For the discussion of film
I’m back and ready to see Christmas decorations splattered across every banister and landing. However, in this round, we’re gonna get real classy and go to merry old England. So maybe a mince pie on every banister. We’re watching A … Continue reading Hallmark Countdown to Christmas: The Royal Nanny Recap/Review
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 we … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (12/6)
Three people without housing find an abandoned infant on Christmas Eve. Hana, an optimistic trans woman, doesn’t want the baby left in the foster system. After many arguments they decide to search for the child’s mother. Satoshi Kon’s Tokyo Godfathers … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
This horror/road trip/teen romance is at turns unsettling, beautiful, and sad How best to describe the kind of movie Bones and All is? Is it a horror film? There are horror elements, certainly, as we watch our protagonist Maren (Taylor … Continue reading ‘Bones and All’ Review: Fine Young Cannibals
Hello everyone and Happy Giftmas! Hope you saw some good movies out there this week. The post-Thanksgiving week is typically slower at the box office, and this week is no exception, with the debut of only one new film at … Continue reading “Wakanda Forever” and “Violent Night” Top Box Office (12/4)
Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist and Superman as a costume crime fighter! (Sadly, they don’t face off against each other.) Continue reading Public Domain Theater: The Phantom Creeps (& “The Bulleteers”)
Hey no one else posted one! James Mangold steps into the director’s chair for Harrison Ford’s final outing as Indiana Jones. Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Boyd Holbrook, Antonio Banderas, Shaunette Renee Wilson, Thomas Kretschmann, and Toby Jones costar. Continue reading Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Teaser Reaction Thread
Would you like to see Donnie Yen make a horse disappear? Available in Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 139 minutes. Class is out, but Professor Yang is still talking to enraptured students. He is … Continue reading WTF ASIA 241: Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)
This is just a space to discuss the newest SMB trailer. What did you think? Continue reading Super Mario Bros trailer #2 discussion
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… Ernst Lubitsch. Highly recommended: Trouble in … Continue reading Director Profile: Ernst Lubitsch
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? Last week saw … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (11/29)
Ethan Clade, a gay biracial teen, is tongue tied when he meets his handsome crush. His supportive father, Searcher, plays wing man by talking up his son’s good qualities. Ethan is mortified. I braced myself for angry families to storm … Continue reading Movie Review: Strange World (2022)
Spielberg’s autobiographical coming-of-age film soars and stumbles Perhaps no director has more of a monopoly on childhood than Steven Spielberg, whose family-focused output in the 80s and early 90s is wallpapered on the interior of every Millennial brain. Now the … Continue reading ‘The Fabelmans’ Review: Impersistence of Vision
Hello everyone! I’m Owen, taking over the weekly box office column from Blue Adept. You may remember me from the time I wrote extensively about Gene Autry singing cowboy robot alien invasion serial The Phantom Empire for The Avocado, except … Continue reading “Wakanda Forever” Tops Box Office Amid Five New Releases (11/27/22)
Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery released to cinemas this weekend. It comes to Netflix on December 23. Here’s a place to discuss the plot, cast, etc. with spoilers. Continue reading Spoil Sports: Glass Onion (2022)
Hosted by Felicia Day and Rebecca Hansen! Twenty hours long! Streaming on a whopping 18 different platforms! Let’s do this! Continue reading MST3K Turkey Day 2022 Live Thread
This week is a time for families to come together and try to avoid excessive conflicts. So, here is a movie about organized crime. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 136 minutes. … Continue reading WTF ASIA 240: A Family (2021)
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… Steven Spielberg. Highly recommended: Duel, Jaws … Continue reading Director Profile: Steven Spielberg
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? Thanksgiving is just … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (11/22)
This petulant and mean-spirited foodie satire is undercooked The setup for The Menu is pulled straight from an Agatha Christie whodunnit, but there is little mystery in this undercooked and mean-spirited satirical horror from producer Adam McKay. A group of … Continue reading ‘The Menu’ Review: Reservations are Required
