For the discussion of film
Here’s another positive function of the National Film Registry: righting past wrongs. Consider our director for the day, Oscar Micheaux, one of the first major African-American directors and producers, a purveyor of race films meant exclusively for black audiences from … Continue reading Registering the National Film Registry 2019: Body and Soul (1925)
A movie about the betrayal and assassination of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Black Panther Party. Continue reading JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH Official Trailer Reaction Thread
Well, not really, Tilda. Not much conversation and not many votes has made Tilda Swinton our least popular Movie Star tournament so far. But the show must go on. Here are your 16 top choices. And one of them isn’t … Continue reading Tilda: The Sweet 16
Welcome to the first Bracket Round of the Pixar Tournament! In the Preliminaries, Pixar’s 22 feature films were narrowed down to the 16 films in our bracket. You can see the Bracket here. The seeding was based on the upvotes … Continue reading The Pixar Film Tournament – Round of 16
Are you feeling lonely? Alone? A little trapped? Maybe a little claustrophobic? Stuck in the dark? Is the world falling in on you? Are you too dependent on your phone? Well, I have a movie for you. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the … Continue reading WTF ASIA 120: Tunnel (2016)
Welcome to the Avocado Pixar Film Tournament! I assume the reason this hasn’t been done as a tournament already (unless it has and I missed it despite my attempts to check for it – sorry, hope you don’t mind relitigating … Continue reading The Pixar Film Tournament – Preliminary Round
Bonus prompt: What is your favorite film that visualizes the same event from different perspectives? Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (8/4)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the business of … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The films of the Walt Disney Studio. Those Calloways
Before Trolls World Tour, From Justin to Kelly and American Idol, Kelly Clarkson had a cameo in 2002’s Issues 101. This zero-budget sex farce follows a gay college student who hooks up with a closeted frat boy and his out … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Issues 101 with Kelly Clarkson!
Howdy, I’m Gargus! Or Gil, or Jill, however you like it, I’m easy – my cross country coach in high school called me G-Dawg, so you can use that if you want to completely mortify me. Y’all ever get frustrated … Continue reading Registering the National Film Registry 2019: Emigrants Landing at Ellis Island (1903)
Welcome to Public Domain Theater, your home for the wonderful world of films that have (in the United States, at least) fallen into the public domain, and are free for everyone to see! This month, we have for you one … Continue reading Public Domain Theater: The Thief of Bagdad (& “Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves”)
Oh, I’ve been struggling to write this particular entry. I think the reason is how do you best articulate the need to remake a film that largely is already enjoyable as is? That’s often the main crime of a remake: … Continue reading ReMake Me Over: Once Bitten
With the conclusion of our 30 Day Film Challenge yesterday, we’re getting ready to move onto the next phase. We’ve had a lot of fun running the last couple of these with the comic book challenge and then the Disney … Continue reading 30 Day Film Challenge Day 31: Epilogue
The end of a movie can be satisfying for so many different reasons. The culmination of an adventure, the bringing together of a couple you’ve rooted for over the course of it, a mindscrew that leaves you just thinking about … Continue reading 30 Day Film Challenge Day 30: Most Satisfying Movie Ending
You can fly if you’d only cut loose, footloose. Available in Canada, France, the United States, and maybe a few other countries. Approximately 120 minutes. Chin has decided to move out of her family’s home and into an apartment of her own. As the … Continue reading WTF ASIA 119: Taipei Story (1985)
As we get down to the final days of this run, we’re looking at some of the things that we own that mean a lot to us from our passion about film. Movie memorabilia is a huge business but it’s … Continue reading 30 Day Film Challenge Day 29: Your Favorite Piece Of Movie Memorabilia
Bonud prompt: what is your favorite use of color in film? Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (7/28)
Scuttled by bad press on its release, Waterworld is a lot better than you remember A post-apocalyptic dystopia where survivors live off of the detritus of Earth’s former civilization while bands of petroleum-obsessed marauders terrorize the weak. A small outpost … Continue reading Wet Mad Max: Waterworld at 25
The draw of playing a villain is foremost in many actor’s minds as they get to do a lot of scenery-chewing in some instances or something that’s just intense in another that allows them to stretch their muscles in ways … Continue reading 30 Day Film Challenge Day 28: Favorite Movie Villain
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the business of … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The films of the Walt Disney Studio. The Moon-Spinners
Young Soul Rebels is a thriller set amidst the London music scene of the late 1970’s. A pair of DJs find themselves mixed up in a murder. The mystery takes a back seat to a tour of clashing subcultures: Gay … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Young Soul Rebels (1991)
