[DollyCali]

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

[alwaysconservative]

Well, you hooked me in with the photo of one of my current favorites: Gerard Butler.

And "300" is due out THIS MONTH!!!!! (I can hardly wait!)

Thanks for starting this thread, and stay warm, Dolly!

[DollyCali]

Join us for the FIRST edition
of a new monthly Cinema thread

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

Please add me to your ping list!
And might I make one little suggestion?
During your (others) reviews add a line at the end of the review indicating whether or not we should see it in the theater or wait for the movie to hit Netflix.

Thanks again...

[fatima]

I love it:)

[USMCWife6869]

I'm probably too late, I got a phone call, but here goes:

1. Streaking at the Oscars (don't know when, though)
2. Nicole Kidman
3. Reese Witherspoon
4. Eddie Murphy
5. Not sure
6. Natalie Portman
7. Jennifer Lopez
8&9. Steve Carrel & Greg Kinnear
10. ??
11 & 12. Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton
13 & 14. Steven Spielberg & Kate Capshaw
15-17. Will Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith and
18. Ronald Reagan
19. Jack Palance doing one-handed push ups at Oscars
20 & 21. Kate Winslet & Helen Mirren

[Tanniker Smith]

Nice thread. Looks like you put a lot of work into it.
I'm leaving for home now, but I'll definitely be checking in again later!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Hi Dolly,
I think it's a great idea to have a thread like this.
I don't go to the cinema much and we usually wait until the movies either come out on pay per-view or DVD.
Please put me on your pinglist.

[mountainfolk]

Congratulations on your official debut. You certainly do things up with a bang! I am looking forward to following this thread.

[Maximus_Ridiculousness]

Ooooooooooo!

Count me in!!!! Count me in!!!! Count me in!!!! Count me in!!!! Count me in!!!! Count me in!!!! Count me in!!!! Count me in!!!! Count me in!!!! Count me in!!!! Count me in!!!! Count me in!!!! Count me in!!!!

[Maximus_Ridiculousness]

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.

LOL!

Where can I sign up as a hard drive destroyer?

[pcottraux]

I guess you better count her in.

[roses of sharon]

Thanks for the great thread!

I'll get nothing done now, nothing!

[johnthebaptistmoore]

It would also be helpful to have links to conservative and libertarian movie critics and links to conservative and libertarian groups and blogs that support conservative and libertarian actors/actresses, conservative and libertarian movie directors, and conservative and libertarian movies as well. The entertainment world is so dominated by the political "left" that the political "right" in the world of entertainment is still mostly ignored.

[Jack Deth]

I still think Alan Arkin;s best performance was as the incredibly slimy bad guy, Harry Roat Jr. from Scarsdale opposite Audrey Hepburn in "Wait Until Dark".

Nothing's he's done since even comes close!

Jack.

[Maven]

Gerard Butler in "300."

(Wipes away drool.)

Maven

[pookie18]

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=11084

[CaptainK]

Thanks for the Alan Arkin tribute. He should have won best actor for "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter".

Better late than never.

[jaycee]

I want to congratulate you for the work you have put in on this subject. You did a great and most interesting job and some "reel" work was done!!

[VOA]

Catch 22 (1970)

Any mention of this film should include kudos for Bob Newhart.

But then, that film is full of great small parts IMHO.

[athelass]

Hey Dolly, I found it by myself!! Maybe I'm getting the hang of this! Nice job on the "foyer". Love what you've done with the place. Looking forward to hanging out here a lot!