Sebastián Silva’s Tyrel puts an existential spin on the time-honored tradition of “a guy’s weekend” by providing a…
Scott Pilgrim is not a superhero. He is not a hero. He is only barely a functional human being. He is a dipshit. So…
Here at The A.V. Club, we try not to get worked up over the personal lives of celebrities, because it’s harder to make…
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Five years since Arrested Development made its improbable comeback—thanks to Netflix’s then-nascent foray into original…
Not long after becoming the best part of the Twin Peaks: The Return, Michael Cera has come back with another unexpected…
Ten years after its initial release, Superbad continues to live on in the American zeitgeist. Like other comedy hits…
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A sweet, light puff of a movie, Person To Person succeeds on the strength of its affection for shaggy-dog stories and…
Brett Gelman has never been one to shy away from stranger material. In fact, he dives into it—most often with projects…
Let’s get the obvious comparison out of the way first: Yes, this looks and feels very much like a Woody Allen comedy…
This post discusses plot points from the third and fourth episodes of Showtime’s Twin Peaks revival.
The town of Twin Peaks is unlike anywhere else, so naturally it has different standards for what counts as “cool” or…
Several of the seemingly endless supply of movies about Batman have made note of the superhero’s duality. But the likes…
Earlier this year, Microsoft unveiled Murphy, the latest eerily smart chat bot out of the machine learning labs. Last…
The title character played by Michael Cera in the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is a bewildered young man in a…
An episode on bar fights provides such a rich meta-commentary for Drunk History—not simply because these are drunk…
Will Ferrell is an absent (movie) father: According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ferrell has dropped out of Captain Dad,…
Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut, Molly’s Game, has already drawn in a fair amount of high-profile talent, including…
It would be easy and accurate to describe Sausage Party as a parody of contemporary family-friendly animation,…
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