For the discussion of film
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… Joe Dante. Highly recommended: Gremlins, Gremlins … Continue reading Director Profile: Joe Dante
On the list of movies being released this week is The Conjuring: Last Rites, which is notable for a bunch of reasons, but most importantly it got me thinking for this weeks prompt topic. This past October I was doing … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (09/02)
“You’re going to need a bigger theater…” Okay, not really. Continue reading Weapons Are Caught Stealing First Place — Weekend Box Office Report for August 29th-August 31st, 2025
By now we all know (I hope) that a remastered set of The Beatles Anthology has been completed and will be released in late November. We also know that this will include a fourth two-CD set of both new material … Continue reading Discussion Thread: The Beatles Anthology 1-4
In all honesty, this isn’t my second – or even third – time watching Hayao Miyazaki’s 2004 film Howl’s Moving Castle. I haven’t kept track, but it is very likely my fourth, or even fifth, watch. So then what’s different … Continue reading Second Look: Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
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… Theo Angelopoulos. Highly recommended: The Travelling … Continue reading Director Profile: Theo Angelopoulos
Well being as this will be the last Weekly Movie Thread for August I will count it as the end of Summer Blockbuster Season. Now I am aware that most Blockbusters should have been released by July and August usually … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (08/26)
Margaret Qualley plays Detective Honey O’Donahue. Her style and charm bring a touch of glamour to the bleak town of Bakersfield. Honey’s client has died in a car wreck. She suspects it was no accident. Honey Don’t! is the second … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Honey Don’t! (2025)
Blip watches two classic action films for the first time. Continue reading Late To The Party: The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Summer is winding up. It’s depressing. Continue reading KPop KOs the Box Office — Weekend Box Office Report for August 22nd-August 24th, 2025
“The sensation of moving backwards even though we are moving forwards, getting further from what’s getting nearer, sometimes I just can’t stand it.” Continue reading The Avocado Movie Club #30: High Life (2018)
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… Pier Paolo Pasolini. Highly recommended: Accattone, … Continue reading Director Profile: Pier Paolo Pasolini
I grew up in a small town. Not village of just a few houses small, but if I meet someone on the street where I currently live, I could tell them my hometown is smaller than yours and be right … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (08/19)
Blip watches a powerful Akira Kurosawa classic for the first time. Continue reading Late To The Party: Ikiru
Thank gosh for Weapons and Freakier Friday… Continue reading The Box Office is Nobody’s Hero — Weekend Box Office Report for August 15th-August 17th, 2025
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… Josef von Sternberg. Highly recommended: Underworld, … Continue reading Director Profile: Josef von Sternberg
Tomorrow is Wednesday… known more commonly as the day after the Weekly Movie Thread. But more importantly as of tomorrow I will have been running this thread for one full year! When I started doing this I wasn’t sure how … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (08/12)
Share your thoughts on the newest movie by Zach Cregger, writer/director of Barbarian, here! Continue reading Spoil Sports: WEAPONS
“It’s awfully easy to lie when you know that you’re trusted implicitly.”
Continue reading The Avocado Movie Club #29: Brief Encounter (1945)
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… Ang Lee. Highly recommended: The Ice … Continue reading Director Profile: Ang Lee
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