There are few better ways to open up your film then four simple words; “A Film by Martin McDonagh”. The playwright turned writer-director of the Oscar winning Six Shooter as well as the Oscar nominated (and one of the best … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Hi folks! This weekly discussion has been dormant for a while, so I thought I’d bring it back. Apologies to whomever originally had it — if you want it back, just let me know! Rules for this discussion: As with … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Image by Wen Shi Greetings everyone! There have certainly been whispers about this for a while but it’s time for the official announcement. With Giftmas coming to a close and the end of the year fast approaching, we are bringing … Continue reading The Pits: Best in Media Achievement for 2017 Announcement
Hey y’all. As you may or may not have known, I have a radio show on CHIRP Radio, a little indie station out of Chicago. We’ve been digital-only for 7 years at chirpradio.org (and on our mobile app, which you … Continue reading Jaye Tyler’s Radio Show – Request Thread: 12/5/2017
The full chart from December 8, 1979: https://weeklytop40.wordpress.com/1979/12/08/us-top-40-singles-for-the-week-ending-december-8-1979/ All the Casey Kasem segments from this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suqnl4DymtQ How’s the chart as a whole? Decades are arbitrary markers of time, but there does seem to be a changing of the guard … Continue reading American Top 40 Flashback: December 8, 1979
I wrote these rewatches on the old site a few years ago, and now I’m posting them here. These recaps naturally contain spoilers. Episode title: Walk of Punishment Director: David Benioff Written by: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Summary: Tywin … Continue reading Game of Thrones Rewatch: Season Three Episode Three “Walk of Punishment” and Episode Four “And Now His Watch Has Ended”
Welcome! The purpose of this thread is to talk about all things related to the wonderful world of musical theatre. Each week I will post a thread with a topic/question for everyone to respond to. This is also a great … Continue reading Musicals Thread (Wishful Thinking)
Hello San Diego and San Diego adjacent Avocados. I’ll be visiting my home town over the holidays and Paulie Almonds and I have discussed a meet up during that week. Paulie suggested meeting at False Idol, a pretty cool looking … Continue reading San Diego Meet Up – December 28 or 29?
Back on the old site, I wrote a few articles following a rewatch of the Marvel Cinamatic Universe. This is a new one Title: Doctor Strange Director: Scott Derrickson Writer(s): Scott Derrickson, Jon Spaihts, and C. Robert Cargill Characters created … Continue reading Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three Rewatch: Doctor Strange
Batman (1989) is a classic. It has Hitchcock motifs as much as it has German Expressionist flourishes. It is a film that is striking in full color, but that I would love to see in a true black and white … Continue reading I Kinda Like This Day Thread, Bob
Since its inception the Super Mario Bros. series has allowed its hero to pick up powerups that grant him new abilities. They’ve varied across the games over the 30 years since the first entry. The criteria for this list is … Continue reading All of the Super Mario Powerups, Ranked
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! Usual rules apply: don’t feel bound by the discussion topic, have fun and try and be respectful. Today’s discussion topic: Founding and national myths. We’ve discussed variations of this topic before, so apologies for … Continue reading The Weekly History Thread
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the business … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Jungle Book
This is the space for our members to discuss and share their creative projects, ranging from written works to drawings, photography, and even craft projects such as knitting and woodworking. Self promotion is welcome (websites where we can view and/or … Continue reading Creative Endeavors Can’t Finish What It Started
Welcome to week two of The Leftorium! Before we get to our regular programming, I’m just going to do a recap of the ground rules: This is a weekly thread where we discuss politics, both American and international, from a … Continue reading We’re Now The Leftorium!
Dudes (1987) As thoroughly as I’ve enjoyed writing these reviews for the weekly offerings of TCM Underground, the whole time I’ve been waiting for a double feature as batshit, off-the-wall crazy as this week’s. This week’s double feature encapsulates everything … Continue reading TCM Underground: Dudes (1987) and Border Radio (1987)
Greetings, Avocomrades! Is me, your usual thread creator Aggressive Craig! And I bring to you the Politics Thread of the Tuesday! Now I know what you say: you want to talk about politics news in this thread. But I am … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread, by Not Paul Manafort and his Not Russian Friend
Day 3 Dr. Herbert West had a secret. No, not just his desire to defeat death and perfect a formula for reanimation. After the Miskatonic incident everyone knew about that. No, you see Herbert West was spying on his fellow … Continue reading Werewolf 47: The THING – Day 3
https://vimeo.com/245670075 David Erlich does wonderful video montage art pieces that also help sum up the year in film and give a very esoteric view of the best films of the year. As obnoxious as he can be (Don’t ever read his … Continue reading David Erlich Best of 2017
Ahoy-hoy, everyone! I just wanted to engage in a brief bit of unabashed self-promotion, but I promise you that I wouldn’t do it if it didn’t involve the opportunity to read something really awesome that’s right in the wheelhouse of … Continue reading Dude! It’s the oral history of DUDES!
As those familiar with me know, my children spend quite a bit of time on creative endeavors, which I take as proof that creativity is not genetic. My eldest is studying to be an animator in college (my username and … Continue reading Night Thread: Magic Always Comes With a Price
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