Today, in the US, it is Election Day. We anticipate with great trepidation to see who will govern this country in the next four years. The year has been a particularly stressful one, one in which the importance of who … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (11/3)
Having a niece makes you do crazy things. Sometimes you wonder weird things, like, “Is it appropriate to give presents for Halloween?” Which turns into, “Wait, what kind of presents?” That’s when you get sucked into the wormhole that is … Continue reading Grading the Monster High characters
Scottish actor Sean Connery passed away today at 90. He is best known for being the first (and arguably best) James Bond, starting in seven films (one non-canon film), establishing all the tropes that following actors must either mimic or … Continue reading RIP Sean Connery
Bonus prompt: what is your favorite human-to-creature transformation? Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (10/27)
Bonus prompt: scariest scene in a non-horror film Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (10/20)
If you’re all alone, pick up the phone, and call… … Mickey, Donald, and Goofy, Ajax Ghost Exterminators! (Phone number: Gooseflesh 9000.) In the cartoon short “Lonesome Ghosts” (1937), ghosts call up our trio because they’re bored and want to … Continue reading Lonesome Ghosts Day Thread (10/20)
Clyde Bruckman is a man with the worst power: he can tell the future, but only can tell how people will die. This puts a depressing damper on his career as a life insurance salesman. Bruckman developed his powers after … Continue reading Clyde Bruckman’s 10/18 Day Thread
This year we recognize the 30th anniversary of that film that mad everyone cry in 1990, Ghost! It’s easy to forget the existence of the movie these days. However, it was the highest grossing film of 1990 and at the … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (10/13)
After Lost concluded and many people complained how unsatisfactory the ending was, one of the creators —- I’m not sure which, if it was Carlton Cuse or Damon Lindlehof —- mentioned that it wasn’t the mystery that was important to … Continue reading El Santo watches Siberia, or the sublime bliss of leaving a mystery unsolved
I hope you like spooky stuff, because the next four prompts are going to be slightly Halloween themed. Don’t worry if you’re not a horror movie buff though… I won’t be soliciting those directly. I mean, just check out what … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (10/6)
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 (The Return of) BnB Shame #10: The Island (2005)
Happy birthday to Zachary Levi, the actor who played the technically still unnamed hero of the film Shazam! (Unless Captain Sparklefingers counts.) Technically he’s Captain Marvel, but DC has more or less given up on the name. If you google … Continue reading The Shazam! Night Thread (9/29)
Today’s prompt: what is your favorite movie poster? Posters are one of the oldest ways to advertise a film. The first poster showed up all the way back in December 26, 1895 for the Lumier Brothers film L’Arroseur arrose. Before … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (9/29)
This week we don’t take advice from fools as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Empire Records! The film follows Liv Tyler, Renee Zewelleger, Robin Tunney, and friends and they navigate several troubles: a psychological meltdown, one of the employees … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (9/22)
Welcome back to Made Animated! That’s right, this semi-retired feature is back…. And for some reason, it’s for a totally new feature that debuted on Netflix a few days ago: a little thing called Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous. How can … Continue reading Camp Cretaceous taps into your nostalgia for … Jurassic World?
The year 1995 was a heady time for Microsoft. Windows was such a dominant platform that the company had earned the moniker “The Beast From Redmond.” It was being used on platforms everywhere. Microsoft Word was in the process of … Continue reading The Day Thread of Microsoft Bob (9/20)
Yarrrrr! Avast ye land lubbers! Come aboard this here to the weekly movie thread. Drop anchor here and talk about ye favorite films! Here be ye prompt: what be your favorite pirate movie (or adventure on the high seas)? This … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (9/15)
Happy birthday to Emmy Rossum, who played Bulma Briefs in the live-action adaptation of Dragon Ball: Dragonball Evolution. In the manga and the anime, Bulma is the genius inventor and heir of the Capsule Corporation, which stores houses and vehicles … Continue reading The Bulma Briefs Night Thread (9/12)
I used to say I lived my life a quarter mile at a time… …. and I think that’s why we were brothers…. ….because you did too. No matter where you are, whether it’s a quarter mile away or half … Continue reading The Brian O’Conner Day Thread (9/12)
Ohhhh, Mr. Darcy! Continue reading The Mr. Darcy Night Thread (9/10)
The Personal History of David Copperfield hit theaters in the US. It is the latest adaptation of a Charles Dickens work. Today’s bonus prompt: what is your favorite adaptation of a Charles Dickens work? The books were the prestige drama … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (9/8)
