In Which There’s Only 20 Minutes Left A strong through-line with this series is how frequently the look and feel of a film help preserves it for future inspection. That the decisions of the time create a cultural amber for … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 50: Run Lola Run
In Which We All Made People Miserable in High School The 90’s were a flourishing time for a great variety of film: the violent crime picture, the tony historical epic, and the techno-thriller. Each in their own way defined the … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 49: Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
In Which The End is Something Like a Dream There is a feeling among those entrenched with art and media that is both rare and elusive; evocative and powerful. It is the moment where something thought long gone fully comes … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 48: Until the End of the World
In Which We Look Ahead As we nervously approach this oncoming decade it’s always fun to remind ourselves of things we can look forward to. As is usually the case with a pop minded collective like The Avocado, movies are … Continue reading Most Anticipated Movies 2020
In Which There’s Family Circus, Bottom Right Corner, Waiting to Suck I feel that I must confess that I have been derelict in my duties. In the nearly full year of covering films from mostly the 90’s I have sorta … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 47: Go
In Which I’m Up Here You Horse’s Ass. Where does tradition come from? This question a recurrent thought that puzzles my mind around the Holiday season. That the end of the year is not just home to celebration, but specific … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 46: Home Alone 2 – Lost in New York
For the last time The Avocado watches The Watchmen and talks about it. Full spoilers for the show, which may or may not end completely with this episode. Continue reading Watchmen Watch: Finale “See How They Fly”
In Which the Fifth Circle of Hell is Connecticut For many the Holidays mean family, and with family comes the weight of all your relationships. Each point of a star webbing itself around a cast of characters who ping and … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 45: The Ref
The place where The Avocado watches The Watchmen and chats about it. Full spoilers in the comments below. Continue reading Watchmen Watch: Episode 8, “A God Walks Into a Bar”
In Which Chefs Do That There is a feel to the actioners of the 90’s that is oh so special. The move away from 80’s lunkiness to a sleeker, more stylish approach to the genre. Trading in muscle men for … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 44: The Long Kiss Goodnight
The place where The Avocado watches The Watchmen and chats about it. Full spoilers in the comments below. Continue reading Watchmen Watch: Episode 7 “An Almost Religious Awe”
In Which We’re a Couple Spanning Time Together American Thanksgiving is perhaps the toughest holiday to square for a whole swath of people. Founded upon whitewashed history; it’s a celebration of puritanical values in family and culture that has grown more dissonant … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 43: Buffalo ’66
The place where The Avocado watches The Watchmen and chats about it. Full spoilers in the comments below. Continue reading Watchmen Watch: Episode 6 “This Extraordinary Being”
In Which it’s Not Going to Stop Til You Wise Up In the popular consciousness there is an idea that no room was made for sincerity in the irony drenched decade of the 90’s. The fizzling of the cold war … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 42: Magnolia
Here’s the new trailer for the movie Cats. MILLLLLLK Continue reading New Cats Trailer Reactions
The place where The Avocado Watches the Watchmen and talks about it. Full spoilers below and all that. Continue reading Watchmen Watch: Episode 5 “Little Fear of Lightning”
In Which Marcia, Marcia, Marcia The 90’s were the decade that officially wrought the era of reboots in which we currently live. It was the moment when the first post-war generations finally, fully grew up, and could yearn for the … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 41: The Brady Bunch Movie
In Which There Are Other Things to Write Hello, Thursday is normally the day of the week where the reading public excitedly updates the Avocado for the latest installment in Millennial Malaise, the only series dedicated to movies made between … Continue reading Millennial Malaise is Taking the Week Off
The Avocado watches the Watchmen, and chat it up. Full spoiler discussion below. Continue reading Watchmen Watch: Episode 3 “She Was Killed by Space Junk”
In Which Sometimes I Doubt Your Commitment to Sparkle Motion As the 90’s slunk into the 2000’s our titular angst changed. Instead of the nervous tittering about some grand event in the face of the oncoming clock turn, the woes … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 40: Donnie Darko
The Avocado watches the Watchmen and discusses it here. Continue reading Wathcmen Watch: Episode 2 “Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship”
