For the discussion of film
There is a single, foolproof indicator of whether or not a piece of disaster entertainment is wasting your time, and that is when it starts throwing raw data at you in the hope you’ll have an emotional response. Geostorm – … Continue reading Geostorm: The crazy you love, the stupid you need
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. Fantasia
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 … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Pinocchio
Scene Dissection by Richard Killjoy III, Sea Boy In which we discuss a deleted scene from the Jim Jarmusch movie Dead Man… Here is the scene: DIALOGUE: Conway Twill: Anyhow, getting back to the beginning of the story, my grandaddy came … Continue reading Scene Dissection: Dead Man – Deleted Scene
Face/Off is what I will call an unironically iconic film. Released 20 years ago, it is the epitome of John Woo’s directorial style; a flashy, hyper-stylized, over-the-top action film with tons of symbolism. This film is an onion; it has … Continue reading Scene Dissections: Face/Off – Prison Riot/Escape
Editor’s Note: I am posting this from St. Lucia and will not get home until late next Wednesday so please forgive the fact that these will probably be shorter, less well researched, and posted irregularly. I also can’t promise a … Continue reading Month of Horror 2017: Dealer’s Choice – Propaganda: Invisible Agent
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. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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 … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Cinderella
(Of the essays I’ve posted on the original Avocado, my M essay was easily the most popular. So, I decided to repost it here.) One of the more interesting things about Fritz Lang’s M is the character of Hans Beckert(played … Continue reading Fritz Lang’s M
Editor’s Note: I am posting this from St. Lucia and will not get home until late next Wednesday so please forgive the fact that these will probably be shorter, less well researched, and posted irregularly. I also can’t promise a … Continue reading Month of Horror 2017: Dealer’s Choice – Movie Posters: The Creature Walks Among Us
I’ve mentioned on numerous occasions that my favorite movie of all time is Raiders Of The Lost Ark. It’s a brilliant action movie with great performances. My favorite scene is the famous swordsman scene. Indy has been fighting several henchman … Continue reading Scene Dissection: Raiders Of The Lost Ark – Swordsman Scene
Editor’s Note: I am posting this from St. Lucia and will not get home until late next Wednesday so please forgive the fact that these will probably be shorter, less well researched, and posted irregularly. I also can’t promise a … Continue reading Month of Horror 2017: Dealer’s Choice – Terence Fisher: The Brides of Dracula
Hello Avocado! One thing to get out of the way first: Yes, this is Martha. I am Martha. Here, however, as you can see, I am Jimy Coma. Why? A bit of a change. Also, other reasons that might come … Continue reading Scene Dissections: An Introduction
10/17/2017 – Youths: Eden Lake (2008) Directed by James Watkins These aren’t creepy kids I’m talking about here. You know the ones of The Bad Seed, The Village of the Damned, and The Omen. These are the ones that have … Continue reading Month of Horror 2017: Dealer’s Choice – Youths: Eden Lake
10/15/2017 – Horror Titles: 976-EVIL (1988) Directed by Robert Englund As I was thinking about a topic for 976-EVIL, two things sprung immediately to mind and incidentally were the two reasons I chose to even watch this movie. One of those is the … Continue reading Month of Horror 2017: Dealer’s Choice – Horror Titles: 976-EVIL
10/15/2017 – Platinum Dunes: The Amityville Horror (2005) Directed by Andrew Douglas I’ve long said that if you are gonna pick a movie to remake, a bad one or one that has aged poorly is a perfect pick. By both standards, the … Continue reading Month of Horror 2017: Dealer’s Choice – Platinum Dunes: The Amityville Horror
10/14/2017 – Hannibal Lecter: Hannibal Rising (2007) Directed by Peter Webber While Thomas Harris is also responsible for Black Sunday, a 1975 book made two years later into a film by John Frankenheimer, he will always be associated with one book series. In … Continue reading Month of Horror 2017: Dealer’s Choice – Hannibal Lecter: Hannibal Rising
10/13/2017 – Song Kang-ho: The Quiet Family (Choyonghan kajok) (1998) Directed by Kim Jee-woon The Quiet Family is Kim Jee-woon’s debut picture and also starred Choi Min-sik (later to be made famous in the West by Oldboy and Lucy). I’m sure there’s a lot of things … Continue reading Month of Horror 2017: Dealer’s Choice – Song Kang-ho: The Quiet Family (Choyonghan kajok)
10/12/2017 – DTV Sequels: American Psycho II: All American Girl (2002) Directed by Morgan J. Freeman Before we get started, no, that is not the Morgan Freeman we all know and love. This is Morgan J. Freeman of the mediocre film Hurricane Streets as … Continue reading Month of Horror 2017: Dealer’s Choice – DTV Sequels: American Psycho II: All American Girl
The guy was in basically everything. The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, Arsenic and Old Lace, not to mention all of the goofy horror he did with Vincent Price. Most importantly though, he made a child killer somehow sympathetic as Hans Beckert in … Continue reading Was Peter Lorre The Best Actor Of All Time?
10/11/2017 – Exploitation: I Spit on Your Grave (2010) Directed by Steven R. Monroe This may seem like a rerun since well, I’ve talked about low budget films plenty in the past including yesterday with schlock and the original last year. Heck, this was supposed … Continue reading Month of Horror 2017: Dealer’s Choice – Exploitation: I Spit on Your Grave
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