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James Cameron's high-tech epic keeps getting further and further away from his technological obsessions.

We finally watched 'em all! Here is The A.V. Club's best 25 films of the year, unassailable and fully correct as always: www.avclub.com/best-films-2...

Online music peaked with the Myspace band page format 04-06. Just a few songs to sample before you decided whether or not to see a band or buy their record

I think about this all the time. Selling my physical music collection—thousands of CD’s, carefully cultivated over almost three decades—is one of my biggest regrets as an adult. www.avclub.com/quit-streami...

With Wrapped season in full swing, there's never been a better time to take yourself off streaming.

I love this piece. Though I quit Spotify probably 12 years ago for different reason, I am very intentional about music. Playlists, bands, listen to albums as cohesive works. I manage a huge library in iTunes, and I own everything. www.avclub.com/quit-streami...

@schimkowitz.bsky.social delivers a piece that mirrors my experience. I wasn’t a lean-back listener but I have too many musician friends getting screwed and dropping the streamers - especially Spotify (how’s running ICE recruitment ads working for ya,dipshits?) a has been easy-peasy. Mighty fine:

Emma is such an incredible writer with elite taste & I am so bummed we are not coworkers anymore!!! a huge loss for us at AVC!

Last month, I was laid off from The A.V. Club. Still trying to figure out what comes next after officially becoming a #MediaLayoffVictim, but in the meantime feeling very thankful to have spent 3 years writing for a publication I grew up reading and loving <3

More bookishness from @avclub.com : with Horrors Week ongoing, @salonig.bsky.social @schimkowitz.bsky.social & book clubbed the dark academia fantasy Katabasis www.avclub.com/katabasis-rf...

I'd never heard of the Rock Bottom Remainders before reading this piece by @schimkowitz.bsky.social, but I've been poring over all the band photos in Getty Images ever since www.avclub.com/rock-bottom-...

We got the jump on Horrors Week last Friday with this astute feature by @schimkowitz.bsky.social on the many modern retellings of Frankenstein. www.avclub.com/frankenstein...

fuck ice airing commercials during dynamite, let em know: help.hbomax.com/us/Feedback/ tbsnetwork.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/req...

Taking a break from fascism today to talk about Ed and Lorraine Warren, the weird con artists behind "The Conjuring" film franchise. It turns out the real scary monsters were humans all along skepchick.org/2025/09/the-...

32 action franchises have been summoned to a tournament of champions. One will win the title belt. This is the first round of The A.V. Club's action franchise bracket: www.avclub.com/best-action-...

Very excited to launch this big ol' tournament, which I've been working on for a while and will feature folks like @brndnstrssng.bsky.social and @sinacolad.bsky.social. Stay tuned for daily features breaking down some killer series!

Get ready for a weeklong slugfest at The A.V. Club: Starting Monday, September 1, the biggest action film franchises will be battling it out in our bracket. You can have your say in the reader poll.

Physical media forever 📼

Love 2 write about The News Of The Day in a calm, sober, and impartial fashion www.avclub.com/g-o-media-se...

Feels insane to have to clarify this, but Jezebel does not use AI. So if you'd like to support journalism written and edited by humans, consider subscribing if you haven't already www.jezebel.com/unprecedente...

hi just a reminder that we don't use AI at all at The A.V. Club and in fact we mock it every chance we get because it sucks

It’s been- One week since we asked IGN Entertainment to recognize our friends on the product, engineering, and Humble Bundle teams as part of the IGN Creators Guild. The sooner that happens, the sooner we can start working with management to build towards a stronger future for us all!

Danny McBride blesses us with a cathartic and satisfying series finale. @schimkowitz.bsky.social's recap:

I don't post because people hear enough from me, but when I do, it's to pump Katie's incredibly funny, wildly original, 100% DIY podcast about Christian influencers. RNR is sharp, knowing, and unapologetically dark. As if you need more reason, each episode is less than 15 minutes long!

The penultimate episode of my podcast is out! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

I NEED YOU TO START A PHYSICAL NEWSLETTER. we need to start sharing news person-to-person and I NEED YOU to start a neighborhood newsletter. I've created a redacted version of my newsletter for you to use as inspiration. download a copy here!: www.katiemcvay.com/newsletter

Watch new Righteous Gemstones, and *then* read this @schimkowitz.bsky.social recap summary. www.avclub.com/the-righteou...

First day of bargaining on my 3rd union contract while at Kotaku begins today. I'm pumped for us and the rest of the remaining sites at G/O to win another fair contract. Despite Spanfeller's delays we're ready and not playing around.

As a romantic leading man, Ben Stiller's star persona evolved from a victimized prick to a sympathetic victim, @schimkowitz.bsky.social writes:

The definitive and inarguable truth is here! @avclub.com's picks for the 25 best films of 2024: www.avclub.com/best-films-2...

Nice writeup in the AV Club about my favorite episodes of Factually, and my thoughts about how YouTube is taking over the industry. Thank you @marnieshure.bsky.social !

You may know the rumor that Gladiator almost featured Maximus on a billboard endorsing olive oil, but it was cut because audiences wouldn't believe it. @schimkowitz.bsky.social spoke to the original screenwriter and some historians to get the truth: www.avclub.com/film-trivia-...

The A.V. Club is now on Bluesky! Follow us to keep up with the best pop culture reviews, news, interviews, and more.

icymi www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-FQ...

Who wants to blank their brain out by reading about TV? Coming off another double-recap weekend: First up, we've got The Penguin, which finally shows us Oz's Big Formative Trauma that's exactly the Big Formative Trauma you figured it was. www.avclub.com/the-penguin-...

Stressed Nation Asks Obama If It Can Bum 340 Million Cigarettes theonion.com/stressed-nat...

You probably can’t see the political documentary of the year. Me on the blood-boiling No Other Land: www.avclub.com/no-other-lan...

los angeles is the greatest city in the world

Today kicks off the first entry in a new longread series I'm really excited about at The A.V. Club. Seven months, seven decades of Hindi cinema, captured in a handful of films. This month, the 1950s: www.avclub.com/history-of-h...

This is a big deal! A highly anticipated executive order from Mayor Karen Bass that's been in the works for at least a year could dramatically change how LA funds, improves, and maintains its streets, sidewalks, and city-managed public spaces like parks www.torched.la/la-has-a-plan/

It's a Red Letter Day at The A.V. Club: We've got @schimkowitz.bsky.social's oral history on The Get Up Kids' Something To Write Home About www.avclub.com/the-get-up-k...

A week after 2004 Week at The A.V. Club, @schimkowitz.bsky.social put on his best blazer and jeans combo to look back at BoJack's own aughts retrospective www.avclub.com/bojack-horse...

Wiki Wormhole is back at The A.V. Club, and so is @mikevago.bsky.social. In the first new column since 2021, Mike takes a look at the first-ever Paris Olympic Games www.avclub.com/paris-olympi...

Mark your calendars, book your flights: Your very own Stan Kelly will be making his fine art debut this fall in Los Angeles. AND YOU, PATRIOTIC READERS, ARE INVITED! Subliminal Projects 1331 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026 Opening: September 28, 7-10 pm @theonion.com

Keeping quiet about this has been unbearable www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE_j...

After 15 years of thinking about it, I finally wrote about the 40-year-old virgin's poster and its many, many knockoffs

I like brutalist architecture because I've watched my grandfather die and I'm not a child!!!!!!

NEWS: My friends and I now own and run The Onion. I’ll be the CEO. We’re keeping the entire staff, bringing back The Onion News Network, and will share the wealth with staff. Basically, we’re going to let them do whatever they want. Get excited.