For the discussion of film
Apologies for being so slow in getting to our next round. I was driving to and then, get this, Leaving Las Vegas this weekend. (Thank you, tip your bartender.) In connected news, my computer somehow got corrupted while I was … Continue reading Cage Match: Round 2
Once upon a time in Japanese-occupied…uh…Japan. Available in Canada, the United States, and maybe a few other countries. Approximately 156 minutes. An island named Shodoshima. The subtitles say that this is two decades ago, meaning 1934, but then later states that it … Continue reading WTF ASIA 114: Twenty-four Eyes (1954)
This is one that I’m getting to sit out and I expect to be lightly shamed for as I’ve never been to a Disney theme park. With the various different Disney parks, what’s your favorite stage show or event that isn’t … Continue reading 30 Day Disney Challenge Day 24: Your Favorite Disney Theme Park Show
Today’s prompt: what is your favorite movie marketing tie-in? Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (6/23)
This is one that I’m getting to sit out and I expect to be lightly shamed for as I’ve never been to a Disney theme park. With the various different Disney parks, what’s your favorite attraction there that isn’t a show? … Continue reading 30 Day Disney Challenge Day 23: Your Favorite Disney Theme Park Attraction
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. Greyfriars Bobby
The director of several acclaimed films–and Batman & Robin–was 80. Continue reading Joel Schumacher passes away
I came out of the closet in my sophomore year of high school. Junior year my friends and I organized a Gay Straight Alliance. This made it easier to stand up to the bullies who’d been harassing me for over … Continue reading LGBT Media: Out and Proud Teens
This is one that I’m getting to sit out and I expect to be lightly shamed for as I’ve never been to a Disney theme park. With a few of them around the world, today’s challenge is which theme park is … Continue reading 30 Day Disney Challenge Day 22: Your Favorite Disney Theme Park
On the film’s 25th anniversary, Apollo 13 shows how much has changed in the way America responds to a crisis. Ask anyone who’s watched it to name a scene from the 1995 film Apollo 13 and odds are they’ll recall … Continue reading Apollo 13 and the Nostalgia of American Competence
The push by Disney to bring a number of their animated films to the live-action side has met with lots of pros and cons and reactions by audiences, though it really does vary project by project. Some have worked better … Continue reading 30 Day Disney Challenge Day 21: Your Favorite Live-Action Animated Adaptation
With a lot of sequels out there for a lot of Disney films, there are plenty to choose from. Especially if you want to go wider than the Disney animated side. Sequels weren’t the biggest thing for Disney for quite … Continue reading 30 Day Disney Challenge Day 20: Your Favorite Sequel
After all the happy talk about collectibles yesterday, let’s shift gears to talking about the saddest deaths in the world of Disney. While there is a lot of sugarcoating in a lot of Disney projects over the years, there was … Continue reading 30 Day Disney Challenge Day 19: The Saddest Death
Take a scenic tour through Hell (or at least Texas) with Nicolas Cage as your guide, in this look at the Faustian superhero Western about that totally cool-looking skull guy who sets everybody on fire! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: GHOST RIDER (2007)
Today, we’re going to talk about merchandise a little. And we hope you’re able to share pictures on this one, even just retail if that’s all there is for it. Disney is huge in terms of collectibles and the things … Continue reading 30 Day Disney Challenge Day 18: Your Favorite Collectible
Once upon a time in British-occupied India. Available in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and maybe a few other countries. Approximately 150-156 minutes. It is March 23, 1931. Bhagat Singh and two of his associates are already dead. Their … Continue reading WTF ASIA 113: The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002)
When it comes to favorite dance scene, off the cuff I can imagine a lot of people, at least of a certain age, going back to the Beauty and the Beast dance simply because it was The Big Scene for so … Continue reading 30 Day Disney Challenge Day 17: Your Favorite Dance Scene
⚠️ This article contains spoilers for the 1991 film Cape Fear 💥 Content Warning: sexual assault, child abuse I’ve found myself drawn to trash cinema in recent weeks (ask me about the shameful pleasures of the Underworld franchise). The deep … Continue reading In Cape Fear, Scorsese Drags Us Into the Muck
Today’s prompt: which movie made you feel the most tense? Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (6/16)
If you were more literal and stuck to the earlier question in regards to the favorite prince, you get a bit more room to maneuver here as your favorite heroine can move beyond just the realm of the prince’s themselves. … Continue reading 30 Day Disney Challenge Day 16: Your Favorite Hero
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 Sign of Zorro
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