According to DC Comics and their publicists, September 21 is Batman Day! Why? I have no clue why. Different websites have different Batman Days. Sometimes it’s May 1, sometimes it’s in July, sometimes it’s this month but on a different … Continue reading The Batman Day Thread (9/21)
As Tom Breihan observed, things would’ve been a whole lot different if they’d just let John Rambo die at the end of First Blood. We wouldn’t be talking about the sequel that comes out this week (Rambo: Last Blood), for … Continue reading The Night Thread draws First Blood (9/19)
Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread! Come here to talk about movies! Today’s bonus prompt (care of PSF): what is your favorite movie to put on to fall asleep to? My wife’s answer would easily have been the original King … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (9/17)
Ten years ago today, seven students in a Spanish 101 at Greendale Community College formed a study group. They were Jeff Winger, a disgraced lawyer, who formed the study group to try to trick a political activist into sex; Pierce … Continue reading The Day Thread Is Streets Ahead (9/17)
I’LL just figure everything is cool, until I hear it from you. Hear it from you Empire Records is a nostalgic peek into the music store scene of the 90’s. It was a halcyon time when music stores were open … Continue reading The Night Thread Doesn’t Want to Take Advice From Fools (9/16)
Sept 14 is the birthday of the fantastic New Zealand actor Sam Neill. He once played opposite Sean Connery as Captain 2nd Rank Vasily Borodin, Executive Officer of the submarine called the Red October. He had such humble ambitions. Move … Continue reading The Captain Vasily Borodin Day Thread (9/14)
Who is the world’s best fictional author? I’ve never seen any of the Fifty Shades movies. I know, right? How can I consider myself a pop culture aficionado and not have watched the defining cinematic trilogy based on a series … Continue reading The Boyce Fox Night Thread (9/11)
Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread, where we discuss film. What have you watched recently? What movies are you excited for? Today’s bonus prompt: What movie effects would you describe as “magical”? This week celebrates the 90th anniversary of The … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (9/10)
For Caruso! Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo was inspired by Carlos Fitzgerald, a rubber baron operating in Peru who exploited Native populations. (He was called “Fitzcarraldo” because it was easier for locals to pronounce.) For the movie, Herzog changed his name to … Continue reading The Day Thread pulls a ship up a mountain (9/8)
The Night Thread wants to show the world it’s cool. Relaxed. With it. But not cool like in the sense of those damn youths with their slick minimalist ties they bought at Express Men. We want to be cool like … Continue reading The Night Thread wears a Jerry Garcia tie (9/7)
With the release of Stephen King’s It: Chapter 2 and the upcoming release of Joker, it seems clowns are all the rage! There’s sure to be an uptick of clown wear in this year’s Halloween season, whether it be of … Continue reading The Night Thread is Clown Shoes (9/5)
Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread, where we talk about movies we’ve watched! This week’s prompt (h/t AlanWilder): The first time you realized movies could be bad. Making this particularly challenging is that AlanWilder specifically mentioned that there was a … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (9/3)
Ah, Labor Day. Time when to fire up the grill, take advantage of Back to School sales, and FOR GOD SAKES STOP WEARING WHITE WHAT ARE YOU SOME SORT OF MAFIA DON Who came up with this folderol about not … Continue reading The Night Thread stops wearing white (9/2)
It has been said in rhyme that Hollis’s Run DMC has many Adidas shoes. One of them — not sure if it was Reverend Run, DMC, or Jam Master Jay — had fifty pair. These sneakers were sorted by function. … Continue reading Me and the Day Thread do the illest things (8/29)
Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread, where we talk about the fine art of cinema. This week’s bonus prompt: What is your favorite movie montage? Because, as Team America: World Police once pointed out, even Rocky had montage! It’s hard … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (8/27)
So let’s leave the drama of the Day Thread behind and look at something bland, inoffensive, and shoe-based: themed sneakers. It’s an innovation for today’s Instagram age. Fresh kicks have become more and more the rage for Instagrammers who wish … Continue reading The Night Thread slips on a pair of guacamole kicks (8/20)
This week we celebrate the 80th anniversary of that movie that’s somewhere over the rainbow, The Wizard of Oz! I really don’t have to tell you anything about this movie, do I? The movie gave us a lovely performance by Judy … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (8/20)
A few months ago, some commenters were a little baffled by my excitement at stepping on an patch of the Portland International Airport carpet. Why be excited about airport carpet after all? Therein lies the appeal. No one in the … Continue reading The PDX Carpet Night Thread (8/18)
Crocs. These plastic shoes were originally designed to be worn on boats. Fun fact: Crocs debuted at a boat show. The clunky plastic clogs soon caught the cultural zeitgeist. Celebrities were spotted (and shamed) for wearing shoes that could be … Continue reading The Night Thread is a Croc (8/14)
August 14 is the birthday of Patience Phillips… or more precisely Halle Berry. Patience Phillips is the character Ms. Berry plays in the movie, Catwoman (directed by Pitof). So why is she Patience Phillips and not Selina Kyle? Well, apparently … Continue reading The Patience Phillips Day Thread (8/14)
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the American theatrical release of the movie that’s in the Top Ten of a lot of Best Of movie lists, Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. Personally speaking… this movie is easily on my All … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (8/13)
