For the discussion of film
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 we … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (12/21)
Robot Choice Award – Best Film of 2021 120 films were mentioned in this year’s Pits. It was pretty close for the #1 spot for a while there, but eventually our top spot went to the most recent adaptation of … Continue reading The Pits: 2021 Film results!
So, you hear that Tom Holland is kind of done with Spider-Man in the press leading up to this film? This weekend should correct that as Sony and Marvel will be throwing all the buckets of money at him they … Continue reading Spider-Man: No Way Home Goes Home With Massive $$ In This December 17th – 19th Weekend Results
The pandemic, in my mind, has proven to be a boon for the MCU. After the arrival of Avengers: Endgame, that provided a big jumping off point for a lot of fans after a decade+ of involvement and investment. But … Continue reading MCU Phase 4 2021 Film Discussion & Ranking
With Spider-Man’s identity now revealed, our friendly neighborhood web-slinger is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life as Peter Parker from the high stakes of being a superhero. When Peter asks for help from Doctor Strange, the … Continue reading Spider-Man: No Way Home Spoiler Space
With the Holidays upon us, I present the first of two movies about the children of absent fathers and flawed mothers. Because family. Available in Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 99 minutes. The movie … Continue reading WTF ASIA 191: Show Me Your Love (2016)
Don’t forget to vote for The Pits! I did a preliminary spreadsheet of the submittals thus far, and the points for top spot in both categories are very close! Your vote matters! Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread, your place … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (12/14)
Is it possible to have too much Madeline Kahn? Happy Birthday, Gemini answers yes. But it’s not her fault. The role of Bunny Weinberger was a supporting part in Albert Innaurato’s hit Off-Broadway play. A blowsy neighbor who provided comic … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Happy Birthday, Gemini (1980)
I was not entertained. Continue reading Late to the Party: Gladiator
We have had a bit of an upset. Apparently, you love your Greek Lesbian Poets more than your Muppets, because Sapphos took Doc Hopper’s recipe for fried frog legs to use on Kermit by just 3 votes. In fact Sappho … Continue reading Favorite Mononymous Famous Person – The Finals
With last weekend being one of the worst weekends since September, this weekend isn’t changing things around. Next weekend with Spider-Man: No Way Home will definitely help to bring the year out in a good way, but this weekend just couldn’t … Continue reading West Side Story Danes To A Box Office Win With The December 10th – 12th Weekend Results
We don’t talk about plot holes… … in a standard review so I’ve created a spoiler space to share my thoughts on Encanto. Disney’s 60th animated feature follows Mirabel, an empathic teen, and her magical family. The opening scenes quickly … Continue reading Encanto: Spoiler Space
Otherwise known as the lounging samurai. Available in Canada, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 96 minutes. This movie wastes little time setting up the premise. At a shrine, nine samurai sit … Continue reading WTF ASIA 190: Sanjuro (1962)
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 2021
NOTE: The Pits Best of Film 2021 goes up at 12 pm ET. Prepare your lists! Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread, your place on the Avocado to discuss films with your fellow commenters. Want to make a recommendation? Looking … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (12/7)
Nope, no close calls here. Unlike Cher and Sade Battle Royale, these were all pretty much blowouts, and Cher this time couldn’t turn back time. She was almost halved by Bjork, 29 – 16. Kermit did the same thing to … Continue reading Favorite Mononymous Famous Person – The Final Four
Michael Urie drags his roommate, Philemon Chambers, from L.A. to New Hampshire for the holidays. Urie’s insufferable family wants them coupled. They will play dirty tricks to ensure it. Single All the Way shows the limits of shoehorning LGBTQ+ folks … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Single All the Way (2021)
The post-Thanksgiving weekend isn’t one expected to have a lot going on as there wasn’t anything new that was going big and wide. What we get is largely a repeat of before with Encanto in the top spot followed by Ghosbusters: Afterlife making … Continue reading Encanto Wins Another Box Office With The December 3rd – 5th Weekend Results
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 Fast and the Furious (& “Taxi Turvy”)
The idea for the discussion is simple, once a week a volunteer (or volunteers) will do a write up on an older piece of media that they are digesting for the very first time. So here’s the link to signup … Continue reading Late to the Part 2022 Part 1
