Showtime commissioned three playwrights for a anthology of gay history. We visit the 50’s, 70’s and 00’s to see the challenges gays and lesbians faced in small towns. Common Ground is most notable for its starry cast. Brittany Murphy, Steven … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Common Ground (2000)
Warning: This review contains extensive spoilers! “There are places with pasts, Pommier. Places with secrets. Things … collect.” John McTiernan, huh? He had quite the career before it disintegrated in a veritable shitstorm of illegal wiretaps, perjury, prison time, and … Continue reading Late to the Party: Nomads (1986)
What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: With the PS5 and Xbox Series X on the way, what improvements do you want to see over their predecessors? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread wants some improvements
Introducing today’s contestants: – Natalie, a translator from Pennsylvania, is an accomplished 135-pound sumo wrestler; – Vinny, a student from Massachusetts, had a party that nearly caved in the floor; and – Gauravi, a nuclear engineer & improv comedian from … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Feb. 10
Now it’s time for the knockout rounds. We’ll be single-elimination from here on out. You can see the bracket (with results!) here The top 256 will run from the 3rd through the 10th, 32 songs a day. Groups will no … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1990-1995: Top 256 (Part 8 of 8)
It’s time for another patented BannerThief Tournament, where The Avocado is nearly torn asunder by infighting, sectarian conflicts, and hair-splitting of the highest order! It’s time for us to determine…WHO IS OUR FAVORITE ACTOR? This is the Fourth Round, where 16 … Continue reading The Avocado’s Favorite Actor – Fourth Round!
Congratulations to Bong Joon-ho for his historic wins at the Academy Awards, last night! Bong took home the Oscar for Best Director, and Parasite took home Best Screenplay, Best International Feature Film, and Best Picture! Parasite is the first non-English language … Continue reading Bong Joon-ho Day Thread (2/10)
Cold Monday morning at the Strip Club Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Mon 2/10/2020)
It doesn’t snow where I live, unless I want to drive the 2 hours to the mountains. How do you deal with snow on your winter weekends? Is it something fun? A chore? An excuse to stay inside? What did … Continue reading What Did You Snow This Weekend?
I’m gone for work training, so this Monday is being done ahead of time, at very low expense. [insert crazy political events here] [insert more crazy political events here] [insert even more crazy political events here] Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Out of the Office
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? That will make it much easier to track results. Quiz Type: Forced Order Or visit the quiz here. Remember to post … Continue reading Triviacados: Monday, February 10, 2020
Good night and good luck, everyone! Continue reading Avocado Night Thread (February 9, 2020)
Time Lady Wasp back at it again with more Doctor Who in tow! Tonight something is stalking the Doctor across time and infecting dreams in its wake. What or Who is it? And as this season runs full speed ahead … Continue reading Doctor Who Series 12 Episode 7: Can You Hear Me?
Welcome to The Avocado’s live-chat for the 92nd Oscars, held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.[footnote]The ceremony itself, I mean. Not the live-chat. If you’re actually at the Dolby Theatre, what the hell are you doing on this website?[/footnote] … Continue reading The 92nd Academy Awards: Live-Chat
This weekend saw the debut of the Birds of Prey film which had a largely clear deck ahead of it as nothing else of note was really opening. The only competition of sorts is that some chains were showing a lot … Continue reading Box Office: February 7-9
The genre-bending aspect of the show returns as it delves into being a full-on supernatural mystery! One of the interesting things about this season is wondering every episode if this is gonna be one of the ones people point at … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Eight, Episode Nine, “The Springfield Files”
Hey All, I’ve hesitated to post in this manner, because I know what a great responsibility it is to be a contributor here. I don’t want to come off as self-promoting or opportunistic. But I wanted to give you all … Continue reading A Gift to the Avocado
Now it’s time for the knockout rounds. We’ll be single-elimination from here on out. You can see the bracket (with results!) here The top 256 will run from the 3rd through the 10th, 32 songs a day. Groups will no … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1990-1995: Top 256 (Part 7 of 8)
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the AV Club review ones. It’s Animation Time! What animated things have you been into lately? What’s a recent episode of something you saw that lacks a dedicated … Continue reading Animation Time
Between the Lions was an educational children’s show that ran from 2000 until 2010, and was designed to promote reading comprehension for a slightly older audience than similar programs like Sesame Street. The show follows a family of lions who … Continue reading The Between the Lions Day Thread (2/9)
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