Spoil Sports: Nope
Spoil Sports for Jordan Peele’s third film, NOPE. Discuss away! Continue reading Spoil Sports: Nope
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The Avocado Predicts the 2022 Academy Awards
It’s Hollywood’s night to shine! After months of feverish campaigning, the Oscars are here, and it looks like it’s going to be stupider than ever this year. Although a number of truly great movies are nominated this year, the Oscars are acting embarrassed of their good choices, heavily editing the presentation of eight awards while making confounding decisions to appeal to the proletariat. Some are nobly boycotting the Oscars and not watching, while others are looking forward to the train wreck, but neither will stop you from winning the Avocado Oscar Pool! Whether you’re rooting for The Power of the … Continue reading The Avocado Predicts the 2022 Academy Awards
Review: 2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films
The 2022 Oscar season is underway, and despite the Academy’s offensively stupid decision to present eight of the categories before the ceremony and then awkwardly edit them in later, there are still plenty of good films nominated. Great international films … Continue reading Review: 2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films
The 3/10 Day Thread asks “What’s Up, Doc?”
Fifty years ago to this day, Peter Bogdanovich’s “What’s Up, Doc?” premiered in the United States. The movie serves as an homage to 1930s screwball comedies, and was a love letter to the genre from Bogdanovich, who previously was a … Continue reading The 3/10 Day Thread asks “What’s Up, Doc?”
The 2022 Academy Awards Viewing Guide
Like many of us, I woke up early and remained in bed to view two celebrities bungle through pronouncing a bunch of names. There were some surprises, some snubs, and an all-around. If you’re following the race, you may know where to watch the most notable films, but there are always some small films that get overlooked until you are scrambling to find them in the month and a half between nominations and the ceremony. You may not be following the race at all, and therefore have a ton of great films to catch up on- but where do you … Continue reading The 2022 Academy Awards Viewing Guide
The Pits: 2021 TV Results!
Hello everyone! I have finished tallying your votes, and the top TV shows of 2021, according to The Avocado, have been crowned! Overall, 104 dramas and 75 comedies battled it out to reign supreme. Ties in points are broken by the number of mentions (ties that remain are for shows with the same number of points and the same number of mentions). The Drama category this year was a battle between two unconventional family stories, but with a few well-placed votes, the Simon Award for Best Drama goes to… Succession! 1 Succession 175 2 WandaVision 160 3 Mare of Easttown … Continue reading The Pits: 2021 TV Results!
The Tuesday Politics Thread Talks About Freedom
Hello everyone! Owen here, substituting for SheleetaHam on this fine Matrix Eve. Current events are awful and terrible, so I’m going to use this time to talk about freedom! Not the Toby Keith/Lee Greenwood kind, but the Amartya Sen type. … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Talks About Freedom
The Pits: Best In TV 2021
Editor’s Note: Feel free to post as big or as small of a list as you would like below but please keep your lists contained to these posts and do not make your own post or fill up the OT … Continue reading The Pits: Best In TV 2021
The Malignant Day Thread
I just remembered I had to do the day thread, so I’m going to briefly talk about Malignant, which is out this week and has already cemented its place as one of the best movies of the year. Malignant, directed … Continue reading The Malignant Day Thread
The Phantom Empire, Chapter 10: “The Rebellion”
That’s right, I’m finally back! After having to write many pages several weeks for school, I am back on my bullshit covering the last three installments of The Phantom Empire. As an apology for my extreme lateness, part 11 will … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Chapter 10: “The Rebellion”
The Phantom Empire, Part 9: “Prisoners of the Ray”
That’s right, I am back on my Phantom Empire bullshit! After two weeks of Oscars posting from me, we return with The Phantom Empire, Part 9: “Prisoners of the Ray.” I genuinely don’t remember what happened last week, so we’ll … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Part 9: “Prisoners of the Ray”
Academy Awards 2021 Prediction Winners
It’s all over. After four long, extended, too long months, the 2020 (and beginning of 2021 for some reason) awards season is finally over. I’m not excited for the 2022 Oscars just yet, but I’m excited to think about and talk about some different movies for once. But before we can do that, we have to reveal the winners of our 2021 Oscars Prediction Game! Gold Medal- 17 out of 23 Correct Predictions– Lamb Dance, Snob-Ra, M Martin, and Rex Banner! Silver Medal- 16 out of 23 Correct Predictions- Sir Simon Milligan Bronze Medal- 15 out of 23 Correct Predictions- … Continue reading Academy Awards 2021 Prediction Winners
The Avocado Predicts the 2021 Academy Awards
It’s that time again! Only two months late, the Oscars will be happening this Sunday, as Conductor Soderbergh choo choos us into Union Station. The random shouting of MANK will reach a fever pitch, everyone will make sure to catch … Continue reading The Avocado Predicts the 2021 Academy Awards
Review: 2020 Oscar Nominated Short Films (Documentary)
ColetteDirected by Anthony GiacchinoFrance, 25mAvailable on YouTube for free here “Once I cross into Germany, I won’t ever be the same.” Colette, a 90-year-old former member of the French Resistance during WWII, says these words before making her first-ever journey … Continue reading Review: 2020 Oscar Nominated Short Films (Documentary)
Review: Oscar Nominated Short Films (Live Action)
Hello, all! Instead of writing about singing cowboys this week, which you can find here, I’ll be writing about the Oscar-nominated short films. I already covered the animated shorts here, and I’ll be covering the documentary shorts on Friday. Right … Continue reading Review: Oscar Nominated Short Films (Live Action)
Review: Oscar Nominated Short Films (Animated)
Hello everyone! Awards season is upon us, and when I’m not writing about singing cowboys, I’m catching up with some of the films you may have missed, particularly the ones nominated for Oscars. The short films have been available to … Continue reading Review: Oscar Nominated Short Films (Animated)
Requibiem for a Dream Night Thread 4/6
A year ago to this day, television changed forever. Youth culture was revolutionized by a man who printed out his emails and a printing magnate turned failed gubernatorial candidate. That’s right. Quibi was launched. The only service that asked the … Continue reading Requibiem for a Dream Night Thread 4/6
The Phantom Empire, Part 8: “Jaws of Jeopardy”
Welcome to another week of The Phantom Empire! Today’s installment is called “Jaws of Jeopardy,” a cool title for what will surely be a profoundly uncool installment. There seems to be a weird phenomenon going on where I’m hot and … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Part 8: “Jaws of Jeopardy”
The Phantom Empire, Part 7: “From Death to Life”
Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to The Phantom Empire! Yes, this is still going on, and yes, we are only halfway through it. After last week’s surprisingly good episode, anything could happen today! The protagonist could even have an … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Part 7: “From Death to Life”
The Phantom Empire, Chapter Six: “Disaster From The Skies”
Welcome one and all to The Phantom Empire, now written on time instead of a few hours late! After last week got me tired of this serial due to its long, pointless wheel-spinning and lack of Pete-Oscar first date scenes, … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Chapter Six: “Disaster From The Skies”
The Phantom Empire, Part 5- “Beneath the Earth”
And so we begin The Phantom Empire! Approximately eight hours late. I originally posted these Monday at 1 PM, but having fully gone off schedule this week, I have decided to commit to a different schedule. In true Gene Autry … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Part 5- “Beneath the Earth”