The Box Office Throws a Hail Mary — Weekend Box Office Report for March 20th-March 22nd, 2026
Ready or Not? Not, apparently. Continue reading The Box Office Throws a Hail Mary — Weekend Box Office Report for March 20th-March 22nd, 2026
Category: Movies
For the discussion of film
LGBT Movies: Bed and Sofa (1927)
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that most film love triangles could be solved by a threesome. Bed and Sofa (aka Tretia Meshchanskaia), a Russian film from 1927, would come close to this suggestion. A Russian housewife cheats on her … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Bed and Sofa (1927)
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer Reaction Thread
Dune Part Three Trailer Reaction Thread
How’s Paul Dune? Continue reading Dune Part Three Trailer Reaction Thread
Director Profile: Mike Leigh
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… Mike Leigh. Highly recommended: Naked, Secrets … Continue reading Director Profile: Mike Leigh
2025 Avocado Snubby Awards: The Winners
Follow this weekend’s Oscars, it’s time to announce the winners of the 2025 Avocado Snubby Awards – honoring the best film work ignored at this year’s Oscars! Thank you to everyone who participated in voting, and as always, I encourage … Continue reading 2025 Avocado Snubby Awards: The Winners
The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (03/17)
Movieacados! I am not one to waste the fortuitous placement of a holiday and the stars aligning for it to fall exactly on movie thread day so seeing as I like to roll with the punches as they say today … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (03/17)
Reminders of Hoppers — Weekend Box Office Report for March 13th-March 15th, 2026
She looks like she’s about to tell him she doesn’t think the system works… Continue reading Reminders of Hoppers — Weekend Box Office Report for March 13th-March 15th, 2026
98th Academy Awards Live Thread
Show starts at 4:00 PM PST/7:00 PM EST on ABC. Please keep discussions here very civil and have fun watching the Oscars with your fellow Avocado members. Continue reading 98th Academy Awards Live Thread
The Road to the 98th Oscars Part 2: Predicting the Winners
This Sunday marks the end of yet another awards season. The lead-up to the Oscars has been a curiously staid affair (you know there’s not much happening when so much hay gets made of something as unremarkable as Timothee Chalamet’s … Continue reading The Road to the 98th Oscars Part 2: Predicting the Winners
The Avocado Movie Club #44: High and Low
“A woman wears a hat on her head, but shoes carry all her weight.” Continue reading The Avocado Movie Club #44: High and Low
Director Profile: Alain Resnais
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… Alain Resnais. Highly recommended: Night and … Continue reading Director Profile: Alain Resnais
The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (03/10)
Movieacados! It is Oscar week so that is a pretty big deal in movies I hear. Not to knock the Oscars too much but I often disagree with most of the picks and nominations and pretty much always skip the … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (03/10)
LGBT Movies: A Little Lust (2015)
When Rocco (Andrea Amato) comes out, his liberal parents (Veronica Pivetti and Corrado Invernizzi) react poorly. He leaves town, in a rage, to see his favorite singer (Jacopo Brogioni) in concert. His helicopter mom pursues. A Little Lust (Né Giulietta, … Continue reading LGBT Movies: A Little Lust (2015)
The Bride Belongs Dead — Weekend Box Office Report for March 6th-March 8th, 2026
Lizard. Lizard. Lizard. Money. Continue reading The Bride Belongs Dead — Weekend Box Office Report for March 6th-March 8th, 2026
Ad Space – Birdemic
The trailer for James Nguyen’s masterpiece. Continue reading Ad Space – Birdemic
Public Domain Theater: Return of the Street Fighter (& “Drafty, Isn’t It?”)
A Sonny Chiba martial arts flick, and a Chuck Jones cartoon made for the U.S. Army! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Return of the Street Fighter (& “Drafty, Isn’t It?”)
Director Profile: Kelly Reichardt
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… Kelly Reichardt. Highly recommended: First Cow … Continue reading Director Profile: Kelly Reichardt
The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (03/03)
Movieacados! A while back I was having discussions with co-workers that were uncharacteristically pleasant. And one such topic turned to national animals, which is to say we discussed animals not transmogrified ourselves into them, and I relayed the fact that … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (03/03)
Scream Shrieks — Weekend Box Office Report for February 27th-March 1st, 2026
2025 Avocado Snubby Awards: The Voting
Thank you to every who participated in nominations for the 2025 Avocado Snubby Awards, honoring the best filmwork not nominated at this year’s Oscars. Now we get to vote among the nominees to choose our Snubby Winners! Notes Below in … Continue reading 2025 Avocado Snubby Awards: The Voting
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