Us is coming out this week, which is a good time to take a look at another movie about murderers who wear masks. Only in this case… it’s a mask that opens your pores and moisturizes. Mary Harron did not … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (3/19)
Takashi Miike is a director with a distinct voice and sense of humor. He is insanely prolific. In the same year he directed 2007’s Sukiyaki Western Django, he directed three other movies. Wikipedia tell me he has directed “over one … Continue reading Made Overseas: Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
“Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did… but backwards in high heels.” The phase has been embraced by a lot of women, namely politicians. Hillary Clinton did a proof of concept once by dancing with her husband onstage. President Barack … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (3/12)
In 1985, director Barry Levinson directed a movie called Young Sherlock Holmes. It was a movie about … well, the title should give you a clue. If it’s remembered today, it’s because the movie was considered a landmark in special … Continue reading Made Overseas: Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018)
It’s been a quiet year so far. The top movie of 2019 domestically according to Box Office Mojo is Glass, the Unbreakable sequel set in the M. Night-verse. January and February have typically been very quiet, though the latter hasn’t … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (3/5)
March 3 is the birthday of Australian director, producer, and screenwriter George Miller. Not too long ago there was some talk about directors who have had their names attached to an unlikely and diverse body of work. George Miller’s name … Continue reading Oh what a day! What a lovely Day Thread (3/3)
The Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) — Formerly known as the Experience Music Project (EMP) and the Science Fiction Museum — sits in the shadow of Seattle’s most famous landmark, the Space Needle. The other structures in the area generally … Continue reading The MoPOP Day Thread (2/28)
Are all those kiddies over at the Day Thread gone? Gone with mommy and daddy and tucked into bed, tired from the Pokemon Day festivities? Oh, good. Because Night Thread isn’t for those babies that play with those sentient stuffed … Continue reading The Night Thread Celebrates Digimon (2/27)
February 27 is Pokémon Day, celebrating the 1996 release date of the original game in Japan. What is Pokémon, you might ask? What, are you an old? Like the tiny pocket monsters that inhabit its candy-colored universe, the Pokémon franchise … Continue reading The Day Thread Celebrates Pokémon (2/27)
February 21 is the birthday of one Alan Rickman, the extraordinary English actor who bedeviled John McClane, Robin Hood, Marianne Dashwood, Arthur Dent, and Harry Potter. He also once played Sherlock Holmes in a stage production. Do you know how … Continue reading By Grabthar’s Hammer, what a Night Thread (2/21)
Ever thought about putting your house up for and AirBnB? If so, did you ever give a thought to the judgment potential renters might give you from your DVD collection? You don’t know how it got there. Maybe it was … Continue reading BnB Shame #9: Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Cupid is the Roman god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He was known as Eros to the Greeks. Cupid was the progeny of Venus (Goddess of Love) and Mars (God of War), which might be why a God … Continue reading The Cupid Night Thread (2/14)
Happy birthday to the fabulously coiffed and fashionable Effie Trinket, or as we mortals know her… Elizabeth Banks. Banks basically stole the show for me in the Hunger Games movies, to the point that I really didn’t care what happened … Continue reading The Effie Trinket Night Thread (2/10)
Our tour of key Decepticons in Transformers history continues with Blitzwing. He’s an airplane AND a tank! Specifically a MiG-25 and a Type 74 main battle tank. Despite not appearing in many episodes outside of a cameo (though his battle … Continue reading The Blitzwing Night Thread (2/9)
February January 8 is the birthday of famed mummy hunter, Elvis Presley. His last known case was when he teamed up with John F. Kennedy to defeat a mummy who had been haunting a retirement home. These events were depicted … Continue reading The Day Thread Wants A Little More Action Please (2/8)
Made Overseas is back for a special Lunar New Year engagement! Because who doesn’t like pigs? Demon hunters Shu Qi and Wen Zhang, that’s who. The 16th Century novel Journey to the West seems to be the gift that gives … Continue reading Made Overseas: Journey To The West: Conquering The Demons (2013)
Charles McNider, a skilled surgeon, was called in to aid a key witness who was going to testify in a case against the mob. While doing his medical work, a mobster threw a grenade into the room, killing the witness … Continue reading The Doctor Mid-Nite Night Thread (2/6)
Remember those New Years Resolutions you made about a month ago? Well throw those out the window! That’s some Solar New Year nonsense. Lunar New Year is the New Hotness. And it’s Year of the Pig, baby! In Chinese culture, … Continue reading The Day Thread Celebrates The Year of The Pig (2/5)
As long as I’m alive, that doesn’t happen. Also, you really should believe in miracles. FUN LINK: Chris Creamer over at sportslogos.net developed a fun infographic showing all of the Super Bowl match ups and uniform combinations. Each uniform … Continue reading What the Night Thread Doesn’t Want To See Is The Bills Winning the Super Bowl (2/2)
On January 29, 1845, an up-and-coming pumpkin-headed writer named Edgar Allan Poe got his poem published in the New York Evening Mirror. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume … Continue reading Quoth the Night Thread, “Nevermore” (1/29)
The Autobots fired the first salvo the Titan-class arms race by unleashing Metroplex, the giant Autobot that kind of transformed into something that looked like a city but really looked like Metroplex sitting down. Titans-class, by the way, are Transformers … Continue reading The Trypticon Night Thread (1/27)
