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)

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)