Pajiba: Reviews, Commentary, Angst
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Why Binge-Watching the New "Arrested Development" Is a Bad Idea
Side Effects Review: Comfortably Numb
The Great Gatsby Review: Spectacle, Spectacle
Oblivion Review: It's Got a Good Beat, and You Can Dance to It
To the Wonder Review: Lord, I Believe; Help My Unbelief
Alison Brie, Magic, and The Miz: Just Another Weird-Ass Day on the Internet
Trance Review: The Movie That Knew Too Little
The Place Beyond the Pines Review: Less Than Meets the Eye
Before Midnight Review: So Darlin', Save the Last Monologue for Me
Video Games, Lube, and Bikini Models: Pajiba Love Knows What You Need
10 Things We're Looking Forward to Seeing in the "Veronica Mars" Movie
Much Ado About Nothing Review: Shakespeare in Like
NBC Finally Realizes It's Made a Huge Mistake
A Good Day to Die Hard Review: I Wanted This to Be Professional, Efficient, Adult, Cooperative. Not a Lot to Ask.
Stand Up Guys Review: Behold the Ravages of Age
Emma Stone One Step Closer to World Domination; World Pretty OK With This
The Last Stand Review: Totally Expendable
Zero Dark Thirty Review: Burn for Burn, Wound for Wound
Gangster Squad Review: Shooting Blanks
The Return of the Cheesiest Soundtrack Singles of All Time
January Releases That Don't Suck
Promised Land Review: Big Fracking Deal
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Review: The Road Goes Ever On and On, and On, and On, and On
End of Watch Review: Natural Police
Killing Them Softly Review: When the Man Comes Around
Lincoln Review: To Care for Him Who Shall Have Borne the Battle
Cloud Atlas Review: Shapes in Vapor
Taken 2 Review: Take Your Daughter to Work Day
Fat Kid Rules the World Review: Don't Call It a Comeback, I Been Here for Years
Looper Review: Don't Bet Your Future on One Roll of the Dice
The Master Review: Mysterious Ways
The 9 Saddest Moments from Kids' Movies
You Tell a Story Like a Broken Record: Aaron Sorkin's "Newsroom" Problem
"Breaking Bad" -- "Gliding Over All": Many Deaths I'll Sing
Lawless Review: Murder Ballads
"Breaking Bad" -- "Say My Name": Don't Take Your Guns to Town
Premium Rush Review: Flat Tires
"Breaking Bad" -- "Buyout": Cash on the Barrelhead
Celeste and Jesse Forever Review: When Harry Left Sally
"Breaking Bad" -- "Dead Freight": The Great Train Robbery
The Bourne Legacy Review: Identity Crisis
"Breaking Bad" -- "Fifty-One": Scenes From a Marriage
"Breaking Bad" -- "Hazard Pay": You Gotta Show Some Flex
9 Huge Plot Holes in The Dark Knight Rises That Totally Don't Work
"Breaking Bad" -- "Madrigal": Sleeping With the Enemy
The Dark Knight Rises Review: The Hero We Need
"Breaking Bad" -- "Live Free or Die": We're Just Livin' This Way 'Cause We've Known No Other
The Amazing Spider-Man Review: Don't Have the Courage Inside Me to Tell You "Please Let Me Be"
Magic Mike Review: Demolition Woman, Can I Be Your Man?
Moonrise Kingdom Review: You Remind Me of a Poem I Can't Remember, and a Song That May Never Have Existed
Our Cinematic Autobiography: Away We Go
The Best Comedy Pilots of All Time
The Best Drama Pilots of All Time
Prometheus Review: Titan's Fall
Safety Not Guaranteed Review: Had We But World Enough, and Time
Men in Black 3 Review: It's Been a Tough Willenium
Way Down in the Hole: 6 Great Dramas That Owe a Debt to "The Wire"
How Live-Tweeting TV Shows Ruins Everything
Get the Gringo Review: And You May Ask Yourself, Well, How Did I Get Here?
John Dies at the End Review: I Guess You Had to Be There
Somebody Up There Likes Me Review: No, They Really Don't
The Psychology of Letting Go: What It Means to Love and Lose
John Carter Review: Get Your Ass to Barsoom
Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace 3D Review: Greed Can Be a Very Powerful Ally
"Cougar Town" Season Three Preview Event: I Won't Back Down
The Grey Review: Stalked in the Forest, Too Close to Hide
Haywire Review: Middleweight
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Review: Skin Deep
Young Adult Review: We Don't Have to Change at All
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Review: I, Spy
The Descendants Review: We'll All Float On
J. Edgar Review: Life in a Vacuum
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas Review: The Gift That Keeps on Taking
Anonymous Review: What's in a Name?
"Breaking Bad" -- "Face Off": A Wall of Fire About Me, I've Nothing Now to Fear
The Ides of March Review: What Do We Do Now?
Dream House Review: Tear It Down
"Breaking Bad" -- "End Times": The Hard Part About Playing Chicken Is Knowing When to Flinch
Machine Gun Preacher Review: Your Own Personal Rambo
"Breaking Bad" -- "Crawl Space": You're Proud That You're a Self-Made Man
"Breaking Bad" -- "Salud": Never Go Against a Chilean When Death Is On the Line
Drive Review: I'm Going Where the Road Won't Dare
"Breaking Bad" -- "Bug": Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Contagion Review: Like the Black Plague, But Without All the Laughs
"Breaking Bad" -- "Hermanos": Every Man Has to Die
"Breaking Bad" -- "Problem Dog": This Is the Business We've Chosen
Our Idiot Brother Review: Sixty Percent of the Time, It Works Every Time
"Breaking Bad" -- "Cornered": Living on Muscle, Guts, and Luck
Fright Night Review: That'll Do
"True Blood" -- "Spellbound": "I Have a Hunger in the Very Center of Me"
"Breaking Bad" -- "Shotgun": Everybody Needs a Hobby
"Breaking Bad" -- "Bullet Points": Nothing Left to Chance, All Is Working
The Change-Up Review: It's a Nightmare, and Then There's Boners In It Somehow
"Breaking Bad" -- "Open House": The Past Is Always With Us
Cowboys & Aliens Review | It's All the Same, Only the Names Will Change
Reading by the Light of the Screen: Thoughts on Adaptations
"Breaking Bad" -- "Thirty-Eight Snub": We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us
"Breaking Bad" -- "Box Cutter": Whoever Is Unjust, Let Him Be Unjust Still
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Review | I Have Finished the Race, I Have Kept the Faith
Horrible Bosses Review | I Am Jack's Smirking Revenge
Beginners Review | "... To Make Life Important"
Playing the Long Game | Thoughts on How We Watch TV
The Tree of Life Review | I Believe in the Hope That Can Save Me
Everything Must Go Review | I Guess It's 'Cause You Run With Lame Dudes Too Much
Fast Five Review | All Revved Up With No Place to Go
Changes of Heart: Reexamining Art You Used to Hate (or Love)
Your Highness Review: I'm Too Old for This Sh*t
The Other F Word Review: All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues
Red Riding Hood Review: There, Wolf. There, Boredom.
The Adjustment Bureau Review: Free Will Hunting
Cedar Rapids Review: It's Hard to be a Saint in the City
Unknown Review: That Is the Sound of a Thousand Terrible Things Headed This Way
Dimension Blech | Why 3-D Needs to Go Away
The Green Hornet Review | You'll Believe a Man Can ... Do Stuff
Rabbit Hole Review | There's No Good Why This Came to Pass, There's Only Just Because
True Grit Review | You Give Out Very Little Sugar With Your Pronouncements
Black Swan Review | Tired and Feathered
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Review | Oh Me of Little Faith
Fair Game Review | Are You Telling Me That This Sucker Is Nucular?
Tangled Review | Cut It Out
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Review | Everybody Knows It Hurts to Grow Up
Let Me In Review | Drained
The Town Review | Close Baby Close
Machete Review | Mexican't
The American Review | I'm Just a Stranger
If You Vote for Me, I Will Bake You Cookies | Another Shameless Call for Votes for SXSW 2011
The Switch Review | The One Where No One's Ready
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Review | Portrait of the Avatar as a Young Man
A Shameless but Earnest Call for Votes | News About South by Southwest 2011
The Disappearance of Alice Creed Review | Pulp Fraction
The Kids Are All Right Review | Let's Get Together Before We Get Much Older
Inception Review | You Can't Resist Her, She's in Your Bones
TV Series You (Maybe) Didn't Know Were Remakes
Toy Story 3 Review | Played Out
The A-Team Review | It Pleases Me When a Scheme Starts to Gel
Get Him to the Greek Review
Movies You Have to Finish | An Afternoon Comment Diversion
Lost: The End Recap | Everyone's Waiting
MacGruber Review | I Didn't Know You Were Looking for More Than I Could Ever Be
Lost: What They Died For Recap | Chosen
Lost: Across the Sea Recap | The Telling
Lost: The Candidate Recap | Live Together, Die Alone
Ten Movies That Take Place in One Day
Lost: The Last Recruit Recap
The Joneses Review | Insert Your Own Overused "Once in a Lifetime" Lyrics
Kick-Ass Review | It Should've Been Somebody Else
Lost: Everybody Loves Hugo Recap
Lost: Happily Ever After Recap | Objects in Space
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Review
Lost: The Package Recap | Work Related
Lost: Ab Aeterno Recap | Port in a Storm
Lost: Recon Recap
Lost: Dr. Linus Recap
Up Review
The Hurt Locker Review
Inglourious Basterds Review
Lost: Sundown Recap
Lost: Lighthouse Recap
Lost: The Substitute Recap
Lost: What Kate Does Recap
Lost: LA X Parts 1 and 2 Recap
Lost Season 6 Recap Preview
The Lovely Bones Review
Youth in Revolt Review
Lost Season 6 Promo
The Ten Best Comedies of the Aughts
It's Complicated Review
Brothers Review
Fantastic Mr. Fox Review
Your Cinematic Legacy
The Box Review
Your Movie Time Machine
Amelia Review
The Boys Are Back Review
The Invention of Lying Review
Youth in Revolt Pushed Back
Pandorum Review
The Informant! Review
9 Review
Taking Woodstock Review
The Road Trip Playlist
Community Pilot Online
Cold Souls Review
The Open Road Trailer
The Lovely Bones Trailer
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell Trailer
Funny People Review
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Review
Fight Club Review
Bruno Review
Arlington Road Review
Jennifer's Body Red Band Trailer
Public Enemies Review
Office Space Review
Oscar Expands Best Picture Race
Year One Review
Away We Go Review
News From E3 2009, Day 2
The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien Review
News From E3 2009, Day 1
Movies That Wouldn't Work on Broadway
The Matrix Review
Terminator Salvation Review
Lost: The Incident Part 2 Recap
Lost: The Incident Part 1 Recap
Lost: Follow the Leader Recap
Star Trek Review
Coming to America Review
Lost: The Variable Recap
Lost: Some Like It Hoth Recap
State of Play Review
The Empire Strikes Back Review
Lost: Dead Is Dead Recap
Observe and Report Review
Lost: Whatever Happened, Happened Recap
Adventureland Review
Andy Hallett Dies at 33
Lost: He's Our You Recap
12 Rounds Review
Lost: Namaste Recap
I Love You, Man Review
Cabin in the Woods Casting Update
Robin Hood Casts Merry Men
Lost: LaFleur Recap
Watchmen Review
Public Enemies Trailer
Moulin Rouge Review
Lost: The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham Recap
Neverending Story Remake at Warner Bros.
Total Recall Remake at Columbia
Michel Gondry Directing Green Hornet
Lost: 316 Recap
Parker Lewis Can't Lose DVD Release
Great Buck Howard Trailer Malkovich Hanks
Traded Five Killers Kutcher Heigl
Infestation Trailer Marquette
Paley Fest 2009 Lineup
SXSW News Dump
Life of Pi Ang Lee
Miss March Trailer
State of Play Trailer Crowe McAdams Affleck
Movies for the Dumped
Ed Solomon Hardy Men Stiller
New Lesbian Vampire Killers Trailer
Pride and Predator Elton John
Echelon Conspiracy Trailer West Burns
Lost: This Place Is Death Recap
I Love You, Beth Cooper Trailer Panettiere
Adventurer's Handbook Jonah Hill Jason Schwartzman
Taking of Pelham 123 Trailer Denzel
Watchmen Tales of the Black Freighter Trailer
Friday the 13th Review
X-Men DVD Fox Series
Fanboys Review
Lost: The Little Prince Recap
Observe and Report Red Band Trailer Rogen
Class, The Review
Lost: Jughead Recap
Lost: The Lie Recap
Lost: Because You Left Recap
Cabin in the Woods Joss Whedon Bradley Whitford
Waltz With Bashir Review
Idris Elba Office NBC Steve Carell
Cowboy Bebop Movie Keanu Reeves
Veronica Mars Movie Rob Thomas
Last Chance Harvey Review
Lesbian Vampire Killers Trailer
Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Review
Slumdog Millionaire
Doubt Review
Your Favorite Christmas Episodes
Cadillac Records Review
Frost/Nixon Review
Australia Review
Adventureland Trailer Eisenberg Kristen Stewart
Bitch Slap Movie Trailer Lawless
Role Models
Tao of Steve, The
Changeling
Stop Ben Lyons Blog Review
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince New Trailer
Swingers
Soloist Road Defiance Release Date Changes
Push Trailer Chris Evans Dakota Fanning
W.
Don Cheadle Replaces Terrence Howard Iron Man 2
Body of Lies Review
Sunshine Cleaning Trailer Amy Adams
Sarah Palin Joe Biden Debate Ratings
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Zack Snyder Signs Deal With EA
Miracle at St. Anna
James Gunn PG Porn Nathan Fillion
Ghost Town
Zach Galifianakis Hangover Bored to Death HBO
Frost/Nixon Trailer Ron Howard Michael Sheen
Burn After Reading
Wes Anderson My Best Friend
Secret of My Success, The
Inside Man Sequel Spike Lee
Milk Trailer Sean Penn
Watchmen Trial Sets Date
On the Record: Stories From the Newsroom
Traitor
Seven
Seven Review
Dark Knight, The
The One Where I Finally Lose My Mind
Pajiba Holes
Henry Poole Is Here
Xenu Lives in My Pajiba
Pajiba and the Infinite Sadness
Battlestar Galactica, Season One
RoboPajiba
American Teen
Watchpajibas
Ice Pajiba
This Was Seriously The Cleanest Picture I Could Find
Pajiba Salvation
WALL-E
Three Days of the Condor
Inglorious Pajibas
Veronica Mars, Season One
Cowboys and Pajibas
Happening, The
Jay and Seth Versus the Pajiba
Hound of the Pajibas
Lost: There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 and 3
My Little Runaway
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
I Just Want Something I Can Ignore
Lost: There's No Place Like Home, Part 1
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The
100% Pure Pajiba
Son of Rambow
Lost: Cabin Fever
Meh
Lost: Something Nice Back Home
It's Getting Kind of Hard to Believe Things Are Going to Get Better
Lost: The Shape of Things to Come
Baby Mama
Nothing But Trailers
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
I Think You Can Figure It Out
Visitor, The
Trust Me, A Pajiba Pun Would Be Pretty Gross In This Context
Priceless
The Lost City of Pajiba
21
That's No Moon, That's a Pajiba!
West Wing, Season Two
Lost: Meet Kevin Johnson
Drillbit Taylor
Michael Cera's Precious Little Pajiba
Lost: Ji Yeon
Funny Games
Rosemary's Pajiba
Things I've Learned From Women Who've Dumped Me
Lost: The Other Woman
10,000 B.C.
Mo Pajibas Mo Problems
L.A. Confidential
Lost: The Constant
No Country for Old Men
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back In The Pajiba
Lost: Eggtown
2008 Oscar Wrap
2008 Spirit Awards
Does My Pajiba Look Infected To You?
Lost: The Economist
Jumper
There Will Be Blood
My Pajiba Gets Icy In The Winter
Duma Key
Lost: Confirmed Dead
Twelve Best Films You Didn't See, The
Lars and the Real Girl
In Bruges
Why'd You Have a Gun In Your Pajiba, Brian?
Lost: The Beginning of the End
Strange Wilderness
The Full Moon Makes My Pajiba All Hairy
Teeth
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Heath Ledger Remembered
Cloverfield
Save the Pajiba, Save the World
2007 Roundtable: Part One
2007 Roundtable: Part Two
I Am Pajiba's Complete Lack of Surprise
Juno
Atonement
It Was a Pajiba-Hole, and That Means Comfort
Youth Without Youth
Golden Globes Discussion
Look At Me, I'm A Prickly Pajiba
John Dillinger Was Killed Behind That Theater In A Hail Of Pajibas
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Everybody Make Your Own Pajiba Pun
Margot at the Wedding
Slow News Day
Klaatu. Barada. Pajiba!
American Gangster
Once More, With Pajiba!
Rails & Ties
Darjeeling Limited, The
My Name Is Plain Jane Pajiba
Rendition
I Need More Dilithium Pajibas!
Michael Clayton
Across the Universe
To Seek Out New Worlds and New Pajibas
On the Run From Johnny Law.... Ain't No Trip to Pajiba
Eight Films That Shouldn't Have Won Best Picture
Kingdom, The
Holy Pajibas, Batman! It's an Unnecessary Franchise!
Interview with Derek Haas and Michael Brandt
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The
You Got a Pajiba, Man? It'd Be a Lot Cooler If You Did.
Crucify Your Enthusiasm
3:10 to Yuma
Boys to Men
Sunset Blvd.
Nanny Diaries, The
My Pajiba Has Soul, and It's Superbad
Superbad
My Pajiba Curves to the Left
Stardust
Race Bannon: Fire Up the Pajiba!
Hot Rod
Live Long and Pajiba
My Triumphs, My Mistakes: Lessons and Experiences From Comic-Con
Y: The Last Pajiba
Talk to Me
Nothing but the Pajiba
The Cheesiest Soundtrack Singles of All Time
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Rescue Dawn
Kegels Make My Pajiba Nice and Strong
Live Free or Die Hard
Evan Almighty
Come Sail Away
Fido
Space Pajibas!
"Reunited: The Real World -- Las Vegas"
Day Watch
Pajibacats HOOO!
I Can't Even Think Of A Good Pajiba Pun. That's How Tired I Am Of Dane Cook.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Ringing Joyful and Triumphant: So Long, "Veronica Mars"
I Have The Pajiba!
Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, A
Georgia Rule
Spider-Man 3
Got a Box Full of Pajibas, Think You Might Like to Read
Next
What the Hell is an Aluminum Pajiba?
So, What's In Your Queue?
TV Set, The
Hot Fuzz
I Got Things On My Pajiba I Never Thought I Would
Perfect Stranger
Let's God It Up
He's Just Not That Into Your Pajiba
Lookout, The
Strangers With This Kind of Honesty Make Me Go a Big Rubbery Pajiba
Reign Over Me
Gears of Pajiba: The Apocalypse
I Think I Love My Wife
Chillin' Out, Maxin', Pajibaing, All Cool
300
I See Pajibas!
Starter for 10
Reno 911!: Miami
I Know Pajiba
The Man Who Wasn't There
Ghost Rider
Hannibal Rising
Smokin' Aces
Dead Girl, The
Children of Men
The Golden Pajibas -- The Best of 2006
Captain Pajiba Shows No Mercy!
The Best Documentaries of 2006
The Sorcerer's Pajiba!
Good Shepherd, The
Good German, The
Unaccompanied Minors
Nativity Story, The
Fountain, The
Shut Up & Sing
Casino Royale
Harsh Times
Babel
Borat
Prestige, The
Films About Texas
Departed, The
Little Children
Jesus Camp
Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, A
Feast
All the King's Men
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Hollywoodland
Idiocracy
Illusionist, The
Little Miss Sunshine
Beerfest
Quiet, The
Zoom
Protector, The
The Films of Wes Anderson
Lady in the Water
Monster House
Interview with Patrick Creadon
Superman Returns
Oh in Ohio, The
Wordplay
Nacho Libre
Cars
District B13
Inconvenient Truth, An
Proposition, The
Notorious Bettie Page, The
Stick It
Sentinel, The
Standing Still
Friends with Money
Kinky Boots
Hard Candy
Thank You for Smoking
Inside Man
Great Raid, The
Good Woman, A
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005: The Year that Was
Good Night, and Good Luck
End of the Spear
Sound of Thunder, A
March of the Penguins
Legend of Zorro, The
Memoirs of a Geisha
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
History of Violence, A
Everything is Illuminated
Ask the Dust
Why We Fight
Unknown White Male
New World, The
Pretty Persuasion
Hustle & Flow
Producers, The
North Country
King Kong
Winter Passing
Aristocrats, The
Matador, The
Libertine, The
Something New
Night Watch
Chicken Little
Dirty
Murderball
Serenity
Undiscovered
Annapolis
Munich
Slither
Syriana
Brick
Firewall
Valiant
Yes
London
Rize
Lucky Number Slevin
A Painfully Awkward Interview Where I Attempt to Get Bradley Cooper to Admit The Hangover Part III Is a Bad Film
Will Smith Performs "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" with Jaden. Oh, and DJ Jazzy Jeff. Oh, and Also, Alfonso Ribeiro Does the Carlton Dance
Mindhole Blowers: 16 Celebrity First Marriages You Might Not Know About
10 Movies That Would've Been Even Better If They'd Starred Anna Kendrick
9 Actors You Might Have Missed On "Batman: The Animated Series"
Three’s a Company, Four‘s a Crowd: 13 Terrific Trios in Film and Television
9 Movie Franchises That Rebounded Against All Odds
10 Things We Learned From The Red Wine Wedding Episode Of "Game Of Thrones": Spoiler Whore and Book Reader Edition
25 Spoileriffic Reasons Why I Loved Star Trek Into Darkness
Justin Timberlake is a Whiny Penis with Delusions of Acting Grandeur
