With the passing of Drew Struzen just a very short time ago I thought it would be timely to revisit the poster discussion (originally this was a Oct 2024 prompt). First a little about my history with movie posters. I … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (11/04)

Movieacados! It is still spooky season so I am running with the month of Octob-Horror and looking at aspects of horror movies that are cool and fun and awesome. Last week was an in depth dive into props which at … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (10/21)

This past few weeks have provided a few really great movie conversations for me. Movie conversations can be really long and in depth where people get real far into a film, themes, characters etc, or conversely really light where a … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (09/23)

In the past I have been fairly down on franchises and what not. While I do not dislike them inherently I do often participate as I love seeing movies and going to movies and participating in movie discussions. However when … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (09/16)

This past weekend I was lucky enough to see Jaws in IMAX. A packed theatre for one of my favourite movies included many who had not seen it before, and both the screening and the crowd did not disappoint. On … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (09/09)

On the list of movies being released this week is The Conjuring: Last Rites, which is notable for a bunch of reasons, but most importantly it got me thinking for this weeks prompt topic. This past October I was doing … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (09/02)

Well being as this will be the last Weekly Movie Thread for August I will count it as the end of Summer Blockbuster Season. Now I am aware that most Blockbusters should have been released by July and August usually … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (08/26)

I grew up in a small town. Not village of just a few houses small, but if I meet someone on the street where I currently live, I could tell them my hometown is smaller than yours and be right … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (08/19)

Tomorrow is Wednesday… known more commonly as the day after the Weekly Movie Thread. But more importantly as of tomorrow I will have been running this thread for one full year! When I started doing this I wasn’t sure how … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (08/12)

OK, so this coming week we have a new movie release in the form of a reboot of The Naked Gun (that is the right term here I think, Neeson seems to be playing the son of Frank Drebin). The … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (08/05)

Life sometimes takes a bit of an unexpected turn. Sometimes you have nothing to do for weeks but write weekly movie thread posts. All of the discussion prompts flowing out of you like an eternal cinematic idea river. Other times … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (07/29)

This week sees the Smurfs returning to theatres for another go at it while Superman continues to fly high. I will not be commenting too much on the viability or quality of Smurf franchise movies because instead I was thinking … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (07/22)

A few weeks ago while at work I stepped out for a coffee. Luckily we have a like cafe/kitchen in our building and while the coffee is not what I would refer to as good, or even desireable, it is … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (07/15)

I am speaking to you today from the not too distant past (mid-Juneish). You see I am on vacation this week and by the time you read this I will be either enjoying fine art, the Lion King, or if … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (07/08)