For the discussion of film
Actor Marjorie Main was born on this day in 1890. She achieved success on the stage in the 1930s, appearing on Broadway in Dead End and The Women, and she recreated those roles in the subsequent film versions. In 1947 … Continue reading The Feb. 24 Day Thread of Marjorie Main
Okay Movieacadoes, two pet threads down and while people did not exactly go ape for them I have still decided that I am not quite tired of monkeying around quite yet. And it being a movie slow season it is … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (02/24)
He’s a psycho AND a killer? What is he? Some kind of PSYCHO KILLER??!!! Continue reading GOAT is GOAT-ed (Well, This Week Anyway) — Weekend Box Office Report for February 20th-February 22nd, 2026
Kink, consent, and queer self-acceptance create a complicated portrait of the relationship between a biker dom and a timid sub in Harry Lighton’s confident, accomplished feature debut Pillion. Taking place over one year, Lighton deftly brings us into the world … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Pillion (2025)
The legal saga of Steamboat Willie gets a new wrinkle. Continue reading Ad Space – Not Approved By Disney
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… Sofia Coppola. Highly recommended: Lost in … Continue reading Director Profile: Sofia Coppola
Movieacatos! After last week I was feline it was the purrfect time to celebrate the other side of movie animals, no reason just beclaws. I mean there are a furmidable amount of cats in movie hiss-tory so it should not … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (02/17)
A timid scientist (Robert Pollock) is obsessed with the end of the world. He’s courted by a charismatic thief (Iain Rea) who lives in the here and now. Queer cinema was in a dark place in the 1980’s. The AIDS … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Beyond Gravity (1989)
“The world’s a hospital and you’re either a patient or a nurse.“
Continue reading The Avocado Movie Club #42: Monster in a Box (1992)
Hello everyone, Lamb here continuing our annual tradition of the Snubby Awards. As always, credit to the original organizer of these awards, the legendary Cookie Monster. To recap the point of the Snubbies, it’s an award show for the best … Continue reading Avocado’s 2025 Snubby Awards: The Snubmissions
This year’s top vote getters: 1. Casablanca 19 mentions 2. Mulholland Drive 17 mentions 3. Mad Max: Fury Road 16 mentions 4. The Thing 13 mentions 5. The Empire Strikes Back 12 mentions 5. Everything Everywhere All at Once 12 … Continue reading Avocado Sight & Sound Year X results
Movieacados! Life can get a little ruff sometimes and and when your dogs are barking it can seem impawsible to get these prompts going. Furtunately life threw me a bone this week with some pupspiration. Okay terrible puns aside (terrible, … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (02/10)
Yeah, I’m late, but y’all were too busy watching football to read this anyway. Continue reading No One Talks to Strangers — Weekend Box Office Report for February 6th-February 8th, 2026
Before Heated Rivalry we had 1925’s Battling Bruisers. A pair of boxers flirt in the middle of a match. Their fans and attendants are gay “nance” stereotypes who support the romance. The film both enforces and subverts the trope. Pansies … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Battling Bruisers (1925)
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Two hilarious, Silent Era slapstick farces from that master of the form, Buster Keaton! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: The Cameraman (& “The High Sign”)
Moviacados! “Man has always loved their buildings, but what if those buildings… fall”. It has been too long since I made a Simpson’s reference and this seems as good a time as any, and stay with me, I am building … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (02/03)
Send help if you don’t want to read about this! Or just skip the first few paragraphs. Continue reading The Box Office Really Doesn’t Care, Do You? — Weekend Box Office Report for January 30th-February 1st, 2026
As per a request on the Day Thread, here comes our chance to remember the legendary Catherine O’Hara. Continue reading Catherine O’Hara Appreciation Thread
“Do you think I’m pretty?” Continue reading The Avocado Movie Club #41: Under the Skin (2013)
Movieacados! Not all movies can be Black Dynamite (in point of fact I would argue that only Black Dynamite gets to be Black Dynamite). That movie was great from the start and just kept getting better as it went on, … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (01/27)
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