Reviews of films
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. Ralph Breaks the Internet
Love that not even a war can destroy. A French peasant hides a wounded German soldier during World War II. They slowly fall in love. Philippe Vallois was directing Gay/Bi cinema in France well before it was mainstream. His tone … Continue reading LGBT Movies: We Were One Man (1979)
In Which We Accept the Reality of the World We Are Presented Throughout this series we have come across movies about social alienation, the feeling of no control, angst at the post Cold War world order, and fear over how … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 18: The Truman Show
I have been doing this series about Asian movies for over a year, but have yet to talk about any animated works, at least no fully animated works. That changes today. And for those of you who may have been … Continue reading WTF ASIA 55: The Fake (2013)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically, and yes, we’ve already done the animated ones. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Live-Action Edition. In Search of the Castaways
“Innocence is no excuse…” ~ Friends Forever Friends Forever (aka Venner for altid) is a Danish coming of age film about a shy straight teen who befriends a brash gay bully at his new school. The catch? It was released … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Friends Forever (1987)
In Which the Cookie Stand is Not Part of the Food Court. For the chronically online you may have noticed an odd story/meme circulating through the social media sphere about the new Avengers movie. The long and short of the … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 17: Mallrats
Hello, everyone. First, I must apologize for not updating for what feels like years. Unfortunately, life has gotten a bit too hectic for me to write stuff (and it’ll likely continue!). Either way, I’m going to plow forward and get … Continue reading Netflix Garage: 1 Chance 2 Dance Recap/Review
Do you like Nat King Cole singing in mangled Spanish? Well, you are going to hear him a lot. Streaming in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and maybe other places. Approximately 98 minutes. It is Hong … Continue reading WTF ASIA 54: In The Mood For Love (2000)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. As stated, we have completed the animated films and are now exploring the partial animated and live-action films. The title comes from a quote from Walt, … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Live-Action Edition. The Parent Trap
“I am a boy. I just have to try a little harder.” ~ Druck This week David came out as trans on the German web series Druck. Their love interest, Matteo, was shocked though fans had seen it coming for … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Trans Short Films
Part 1 – Enter the Wu-Tang Part 2 – The First Batch of Solo Albums Part 3 – Wu-Tang Forever Part 4 – The Second Batch of Solo Albums (Part 1) Part 5 – The Second Batch of Solo Albums … Continue reading Movie Reviews: How High (2001)
The following review will be meaningless to you if you have not seen Avengers: Endgame. “When I drift off, I will dream about you. It’s always you.” It’s weird, you know, because I remember walking out of Iron Man with … Continue reading Movie Review: Avengers: Endgame (2019)
In Which Discrimination is Down to a Science Out of all the sci-fi films covered in this series so far Gattaca stands out. Not for being the best of the bunch (I would still throw that honor to Strange Days … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 16: Gattaca
To celebrate a year of this series, I…post another article about movie that no one else has seen. A comedy about family, outsiders, and a metaphorical parakeet. Streaming in Australia, Canada, United States and maybe other places. Approximately 95 minutes. Natsuki … Continue reading WTF ASIA 53: Hospitalité (2010)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. Since we have covered the animated films, we have moved on to the live-action and partially animated films. The title comes from a quote from Walt, … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Live-Action Edition. The Absent-Minded Professor.
A lot of straight male reviewers look at Leaving Metropolis and have a real problem with it because they say there is no way that a straight man would ever fall in love with a gay man. But having been … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Seducing Straight Men
Welcome, my Avocados, to the fourth installment of Bagel Over the White House, my ongoing series focused on American politics on film and behind the scenes. Today, I finally get to the movie whose name inspired the title of this … Continue reading Gabriel (and Bagel) Over the White House (1933)
Sorry I’ve been away from the wheel for a while when it comes to reviewing films. It’s not that I haven’t been watching films in theaters, it’s just that I couldn’t be arsed. However, we here at The Avocado were … Continue reading Movie Reviews: 79 Parts (2019)
In Which We’re All Back From Hell The comic book films of the 90’s were incredibly reactionary. After the earth shattering success of 1989’s Batman the industry was put on high alert that a new genre of blockbusters were open … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 15: Spawn
Billa, had it reached the right audience at the right time, could have been immortalized as a cult hit in the vein of Kung Pow: Enter The Fist. It is badly written, badly acted, badly budgeted, bad to look at, … Continue reading WTF Asia: Billa (2009)
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