A weekly thread devoted to the discussion of movies
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)
Today’s bonus prompt: cinematic worlds Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (11/10)
Today, in the US, it is Election Day. We anticipate with great trepidation to see who will govern this country in the next four years. The year has been a particularly stressful one, one in which the importance of who … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (11/3)
Bonus prompt: what is your favorite human-to-creature transformation? Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (10/27)
Bonus prompt: scariest scene in a non-horror film Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (10/20)
This year we recognize the 30th anniversary of that film that mad everyone cry in 1990, Ghost! It’s easy to forget the existence of the movie these days. However, it was the highest grossing film of 1990 and at the … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (10/13)
I hope you like spooky stuff, because the next four prompts are going to be slightly Halloween themed. Don’t worry if you’re not a horror movie buff though… I won’t be soliciting those directly. I mean, just check out what … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (10/6)
Today’s prompt: what is your favorite movie poster? Posters are one of the oldest ways to advertise a film. The first poster showed up all the way back in December 26, 1895 for the Lumier Brothers film L’Arroseur arrose. Before … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (9/29)
This week we don’t take advice from fools as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Empire Records! The film follows Liv Tyler, Renee Zewelleger, Robin Tunney, and friends and they navigate several troubles: a psychological meltdown, one of the employees … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (9/22)
Yarrrrr! Avast ye land lubbers! Come aboard this here to the weekly movie thread. Drop anchor here and talk about ye favorite films! Here be ye prompt: what be your favorite pirate movie (or adventure on the high seas)? This … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (9/15)
The Personal History of David Copperfield hit theaters in the US. It is the latest adaptation of a Charles Dickens work. Today’s bonus prompt: what is your favorite adaptation of a Charles Dickens work? The books were the prestige drama … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (9/8)
Today’s bonus prompt: favorite streaming-only films Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (9/1)
