For the discussion of film
This past few weeks have provided a few really great movie conversations for me. Movie conversations can be really long and in depth where people get real far into a film, themes, characters etc, or conversely really light where a … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (09/23)
Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor sing and smooch. What more could I want? Well… Some dialogue might help. The History of Sound belongs to a subgenre I call the brooding male romance. Two quiet men begin a near-wordless relationship. The … Continue reading LGBT Movies: The History of Sound (2025)
It wasn’t quite a big beautiful journey this week. Continue reading The Box Office is Cursed by HIM — Weekend Box Office Report for September 19th-September 21st, 2025
“You could make a great start for yourself with this opportunity. Or not. Of course, it’s entirely up to you.”
Continue reading The Avocado Movie Club #32: Seven Beauties (1975)
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… Clarence Brown. Recommended: The Last of … Continue reading Director Profile: Clarence Brown
In the past I have been fairly down on franchises and what not. While I do not dislike them inherently I do often participate as I love seeing movies and going to movies and participating in movie discussions. However when … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (09/16)
Everyone walked to the movies this weekend. Kind of. Continue reading Demon Slayer Slashes Anime Record — Weekend Box Office Report for September 12th-September 14th, 2025
A gay activist has been outing closeted public figures. Now he’s getting death threats. He hires Donald Strachey for protection. Strachey is an openly gay detective in Albany, NY. He takes clients that the straight world ignores. But can he … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Third Man Out (2005)
The only fictional movie Paul McCartney has made as a solo artist, Give My Regards To Broad Street is, unfortunately, a mess. But for Beatles/McCartney fans, it can be an interesting mess. Some background. John Lennon had been assassinated in … Continue reading Movie Review: Give My Regards To Broad Street
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… Sam Raimi. Highly recommended: The Evil … Continue reading Director Profile: Sam Raimi
This past weekend I was lucky enough to see Jaws in IMAX. A packed theatre for one of my favourite movies included many who had not seen it before, and both the screening and the crowd did not disappoint. On … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (09/09)
And Alexander Hamilton doesn’t die! (Well, okay, he does, but still…) Continue reading The Conjuring Possesses Big Bucks — Weekend Box Office Report for September 5th-September 7th, 2025
The first sound film of a Shakespeare play, and the first sound film from W.C. Fields. Continue reading Public Domain Theater: The Taming of the Shrew (& “The Golf Specialist”)
“They express only love and laughter. Dark thoughts are unknown to them.” Continue reading The Avocado Movie Club #31: Legend (1985)
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… Joe Dante. Highly recommended: Gremlins, Gremlins … Continue reading Director Profile: Joe Dante
On the list of movies being released this week is The Conjuring: Last Rites, which is notable for a bunch of reasons, but most importantly it got me thinking for this weeks prompt topic. This past October I was doing … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (09/02)
“You’re going to need a bigger theater…” Okay, not really. Continue reading Weapons Are Caught Stealing First Place — Weekend Box Office Report for August 29th-August 31st, 2025
By now we all know (I hope) that a remastered set of The Beatles Anthology has been completed and will be released in late November. We also know that this will include a fourth two-CD set of both new material … Continue reading Discussion Thread: The Beatles Anthology 1-4
In all honesty, this isn’t my second – or even third – time watching Hayao Miyazaki’s 2004 film Howl’s Moving Castle. I haven’t kept track, but it is very likely my fourth, or even fifth, watch. So then what’s different … Continue reading Second Look: Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
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… Theo Angelopoulos. Highly recommended: The Travelling … Continue reading Director Profile: Theo Angelopoulos
Well being as this will be the last Weekly Movie Thread for August I will count it as the end of Summer Blockbuster Season. Now I am aware that most Blockbusters should have been released by July and August usually … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (08/26)
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