For the discussion of film
Good news: I’m going to keep the older rounds open for voting until a few days after the last round goes live. So if you missed voting on day one, you can still do that here. Some Guidelines If you … Continue reading Best Theatrical Film Trailer, Elimination Round Two
I hope you like spooky stuff, because the next four prompts are going to be slightly Halloween themed. Don’t worry if you’re not a horror movie buff though… I won’t be soliciting those directly. I mean, just check out what … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (10/6)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the 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 of … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The films of the Walt Disney Studio. Candleshoe
What responsibility do artists have under dictatorships? Nazi Germany, with its obsessive control over entertainment, posed a particularly harsh dilemma to those unable to leave. Those who willingly collaborated, like directors Leni Riefenstahl (Triumph of the Will) and Veit Harlan … Continue reading History Thread: Gustaf Gründgens, Der Schauspieler
We wound up with 205 nominees. That’s a lot! In order to avoid creating a page with 205 YouTube links, I’m going to break them into ten elimination rounds of 20-21 trailers apiece. When all ten are done, we’ll have … Continue reading Best Theatrical Film Trailer, Elimination Round One
This August I reviewed the films at the Los Angeles Outfest. This month I’m discussing additional films from the Chicago Reeling Festival, Atlanta’s Out on Film and San Francisco’s Frameline Festival. There were several recurring themes. Breaking Up Are We … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Film Festivals 2020
The objective of this article is to not be an in-depth cataloging or inventory of every horror sequel ever, but rather an observation from someone who has seen their fair share of horror sequels and wishes to comment on it. … Continue reading Halloween II And The Shape of Horror Sequels to Come
Ever thought about putting your house up for and AirBnB? If so, did you ever give a thought to the judgment potential renters might give you from your DVD collection? You don’t know how it got there. Maybe it was … Continue reading (The Return of) BnB Shame #10: The Island (2005)
And so it comes to this. Two Movies. A Music Video. And a Sketch. We are in uncharted territory here. Never, in the history of Movie Star Tournaments, lasting all the way back 10000 years to May 2020, have we … Continue reading Walken: The Final Four
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! As I write this, a chill has … Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Nosferatu (& “Frankenstein”)
A little boy and his kindly grandmother thwart the efforts of a coven of witches to rid Britain of children by turning them into mice. Continue reading The Witches (2020) Official Trailer Reaction Thread
This one is fairly self-explanatory, but here are a few guidelines: Full-length theatrical trailers only – no TV spots. Use this spreadsheet to make your nominations: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d2ercSFOWNteT4xfyCj9OaqjFCasBVwf1eRbOdbo2CQ/edit?usp=sharing. If you can’t open the spreadsheet, you can post nominations in the comments, … Continue reading Tournament: Best Theatrical Film Trailer (Spreadsheet closes 10/5 at 1pm EDT)
Because EVERYONE wanted this! Continue reading Marvel Finally Listens to Fan Demand and Brings Jamie Foxx’s Electro to the MCU
I’m still in shock from last night, so why not more shocking news? First, you don’t even vote for Madonna, and now you dumped Duran Duran?!?!? What kind of Gen X people are you? A View to a Kill was … Continue reading Walken: The Elite 8
Two brothers on divergent paths and the parents who have to struggle to figure out what to do with them. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and maybe a few other countries. Approximately 156 minutes. It … Continue reading WTF ASIA 128: A Sun (2019)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the 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 of … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The films of the Walt Disney Studio. The Castaway Cowboy
Today’s prompt: what is your favorite movie poster? Posters are one of the oldest ways to advertise a film. The first poster showed up all the way back in December 26, 1895 for the Lumier Brothers film L’Arroseur arrose. Before … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (9/29)
Spin the Bottle follows four childhood friends to a lakeside retreat. Their Big Chill reunion is interrupted by the arrival of the nerd they tormented in school. He’s hot now and ready to play. Sexy strangers have upended the lives … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Spin the Bottle (1998)
Like I expected, the top half were blowouts, and the bottom half were pretty close. But we have the advancing group, some just scraping by. Pulp Fiction continues to be our #1 seed, slashing through The Jungle Book. But “More … Continue reading Walken: The Sweet 16
For a long time now, I’ve considered David Lynch to be one of my favourite directors. It started with Twin Peaks getting its hooks into me, as I’d long heard of how influential it was on genre television of the … Continue reading Late to the Party: Eraserhead
One of you wrote that “Weapon of Choice” from Fat Boy Slim, would run away with this. And it almost started that way. 31 votes went to this dance tune, just 3 shy of the lead, the also possibly unstoppable … Continue reading Walken: Round of 32
