For the discussion of film
Still to the surprise of more people than it should be, Bad Boys for Life has topped the box office for the second weekend. With a surprising first-weekend win, this weekend had it dipping just 46% from its opening to bring … Continue reading Box Office: January 24-26
Richard Stanley returns with a clunky, campy Lovecraft adaptation. This is a spoiler-free review. In 1990 South African director Richard Stanley made a name for himself with the cyberpunk slasher Hardware, a delightfully trashy yet frequently beautiful woman-vs-murderbot flick. Several … Continue reading Review: Color Out of Space
Things slow down in a big way as two new releases look unlikely to make much of a splash. Continue reading Box Office Oracle — 01/24/2020-01/26/2020
TV series have made the leap from the small screen to the big screen in recent years with some modicum of success, while others have fallen flat. A lot of people credit Wayne’s World and The Brady Bunch Movie for … Continue reading Movie Review – ‘Dragnet’ (1987)
In Which There’s Only 20 Minutes Left A strong through-line with this series is how frequently the look and feel of a film help preserves it for future inspection. That the decisions of the time create a cultural amber for … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 50: Run Lola Run
This Lunar New Year, I present a Lunar New Year Miracle…from a country that no longer celebrates it at this time. Available in Canada, the United States, and maybe some other countries. Approximately 118 minutes. So, if the title of … Continue reading WTF ASIA 91: Death By Hanging (1968)
Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread, where we talk about film. What have you seen, new or old? Come in and talk about it! Yesterday, director David Lynch celebrated his 74th birthday. Which means we all celebrated it the David … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (1/21)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated 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 … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Live-action edition. The Country Bears
It’s 2019, and we need the Snubbies more than ever! For the uninitiated, this is an annual awards show where Avocadoans vote on the best films and performances unfairly ignored by the Academy of Motion Pictures. The rules are simple: … Continue reading 2019 Snubby Awards: The Nominations
Fairly simple game here. Take a movie title, give us the dictionary definition of that word and your fellow commenters will try to guess the movie. Here’s an example: a manifestation of a deity or released soul in bodily form … Continue reading Guess the Movie Title by its Dictionary Definition
When Bad Boys for Life as slotted for a mid-January debut, it pretty much sent a signal to many to not expect a lot even after the gap between installments where fans kept asking for more. The film landed from Sony … Continue reading Box Office: January 17-19
What’cha gonna do? Continue reading Box Office Oracle — 01/17/2020-01/19/2020
Hi ho, Raven Wilder here. Some of you may remember when I posted a weekly feature to the Avocado called Muppet Casting, where I’d take famous movies and ask, if Jim Henson’s Muppets made their own version of the film … Continue reading Muppet Casting: Star Wars (The Sequel Trilogy)
It’s time for my annual poll to determine what we think the best movies ever are. This year, I’m doing something different: since it’s a new decade, I thought it would be neat to do a best of the decade … Continue reading Avocado Sight & Sound Year IV: Best of the 2010s edition
In Which We All Made People Miserable in High School The 90’s were a flourishing time for a great variety of film: the violent crime picture, the tony historical epic, and the techno-thriller. Each in their own way defined the … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 49: Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
Small village values don’t change easily. Available in Canada and the United States. Approximately 117 minutes. Rani had left her village at age 14 to marry a man from another village. Her husband was unfaithful and abusive until he died … Continue reading WTF ASIA 90: Parched (2015)
Just like the title says, make a movie by mashing up two movies that share an actor, except now they’re both characters at once. So taking Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence with the … Continue reading Mashup two characters by the same actor into one movie, game
Welcome to the weekly movie thread, your weekly home where we talk about films! What did you see this week? A new theatrical release? A new film on Netflix? Or a classic that you’ve just caught up to for the … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (1/14)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated 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 … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Live-action edition. Cool Runnings
Allie Loukas’ freshman film, which she also wrote and stars in, has shades of John Waters mixed with John Hughes, with a good emotional heart at its center. Loukas’ Kathryn is a disaffected, cynical young woman who reacts to any … Continue reading Movie Review: Kathryn Upside Down
Genre films have formulas. A story might stick to the template or attempt to subvert it. The following are a collection of genre films with LGBT characters. I started with Biography and Mystery. Then the mysteries started spilling into other … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Biography and Mystery
