What’s on your plate this week? Anything new you’ve been wanting to try? Either a recipe or a restaurant. Watched any good food tv shows or movies lately? *yes, it’s almost time for the thread to go up and … Continue reading Random Eats Sunday Food Thread 11/30
Shake off that June Gloom with some Tolerable Discussions Continue reading Tolerable Discussions 6/4/2025
I have a normal weekend routine. I wake up, I feed the cat, I get my own breakfast, and I sit down in front of the TV to eat. If Lucha Underground is on, I watch Lucha Underground. I am … Continue reading RIP Lucha Underground
I watched Abigail based on its premise alone. It’s a fairly straightforward heist movie where a crew of strangers have to contend with a job gone wrong, and a victim who proves to be more than the crew bargained for. … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Abigail (2024)
Warning: this review contains light spoilers for this movie. No specific events are revealed here, but certain elements of the movie are discussed, as I feel that the overall experience may benefit from being qualified. Please take this into consideration … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Kinds of Kindness
This review is spoiler-free; as Eric is relatively new, please use spoiler tags in the comments to be safe. I realize this may be a challenge for a show where the title character is effectively a spoiler. Picking a TV … Continue reading TV Reviews: Eric (Netflix, 2024)
Baseball exists, still. Once America’s pastime, its comfortable pace has struggled to garner attention in an increasingly frantic culture. But it has refused to die, continuing to providing occasional entertainment for ballpark patrons and convenient background noise for afternoon naps. … Continue reading TV Reviews: Brockmire
Note: this review contains spoilers for a 1982 film. Please consider avoiding this article if you have not seen this film and have interest in watching it without opinions from an internet weirdo who is also a cat. I’ve written … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
TV is hyperaccessible. Streaming services are a part of everyday life, and everything is covered with such scrutiny that there are few surprises. Even here, at The Avocado, TV is probably our third or fourth most popular topic, behind maybe … Continue reading TV Reviews: Scavengers Reign
Note: as this is a TV review and not a Spoil Sports, please avoid spoilers or use the tags in the comments. One Piece has been around for longer than some commenters have been alive, but the Netflix adaptation is … Continue reading TV Reviews: One Piece (Netflix, 2023)
Galavant was a musical comedy television series that ran for two seasons. From that sentence, it may be correctly inferred that the show was destined to be short-lived and have a cult following. The list of successful television musical series … Continue reading TV Reviews: Galavant (2015)
Note: this review is intended to be spoiler-free. While the original Trigun anime is roughly 25 years old, please note spoilers in the comments. Count me as a fan of the original Trigun anime. It is far from a perfect … Continue reading Anime Reviews: Trigun Stampede (2023)
Going home means different things to different people. Some never leave home; some count the days until they can leave, and never go back. For most everyone else, it means a kind of reconciliation between the past and the present, … Continue reading TV Reviews: The Bear (2022)
Note: this review will do its best to avoid spoilers. Please use the spoiler space to discuss this movie without fear of spoiling anything for potential first-time viewers:https://the-avocado.org/2022/04/13/spoil-sports-everything-everywhere-all-at-once/ Most movies fit into fairly well-defined genres. There is plenty of room … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
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Please note: this review will remain spoiler-free. Please use the Spoil Sports thread to discuss the movie in more detail if needed:https://the-avocado.org/2022/05/27/spoil-sports-the-bobs-burgers-movie/ Twelve seasons in, Bob’s Burgers is an unquestionable success. While it lacks the tenure of Fox’s more established … Continue reading Movie Review: The Bob’s Burgers Movie
Betty White passed away today at the age of 99. This thread is a space to share thoughts and remember her life and work. Please be considerate and kind towards each other. Continue reading Betty White Memorial Thread
Happy seasonal thing! Jam went out for cigarettes, so I thought I would post the Styling and Grooming thread. This thread is for: asking your fashion, skincare, hair care, etc. questions in the Seeking Advice & Recommendations subthread; giving and receiving feedback … Continue reading The Styling and Grooming Thread is Festive
A movie’s runtime may be indicative of many things. Sometimes a story may be difficult to fit into ninety minutes, or two hours; sometimes a director may die in the chair for want of an editor. The opposite is also … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Slice (2018)
The concept of artificial intelligence has existed for nearly as long as the idea of robots themselves. It seems, now, that machines capable of independent action would eventually become capable of independent reasoning, which raises questions of identity and ideology. … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Ghost in the Shell
Los Angeles Rams at Green Bay Packers (4:35 PM Saturday, FOX) Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills (8:25 PM Saturday, NBC) Cleveland Browns at Kansas City Chefs (1:05 PM Sunday, CBS) Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints (4:40 PM Sunday, … Continue reading NFL Divisional Weekend Thread
Martial arts stand for different things to different people. For some of us, they’re a form of exercise, a gateway to philosophy, an art and a sport. They can be a vehicle for empowerment and self-improvement. But a self-governed activity … Continue reading Movie Reviews: The Art of Self Defense (2019)
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