For the discussion of film
Don’t worry, she’s just watching him sleep like Rocky in Project Hail Mary. Continue reading Audiences Still Have an Obsession with Michael — Weekend Box Office Report for May 15th-May 17th, 2026
25 years ago today, Mulholland Drive, my favorite film of all time, debuted at the Cannes Film Festival. In honor of this milestone, I share an essay about what the film has meant to me over the years. Coming of … Continue reading The Day Thread Celebrates “Mulholland Drive”
Sixteen fresh matches for you to vote on! Continue reading Best Disney Villain Tournament: Round Two, Part Two
Scott’s desire to tell people what movies to watch knows no bounds. He’s decided to create a series on here devoted to profiling directors and creating guides to their films. This week’s director is… Samuel Fuller. Highly recommended: Pickup on … Continue reading Director Profile: Samuel Fuller
Movieacados, I hope everyone had a great weekend. As it was Mother’s Day I started down a palindromatic movie character rabbit hole as a result and came up with a plethora of movie mom mania. When it comes to movies … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (05/12)
The next round of the Disney tournament, taking us from 64 villains to 32. Continue reading Best Disney Villain Tournament: Round Two, Part One
At least he seems excited. Continue reading Fatality? — Weekend Box Office Report for May 8th-May 10th, 2026
“Your knowledge of scientific biological transmogrification is only outmatched by your zest for kung-fu treachery!” Continue reading The Avocado Movie Club #48: The Intern (2015)
Just seventeen more matches and we have the crème de la crème of the nominations – then the real tournament begins! Continue reading Best Disney Villain Tournament: Round One, Part Three
Scott’s desire to tell people what movies to watch knows no bounds. He’s decided to create a series on here devoted to profiling directors and creating guides to their films. This week’s director is… Stanley Donen. Highly recommended: On the … Continue reading Director Profile: Stanley Donen
44 more Disney villains for you to judge and find wanting… Continue reading Best Disney Villain Tournament: Round One, Part Two
Moviacados! Yesterday as it turns out was May the 4th and if my calculations are correct this would make today May the 5th. However it is the 4th that I am more interested in this time (we can settle debate … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (05/05)
The Devil Wears Prada was a dark comedy about workplace abuse. Audiences loved Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), a narcissist who tortured the employees of Runway magazine. Her subs (Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci) called her battered assistant Andy (Anne Hathaway) … Continue reading Movie Review: The Devil Wears Prada 2
The classic Agatha Christie thriller, and a bizarre cartoon from the early days of Betty Boop. Continue reading Public Domain Theater: And Then There Were None (& “Mysterious Mose”)
You nominated over one hundred & thirty Disney villains – now it is time to start separating the wheat from the chaff… Continue reading Best Disney Villain Tournament: Round One, Part One
Scott’s desire to tell people what movies to watch knows no bounds. He’s decided to create a series on here devoted to profiling directors and creating guides to their films. This week’s director is… Sam Wood. Highly recommended: A Night … Continue reading Director Profile: Sam Wood
Movieacados! I am not someone who typically believes in destiny, in point of fact I often tempt the fates that I do not believe in whenever given a fair chance to. But sometimes something happens where I must act in … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (04/28)
At this trying time of political strife at home and abroad, only one thing has the potential to bring us all together – finding out which Disney villain is the greatest of them all! Continue reading Best Disney Villain Tournament: Nominations
You still can’t read this box office report on Disney+. Continue reading The Box Office is Anything But Bad — Weekend Box Office Report for April 24th-April 26th, 2026
Today marks the 35th anniversary of the erotic thriller, A Kiss Before Dying. The film was written and directed by James Dearden (the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Fatal Attraction), loosely adapted from Ira Levin’s acclaimed debut novel. It starred Matt Dillon … Continue reading The Day Thread Remembers “A Kiss Before Dying” (1991)
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