For the discussion of film
This piece was written by Sir Simon Milligan Love stories are ubiquitous in the world of film and can be inserted almost seamlessly within any other genre. Personally, I’ve never related much to romantic couples in film, though there are … Continue reading 30 Day Film Challenge Reboot Day 14: Favourite Romantic Couple
A new box office weekend has hit and sustainability of numbers is providing hard overall unless there’s a big enough picture each weekend coming out. With there still being some hesitancy to go back to the theater, all eyes continue … Continue reading Box Office: June 11-13
This piece was written by Sir Simon Milligan I can’t be the only one who’s thought about this. My life isn’t interesting enough to warrant a biopic…BUT if for some extremely odd reason someone were to insist, who would play … Continue reading 30 Day Film Challenge Reboot Day 13: Casting Yourself in a Film
This piece was written by Sir Simon Milligan Voice actors have been a critical part of the film industry since the early days of animation. This trend shows no signs of slowing down, as animated films have been joined by … Continue reading 30 Day Film Challenge Reboot Day 12: Favourite Voicework Performance
Today we’re going to be playing a game I’ve creatively named “Made-Up Movies”. The idea of the game is simple. One person posts the title of a made-up movie. Other posters reply with a brief description or plot synopsis of … Continue reading Make up a Movie
I absolutely love film festivals. They’re a great way to get an early look at upcoming prestige films, or little-known independent films you may never get another chance to see in a theatre. In the past few years, I’ve attended … Continue reading 30 Day Film Challenge Reboot Day 11: Film Festivals
Jonathan Larson passed away before the opening of his hit musical Rent in 1996. He was 35. The success of Rent renewed interest in his 1990 Off-Broadway musical tick, tick… Boom! It began as a one person show about Jonathan’s … Continue reading tick, tick… Boom: Trailer Reaction Thread
Once Upon a Time Here’s a fun fact. In the 2010’s five of the ten Best Director Oscars went to three people: Alfonso Cuaron, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Guillermo del Toro. Now this in and of itself isn’t that crazy … Continue reading Post Millennial Malaise 19: Pan’s Labyrinth
The long-awaited Summer gateway movie is inventive and charming, if a bit hollow. Here it is, just shy of one year since its original June 2020 premiere date, the musical movie event to launch you into Hot Girl Summer 2021. … Continue reading Review: In the Heights is a slightly watery Summer treat
This piece was written by Sir Simon Milligan One of my favorite types of film is the “bottle” film – one where virtually the entire story takes place in a single, relatively small location. This term is largely credited as … Continue reading 30 Day Film Challenge Reboot Day 10: Favourite “Bottle” Film
First comes law, then comes martial. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 115 minutes. It is the late 1980s and Catholic high school student Chang Jia-han is meeting with his school … Continue reading WTF ASIA 164: Your Name Engraved Herein (2020)
This piece was written by Sir Simon Milligan Even though countries around the world have been creating films for what seems like forever, it took a long time for many international films to breakthrough in the West. That’s changed in … Continue reading 30 Day Film Challenge Reboot Day 9: Favourite Non-English Film
In the not-too-distant future of 8 PM ET tonight, the Mad Scientists from Mystery Science Theater 3000, aka “The Mads,” aka Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff, will mercilessly mock the Robert Loggia Red scare, 50%-stock-footage-by-volume snoozefest, The Lost Missile. Tickets … Continue reading The Mads Are Back Riff-Along Thread
Today’s bonus prompt: timeless films Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (6/8)
This piece was written by Sir Simon Milligan If you’re a film fan, it can be easy to make them part of an annual tradition tied to a special occasion. I usually try to go out to a movie on … Continue reading 30 Day Film Challenge Reboot Day 8: Film for a Special Occasion
In 1914, white supremacy was as dominant in America as ever. Ben Tillman, the one-eyed Senator from South Carolina who in his youth led the Paramilitary Redshirts in taking over his state, proclaimed that “this is a white man’s country … Continue reading History Thread: William Monroe Trotter vs. D.W. Griffith
Rainbow boy… Rung tua thii paet khawng khwaam rak (aka Right By Me) follows three teens who attend an LGBT support group. Flamboyant Nat loves nerdy Tat who loves the closeted bisexual Ek. Thanyatorn Siwanukrow’s film transfers Alex Sanchez’s novel … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Rainbow Boy (2005)
Welcome to the second edition of the 30 Day Film Challenge! I’ve been watching films for a long time – including traditionally “sad” films – and they never used to get me very emotional. Then a strange thing happened as … Continue reading 30 Day Film Challenge Reboot Day 7: All the Feels
Box office numbers continue to feel like they need an asteriks next to them for awhile just by the nature of how things are going on. With the top film today, Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, coming in at … Continue reading ‘Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ Nabs Box Office Win
Welcome to the second edition of the 30 Day Film Challenge! Films based on TV shows are nothing new. In fact, they’re so common you can even find full-on “ouroboros” examples of this trend: The Fugitive originally aired as a … Continue reading 30 Day Film Challenge Reboot Day 6: Favourite Film Based on a TV Show
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! This time around, we have for you … Continue reading Public Domain Theater: The Lost World (& “Gertie the Dinosaur”)
