For the discussion of film
After consecutive weekends of traveling, recovering from being sick, and celebrating Easter, I finally made it to the movie theater with a friend to see Nobody starring Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd, and RZA. Odenkirk stars as … Continue reading Movie Review – Nobody (2021)
In Which There Are No Brooms on the Horizon In the mid to late 00’s there was a sudden, and honestly kind of surprising, boom of great movies. For a period over about two and a half years there was … Continue reading Post Millennial Malaise 13: Michael Clayton
Hahaha…dude got kicked in the nuts by a guy named Wang. Hahaha…right in the nuts!! Available online. Approximately 100 minutes. During a dispute, village Chief Wang Shangtang assaulted Wan Qinglai, which included kicking him in the groin. … Continue reading WTF 156: The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
Hello, all! Instead of writing about singing cowboys this week, which you can find here, I’ll be writing about the Oscar-nominated short films. I already covered the animated shorts here, and I’ll be covering the documentary shorts on Friday. Right … Continue reading Review: Oscar Nominated Short Films (Live Action)
Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread, your place on the Avocado to discuss film. What have you seen recently? Have you felt safe enough to venture to the multiplex? Have you discovered an old classic you’d put off? This week, … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (4/13)
Hello everyone! Awards season is upon us, and when I’m not writing about singing cowboys, I’m catching up with some of the films you may have missed, particularly the ones nominated for Oscars. The short films have been available to … Continue reading Review: Oscar Nominated Short Films (Animated)
It’s been so long since we’ve been able to do one of these that it feels almost surreal to be back. The folks at Comscore have once again been able to start getting information from studios and other partners to … Continue reading Box Office: April 9-12
I almost forgot about this myself. The Finals Post is way back on Page 10! Obvious Winner Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade turned out to be… The Obvious Winner, pummeling runner up The Hunt for Red October by almost … Continue reading Connery: The Results
The Species Expanded Universe. Yeah you heard me right. Who knew there was such a thing? And why did I actually sit through all of them? Perhaps the urge was coded into my DNA by aliens from another galaxy. In … Continue reading SEU Later: Surviving the Species Franchise
In Which I Was Busy Hello. Not a full article today because of stuff with family and the fact that I lost something and spent a better part of my free time trying to find it. Anyhow here’s a schedule … Continue reading Post Millennial Malaise Presents: A Schedule
Just look at how young Toshiro Mifune is in this one. Available in Canada, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and maybe a few other countries. Approximately 98 minutes. It is a hot and quiet night in the city, with the … Continue reading WTF ASIA 155: Drunken Angel (1948)
Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread, your place at the Avocado to discuss film with your fellow commenters! Today’s bonus prompt: what is your favorite power walk? TV Tropes describes it thusly: “The Power Walk is a wide shot of … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (4/6)
Welcome to another week of The Phantom Empire! Today’s installment is called “Jaws of Jeopardy,” a cool title for what will surely be a profoundly uncool installment. There seems to be a weird phenomenon going on where I’m hot and … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Part 8: “Jaws of Jeopardy”
Channel 4 commissioned Kevin Elyot to write a screenplay celebrating gay pride. They should have read his plays first. He wrote cynical tales about cruel, self-loathing gay men. No surprise that the characters in Clapham Junction are a mix of … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Clapham Junction (2007)
For a brief period during The Great Depression, it seemed that color film was destined to be a fleeting novelty. It was too costly to justify, and not an especially big driver of ticket sales. Perhaps this was due, in part, to the limitations of Technicolor’s technology. The combination of red and green could get a lot done, but it wasn’t quite reflective of the world as we saw it. Continue reading The Classic Film Thread: Color by Technicolor!
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! Normally, here on Public Domain Theater, I … Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Mesa of Lost Women (& “Foney Fables”)
I… I’m not sure what to feel. Space Jam: A New Legacy will be out in theaters worldwide around 15 July 2021. Continue reading Space Jam: A New Legacy Trailer
In Which Bond Begins There is an eternal truism in the world of filmmaking, Hollywood always learns the wrong lessons from success. When something strikes a chord with audiences studios frequently chase the superficial elements of what worked rather than … Continue reading Post Millennial Malaise 12: Casino Royale
