May the Fourth be with you! And this being the Night Thread —- specifically a SATURDAY Night Thread —- a true Star Wars fan knows there’s only one way to strut as the disco ball casts patterns that look like … Continue reading The Meco Disco Party Saturday Night Thread (5/4)
Sometimes you think you’ve seen an entire movie already because it’s already been referenced in pop culture. That was the case with me and Rear Window. I know what you’re thinking. It’s because of that Simpsons episode, right? No! The … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (4/30)
In his paean to his size, Heavy D of Mount Vernon, NY (a.k.a. The Overweight Lover, a.k.a. Dwight Myers) shows no shame about his girth. In fact, he takes the old chestnut that there’s “more of me to love” and … Continue reading The Day Thread is 260 lb of Good Lovin’ (4/28)
THE SHADOW KNOWS. The characters existed in pulps and was made famous by a radio play that starred none other than Orson Welles. (And honestly they are quite good! They hold up better than a lot of its contemporaries.). The Shadow … Continue reading Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of the Night Thread? (4/27)
Avengers: Endgame is coming out this week, and everyone’s got people with superhuman strength and fancy, brandable tights on their mind (Avengers novelty baseball jerseys now available at Box Lunch!)… so let’s talk about another superhero movie featuring Josh Brolin … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (4/23)
Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread! Today’s prompt: What is your favorite movie opening? There are plenty of iconic ones. There’s the prologue from various James Bond movies, which stretch from the gunsight where you the viewer gets out-shot by … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (4/16)
Located on the intersection of Woodward and Jefferson in downtown Detroit is the Monument to Joe Louis, also known as “The Fist”. The artwork was donated by Sports Illustrated and installed in 1986. It is, as the nickname suggests, a … Continue reading Night Thread of The Fist (4/14)
As the seasons change, so do sometimes my plans for this feature. I hadn’t originally planned on writing this review. I was going to do at least a straight month of nothing but European cinema, encouraged as I was of … Continue reading Made Overseas: Supercop (1992)
Avocado, I’m bored. What plaything can you offer me today? Today is the 90th birthday of the always fabulously dressed Emperor Ming The Merciless… or should I say the incredible and prolific Swedish-born French actor Max Von Sydow. He has … Continue reading The Ming The Merciless Night Thread (4/10)
Today marks the 44th anniversary of the second oldest continuously professional basketball league in the world, the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). While neighbors like Japan, Korea, and Taiwan went baseball crazy, the Philippines went all in on the sport of … Continue reading Night Thread of the Beeracle (4/9)
Lately, I’ve been thinking about MTV. Remember when they played music videos? Did you ever think that some of those directors would go on to bigger and better things in the late 90’s and 2000’s? MTV created a generation of … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (4/9)
For those unfamiliar, Li’l Abner was a comic strip back when comic strips were basically primetime TV. The strip made Al Capp a legitimate pop culture celebrity. In the past, I’ve compared it to the Simpsons of its day: wildly … Continue reading The Li’l Abner Day Thread (4/9)
Readers, I pose you a theoretical scenario. Say you were living in Jersey and you were fighting villains from afar. What do you do? Simple: find first gear in your giant robot car. Cartoon Network’s Megas XLR ran for two seasons … Continue reading The Night Thread Digs Giant Robots (4/7)
Today is Jackie Chan’s 65th birthday. The prolific actor, singer, stuntman, and human meme is known for many things. Like getting a ton of folding chairs thrown at him, hanging from the hands of a clock, making Chris Tucker seem … Continue reading The Day Thread Is Not Jackie Chan (4/7)
There have been complaints that the small-scale Belgian movie, Let the Corpses Tan, is difficult to follow. It’s not that complicated of a plot, even. To wit: criminals hide out in a bohemian community. The cops show up looking for … Continue reading Made Overseas: Let the Corpses Tan (2017)
Teenage filmmaker Sandi Tan and her friends set out to change the world of Singaporean filmmaking. They were punks, rebelling against a controlling society. They created surreal movie about a serial killer whose goal was to collect people into the … Continue reading The Shirkers Day Thread (4/3)
This week, no one wants to be buried in the Pet Sematary. The latest Stephen King adaptation makes it to the big screen this weekend. It’s not fair to judge it harshly against the original just yet, though. Sometimes retreads … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (4/2)
In a way, I started this column because of a fascination with international iterations of the superhero formula. I’d done a few open threads looking at Filipino superheroes, which have a pedigree that extends way back to the 1950’s. I … Continue reading Made Overseas: Krrish (2006)
Before the intermission for A Star Is Born (1954), there’s a movie within a movie. Vicki Lester (Judy Garland) and Norman Maine (James Mason) go to the premiere of what is sure to be Vicki’s catapult into stardom. We get … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (3/26)
Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath — a fictional super spy created by French writer Jean Bruce — worked for American agencies like the OSS, CIA, and NSC. Because with that name, he is clearly a red-blooded American man. He also … Continue reading Made Overseas: OSS 117: Lost In Rio (2009)
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)
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