5, 2012 | 4:30pm
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James Bond will outlive you (and that’s okay)
By Keith Phipps November 5, 2012 | 4:00pm
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: November 2-November 4, 2012
By AV Club Staff November 5, 2012 | 6:00am
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Who do you think you’re messing with, buddy?: 18 cinematic attacks on American soil
By Nathan Rabin, Josh Modell, Scott Tobias, Joel Keller, Keith Phipps, Phil Dyess-Nugent November 5, 2012 | 6:00am
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation
By Erik Adams November 2, 2012 | 5:15pm
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Want to get elected? The movies have some great tips
By John Semley, Kevin McFarland, Scott Tobias, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Marah Eakin, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski November 2, 2012 | 3:00pm
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A beginner’s guide to the Spike Lee Joints
By Nathan Rabin, Sam Adams, Noel Murray, Scott Tobias November 1, 2012 | 5:00pm
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Robert Zemeckis on his new film, Flight, and why 3-D conversions are bullshit
By Scott Tobias November 1, 2012 | 4:00pm
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Flight
By Keith Phipps November 1, 2012 | 5:07am
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RZA on his new film and the 20th anniversary of Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
By Nathan Rabin November 1, 2012 | 5:00am
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Wreck-It Ralph
By Tasha Robinson November 1, 2012 | 5:00am
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Dracula Vs. Frankenstein vs. reality: 13 horror posters scarier than their movies
By Keith Phipps, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Jason Heller October 31, 2012 | 5:00pm
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Spooktacular Halloween Case File #27: Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
By Nathan Rabin October 31, 2012 | 3:30pm
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Snooze
By AV Club Staff October 31, 2012 | 5:00am
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How and where the Grindhouse spirit survives (and whether it should)
By Noel Murray October 31, 2012 | 5:00am
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24 hours of horror with Joe Dante
By Keith Phipps October 31, 2012 | 5:00am
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A Halloween triple feature includes the little-seen Day Of The Dead remake
By Nathan Rabin October 30, 2012 | 5:05am
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Greystone Park’s commentary reveals the filmmakers’ obsession with possession
By Noel Murray October 29, 2012 | 5:00pm
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Little Shop Of Horrors demonstrates the fine art of setting the scene
By Mike D'Angelo October 29, 2012 | 4:30pm
