Sep 9 2013
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Sometimes fandoms can be toxic. Here are 14 casting decisions that sparked outrage.
Noah Cruickshank
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Noah Cruickshank has been a contributor for The A.V. Club since 2011. During the day, he's the Marketing Manager for Open Books, a Chicago-based nonprofit that works in schools to promote literacy and creative writing. You may remember him from hosting that one Undercover at a Ferris Wheel, and arguing with you about the quality of The Walking Dead comics.
Sep 6 2013
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This week, reader Matthew Bernat asks: “Not that anyone living outside of Massachusetts’ I-495 would know, but this…
Sep 2 2013
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Sep 2 2013
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Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: The…
Aug 28 2013
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Most songs are inspired by songwriters’ emotions or a story that they want to tell, but some are reactions to other…
Aug 26 2013
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Aug 26 2013
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From the linguistic and cultural barriers of David Mitchell’s The Thousand Autumns Of Jacob De Zoet to the made-up…
Aug 26 2013
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1. Stop Making Sense (1984), Jonathan Demme
The promotional efforts for Jonathan Demme’s 1984 collaboration with…
Aug 19 2013
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Although 1983 falls squarely during the reign of the king of horror—Stephen King released three books and had three…
Aug 16 2013
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Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…
Aug 14 2013
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1. Robert Ludlum
Robert Ludlum is best known for his Bourne series, which were blockbuster books in their own rights…
Aug 9 2013
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This week’s question: What book or series of books should be made into a TV show?
Aug 6 2013
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The ongoing meme of swapping one object in for another via Photoshop still has some legs on it, as a new Tumblr…
Aug 6 2013
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For most writers, getting picked for Oprah's Book Club is a golden ticket. The Harpo stamp of approval always boosts…
Aug 5 2013
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Now in its ninth year in Chicago’s Grant Park, Lollapalooza has become a kind of rite of summer passage. Hordes of…
Aug 5 2013
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Jul 31 2013
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Looking for a cute yet odd distraction today? Check out Criterion's Tumblr, which currently has baby pictures of…
Jul 29 2013
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Jul 26 2013
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Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…
Jul 23 2013
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When it was announced that Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey, was closing its doors, it felt like the end of an era…