For the discussion of film
First of all, let’s pour one out for Sean O’Neal, who deserves a pre-emptive Snubby for his finally-completed Dan In Real Life 2 script. He took a chance on me at the mothership when I was years out of practice as … Continue reading Snubby Awards: 1971 Results/1970 Nominations
First off, a thanks for El Santo, who kindly stepped switched out his own review for this movie this week after learning that I had scheduled it almost two weeks ago, so that we would not step on each other’s … Continue reading WTF ASIA 14: The Raid (2011)
The release and massive success of Die Hard in 1988 ushered in a wave of imitators both large and smaller budget especially in the 90s. It got so egregious that “Die Hard on/in a [setting]” became a well-known joke as it seemed … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Skyscraper (2018)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated 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 … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Brother Bear
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Ant-Man and the Wasp Skyscraper Incredibles 2 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom The unexpectedly good Hotel Transylvania 3 opened to $44M at 4,200 spooOOOooky theaters in the United … Continue reading Box Office: July 13 – 15, 2018
Shudder, a subscription based horror streaming service, is presenting a 24 hour marathon livestream of movies picked and hosted by Joe Bob Briggs (John Bloom) for Friday the 13th. Can you survive 24 hours of horror? Let’s watch together and … Continue reading The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs Live Chat
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Perhaps money cannot buy class, but class cannot buy money either. Available on Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, Vudu, Youtube. Approximately 99 minutes. Lord Biswambhar Roy is a pre-Independence princely landlord of vast tracts of land, but he does not do much lording these … Continue reading WTF ASIA 13: The Music Room (1958)
I think the first time I ever became aware of a production company’s involvement behind the scenes of the movies they created was when I became aware of Full Moon Entertainment. Obviously, I knew who Disney was and who Warner … Continue reading Full Moon Entertainment: A Love Letter
If I was thinking of films that I wish would get a sequel, Sicario would not be on that list. Released in 2015 and starring Emily Blunt, it was directed by the great Denis Villeneuve (then coming off Prisoners and Enemy) and telling of an … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
It’s time for another round of Muppet Casting, where we take a famous movie and ask, if Jim Henson’s Muppets made their own version of it (in the vein of The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island), which Muppets … Continue reading Muppet Casting: Superman
We here at The Avocado usually choose the films reviewed by the same methods you all do. It’s why films like American Animals or Tag get reviews weeks after release as they get neglected for other movies as life and Moviepass’s one … Continue reading Movie Reviews: 1/1 (2018)
The Terminator franchise hasn’t had the best of luck. After pulling off the rare feat of making one great movie and then a sequel that was even better, it’s struggled to recapture that magic. Repeating the formula of the first two movies … Continue reading Pitch Meeting: The Terminator Franchise
Snowpiercer is one of those movies that make me realize that 2014 was a long time ago. I saw it on the back of a seat during a long overseas flight, right around the time we were getting close to … Continue reading Made Overseas: Snowpiercer (2013)
Sorry about no Snubbies last week, it fell on the 4th of July, in which we celebrate this nation’s greatness by scaring the crap out of every dog in the country. But we’re back, and 1971 has turned out to … Continue reading 1971 Snubby Awards: The Voting
Gather around all you who were upset that Ocean’s 8 featured too little conflicts and difficulties to overcome in its tackling of its internal heist, for American Animal is the exact opposite. For the robbery committed within is far from smooth, much tenser, … Continue reading Movie Reviews: American Animals (2018)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated 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 … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Pixar Edition. Finding Nemo
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Ant-Man and the Wasp Incredibles 2 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom The First Purge Sicario: Day of the Soldado You guys like superheroes, right? Ant-Man and the Wasp became the third Marvel movie in … Continue reading Box Office: July 6 – 8, 2018
Dan Savage: “We want to let these kids know that joy and happiness is in their futures, too, if they can hang on.” My last two posts have reviewed films with GBQ+ cis male protagonists. (Links here and here). This … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Favorite Moments
Jet Li has been one of the premiere Kung Fu Film Stars for decades. He played the legendary Wong Fei Hong in the Once Upon a Time in China series and he was a principle player in the Expendables movies…well, at least the first … Continue reading WTF ASIA 12: Ocean Heaven (2010)
For the third and final time this year, we dive back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and including Deadpool 2, Venom, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the fourth of six Marvel titles released this year. Their output this year has been strong thus far … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
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