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OPENING STATEMENT – this is a thread for people who like cinema & wish to discuss it. NOT FOR PEOPLE TO COME & TRASH US OR OUR AVOCATION. GOT IT? . We will NOT fight with you. We will instead use our technical skills to destroy your computer’s hard drive. *wink*

Now, back to being “nicer”

Welcome to the Inaugural Issue of the Monthly Cinema Thread. Although I have overall plans/ideas it will be a work that will evolve. I have several people who have agreed to help. Could use a LOT more. Check us out & see if you would be interested in helping with any of the features in the list before. I would WANT to have ONE person for each of the following categories. Biography, Fashion, Gossip & Trivia. Also more people to review movies in the three categories each month. I will do ALL of the layout/HTML. You just get the writing to me. I would like to have a regular CORE group of contributors & others that may wish to have something in on occasion.

.. Right now I envision a monthly ping. Could have a weekly ping to same thread with one additional movie review on the other 3 weeks.

Which do you prefer?

I also want to add to the listing of HOT LINKS … if you have a favorite site please post it here & next month I will include it in the master list.

Also this thread will hopefully be for platform for MOST cinema news to be posted. Most do not need a separate thread. Major news of someone dying, major felony etc of course deserves it’s own thread & we can all feel free to hot link it & any other news to this thread.

Although I guess Jim Rob isn’t exactly thrilled with these types of threads, he does acknowledge the varied interests of the FR family participants. Having one major thread a month rather than 50 stray ones on “Tom Cruise jumps on the Couch” type will overall be better IMHO. We know we are in the minority here at FR as movie enthusiasts, but we also know there are a lot of people who enjoy cinema but are afraid to say anything suggesting movie interest for fear of being attacked by the Critical members of our forum.

Areas Ito be Included Each month

2 Box Office Reviews (movies currently playing)

2 Classic Reviews (flicks 25 years or older)

2 Kidz Reviews ( Under 12 flicks)

1 Biography

Movie – Toons (Pookie?)

1 Technical/Insider Offering

GOSSIP!

Fashion

1 Test/Quiz (amazing prizes???)

Trivia

Coming soon to Box Office

Coming soon for DVD/Video Release

Oh, By the way… participants will be called REELERS or REEL Freepers!

Enjoy the chatting & give me your feedback. The Initial ping list is composed of people who constructively participated in the Academy Award LIVE (not heckle) thread last week plus a few other selected friends. . You can be added or removed, of course.

DollyCali,
movie addict, and not ashamed of it.

Reel Graphic of the Month

John Inman from "Are You Being Served?" has died at age 71 after struggling from Hepatitis A.

While in a nice motel last weekend I watched the following on PPV.

1. CASINO ROYALE..Seen it twice in the theaters last year, think it was the best film of 2006. Its coming out on DVD next tuesday, I encourage you to rent or buy it. An interesting and very cool take on James Bond.

2. Last King of Scotland. Forest Whittaker was great as Idi Amin, and it held my interest, which is more than I can say for most Academy Award films.

Add me to ping list, please.

Thanks - great thread!

I know I'm kind of changing the subject here, but I saw "300", and it was AMAZING. I loved it. So many great parts, I can't even come up with one I loved most.