Under different circumstances, VFW—an action movie about a group of combat veterans whose watering hole comes under…

While Second City has birthed some of the great comedians in the industry, like Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, and Bill…

Injecting political commentary into comedy is nothing new, but with the increasing surreality of the American…

At Second City’s Roast Of George Wendt, we asked roastmaster and Wendt’s nephew Jason Sudeikis to recall his fondest…

At Second City’s Roast Of George Wendt, we polled Jason Sudeikis, Keegan Michael-Key, Bob Odenkirk, and other…

Chicago is a “that guy” kind of town, its very history shaped by political machines and criminal syndicates whose…

Cheers legend George Wendt stopped by the A.V. Club offices recently to take his turn in the Pick A Choice warm…

1. Hi-C Ecto Cooler
Like an over-reliance on digital effects and “special edition” re-cuts of decades-old films, the…