I had a lot of fun last night last night making people guess what movie I was thinking of based on several clues. It was recommended that I make it its own thread. Here’s one of my sets of clues … Continue reading Guess a movie based on clues
Here it is, the results for this year’s Avocado Sight & Sound and it was pretty lopsided this year. [spoiler title=’The best movies of the 2010s (according to us)’] 1. Mad Max: Fury Road-50 mentions 2. Get Out-28 mentions 3. … Continue reading Avocado Sight & Sound Year IV Results
It’s time for my annual poll to determine what we think the best movies ever are. This year, I’m doing something different: since it’s a new decade, I thought it would be neat to do a best of the decade … Continue reading Avocado Sight & Sound Year IV: Best of the 2010s edition
Last year, I went through the Razzie nominating ballot to show you all how it manages to be even worse than the actual nominees and this year didn’t disappoint. As always, all typos are left intact. WORST SCREEN COMBO Any … Continue reading The Razzie nominating ballot is awful again (shock of shocks)
Forgot I had this tonight (thought I was scheduled for Friday). Uh, go watch Uncut Gems. Continue reading Scott OT #207: The Night Thread is Late (1/8)
It’s the end of the month, so here’s the best movies I watched for the first time in December. [spoiler title=’The Movies’] 10. Dark Waters directed by Todd Haynes, 2019 (seen in theaters) 9. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya … Continue reading Scott OT #206: The Last Night Thread of the Year (12/31)
Today marks the release of Clint Eastwood’s latest mediocrity movie, Richard Jewell. It tells the story of Richard Jewell and how he was falsely accused of bombing the 1996 Olympics. There’s been a bunch of criticism of the film for … Continue reading Scott OT #205: The Night Thread of Richard Jewell’s SNL Appearance (12/13)
It’s the end of the month, so it’s time for the best movies I saw for the first time in November. [spoiler title=Movies] 10.) Rocketman directed by Dexter Fletcher, 2019 (rented from Redbox) 9.) Shin Godzilla directed by Hideaki Anno, … Continue reading Scott OT #204: The Last Night Thread of the Month (11/30)
In 1981, The Legend of the Lone Ranger was released to empty movie theaters. Its bombing was mostly due to it being a shit movie but a lawsuit filed by the producers played a hand as well. The producers didn’t … Continue reading Scott OT #203: The Night Thread Gets Sued for Entertaining Sick Children (11/4)
It’s the end of the month, so it’s time for the best movies I saw for the first time in October. [spoiler title=’The movies’] 10.) My Name Is Joe directed by Ken Loach, 1998 (seen on Mubi) 9.) The Holy … Continue reading Scott OT #202: The Last Night Thread of the Month (10/31)
In January 2010, the world was shocked to learn that a man died after watching the hit movie Avatar (it’s sometimes reported that he died while watching the movie but that’s inaccurate). He suffered a stroke while watching the movie … Continue reading Scott OT #200: The Night Thread of That Guy Who Died After Watching Avatar (10/6)
It’s the end of the month, so it’s time for the best movies I watched for the first time in September. [spoiler title=’Movies’] 10.) A Little Princess directed by Alfonso Cuaron, 1995 (seen on Hulu) 9.) Velvet Goldmine directed by … Continue reading Scott OT #199: The Last Night Thread of September (9/30)
Today is the 72nd birthday of Sam Neill, star of Possession, Event Horizon, In the Mouth of Madness, and, most important to me, Jurassic Park. However, he’s become famous in recent years for his Twitter account, which is one of … Continue reading Scott OT #198: The Night Thread of Sam Neill’s Twitter Account (9/14)
In 2009, the bad movie gods delivered onto us an amazing disaster by the name of Partners. It has a needlessly complex plot (the bad guy intentionally gets shot because he bought his own ambulance, I guess?), has abysmal sound … Continue reading Scott OT #197: The Night Thread of Partners (9/9)
It’s the end of the month, so it’s time for the best movies I saw for the first time in August. [spoiler title=’August movies’] 10.) Major Dundee directed by Sam Peckinpah, 1965 (rented from Netflix) 9.) Train to Busan directed … Continue reading Scott OT #196: The Last Night Thread of August (8/31)
I finally got around to buying The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild today and I am fucking enraptured by it. I’ve only gotten a little bit into the game but I’m loving it (breakable weapons and limited inventory … Continue reading Scott OT #195: Breath of the Night Thread (8/19)
It’s the last day of July so it’s time for the best movies I saw for the first time this month. [spoiler title=’The best of July’] 10.) Apollo 11 directed by Todd Douglas Miller, 2019 (rented from my local library) … Continue reading Scott OT #194: The Last Night Thread of the Month (7/31)
(cw: mentions of Suicide) Two years ago, the world was dismayed to learn that Chris Cornell, lead singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave, had tragically taken his life. His death sent shockwaves across the music industry, as one of the most … Continue reading Scott OT #193: The Night Thread Remembers Chris Cornell (7/20)
Today marks the one year anniversary of me starting my job. I must admit that, at the start of last year, I genuinely couldn’t have seen this coming. I had given up on finding a job, much like I had … Continue reading Scott OT #192: The Night Thread Celebrates One Year of Working (7/16)
Almost every film buff will tell you that Marion Davies was a hack actress who only got to where she was because she was William Randolph Hearst’s mistress. The evidence for this is the unflattering caricature of her played by … Continue reading Scott OT #191: The Night Thread Restores Marion Davies’ Reputation (and Debunks Some Citizen Kane Myths) (7/11)
