It’s Monday, which means list time. However, I’m breaking a few rules. First, this list contains just five items instead of 11. Why? Maybe it’s my own mini protest against the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ decision to include 10 nominees in the Best Picture category at this year’s Academy Awards. This new [...]
We here at the Devil’s Avocado like our lists to come out on Mondays (or the Tuesday after a national holiday-Hey, I got BBQs to attend and war movies to watch), and like Spinal Tap’s amps, our lists go to eleven.
Now that school’s out, I’ve gotten my bike out of storage, and I’ve attended both [...]
We here at The Devil’s Avocado like our lists to come out on Mondays, and we like them to go to eleven. Here’s one for you:
So, this list may be a bit less “fists swinging” than my last one, but I’m in a nostalgic mood. When Spielberg and Scorsesewere kids, they adored the movies of [...]
We here at The Devil’s Avocado like our lists to come out on Mondays, and we like them to go to eleven. Here’s one for you:
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal is remaking Drop Dead Fred with British comedian Russell Brand set to portray the title role. Now why in the world would the studio even dare to mess [...]
We here at The Devil’s Avocado like our lists to come out on Mondays, and we like them to go to eleven. Here’s one for you:
Best Movies of the 2000’s (so far).
I didn’t include docs (Grizzly Man) or Foreign Language Films (City of God, Oldboy) and there are several others I would love to see [...]
With the recent leak of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and the slew of super-hero movies that have been made or are slated for release in the near future, I got to thinking.
Which actors fit their superhero/villian roles the best? Which actors so lifted the character, many times an already-existing American icon, off the splash page of [...]
A response to “I Call Bullshit on you, Rob - Gran Torino is no masterpiece“
At least with movies, I see it going something like this: there’s “complete fucking horseshit awful” and then there’s “crap” and then there’s “meh” or “ooooookay” and then “pretty good” and “good” and “very good” before we get to “excellent”. ”Great” [...]
A Response to “Gran Torino is a masterpiece, the feel-good comedy of the year“
I don’t want to argue semantics (ok. that’s a lie, I do), but there is little else in the article with which I can find any disagreements. Gran Torino is a fine film. It’s a great movie, even. I’ll even go so [...]
At the very least, I feel comfortable saying that - Gran Torino is a masterpiece. I know it. And, yeah, right now I think it might be my favorite movie of 2008. “Favorite”, not “best”. Not necessarily. But maybe it is. Who knows. It sort of doesn’t matter to me.
I’d been thinking lately that 2008 [...]
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