For the discussion of film
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
OK, so this coming week we have a new movie release in the form of a reboot of The Naked Gun (that is the right term here I think, Neeson seems to be playing the son of Frank Drebin). The … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (08/05)
What goes through the minds of bullies? How many homophobes are closet cases? Why does queerness frighten the patriarchy? Claude Miller made his filmmaking debut in 1976 with The Best Way to Walk (La meilleure façon de marcher). The screenplay, … Continue reading LGBT Movies: The Best Way to Walk (1976)
Naked Gun? More like Naked FUN! Am I right? I can write blurbs. Continue reading The Box Office Gets Naked — Weekend Box Office Report for August 1st-August 3rd, 2025
A Sherlock Holmes mystery/thriller starring Basil Rathbone, and a Superman cartoon from Fleischer Studios! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Terror by Night (& “Billion Dollar Limited”)
OK, you got me. This is more like my 24th Look. I’ve seen this film more times than I remember, starting way back in 1979 or so. However, I feel it’s time to look at it with new eyes. Wide … Continue reading Second Look: Help!
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… Edward Yang. Highly recommended: Taipei Story, … Continue reading Director Profile: Edward Yang
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