For the discussion of film
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 only … 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
When you have already lost everything, you have nothing left to lose. Available in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and maybe a few other countries. Also on Einthusan. Approximately 95-97 minutes. The film starts with the nations of … Continue reading WTF ASIA 154: Kya Dilli Kya Lahore (2014)
What starts as professional courtesy soon turns into infatuation, all thanks to someone reading a diary. But who will end up inheriting the late dowager’s fortune? Come talk about Godzilla vs Kong! Continue reading Spoiler Space: Godzilla vs Kong
…And then there were two. Obvious Winner Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade had no trouble eluding The Untouchables 45-15. It will now go up against the 2nd biggest voted film in the tournament, The Hunt for Red October. Dr. … Continue reading Connery: The Finals
I’m reading and close to finishing Mark Harris brilliant Mike Nichols: A Life which led to me (re-)watching a bunch of his movies which are all reviewed down here below. So lets make this a general discussion thread for Nichols’s … Continue reading Mike Nichols Filmography discussion thread (& Bresson also reviews all of them quite badly)
Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread! This is your place on the Avocado to discuss movies with your favorite film lovers. Talk about an action film your discovered, beloved classics, or an underrated movie that got to you emotionally. This … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (3/30)
Son’s gay. Dad’s gay. Mom’s mad as hell. The Lost Language of Cranes premiered at the UK film festival in 1991. It was broadcast on PBS and the BBC in 1992. The story follows a family as they cope with … Continue reading LGBT Movies: The Lost Language of Cranes (1991)
Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to The Phantom Empire! Yes, this is still going on, and yes, we are only halfway through it. After last week’s surprisingly good episode, anything could happen today! The protagonist could even have an … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Part 7: “From Death to Life”
The Suicide Squad Trailer: pic.twitter.com/yZhpAgTRId — What's On HBO Max (@WhatsOnHBOMax) March 26, 2021 Continue reading The Suicide Squad Official Trailer Reaction Thread
In Which Home has a High Price No movies about the past are actually about the past. Yes they may recount, in varying levels of detail, events that happened in bygone days, and said accounts can indeed tell a whole … Continue reading Post Millennial Malaise 11: Munich
It has been a while since I have featured lighter stuff. So here is a story about a girl who…cannot ride in vehicles without vomiting? Uh…well, the vomiting scenes are not as gross as they could have been. Also, it … Continue reading WTF ASIA 153: Queen of Walking (2016)
