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Mike Vanderbilt,
Nick Wanserski,
Katie Rife,
and 5 moreThe bubbling cauldron of obscure fetishes and exotic sexualities that is the internet has produced some pretty…
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Tasha Robinson is currently the Film and TV Editor at The Verge, and the co-host of the Next Picture Show podcast, alongside A.V. Club veterans Scott Tobias, Keith Phipps, and Genevieve Koski.
Feb 8 2016
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Les Chappell,
Nick Wanserski,
Annie Zaleski,
and 6 moreThe movie trope of walking in on someone having sex is a common one, but it’s most often the result of someone…
Nov 25 2015
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Annie Zaleski,
Gwen Ihnat,
Genevieve Valentine,
and 10 moreThanksgiving weekend in the United States is a four-day festival of overindulgence: Giant meals, giant balloons…
Nov 23 2015
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Annie Zaleski,
Kevin Johnson,
Drew Toal,
and 8 moreThe Good Dinosaur didn’t really live up to it’s name. But the project was highly anticipated leading up to its…
Nov 18 2015
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Gus Spelman,
Mike Vanderbilt,
Katie Rife,
and 4 moreWith a new Star Wars movie set to come out seemingly every year for the rest of time, it may seem difficult to…
Nov 16 2015
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Jesse Hassenger,
Nick Wanserski,
Caitlin PenzeyMoog,
and 8 moreDisney isn’t about to do something as simple as just make a new Star Wars trilogy. Spending billions to acquire one…
Nov 5 2015
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Late in the weepie cancer story Miss You Already, oil-rig worker Jago (Paddy Considine) comforts his pregnant wife…
Nov 5 2015
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Trumbo would like to remind everyone that Roman Holiday screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was a genius. Specifically, he…
Oct 28 2015
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Caroline Siede,
Annie Zaleski,
Gwen Ihnat,
and 12 moreYou may remember moments like these from your own childhood, or you may have already inadvertently passed some on to…
Oct 22 2015
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You never know what you’re getting in an animation anthology—they tend to be grab bags of visually and even…
Oct 22 2015
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There’s a fine line between straight-faced and sincere in cinema, where viewers have to take presentation and action…
Oct 21 2015
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Gwen Ihnat,
A.A. Dowd,
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky,
and 4 moreDoes your family have a dark, bizarre, or possibly ridiculous secret that needs keeping? Worry no more, because The…
Oct 20 2015
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Early in Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak, protagonist Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) eagerly gives a story she’s…
Oct 19 2015
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Kevin Johnson,
Tasha Robinson,
Erik Adams,
and 3 moreWhen it came time to map out The A.V. Club’s Unconventional Family Week, a roadblock was reached: What makes a…
Oct 12 2015
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Caroline Siede,
Gwen Ihnat,
A.A. Dowd,
and 5 moreGod forbid that the most beloved (and profitable) YA series ever die. Sure, the Boxcar Children have been around…
Oct 7 2015
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Caroline Siede,
Annie Zaleski,
Kyle Ryan,
and 7 moreThe problem with biopics is that people’s lives don’t easily reduce to 120 minutes of film. While it’s not…
Oct 5 2015
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Jesse Hassenger,
Nick Wanserski,
Gwen Ihnat,
and 10 moreIn upcoming movie release Legend, Tom Hardy portrays both villainous Kray brothers. In doing so, he tackles that…
Sep 21 2015
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Evan Rytlewski,
Mike Vanderbilt,
Katie Rife,
and 7 moreThe archetype of the “final girl,” or “survivor girl,” has been much celebrated, subject to academic studies and revi…
Sep 17 2015
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Late in the Maze Runner sequel The Scorch Trials, generic YA protagonist Thomas (Teen Wolf’s Dylan O’Brien) chooses…
Sep 14 2015
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Jesse Hassenger,
Evan Rytlewski,
Katie Rife,
and 10 moreThough everyone knows getting old is about taking more pills, watching Fox News, and going to bed at 6:30 p.m.,…