For the discussion of film
I have no date significance for this subject, but I felt as if this year’s Oscars were really, really awful, and I wanted to go back a few years to the last great slate of candidates. The Academy Awards for … Continue reading The Night Thread Celebrates The 2019 Academy Awards
In Better Nate Than Ever a gay teen auditions for a Broadway musical. Writer/Director Tim Federle translates his 2013 novel to the screen with Nate’s queerness intact. The tradeoff involves sanding away every rough edge. Rueby Wood’s Nate is talented … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Better Nate Than Ever (2022)
April has gotten underway at the box office and things have shifted up once again, which is welcome to see from how static things felt for so long. Sony launched its Morbius film in its attempt to build out more of … Continue reading Morbius Gnaws Box Office Win With The April 1st – 3rd Weekend
Wise-cracking Americans take the fight to the Nazis in “Hitler – Dead or Alive” and the Looney Tunes short “Daffy – The Commando”. Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Hitler – Dead or Alive (& “Daffy – The Commando”)
Backers only; the public premiere will be in May. Gizmoplex Continue reading MST3K Season 13 Episode 2 Premiere Live Thread – “Robot Wars”
The tteokbokki is a metaphor, I tell you. A metaphor for…uh…yeah! Available in Australia, Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 98 minutes. Han Hye-mi shot to superstardom at 19 and made a fortune through commercials. Now, … Continue reading WTF ASIA 206: The Star Next Door (2017)
Welcome to the weekly movie thread, your place on the Avocado to talk about films! Have you seen something new in theaters? Caught a classic on streaming? Have very strong opinions and want to drop a hot take? This is … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (3/29)
Two women, married to cruel husbands, find solace in each other. Deepa Mehta’s Fire finds moments of black comedy in a bleak situation. She excoriates a culture that demands selfless devotion from the women it abuses. The film inspired violent … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Fire (1996)
Yes, this year’s Academy Awards is going to be a total car crash due to how the producers handled how the ceremony is going to be. But if still care about which movies are going to win, have nothing to … Continue reading 94th Academy Awards [Live] Thread
Another sign of a little more normalcy in the theatrical market hit this weekend as The Lost City takes the top spot after The Batman has dominated since opening at the beginning of the month. Here, The Lost City hit a $31 million opening … Continue reading The Lost City Brings Women Back To The Box Office With The March 25th – 27th Weekend
A year after Nomadland made its way largely unopposed to monumental Best Picture and Director wins for Chloe Zhao, Jane Campion’s subversive Western The Power of the Dog has hit a major roadblock en route to what was looking like … Continue reading The Road to the 94th Oscars Part 2: The Triumph of the Dog?
Major Spoilers for Scream (2022) “If you ask me, this whole franchise goes off the rails at number 5.” Anyone who lurks around social media on a Friday the 13th is bound to find an onslaught of opinions and rankings … Continue reading Editorial: The Disingenuous Fandom of the Scream Universe
It’s Hollywood’s night to shine! After months of feverish campaigning, the Oscars are here, and it looks like it’s going to be stupider than ever this year. Although a number of truly great movies are nominated this year, the Oscars … Continue reading The Avocado Predicts the 2022 Academy Awards
Never too old to act childish. Available in Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. The movie begins with a man telling…rather rambling story about…I am not actually sure what. But, in any case, the movie shows an elderly … Continue reading WTF ASIA 205: A Lifetime Treasure (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 week, we … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (3/22)
Welcome to the first ever (as far as I know!) poll of The Avocado’s favorite LGBT+ films! Over the next few weeks, the most astute movie watchers anywhere on the internet (that’s you!) will be submitting their ballots, culminating in … Continue reading The Avocado’s Favorite LGBT+ Films: The Voting
The box office had a pretty solid weekend overall even with nothing big opening and the month of March being essentially ceded over to The Batman. The film did take the top spot again with a $36.8 million take to bring … Continue reading The Batman Sets 3rd Box Office Win With The March 18th – 20th Weekend
This event is backers only, but the last thread got plenty of posts so I thought I’d make one for tonight too. Gizmoplex Continue reading MST3K Gizmoplex Event Thread 3/18/2022 – “A Tribute To Manos”
Inevitably, a series as popular as Madoka Magica inspires film adaptations. In October 2012, SHAFT released two theatrical compilation films, Beginnings and Eternal. These movies do a creditable job paring the twelve episode series into a four hour narrative, but … Continue reading The Madoka Project: The Rebellion Story
The 2022 Oscar season is underway, and despite the Academy’s offensively stupid decision to present eight of the categories before the ceremony and then awkwardly edit them in later, there are still plenty of good films nominated. Great international films … Continue reading Review: 2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films
What if Yojimbo were set during the time that it was filmed? Available in Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 92 minutes. Well, that is an interesting choice for the credits to be in … Continue reading WTF ASIA 204: Youth of the Beast (1963)
