For the discussion of film
An art student (Girl Meets World’s Rowan Blanchard) is accused of vandalizing her school. As punishment she’s forced to join the track team. There she meets two sisters: extroverted Isabella Ferreira (Love, Victor) and introverted Auli’i Cravalho (Moana). Who will … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Crush (2022)
Thanks to Mr. Ixolite for the prompts as we hit this special Star Wars month! May the Fourth Be With You! This year marks the 45th-anniversary of the original Star Wars film and the month of May is generally marked … Continue reading 30 Day Star Wars Challenge Day 2: Best & Worst of the Original Trilogy
Hi everybody, and welcome to the Satellite of Love! As you may be aware, Joel Hodgson, creator and original host of Mystery Science Theater 3000 successfully Kickstarted and filmed a new season just last year. The first three episodes of … Continue reading MST3000 Season 13 Premier Countdown Extravaganza 3000 Day 1!
At this point in the box office game, it’s the quiet before the storm of the Doctor Strange film due out on May 6th as nobody released anything wide this week of note. That meant for a quiet weekend, down some … Continue reading The Bad Guys Steal The April 29th Weekend Box Office With 2nd Wind
Thanks to Mr. Ixolite for the prompts as we hit this special Star Wars month! May the Fourth Be With You! This year marks the 45th-anniversary of the original Star Wars film and the month of May is generally marked … Continue reading 30 Day Star Wars Challenge Day 1: Your First Exposure
Backers only; the public premiere will be in May. Gizmoplex Continue reading MST3K Season 13 Episode 3 Premiere Live Thread – “Beyond Atlantis”
Yep, that’s right. A third movie about an actor in however many weeks. This time, it is about one who has been abducted. Available in Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 106 minutes. It is the 13th day of … Continue reading WTF ASIA 210: Saving Mr. Wu (2015)
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? Next month is … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (4/26)
I love when a film that absolutely wasn’t on my radar at all ends up taking the top spot and making some waves. DreamWorks Animation’s The Bad Guys took the top spot today with a $24 million domestic take on its $69 … Continue reading The Bad Guys Steal The The April 22nd Weekend Box Office Win
The art of dying is a dying art. Available in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 104 minutes. The movie starts out by explaining that a suburb of Kyoto called Uzumusa is known as the … Continue reading WTF ASIA 209: Uzumasa Limelight (2014)
Alright, here we go, the Winner of this year’s Snubby Awards. Thank you to everyone who participated in voting, hopefully people will continue wanting to see the Snubbies take place in future. As always, I encourage discussion of these winners … Continue reading 2021 Snubby Awards: The Winners
Jamison “Jam” Handy was a remarkable man. Born in Philadelphia, Handy relocated to Chicago in his teen years where he worked variously as a reporter, cartoonist and advertising man. In his youth, Handy was an accomplished swimmer and athlete; twenty … Continue reading History Thread: A Brief History of Coily the Spring Sprite
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 Friday sees … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (4/19)
Welcome back to the first ever (as far as I know!) poll of The Avocado’s favorite LGBT+ films! In the end, 57 lists were submitted, comprising a whopping 237 movies representing LGBT+ experiences of all stripes and from every corner … Continue reading The Avocado’s Favorite LGBT+ Films: The Results
The latest box office numbers have come in and the third entry in the Fantastic Beasts series has landed with a $43 million take. While we wait to see if it’s going to get the fourth and possibly fifth films in … Continue reading The Secrets of Dumbledore Casts A Problematic Spell With The April 15th Weekend Box Office Win
There’s been a lot of discussion and especially praise about this one, so have at it folks! Continue reading Spoil Sports – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Thank you to every who participate in submitting and upvoting nominations last week. We’re now up to the voting stage to decide who’ll go home with this year’s Snubby Awards. Below will be the nominees in each category. Please do … Continue reading 2021 Snubbie Awards: The Voting
After last week’s gleeful wallowing in miserable cynicism, how about a movie about some kids struggling to maintain that spark of hope? Available in the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. It is also on Youtube…maybe. Approximately 103 minutes. … Continue reading WTF ASIA 208: Bijuli Machine (2016)
Take a journey into Hell– which looks exactly like L.A. rush-hour traffic– in this underrated starring vehicle for Keanu Reeves that kinda, sorta resembles a popular comic-book character! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: CONSTANTINE (2005)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the business of … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The films of the Walt Disney Studio. Pixar Edition. Turning Red
