Uwe Boll’s name is sometimes tossed around whenever bad movie directors are mentioned. But which movie is his most emblematic? Tommy Wiseau is forever tied to The Room, and Ed Wood has Plan 9 From Outer Space. Boll is better … Continue reading Review: House of the Dead (2003)
In Green Room, we follow a struggling punk band that includes the late Anton Yelchin and Ali Shawkat as members. Desperate for a gig, they accept one at a known White Power establishment in rural Oregon. Pickups line the dirt … Continue reading Review: Green Room (2015)
Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread! Talk about movies you’ve seen lately, new releases, great classics, not-so great classics, etc. Today’s bonus prompt: What is your favorite use of stop-motion in film? Coraline, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, was … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (10/8)
Say you wanted to create the most hipstery ghost story of all time. First, you put its main character (Casey Affleck) under a Halloween sheet ghost costume the entire time. Second, after a long stretch of silence, include a character … Continue reading Review: A Ghost Story (2017)
Nicholas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon opens with a shot of Jesse (Elle Fanning) modeling on a photoshoot as a dead corpse. Blood drips from her neck as Fanning maintains a dead-eyed stare. It’s a long shot. The camera starts … Continue reading Review: The Neon Demon (2016)
Rather than play things seriously (like, say, The Brady Bunch TV movies of the 1980’s), the Brady Bunch Movie turned the entire concept into a fish-out-of-Water scenario. What if a wholesome 70’s TV family lived in the cynical real world … Continue reading The Night Thread is going to Sears (10/5)
At some point Kevin Smith went on tour screening Yoga Hosers. The tour posters proudly declared it “The Wurst Movie Ever Made!” This got me wondering: was that movie supposed to be an eclectic celebration of genre elements that nevertheless … Continue reading Review: Yoga Hosers (2016)
To a certain extent, podcasters are the new radio morning zoo crew, only with the license to be far more crass and vulgar. At least that’s what is theorized by Tusk (the first movie in the “True North” series), where … Continue reading Review: Tusk (2014)
There’s a moment in Rob Zombie’s The Lords of Salem that sums up the entire movie for me. Our protagonist, Sherri Moon Zombie, is being mad by a song they played at her job as a radio show host. (On a … Continue reading Review: The Lords of Salem (2012)
Uggs were invented in Australia and New Zealand. They are made of sheepskin — a plentiful resource in those countries — with a tanned hide on the outside and fleece on the inside. Who invented the ugg? The origins are … Continue reading The Night Thread of the Uggs (10/1)
This year marks the 35th anniversary of Beverly Hills Cop. The surprise hit would be the highest grossing R-rated film of all time until it was dethroned in 2003 by The Matrix Reloaded. (Adjusted for inflation, though, it is the … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (10/1)
The chainsaw fight. A great cinematic tradition. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Mandy. …. that… … that’s about it. Wait… did they fight with chainsaws in the Fast and Furious movies? No, that was wrenches. Bullet to the Head? … Continue reading The Night Thread Fights With Chainsaws (9/29)
Models are genetically constructed to become assassins. They’re in peak physical condition. They can gain entry to the most secure places in the world. But most important of all, models don’t think for themselves. They do as they’re told. Today … Continue reading The Night Thread wonders, “Why male models?” (9/28)
Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread! Talk about movies you’ve seen lately. Today’s bonus prompt: What is your favorite movie of 1999? 1999 was supposed to be the year of Star Wars. It still was: the release of The Phantom … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (9/24)
The pumpkin spice latte was invented in the mad scientist labs at the Starbucks Headquarters in Seattle. It is the same lab that concocted mad creations like the Eggnog Latte, the Peppermint Mocha, and what I am assuming is the … Continue reading The Pumpkin Spice Latte Day Thread (9/23)
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)
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