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12 Dec 13:37

Thank you, HBO, for renewing How To With John Wilson

by Randall Colburn on News, shared by Randall Colburn to The A.V. Club

One of 2020's best surprises was HBO’s How To With John Wilson, a hilarious and oddly tender docuseries in which one man’s attempts to help people make small talk or put plastic on their furniture slowly unfold to highlight the human condition. Today, following the show’s slow rise in popularity, the network has…

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23 Nov 14:18

Dungeons & Dragons’ most famous tavern, The Yawning Portal, goes on sale in April

by Charlie Hall
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Hey! We hang out there!!

Key art for Tales from the Yawning Portal, a campaign book for Dungeons & Dragons’ 5th edition.
Image: Wizards of the Coast

The deluxe terrain kit will be compatible with WizKids full line of WarLock dungeon tiles

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06 Nov 13:51

Read this: A 30 Rock writer annotated the lyrics of "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah"

by Andrew Paul on News, shared by Andrew Paul to The A.V. Club
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Wonderful

One of 30 Rock’s earliest and most enduring gifts to the world was undoubtedly “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah,” a 10-second gag from Season 2 highlighting a novelty party song performed by Tracey Jordan-Morgan. The tale of “boys becoming men, men becoming wolves” included a hook catchier than it had any right to be, and the…

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02 Nov 14:01

Man's Halloween decorations so good that the cops keep getting called to his house

by Reid McCarter on News, shared by Reid McCarter to The A.V. Club
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Just sharing for the pic, that's damn impressive

Steven Novak, an artist from Dallas, can’t stop getting in trouble for being really good at celebrating Halloween. Failing to observe the long-held armistice between the law and people who leave dismembered bodies, bloody limbs, and lakes of blood on their front lawn, local police keep showing up at Novak’s house to…

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01 Nov 15:44

Amazon Video cheerfully reminds consumers that they don't own shit

by William Hughes on News, shared by William Hughes to The A.V. Club
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Thoughts? I assumed stuff I bought on there was mine and I'd have it forever.

And now, a tale from the spooooOOOOOooooky world of corporate content ownership and the inherent transience of digital media: THR reported earlier this week on a new (but also very old) legal argument trotted out by Amazon of late, reminding people who “buy” movies or TV shows from its Prime Video service that they’re…

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12 Oct 12:16

Can The Stand reimagine itself in an apocalyptic year?

by Eric Vespe
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Excellent choice for The Walkin Man

Randall Flagg (Alexander Skarsgard) in The Stand 2020 CBS

The cast and crew speak out on the latest Stephen King adaptation

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09 Oct 16:14

John Brown makes a bloody entrance to The Good Lord Bird

by Eric Thurm on TV Club, shared by Eric Thurm to The A.V. Club
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This show is fucking Awesome. Can't recommend the insanity of Ethan Hawkes performance enough

The first time you realize John Brown might be insane, he’s literally spitting mad. The famed abolitionist has stopped in for a haircut at a local saloon, somewhere in the battlefield of Bleeding Kansas—and the saloon’s owner, one Dutch Henry (played by TV’s David Morse) has not only made an aggressive defense of…

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05 Oct 14:20

First trailer for Borat 2 is a whirlwind of crotch masks, Mike Pence, and incest jokes

by Michael McWhertor
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Get ready for a rejuvenated flow of Powis' WA WA WEE WA

A still image of Borat from the Borat sequel Image: Amazon

Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat sequel hits Amazon Oct. 23

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28 Sep 14:33

Chris Rock commands the moral gray areas of Fargo season four

by Danette Chavez on TV Club, shared by Danette Chavez to The A.V. Club
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Excited about this

It’s good to be back in Fargo, which has always served as more of a feel or state of mind than a location in Noah Hawley’s TV adaptation of Joel and Ethan Coen’s film of the same name. The wait between seasons three and four has felt nigh-interminable—and that was before production shut down due to concerns stemming…

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28 Sep 14:32

Heads up: Parks And Recreation is leaving Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime

by Britt Hayes on News, shared by Britt Hayes to The A.V. Club
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Not happy about this

We know how valuable streaming content is in these very bad times, especially the high quality, extremely pleasant, life-sustaining streaming content—you know, the good stuff you throw on to fall asleep every night, made even better if you’ve already seen every season multiple times. The pop culture sleep machine, if…

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28 Sep 14:32

Desus & Mero on Beyoncé’s secret identity and Google Reader as a metaphor for life

by Katie Rife on TV Club, shared by Katie Rife to The A.V. Club
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Google Reader shout out!

Desus Nice and The Kid Mero have no problem admitting that they watch their own show or that they laugh at their own jokes. Talking themselves up is how they got their first podcast, Desus V. Mero, on Complex TV back in 2013, and knowing their own worth is what motivated them to leapfrog from basic cable to Showtime…

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22 Sep 12:08

Among Us fans are calling everything ‘pretty sus,’ and it keeps working

by Cass Marshall
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They do say suss a lot, it's a good way to deflect attention. Green followin me, actin suss

Among Us - a black-garbed crewmate snaps a pink crewmate’s neck Image: InnerSloth

IDK, an egg hat? That’s super sus, dude

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21 Sep 13:21

J.K. Rowling ‘not directly involved’ in creation of Hogwarts Legacy game, Warner Bros. says

by Ryan Gilliam
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Some real damage control/distancing here. Well Done WB

A young female wizard holds a wand in a screenshot from Hogwarts Legacy Image: Avalanche Software/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

The original Harry Potter author did not write the new story

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18 Sep 12:22

Netflix’s new movie The Devil All the Time tests how much misery loves company

by Karen Han
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I watched this last night. It's...not an enjoyable watch

a man sits in a church pew Robert Pattinson in The Devil All the Time. | Photo: Glen Wilson/Netflix

Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson star in Antonio Campos’ new film

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17 Sep 13:01

Final Fantasy 16 announced for PS5, PC

by Julia Lee
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GoT vibes here boys!!!

PS5 Square Enix Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles game Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment via Polygon

Finally!

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17 Sep 11:59

Of course Netflix released The Taco Chronicles on a Tuesday

by Allison Shoemaker on TV Club, shared by Allison Shoemaker to The A.V. Club
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Did Lebron approve this?

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Tuesday, September 15. All times are Eastern. 

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17 Sep 11:59

The Boys confronts real American Nazis better than most comic-book stories

by Noah Berlatsky
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This show is fuckin' Great. Highly recommend.

Stormfront and Homelander in The Boys Photo: Amazon Studios

Stormfront is a frightening picture of modern fascism

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17 Sep 11:59

Tom Cruise Still Does His Own Stunts

by Bradley Brownell on Jalopnik, shared by Erik Adams to The A.V. Club
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Dude's bonkers, which is probably why he does this stuff, but it's still wild and impressive

58-year-old actor Tom Cruise is at it again. In every one of his movies he always has to find a way to one-up himself in the stunts department. Ahead of the new Mission Impossible 7 movie, the big stunt has been shown off. How did he increase the Tom Cruise level of this new movie? He’s not hanging off a building, or…

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10 Sep 12:00

The first Dune trailer is here

by Matt Patches
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It's a Gom Jabbar!

Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya in Dune 2020 Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures

Timothée Chalamet leads the cast of director Denis Villeneuve’s epic adaptation

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10 Sep 12:00

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla release date moved up to launch alongside Xbox Series X

by Nicole Carpenter
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Valhalla Nov 11; Rythym of War Nov 17; Cyberpunk Nov 19. Happy birthday to me

Viking raider Eivor battles an enemy warrior in a snowy setting from Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Image: Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft

Originally slated for Nov. 17 release date

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10 Sep 11:59

The Star Wars sequels’ big twist kept changing until the last minute

by Matt Patches
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If only this trilogy had a clear plan from the get go, imagine randomly choosing your twist halfway through filming smdh

Rey learns she’s a Palpatine in The Rise of Skywalker Image: Lucasfilm Ltd.

Daisy Ridley talked about the big secret of Rise of Skywalker

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08 Sep 12:10

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2: The Kotaku Review

by Ian Walker on Kotaku, shared by Erik Adams to The A.V. Club
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I think i'm gettingit

Let’s just get this out of the way: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 is a masterpiece. In perfectly mimicking the iconic skateboarding series’ first two outings, this remaster gives me everything I could ever want out of a game. I am dumbfounded by there somehow being something so good and pure in the world.

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03 Sep 12:07

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02 Sep 13:16

Meet the unlucky survivors of a global pandemic in the first teaser for CBS All Access' The Stand

by Randall Colburn on News, shared by Randall Colburn to The A.V. Club
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I'll get CBS Access for this

Josh Boone’s New Mutants opened to tepid reviews and plenty of vitriol on Friday, but the filmmaker’s already moved on to promoting his next project, one that won’t take three years to premiere. In December, CBS All Access will debut Boone’s eight-part adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand, a post-apocalyptic story…

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25 Aug 13:27

The Batman trailer introduces us to ‘Year Two’

by Michael McWhertor
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This is the one

Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson’s Batman looks intense

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20 Aug 12:00

New survey reveals that most of us would be totally fine with watching Tenet at home. No, really.

by Britt Hayes on News, shared by Britt Hayes to The A.V. Club
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I'd pay 40 bucks to watch it right now

Over the past week, AMC Theatres announced its plans to re-open locations across the country along with a new set of safety guidelines. Those plans were rightfully met with criticism, given that we’re still in the middle of a fucking pandemic. Studios have repeatedly postponed release dates for numerous high-profile…

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14 Aug 13:51

An influencer's unraveling is playing out as an interactive horror story on Instagram

by Randall Colburn on News, shared by Randall Colburn to The A.V. Club
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Modern Art!

As corrosive as it is to doomscroll our way through a global pandemic, there’s something uniquely disconcerting about those whose online presence remains unchanged. Perhaps some see it as an escape, but there’s no shortage of influencers online who continue to proliferate the internet with pictures of their idyllic, …

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14 Aug 13:50

Delisted Scott Pilgrim Game Still MIA, Frustrating Creators And Fans

by Ian Walker on Kotaku, shared by Erik Adams to The A.V. Club
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This game was SO Hard. I never beat Gideon, it haunts me to this day.

Although beloved independent comic book Scott Pilgrim concluded in July 2010, it received film and video game adaptations shortly afterward that firmly lodged the series in mainstream pop culture. The movie is fine, but the game is considered a lost gem due to its delisting from digital storefronts only a few years…

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14 Aug 13:49

Robert Pattinson is an unholy preacher in Netflix's Devil All The Time trailer

by Randall Colburn on News, shared by Randall Colburn to The A.V. Club
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Who woulda thought Glittery Vampire would be an awesome actor taking wild roles.I love it

Robert Pattinson can play a piece of shit like nobody’s business, so let us celebrate the actor embracing his dark side one last time before he becomes our new Caped Crusader. Pattinson leads the cast of Netflix’s upcoming The Devil All The Time as an “unholy preacher,” playing just one in a whole ensemble of unsavory…

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14 Aug 11:37

Avatar: The Last Airbender creators exit Netflix's live-action retelling

by Randall Colburn on News, shared by Randall Colburn to The A.V. Club
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NOOOOOOOOOOO

Avatar: The Last Airbender, an animated series so beloved that somebody did an oral history on one of its smallest characters, is currently being developed as a live-action series at Netflix, one that could presumably wash away the bad taste of that garbage M. Night Shyamalan movie. We expressed trepidation at the…

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