For the discussion of film
“I am gay. To add to that my older brother’s gay so my dad’s REAL PROUD.” ~ Matteo Lane Last week I looked at stories about straight and GBTQ+ siblings working out their differences. This week lets look at variations … Continue reading LGBT Media: More Sibling Rivalry
I know it’s late for I or anyone else on The Avocado to review this movie, but please understand two things: This came to Israel a bit late. Nobody else has written a review on this site. So there. I waited a … Continue reading Vice Is a Movie About Itself
The new year is into its second frame and Aquaman finally no longer has the top spot since its debut last month. Topping the box office is The Upside with Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston where it did just under $20 million … Continue reading Box Office: January 11-13
Full disclosure, up front: I believe I am coming down with the flu. This worries me because I just had the flu. I also had the flu shot, back in September. And yet, sometime around noon today, I was overtaken … Continue reading Replicas Is a Stoner Movie from the Twilight Zone
In Which the Future is Divined With MiniDiscs Science fiction has always served as a great predictor, with pieces speculating on things like cyberspace, mobile telecommunications, and AI with shocking prescience. The amusing thing about those speculations are the limits … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 01: Strange Days
The American Society of Cinematographers recently unveiled a list of the best shot movies of the 20th century and it reminded me of the favorite movie shots threads I’ve done in the past. So, I decided it would be fun … Continue reading Favorite Shots from Movies
If someone watched Rain Man and remembered nothing but the gambling section of the movie and decided to base a movie around that, it would still not be like this movie, but I had nothing else to really say for this … Continue reading WTF ASIA 38: God of Gamblers (1989)
This is the second in a series of articles about the 2018 year in film and the lead-up to the 91st Oscars. As with previous posts, I will include discussion threads for individual Oscars categories with my personal predictions in … Continue reading The Road to the 91st Oscars, Part II: Bohemian Rhaps– Are You Kidding Me!?
Apologies for the lack of reviews lately. Call it burnout or just a need for a year end break, but I just sort of lacked the motivation to file reviews for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Anna and the Apocalypse, They … Continue reading Movie Reviews: If Beale Street Could Talk (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. Cars 3
We might follow different dreams. We may play on different teams. Where it counts, behind the scenes, we’re brothers! ~ Theme Song for the sitcom Brothers Episode 32 of Degrassi Junior High, “He Ain’t Heavy,” aired on December 5, 1988. … Continue reading LGBT Media: Sibling Rivalry
Twenty years ago was 1999. Now, on balance the year itself was nothing too notable. Between the political bickering of the Clinton impeachment (he was acquitted in February of ’99), and events like the bursting of the dot-com bubble and … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 00: What It Is
Here you go, a place to discuss all of your globes of golditude. Continue reading Golden Globes 2019 Live Thread!
The first box office weekend of the new year has kicked off well with Aquaman winning its third weekend – which is such a radical change from how things went for Justice League not that long ago. The film added another $30.7 … Continue reading Box Office: January 4-6
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! This week is a special one … Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Safety Last! (& “Felix in Hollywood”)
As with most pieces of digital content, this series was meant to be only two short parts, but has eventually expanded into three. So in this, the honest to God final installment, I’ll cover some of the odds and ends … Continue reading Most Anticipated Movies of 2019 Part 3
As streaming services play a bigger and bigger role in the film and television industry, a lot of attention is going to their original content–but mainly streaming television shows. What about streaming movies? What hidden gems or washed up flops … Continue reading Awash in the Stream: Bird Box (Netflix, 2018)
My New Year’s gift was, apparently, not saving my completed WordPress draft of this when I posted it the other day, so I had to copy/paste my old draft of this right now, remembering only a few of my changes. … Continue reading WTF ASIA 37: Forever the Moment (2008)
The Razzie ballots for the “worst” movies of 2018 was unveiled yesterday and, shock of shocks, it’s terrible. It’s so awful, I decided to do a breakdown of its many failures. Also, I will be copying everything from the ballot … Continue reading The 2018 Razzie Ballot is Awful
A Big Year for Notable Directors. Outside of the superhero/Star Wars hype cycle the most notable films tend to be the next projects by established directors. 2019 is poised to be quite the full plate as many high profile talents … Continue reading Most Anticipated Movies of 2019 Part 2
I always do best movies I saw for the first time lists at the end of every month. Since some people like to do their own lists too (and because if I just did an entire post devoted to myself, … Continue reading The Best Movies We Saw for the First Time This Year
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