Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread, your place at the Avocado to discuss film with your fellow commenters! Today’s bonus prompt: what is your favorite power walk? TV Tropes describes it thusly: “The Power Walk is a wide shot of … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (4/6)

Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread! This is your place on the Avocado to discuss movies with your favorite film lovers. Talk about an action film your discovered, beloved classics, or an underrated movie that got to you emotionally. This … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (3/30)

Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread, your place to discuss film with your fellow commenters! This month, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Fargo. This dark comedy about crime in the frozen North won directors Joel and Ethan Coen their … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (3/23)

Today’s prompt: guilty pleasure films Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (3/16)

Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread! Talk about films you’d recommend, get recommendations from fellow commenters, and chat about movies you’ve seen recently. March is Women’s History Month. Yesterday was International Women’s Day. I was struggling for an appropriate prompt. … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (3/9)

It’s time, once again, to step in that wayback machine. Set your clocks to 30 years ago for today’s bonus prompt: What was your favorite film from 1991? Dominating theaters this year was no surprise: the highly anticipated and marketed … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (3/2)

Bonus prompt: what is your favorite performance of an actor that was only in the movie for a short time? Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (2/23)

Bonus prompt: what film do you personally think should be reevaluated as a classic? Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (2/16)

Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread, your home on the Avocado to discuss, recommend, and discover films! This year marks the 50th anniversary of two titans of the blaxploitation genre. Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassssss Song is considered by many to be … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (2/9)

Bonus prompt: best end credits Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (2/2)

Bonus prompt: what’s your favorite moment when a film broke the fourth wall? Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (1/26)

We were all saddened last year with the passing of Chadwick Boseman, the actor best known for playing Black Panther. His honorable demeanor surprisingly made T’Challa a household name. Boseman’s breakout role was as Jackie Robinson, the first African American … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (1/19)

Bonus prompt: favorite dramatic moment in a comedy film Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (1/12)

Happy New Year! The year is 2021. Uh… what to expect? Well, ideally all the films that were pushed back from 2020 are coming out this year. I am writing this in the later part of 2020, and thus the … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (1/5)

Bonus prompt: best film discovery of 2020? Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (12/29)

Bonus prompt: movie series marathons Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (12/22)

It’s the 40th anniversary of 9 to 5. The office revenge comedy stared Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, and the great Dolly Parton. It was the second highest grossing film of 1980, beaten only to the top by that cultural juggernaut … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (12/15)

Today’s prompt: best attempt at aging or de-aging an actor Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (12/8)

Bonus prompt: favorite movie score Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (12/1)

Bonus prompt: favorite non-Marvel/DC superhero film Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (11/24)

Bonus prompt: favorite CG animated film Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (11/17)