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    Lists! Top five moments in television history

    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 [...]

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    Lists! Best Summer Movies

    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 [...]

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    My childhood movies

    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 [...]

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    Lists!! Underachieving films we inexplicably love

    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 [...]

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    Lists! Best movies of this decade!!!

    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 [...]