For the discussion of film
While some competition came onto the field as we get ready for the 4th of July holiday, Toy Story 4 still took the top spot as it added another $58 million to bring it to $236 million domestic. It’s a solid … Continue reading Box Office: June 28-30
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! After a three week break, we’re finally … Continue reading Public Domain Theater: House on Haunted Hill (& “The Plumber”)
The battle of the Pixar titans continues!
Continue reading Best Pixar Character Tournament — Round 1
Yesterday, Annabelle came home, but will she be welcome? Continue reading Box Office Oracle — 6/28/2019–6/30/2019
In Which the World is too Beautiful to Bear Why did American Beauty win Best Picture? It’s a question that has vexed many a movie fan when reflecting upon the 2000 Academy Awards. After a year suffused with so many … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 23: American Beauty
The easy-breezy life of a pickpocket gets shaken up when a less than free-spirited femme fatale enters his life. Available online…maybe.Approximately 87 minutes. Kei is a happy-go-lucky guy. When a tiny sparrow flies into his apartment, he calmly and … Continue reading WTF ASIA 62: Sparrow (2008)
In the scattered urban landscapes across many of Jim Jarmusch’s works, people can be cramped together yet miles apart, all emotionally adrift from each other in a sea of concrete and glass. In the particular 1990s New York of Jarmusch’s … Continue reading Succinct Cinema: Ghost Dog – The Ties That Bind
This year is the 75th anniversary of one of the earliest (and quite possibly the first ever) noir films: Double Indemnity, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward G. Robinson. This movie won our Film Noir tournament (beating out amazing … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (6/25)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. We have done the animated films, so we have moved on to the live-action and partially animated films. The title comes from … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Live-action edition. The Love Bug
Let the battle of the Pixar titans commence! Continue reading Best Pixar Character Tournament — Nominations
A Very Natural Thing follows a New York school teacher on a search for love. He dates two very different men as he struggles to define the kind of homosexual he wants to be. Angst free sex is mixed with … Continue reading LGBT Movies: A Very Natural Thing (1974)
With Disney’s estimates originally at $140 million and others in the $125 million range, Toy Story 4 took the top spot at the box office but managed just a $118 million debut – though we expect some upward revisions with finalized … Continue reading Box Office: June 21-23
A place to discuss Pixar’s latest film. Continue reading Spoil Sports: Toy Story 4
The box office looks to finally go to infinity and beyond after several underwhelming weekends. Continue reading Box Office Oracle — 6/21/2019-6/23/2019
In Which Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich In the broad sweep of films that fall under the, “mainstream culture and work life sucks” banner, many try find the out to such ingrained office and suburban ennui. In a myriad of movies our … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 23: Being John Malkovich
Old school modernity with Ozu Yasujirō. Available in Canada, The United States, and maybe other places. Approximately 85 minutes. Horino Tetsuo, Taichiro Saiki, Kumada, and Shimazaki are college boys. Tetsuo, Shimazaki, and Kumada are part of a male cheerleading squad … Continue reading WTF ASIA 61: Where Now Are The Dreams of Youth (1932)
Thirty years ago, Michael Keaton first reared his immovable neck and plummy lips in Tim Burton’s Batman movie. It would launch the genre that we are still living through to today: turning kid’s properties into cool and edgy things for … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (6/18)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. We’ve done all the animated films, so we’re doing the live-action films The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Live-action Edition. The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Sticks and Stones follows a squabbling gay couple who throw a party at their Fire Island beach house. The guests are a mix of hippies, divas and clowns who sing, chatter and hook up. The half improvised film had a … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Sticks and Stones (1970)
Fiction has an inherent self-contained quality. Characters are meant to be people, with lives, interests, failings, but we only see a snapshot of their character. Sometimes it shines through in little moments, sometimes it is revealed in ways that affects … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Columbus (2017)
It’s a tricky situation. People say they want original films but they often turn their noses up at them at the box office, discovering them later on streaming after hearing some good word of mouth. So the studios lean into … Continue reading Box Office: June 14-16
