Today marks the 40th anniversary of the American theatrical release of the movie that’s in the Top Ten of a lot of Best Of movie lists, Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. Personally speaking… this movie is easily on my All … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (8/13)

In July of 1999 three actors went in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a film that looked like documentary. A year later their footage inspired a bunch of low-budget filmmakers. This year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (8/6)

Ah, 1989. I remember being a wide-eyed teenager who didn’t really have friends and sought comfort at the local library. As a wannabe bon vivant, I would regularly check out the New Yorker. I’d flip past all the boring short … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (7/30)

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood comes out in theaters this week (which, hauntingly, is close to the 50th anniversary of the Tate murders).  Pulp Fiction is celebrating its 25th and Ingluorious Basterds is celebrating its tenth. So yes, Avocado, it’s time … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (7/23)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is a movie I’m going to have to revisit someday. The movie stars Tim Roth and Gary Oldman as the title characters, who ruminate about their existence while a Shakespearean play happens all around them. … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (7/16)

1969 was an interesting year for movies.  The hippie movement was in full swing. Woodstock would attract an audience of 400,000 in August.  Old genres like the big production Hollywood musical were falling out of favor, with Hello, Dolly! underperforming … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (7/9)

This week, Forrest Gump celebrates its 25th anniversary. Now I have heard all the criticisms. How it’s nostalgic Boomer porn. How it punishes Robin Wright for her promiscuity. How it’s not Pulp Fiction. (Don’t worry, fans. I have a Quentin … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (7/2)

This year is the 75th anniversary of one of the earliest (and quite possibly the first ever) noir films: Double Indemnity, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward G. Robinson. This movie won our Film Noir tournament (beating out amazing … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (6/25)

Thirty years ago, Michael Keaton first reared his immovable neck and plummy lips in Tim Burton’s Batman movie. It would launch the genre that we are still living through to today: turning kid’s properties into cool and edgy things for … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (6/18)

Today’s prompt: What’s your favorite spoof/parody? The newest Shaft movie comes out this weekend (bringing in Sam Jackson and Richard Roundtree one more time), which brings to mind the greatest tribute to the blaxsplotation genre ever. Black Dynamite was directed … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (6/11)

So in Gone With the Wind (80 years old this year), there’s a scene where Scarlett O’Hara embraces her long time friend Ashley.  Ashley’s sister happen to walk in on them. She really, really hates Scarlett (she thinks of her … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (6/4)

I like big beasts and I cannot lie! And I suspect you do too. With the new Godzilla movie coming out this week, it’s time to tell the Avocado: what is your favorite movie featuring a giant monster? Is it the … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (5/28)

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A street rat in a red vest and white harem pants evades a villainous Grand Vizier named Jaffar. He’s accompanied by a thief named Abu and aided by a flying carpet and a … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (5/21)

Twenty years this month, which was a long time ago in a theatrical world far, far away, Star Wars: Episode One – The Phantom Menace hit theaters… and sadly Brian De Palma wasn’t on hand to workshop the opening screen … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (5/14)

This week will see a Nintendo video game character, who is known for an exclamatory catchphrase, navigate a cyberpunk world where the citizens are evolved from things like lizard creatures or vegetables. A no… it’s not a Super Mario movie. … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (5/7)

Sometimes you think you’ve seen an entire movie already because it’s already been referenced in pop culture. That was the case with me and Rear Window. I know what you’re thinking. It’s because of that Simpsons episode, right? No! The … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (4/30)

Avengers: Endgame is coming out this week, and everyone’s got people with superhuman strength and fancy, brandable tights on their mind (Avengers novelty baseball jerseys now available at Box Lunch!)… so let’s talk about another superhero movie featuring Josh Brolin … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (4/23)

Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread! Today’s prompt: What is your favorite movie opening? There are plenty of iconic ones. There’s the prologue from various James Bond movies, which stretch from the gunsight where you the viewer gets out-shot by … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (4/16)

Lately, I’ve been thinking about MTV.  Remember when they played music videos?  Did you ever think that some of those directors would go on to bigger and better things in the late 90’s and 2000’s? MTV created a generation of … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (4/9)

This week, no one wants to be buried in the Pet Sematary. The latest Stephen King adaptation makes it to the big screen this weekend. It’s not fair to judge it harshly against the original just yet, though. Sometimes retreads … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (4/2)

Before the intermission for A Star Is Born (1954), there’s a movie within a movie. Vicki Lester (Judy Garland) and Norman Maine (James Mason) go to the premiere of what is sure to be Vicki’s catapult into stardom. We get … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (3/26)