Sometimes the stars just happen to align. And this week the stars have aligned for me boy howdy. In the various threads I post on here I am pretty upfront about my background, my profession, sometimes relevant family members, hobbies … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (07/01)

Looking at this past weeks new theatrical releases a though struck me when I noticed 28 Years Later. There was a time when Zombie movies were huge, and it was not that long ago. A few good ones like Shaun … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (6/24)

If you have ever owned a car for a longer period of time then there is a fair chance you understand how expensive maintenance is. Luckily growing up we had a guy. He was efficient, honest (so he didnt overcharge … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (06/17)

These days there is a lot of hub-bub about live action movies, more specifically animated classics (such as Lilo and Stitch) being turned into ‘live action’ movies (such as Lilo and Stitch), the quotation marks are for movies such as … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (06/10)

It’s pretty much a given in this day and age that cinematically we live in a franchise friendly world. We can only Marvel at the amount pumped out every year, DC trying to get their movies off the ground, Mario … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (06/03)

There are and always have been actors who have a certain gravitas. Those whose involvement in a project cause it to command a certain level of respect. Those who lend credibility just by mere presence and nearness. Gravitas aside sometimes … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (05/27)

I am sure I had a completely different prompt written up (in my head) but never put fingers to keyboard and now as time for the Weekly Movie Thread to go live draws near I find myself with a case … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (05/19)

This past week saw the release of Fight or Flight which looked like at least a decent action film that seems to have flopped big time. I’m not here today getting into the quality of the movie (did not see … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (05/13)

I watched a movie this weekend (and I will not say which one just to avoid possibility of spoilers however minor) and there was a night club action/fight scene that I very much enjoyed and it got me thinking about … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (05/06)

This week will see the first week of May release of Marvels: The Thunderbolts. This movie is a double comeback for Marvel. For one, Marvel used to own the first week of May top box office spot until last year … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (04/29)

Last week we covered movie mistakes, when something goes wrong but is missed and makes it into the movie despite the efforts (or lack thereof) of all those involved. But sometimes those mistakes are caught on film and added at … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (04/22)

Last week in my hurry of doing too many things at once I goofed and hit ‘publish’ instead of schedule and the post for the weekly movie thread went up about 12ish hours early. Now I am not one to … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (04/15)

It’s been a busy week for me and I have a ton of second look and D&D writing to do in amongst a myriad of personal things I need to do (I now know how to install thermostats in a … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (04/08)

I was going to do something for the Minecraft movie release to keep things current like I like to do every once and awhile, but that prompt got movied to next week which will consequntially put it behind the times … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (04/01)

In Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Bruce Lee (Played by Jason Scott Lee) is studying philosophy and is asked what he will do if/when he can’t get a job and he responds “I will think long deep thoughts about being … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (03/25)

Last week I posited that due to daylight savings and the way I try to write these up in advance it is like I am the world’s least effective time traveler. If I were a more regular person that had … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (03/18)

Okay, I am usually way on the ball and do the weekly movie thread prompts up about a week in advance so I can start writing the next one before the current one is published like I am the world’s … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (03/11)

I have always enjoyed the subtle art of persuasion (also the not so subtle, and the super anti subtle for that matter). There is something interesting to me about making compelling arguments to convince others to do something they may … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (03/04)

Okay, let’s say you are a movie company, for fun lets say Warner Bros. You have the story, and it is a great story. You have the characters all lined up and you have hired bankable movie stars to play … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (02/25)

Any time you are taking the time to watch a movie you are setting yourself up for some form of emotional response. Happiness, fear, awesomeness (probably more accurately elation), anger and yes even sadness are generally the most common. The … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (02/18)

I have run the numbers, double checked my calculations (for the record I LOVE calculations, any day I get to do math stuff at work automatically makes it better by a factor of X to the power of Y. X … Continue reading The Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (02/11)