For the discussion of film
Well, it’s actually happening: the Flash movie is really, for real this time, definitely coming out… whether we like it or not. Leave your thoughts on the first trailer here! Continue reading THE FLASH Super Bowl Trailer Reaction Thread
Following the events of F9 (2021), Cipher and Dante unite in their fight against Dominic Toretto and his crew, who are assisted by Brian.[2] The film will take place in Rome, Cartagena, Rio de Janeiro, Washington, D.C. Havana and Aqaba, … Continue reading Fast X Official Trailer Thread
Thank you to every who participate in our voting on the 2022 Snubbie Award Nominees. I think we have a healthy set of contenders in each category, and now you get to upvote to decide who takes home the Snubbie … Continue reading 2022 Avocado Snubbie Awards: The Voting
The results are in for this year’s Avocado Sight & Sound. Here’s the Avocado’s favorite movies: 1. Casablanca 21 mentions2. Mulholland Drive 20 mentions3. Mad Max: Fury Road 19 mentions4. The Thing 18 mentions5. Raiders of the Lost Ark 17 … Continue reading Avocado Sight & Sound Year VII results
The movies from the previous weeks have all featured romantic love and some level of violence. In preparation for Valentine’s Day, I give you a story about…love? Well…maybe a love of violence. This is Takashi Miike, after all. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the … Continue reading WTF ASIA 251: First Love (2019)
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 year is … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (2/7)
This weekend the cinemas feature many tales of queer suffering and death. I wanted to highlight a film about surviving trauma. In Thomas Fitzgerald’s The Hanging Garden a gay man (Chris Leavins) visits his estranged family after ten years away. … Continue reading LGBT Movies: The Hanging Garden (1997)
The sequel to Father Of The Bride, plus a Betty Boop cartoon! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Father’s Little Dividend (& “Betty Boop and Grampy”)
Another movie about love and family. Available in Australia, Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 106 minutes. Van, or Nau, has been living in the United States for several years, but is finally returning to Vietnam to visit his … Continue reading WTF ASIA 250: Goodbye Mother (2019)
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, 2022: Submissions
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? Animator Hayao Miyazaki … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (1/31)
Should the LGBTQ community assimilate or rebel? Should we band together or pursue our individual goals? These arguments were explored in a television drama titled Coming Out. It aired On April 10, 1979 as part of the BBC’s Play for … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Coming Out (1979)
OTD thirty years ago in 1993, Matinee was released in the U.S. Directed by Joe Dante and starring John Goodman, it’s the tale of a teenager in October 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. His father is in the Navy … Continue reading The Matinee Day Thread
Director Deep Dive is a chronological look into a director’s filmography to see how they and their works grow and change. Out of the many genres that the Coen brothers have mixed into their films, noir has been the one … Continue reading Director Deep Dive: The Man Who Wasn’t There
What better way to celebrate Chinese New Year than with a movie called…Slit Eyes? Erm…well, at least I did not post this on Sunday. Approximately 102 minutes, if you can watch this video: Or…103 minutes if you can watch this … Continue reading WTF ASIA 249: Sepet (2004)
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 year is … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (1/24)
Welcome to The Avocado’s annual Academy Award nominations live discussion thread! It promises to be another exciting morning, with Everything Everywhere All at Once, Top Gun: Maverick, The Fabelmans, All Quiet on the Western Front, and Avatar: The Way of Water aiming to be this year’s most-nominated … Continue reading 95th Academy Award Nominations LIVE Discussion Thread
It’s hard to believe that Oscar nominations are already upon us, but it really is that time of year again! The Academy will be pretending to have their finger on the pulse of the film industry bright and early tomorrow, … Continue reading The Road to the 95th Oscars Part 1: Predicting the Nominees
A married man becomes obsessed with a teenage hustler. His wife intervenes. Man of Desire aches with sexual frustration. Each character is afraid of what they want. The film is in no hurry to give it to them. Dominique Delouche’s … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Man of Desire (1970)
Ghostface stalks the survivors of the previous films in New York City in the latest installment of the franchise. If Ghostface can make it there, they can make it anywhere! Discuss the trailer in this thread. Who do you think … Continue reading Scream 6 Trailer Discussion Thread
Oh, hey. Another movie about the friendship between two girls and a guy. Let’s hope that there is not too much death this time around. Available in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 95 minutes. … Continue reading WTF ASIA 248: Bulbul Can Sing (2018)
