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October '08
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August '08
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Aaron's Movie Trivia
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Okay - here are the rules . Each week you will get a series of clues that are either a hint to an actor's/director's identity or the title of a movie. For example, for an actor, this will include hints of previous roles they have played. For a movie title, there will usually be comments on the actors who are in the movie or allusions to the title with other media such as songs. You will be especially impressive if you can decipher all the clues. New trivia game every Tuesday - if one stumps you one week, come back for more next week!
Email your answers to aaron.saltystix@gmail.com. As the competition grows prizes will be added.
Remember folks, if you can't get enough of trivia, and you're tired of the same old imdb trivia, check out the bottom of our Thursday column, The Buzz, for a short trivia question for you to ponder every week in addition to Aaron's Trivia, which comes out every Tuesday. Or if you want a real challenge, try tackling Aaron's Movie Quiz #1 which has never been passed!
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #28 - 9/16/2008
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Game #28:
I started in stand up, and after a long wait,
I hit it big as the employee of the month
I messed with Brooks' bait
Ate penguins for lunch,
But got my best friend's girl in the end
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #27 - 7/22/2008
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Game #27:
I became big because of cameos Saturdays
Finally I got my own starring gigs
But once in the formula I couldn't stray from my ways
There from strange blips when I did fiction and pulled on some tight green jigs
But in the end, I stuck with the formula because that's what pays
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #26 - 7/1/2008
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Game #26: (back to people)
I started out as a Prince but became a bad boy fast,
I became an enemy but struggled for independence that would not last,
Then I put on my last suit when I was luckily cast,
Aliens, robots, vampires, sharks and women troubled by present and past
But with happiness and superhero powers I overcame it all very fast
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #25 - 6/24/2008
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Game #25: (production company - as if it couldnt get easier)
When we were young we started playing with toys,
Just like any other children we played with the bugs too,
But then mom sent us back to toys with the bugs played with the other boys,
But in return mom read us a story about the monsters that said, boo!
And since we were good mom helped us find a fish that brought us lots of joys
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #24 - 6/17/2008
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Game #24:
Always a newscaster I got a boost when I played a genius so smart instead of a lightbulbs he had a lamp
Then I made a real break when I made a sex comedy about someone really old
I found something regular in the office playing someone who couldnt even find an envelope for his stamp
Then I hit a bad spell when I tried to keep it real and tried to stay afloat in a boat but it went all cold
But I warmed up when I went back to my smarts and once again became a champ
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #23 - 6/10/2008
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My career took off with a start when I jumped from my hole
But hit a snag when I made a dumb mistake and kept going full throttle
But then I got back in it by battling robots and hellspawn in a better role
I recognized what I had to do to succeed and I looked up to those free of the bottle
I escaped to the suburbs and transformed myself into someone with a goal
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #22 - 5/13/2008
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Here is a TWENTY question movie quiz that I think is harder than Tuesday's usual questions because they are only three lines long. The rules are the same - you will get a series of clues that are a hint to an actor's identity or a director's identity. Usually, for an actor, this will include hints of previous roles they have played. As usual you will earn particular admiration for deciphering all of the clues.
I could never escape by brother’s golden shadow
And some have may think my movies shallow
But you all love them whether they’re jetting by or getting romantic
Early in my career I was pure evil – and I played the whole pack
Assassinations, vampires, drug dealers back to back to back
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #21 - 5/6/2008
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Game #21:
I have a clean cut reputation that started as a church boy
And a school boy from the Dead Poets Society wannabe flick
But I shook things up and when she moved in next door I wept for joy
No more imaginary fame, I was the top dog now in just a click
Into the wild I burst no reason to play coy
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #20 - 4/29/2008
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Game #20:
I got my start with a big Hook, but there was still doubt,
So much expectation and so much pressure - so many doors, so little time
I thought I was talented by I still pout
I kept putting it off - there was always tomorrow - and all this waste was a crime
Then I hit my groove and havent looked down - enjoying my view from the top
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #19 - 4/22/2008
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Game #19: (another starlet - sorry for no rhymes)
I like family guys -
From cartoons to the tribe,
High school with the comics,
I have a lot to do "after"
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #18 - 4/15/2008
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Game #18: Who am I?
I'm beautiful, I'm stunning, I'm bright and fun
I move like an angel but no one can see,
They just look at the cowgirl that's just not me
I dance myself to sleep but I just can't be,
I won't wake from this nightmare until I take things into my own hands
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #17 - 4/8/2008
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Game #17: Who am I?
My father was a rockstar,
I tried to make my career on music videos and record stores
Bertolucci, Hanks, Bay and Altman helped me go far
Then I made three movies that were quite a bore,
Then I caught an Incredible break that kept me a star
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #16 - 2/5/2008
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Game #16: Who am I?
I wrote Maid in Manhattan, Home Alone 3, Beethoven
I produced Flubber, 101 Dalmatians, and Miracle on 34th Street
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #15 - 1/15/2008
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Game #15: A movie where stars from these movies filled out the cast
Detroit Rock City
Dante’s Peak
Red Heat
The Marine
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #14 - 1/1/2008
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Game #14: Another actor –
I’ve been in two sci-fi classics with one-word titles,
I went from the bad guy to the good guy pretty fast,
I went back to kindergarten to learn by vitals,
I’ve been a doctor, a captain, a marshal, a price, and had a blast
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #13 - 12/25/2007
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Game #13: Not a movie title –
I starred in one of the most famous Christmas flicks,
After those other thin men, you would easily remember my wiry frame and shy grin,
I won an Oscar after they screwed me the year before when they made some bad picks,
You might remember me from one of Al’s movies when I broke more than my shin,
Apparently in my old age I went a little daft when I made an animated flick with Jon Lovitz
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #12 - 12/18/2007
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Game #12: Another movie –
This time of season Family Matters,
It’s Christmas Eve in L.A. and the party’s about to explode!
A mother works late, a father who’s feet are in tatters,
Four Oscars they couldn’t hold,
But in the end, they found a franchise of gold
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #11 - 12/11/2007
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Game #11: Another movie –
A family comedy without the family, but lots of Candy
Planes, trains and automobiles, there’s some time in the van,
A little kid who is quite handy,
Squares off against a lawyer and a fan
Tarantulas, floods, treehouses, basements, they’ll wish they ran
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #10 - 12/4/2007
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Game #10: Another movie –
Over and over again, it’s all the same
That same song, stuck in my head
While I try to win over my new flame,
I collect information and work on the perfect date, but always awake in the same bed
Hopefully in the end, I can end this painful game
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #9 - 11/27/2007
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Game #9: I toned this one down a little bit because the mailbox has been empty – this is a hint – it’s a MOVIE this week
Into the fire went my sled
And it was big news to all
For the sled was how I once sought happiness in red
But people enjoyed watching my great fall
Black and white, by the end I was all alone in my bed
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #8 - 11/20/2007
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Game #8: Try this special Thanksgiving riddle –
I was flying about, when who was on my tail, but the Red Barron,
It was in the middle of an Ice Storm on Thanksgiving day and I had to run an errand
But with the Barron it was no joyride and I was falling apart in quit an unpleasant way
I took a swig of cider and left the house, for a ride with the devil on this snowy day
I was practically riding blind but I had to get that last turkey and I swooped in and grabbed the last remaining item without pausing to pay
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #7 - 11/13/2007
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Game #7: Wrap your head around this riddle –
I looked down at my blood red feet, that had cost me the Pep in my stride,
It was a Big difference, and my feet looked like they were covered in lava,
I said there’s no crying, and no losing sleep, we have a problem, but I won’t hide,
I felt small, like a toy I had when I was a boy, when I played with my little toy soldiers fighting in the Rio Brava,
I had to push on, just one more mile, down the long Road, to where I could catch a ride
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #6 - 11/6/2007
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Game #6: Here’s another riddle –
“Care to tango?” Not with me– I was engineered to raise hell
Nothing scares me: robots, piranhas, ghosts, aliens, angels, avatars – still can’t tell?
I never let go – I write sequels like nobody’s business – you bet I’ll be back
I’ve worked with Saldana, Alba, Dushku, Carrere – too hot for you? There’s Moore.
If you want to catch me you’ll have to take a dive, down to the ocean floor.
One last clue for you: I gave an actress a break and ever since Oscar has opened five doors.
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #5 - 10/30/2007
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Game #5: Special Halloween edition
Direct your attention on the best – no prison can hold me, I’m bound to escape – directors copy me
Quentin used a TV title of mine as a movie in his movie, they remade one of my movies in 2005, but you just can’t be,
As cheesy as me, my first five movies had B-movie titles to go with my six movies with one-word titles
You better believe my name is front and center on every movie, especially the vitals:
Vampires, aliens, ghosts, shape-shifters, zombies, Satan, and slashers, hell, I’ve even followed the king
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #4 - 10/24/2007
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Game #4: Here’s a riddle for you -
I was in Philadelphia last Friday, I killed a Butterfly and thought, I have Sinned, I have been Bad, I will go to Hell
As I was walking through the park a rabbit with Big Brown Eyes jumped in front of me, and I fell
The rabbit grabbed something of mine, and I had to go Down the Rabbit Hole, To Catch the Thieving rabbit, who had gone North at a fast pace
The rabbit had stolen my old Lace and it was an Affair I would not forget, for I lost face
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #3 - 10/18/2007
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I have been British, Scotish, Irish, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Greek
I have been in multiple comic book movies
I have played a famous king just slightly less frequently than I have been a knight
I have been a doctor one more time than I have been a major
I have been in many franchises: one of the most successful, one of ones with the largest cult following, one that could whip the others, and one where the main character becomes president
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #2 - 10/11/2007
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Game #2:
I am a king - a few times over
I am a rider - cars AND horses
I am violent - a murderous conspirator
I am from the east - Spain
The tide and daylight have both washed over me
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Aaron's Movie Trivia #1 - 10/2/2007
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Game #1:
I am the real deal
I like to keep my identity confidential
I like to play dominos with spies
I like love in the dark night
I am a first lady
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Bob’s October Movie Preview
By Bob 10/2/2008
Now that we have gotten through the sludge of September movies, it’s time for some Oscar contenders, and movies that think they’re good but not. Halloween is also this month so there is bound to be a lot of random horror movies going on and of course a Saw film to soak in. Whatever happens though, I’m gonna guess that at least one of the following gets some nods come Oscar time. With that, my October Movie Preview:
Cops, Robbers, and Blah
10) Pride and Glory: October 24th
From the director of Miracle comes one of the most clichéd trailers of ALL TIME. Edward Norton as A COP. Colin Farrell as HIMSELF. What more could we want from a movie? I don’t know, and I will likely never find out because this is not one flick I will be seeing.
9) Max Payne: October 17th
As I feverishly go through my mind trying to think of a video game adaptation that has actually been a good movie, I’m also reminded of all of the bad movies Marky Mark has made over the past ever (excluding The Departed and Boogie Nights of course). I would be shocked if there is anybody who is actually excited for this, as anybody who actually played the game has probably outgrown the genre.
8) Body of Lies: October 10th
Leonardo Dicaprio. Russell Crowe. Ridley Scott. Something about spies. The trailers really tell us nothing about this film except, “How am I supposed to run an operation when you’re running a side operation.” I don’t really know what that means, but Leo says it in the trailer. This film looks like another lame attempt by Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe to win Oscars. I’m not buying it.
7) Flash of Genius: October 3rd
Greg Kinnear stars as an man who invents the intermittent windshield wiper, and then has it stolen from him buy the major auto manufacturers. This just looks like a boring film that will get a lukewarm response. For some reason, however, it has been getting a huge level of marketing with television and even radio advertisements. I doubt people will buy it.
6) RocknRolla: October 10th
Guy Ritchie is back in the genre he knows best, and this appears to be an English gangster film much in the mold of Lock Stock and Snatch. We’ll see if he still has his stuff, but for now, I’ll just pop in my DVDs of the older films that I can trust, and look to be almost identical in plot to this one.
Movies that Intrigue Me
5) Changeling: October 24th
Angelina Jolie stars in this Clint Eastwood film about a woman whose son goes missing and is returned with something different. Any film that Eastwood directs (that’s not Flags of our Fathers of course) is worth checking out, and this looks to be no different. It got solid reviews with it premiered at Cannes, and Angelina Jolie is ready for a solid role.
4) W.: October 17th
A film that is certain to be the years most controversial, Oliver Stone directs this biopic about our current president. While I am sure Stone will exaggerate many of the details, there is no denying that he has put together an awesome cast including Josh Broling (as Bush), Elizibeth Banks (as First Lady Laura), James Cromwell (as his father H. W.), Richard Dreyfuss (as Cheney), Thadie Newton (as Condoleezza Rice) and others as the rest of his cabinet. Whatever happens in this film, it will certainly be interesting.
3) Synecdoche, New York: October 24th
A film that I have been awaiting since last year, this is Charlie Kauffman’s directorial debut. I have loved the films he has written (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and Adaptation. ) and this should prove to be equally compelling. It stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as a playwright who attempts to put on a production in a warehouse that includes a scale model of New York. It will probably boggle our minds, but that is Kauffman, isn’t it?
2) Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist: October 3rd
Michael Cera and Kat Dennings star as the eponymous Nick and Norah who meet each other one night in New York and have adventures. Something about the trailer really brought this movie to my attention, probably the indie style that I love. Cera is always great, and Dennings was really cool in Charlie Bartlett, so I might make my way to a cinema this week to check it out.
1) Zach and Miri Make a Porno: October 31st
Seth Rogen and Elizibeth Banks star as two best friends who decide to make a porno together. This is Kevin Smith’s first film since Clerks 2, and I can only hope that it matches that film in hilarity. The only thing I don’t understand, is why are they releasing this film on Halloween? I guess there is probably a Saw film being released anyways.
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