Best 80’s Action Movie Tournament: Nominations
Nominate your favorite action movies of the 1980’s here. Continue reading Best 80’s Action Movie Tournament: Nominations
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Director Profile: Luis Buñuel
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… Luis Buñuel. Highly recommended: Un Chien … Continue reading Director Profile: Luis Buñuel
The 2024 Academy Awards Viewing Guide
A new year, a new Oscars. With just under three weeks to go until Hollywood’s biggest night, many of you are looking forward to catching up with some of the year’s greatest films, and also a couple others. But where … Continue reading The 2024 Academy Awards Viewing Guide
Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (2/20)
Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread, your place on the Avocado to discuss films with your fellow commenters. Want to make a recommendation? Looking for recommendations? Want to share your opinions of movies, both new and classic? This month we … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (2/20)
LGBT Movies: Strawberry Blonde (1980)
Strawberry Blonde (aka Bionda fragola) is a clunky farce about a squabbling gay couple. Writer/Director/Star Mino Bellei plays a middle-aged pharmacist whose long-term partner has grown bored. Umberto Orsini plays the roving lover who invites a young actor (Gianni Felici) … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Strawberry Blonde (1980)
Madame Web Fails to Make a Webillion Dollars — Weekend Box Office for February 16th-February 18th 2024
But there was plenty of Love for Bob Marley. Continue reading Madame Web Fails to Make a Webillion Dollars — Weekend Box Office for February 16th-February 18th 2024
Marvel’s Fantastic Four are Cast! (Again)
Disney have announced their version of Fantastic Four will now debut on July 25, 2025, and also told us who will be playing the uncanny quartet: Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm Joseph Quinn as Johnny … Continue reading Marvel’s Fantastic Four are Cast! (Again)
2023 Avocado Snubby Awards: The Voting
Thank you to every who participate in nominations for the 2023 Avocado Snubby Award, honoring the best filmwork not nominated at this year’s Oscars. I’m happy to present our honorable Snubby Nominees. Notes Below in the comments will be the … Continue reading 2023 Avocado Snubby Awards: The Voting
Avocado Sight & Sound: Year VIII results
Here it is, the best movies of all time according to the Avocado. Casablanca has now topped the list three times. Mad Max: Fury Road came close to dethroning it but Casablanca pulled ahead on the last day of voting. … Continue reading Avocado Sight & Sound: Year VIII results
Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (2/13)
Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread, your place on the Avocado to discuss films with your fellow commenters. Want to make a recommendation? Looking for recommendations? Want to share your opinions of movies, both new and classic? This week, it’s … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (2/13)
LGBT Movies: Too Outrageous! (1987)
Craig Russell celebrated his drag career in the 1977 film Outrageous! The sequel, Too Outrageous!, found his alter ego, Robin, in a bad place. Homophobic agents, treacherous lovers and the AIDS epidemic sucked the joy out of him. His best … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Too Outrageous! (1987)
Wicked Trailer Thread
In 2022 John Chu announced that his film adaptation of Wicked, the 2003 Broadway musical, would be split into two parts. I felt this was a mistake. The show runs 2:45 on stage with intermission and suffers from second act … Continue reading Wicked Trailer Thread
Deadpool & Wolverine Trailer Thread
The first teaser for Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine, coming out this July. Continue reading Deadpool & Wolverine Trailer Thread
“We belong dead!” Weekend Box Office for February 9th-February 11th 2024
Director Deep Dive: True Grit
Director Deep Dive is a chronological look into a director’s filmography to see how they and their works grow and change. The Coens love westerns. This has been clear since the opening shot of Blood Simple and you can find … Continue reading Director Deep Dive: True Grit
Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (2/6)
Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread, your place on the Avocado to discuss films with your fellow commenters. Want to make a recommendation? Looking for recommendations? Want to share your opinions of movies, both new and classic? Happy Lunar New … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (2/6)
LGBT Movies: Departing Seniors (2023)
A masked killer is hunting high school bullies. Their deaths are staged as suicides. Javier, a gay Mexican teen, begins having psychic visions of the murders. Should he save the lives of the people who tried to ruin his? Departing … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Departing Seniors (2023)
“Argylle go fuck yourself”? Weekend Box Office for February 2nd–February 4th
The unofficial remake of That Darn Cat failed to bring in big bucks. Also, Jesus, man! Continue reading “Argylle go fuck yourself”? Weekend Box Office for February 2nd–February 4th
Public Domain Theater: Yongary, Monster from the Deep (& “Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur”)
A goofy giant monster flick and an even goofier Daffy duck cartoon! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Yongary, Monster from the Deep (& “Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur”)
Avocado’s Snubby Awards, 2023: Submissions
Hello everyone, Lamb here continuing our attempt to keep the Snubby Awards going without their original moderator on this site, the highly respected Cookie Monster. To recap the point of the Snubbies, it’s an award show for the best films … Continue reading Avocado’s Snubby Awards, 2023: Submissions
Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (1/30)
Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread, your place on the Avocado to discuss films with your fellow commenters. Want to make a recommendation? Looking for recommendations? Want to share your opinions of movies, both new and classic? This month we … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (1/30)