Category: Movies
For the discussion of film
The Pits: Best in Film 2025
Editor’s Note: Feel free to post as big or as small of a list as you would like below but please keep your lists contained to these posts and do not make your own post or fill up the OT … Continue reading The Pits: Best in Film 2025
Spoil Sports: Wake Up Dead Man (2025)
Detective Benoit Blanc returns for a third mystery. Wake Up Dead Man arrives on Netflix today after a limited run in cinemas. Does it measure up to previous installments? Share your spoilery thoughts below. Continue reading Spoil Sports: Wake Up Dead Man (2025)
The Avocado Movie Club #38: Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
“I like to say, if you take everybody who’s not tied down they all sort of fall down to the bottom of the planet, so that’s how we got here, you know.” Continue reading The Avocado Movie Club #38: Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
And In The End: The Beatles Anthology, 2025 Edition
Where to begin with the tangled web which is The Beatles Anthology as released on Disney+ this year, and augmented by a new Anthology 4 album to join the original three, which have now been remixed and remastered? On paper, … Continue reading And In The End: The Beatles Anthology, 2025 Edition
Director Profile: David Fincher
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… David Fincher. Highly recommended: Se7en, The … Continue reading Director Profile: David Fincher
The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (12/09)
Well, I had a thread half written up for this week but in order to make my life more difficult I decided to do a quick new post the day before this goes live based on current events. And in … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (12/09)
The Box Office is Jump-Scared — Weekend Box Office Report for December 5th-December 7th, 2025
And Nick and Judy make all the money! Continue reading The Box Office is Jump-Scared — Weekend Box Office Report for December 5th-December 7th, 2025
Public Domain Theater: Algiers (& “A Tale of Two Kitties”)
A classic romance starring Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr, and an uproarious cartoon starring Tweety Bird! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Algiers (& “A Tale of Two Kitties”)
Director Profile: Robert Aldrich
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… Robert Aldrich. Highly recommended: Kiss Me … Continue reading Director Profile: Robert Aldrich
The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (12/02)
All movies are many moving parts coming together (i’m pretty sure I covered this recently but bear with me for a minute). Directors need to direct the actors where to act while they wear the costumes from the costumers. The … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (12/02)
LGBT Movies: Only Connect (1979)
An anxious grad student interviews a friend of the late activist Edward Carpenter. The student’s snarky boyfriend plans his birthday party. The characters discuss queer rights, age-gaps and open relationships. The film starts slowly and builds to a powerful finale. … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Only Connect (1979)
Zootopia 2 Issssssssss a Hit — Weekend Box Office Report for November 26th-November 30th, 2025
It made ssssssso much money! Continue reading Zootopia 2 Issssssssss a Hit — Weekend Box Office Report for November 26th-November 30th, 2025
The Avocado Movie Club #37: Matinee (1993)
“You think grown-ups know what they’re doing? That’s just a hustle, kid. Grown-ups are making it up as they go along, just like you. You remember that, and you’ll do fine.” Continue reading The Avocado Movie Club #37: Matinee (1993)
MST3K Turkey Day 2025 Live Thread
With respect to the original: We gather together to watch cheesy movies At The Avocado on Thanksgiving Day It’s Mystery Science [inhale] Theater 3000 It’s ninety six hours, and it’s called Turkey Day Continue reading MST3K Turkey Day 2025 Live Thread
The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (11/25)
Movieacados! It is again getting to be a special time of year for some movie fans, and that time of year is the quest for gold hehehe, gold! More accurately Oscar gold. In my real life I stop watching movies … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (11/25)
Movie Review: Wicked: For Good (2025)
Wicked: For Good, debates how to save a land that seems broken beyond repair. Do you battle fascists like Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo)? Cooperate like Glinda (Ariana Grande)? Indulge in cruelty like the Ozian Guards? Or, flee for unknown lands like … Continue reading Movie Review: Wicked: For Good (2025)
Something Wicked This Way Comes — Weekend Box Office Report for November 21st-November 23rd, 2025
No good deed might go unpunished, but they do still make big money. Continue reading Something Wicked This Way Comes — Weekend Box Office Report for November 21st-November 23rd, 2025
Wicked: For Good – Discussion Thread
Wicked: For Good releases this weekend. Directed by Jon Chu and starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, it continues the story of last year’s Wicked and adapts the second act of the original musical. Please discuss it below. Continue reading Wicked: For Good – Discussion Thread
Director Profile: Terence Fisher
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… Terence Fisher. Highly recommended: Horror of … Continue reading Director Profile: Terence Fisher
The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (11/18)
Movieacados! This week I have been super slow. Comic Convention hangover mixed with new work job means I have been super slack in writing this weeks prompt. Whereas the average is week to week I am about a whole prompt … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (11/18)
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