For the discussion of film
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)
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 we … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (3/15)
Fashion Victims (aka Reine Geschmacksache) sends a bitter salesman and his closeted son on a road trip. Dad (Edgar Selge) alienates his family and customers with his smug lectures. The son (Florian Bartholomäi) resents the quest until he meets a … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Fashion Victims (2007)
Without much in the way of competition, nobody was expecting The Batman to plummet at the box office – especially as there is no streaming alternative at the same time. The film holds the top spot for the second week … Continue reading The Batman Sets 2nd Box Office Win With The March 11th – 13th Weekend
The next time your friend tells you to get out of the pool, get out of the pool. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 90 minutes. *Record Scratch* Yep. That’s … Continue reading WTF ASIA 203: The Pool (2018)
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 month, we … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (3/8)
As you probably heard, the Academy Awards are dropping eight categories from the broadcast this year. I’ve been fuming over this in both the Open Threads and on my Twitter account nigh non-stop since this was announced. They’re dropping all … Continue reading I’m not watching the Oscars this year
The box office got a pretty good boost this weekend with the arrival of The Batman. The film from Warner Bros. landed in 4,417 locations domestically and it pulled in a $128.5 million take. It also did another $120 million overseas … Continue reading The Batman Solves Box Office With The March 4th – 6th Win
Presenting the 1946 mystery/thriller The Inner Circle, starring Adele Mara and Warren Douglas, and the Walt Disney Studios animate short “Susie the Little Blue Coupe” Continue reading Public Domain Theater: The Inner Circle (& “Susie the Little Blue Coupe”)
Tonight’s premiere is backers only, but we have enough on the site to justify this thread. Gizmoplex Continue reading MST3K Season 13 Premiere Live Thread – “Santo In The Treasure Of Dracula”
Star Trek: First Contact (1996) Star Trek: The Original Series took an interestingly circuitous and winding pop culture path – a short-lived, cancelled television show followed by an almost decade-long break before returning as a six-part film series that would … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? – “First Contact”
There was a special early IMAX screening on Tuesday and the movie will be having the usual Thursday night drop so what better time to post the Spoils Sport for The Batman than now! Tell us your thoughts on the … Continue reading Spoils Sport – The Batman
Did you know that FBI originally stood for Fatima Bureau of Investigations? No? Good, because that is not true. Available in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 145 minutes. oooo…Okay. What could that … Continue reading WTF ASIA 202: Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya (2018)
We hit a snag this month and couldn’t record on Resident Evil 6, so we filled the gap by discussing zombie media in general! With that in mind, what are your favorite or least favorite zombie movies, TV, books, or … Continue reading Franchise Festival Season 2 Episode 9 – Zombies!
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, Robert … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (3/1)
A Dutch housewife leaves her volatile husband for a taciturn woman. Then begins a custody battle for her children. But her new partner wants her to give up the kids and move to a lesbian commune. A Woman Like Eve … Continue reading LGBT Movies: A Woman Like Eve (1979)
The final box office weekend of the month of February 2022 and we can at least say that as weak as it was at times, it’s better than February 2021 was. This weekend saw Uncharted hold its top spot position with … Continue reading Uncharted Secures 2nd Win With The February 15th – 27th Win
Peter Dinklage is a triple threat in this touching and tragic musical romance The lovely and entrancing new musical Cyrano owes as much to Shakespeare as to its original author Edmond Rostand. The fingerprints of Kenneth Branagh’s 1993 film adaptation … Continue reading Cyrano Review: No Nose is Good News
Two hundred movies and, aside from certain segments from Funky Forest, I am not sure if I have actually featured a movie set in outer space yet. Anyways, here is a movie set in outer space. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the … Continue reading WTF ASIA 201: Space Sweepers (2021)
