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!

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Could “Avatar” Win Best Picture?

By Brett Hogan

Last week, the trailer for James Cameron’s sci-fi experiment “Avatar” debuted. While initially unimpressed with the teaser, I began to wonder: Could this film win best picture? 

Buzz has been generating for this movie for years. Years. The technology to make this movie didn’t exist when Cameron conceived it, so he invented it. When is the last time you heard of a director spearheading the invention of anything? The casting started in 2005. Most movies these days, even epics, are done in half that time. I could go on. 

The most important thing to take away from all of this is that people are saying this will be the future of movies. Now, I don’t agree with the idea that CGI will become more prevalent than it already is. But I do believe that this will set the bar miles higher for sci-fi. I mean, that is what Titanic did. And that won some awards if memory serves.

I’ll bet you’re asking yourself, how can you even suggest that a film like this will win Best Picture when the initial trailer was nothing better than visual stimulation? Well, there are a couple of reasons. First, the Academy has expanded Best Picture to ten films. This doesn’t guarantee anything other than improved chances for most films on the cusp.

Second, after last year’s Oscars debacle, which saw the best film of the year, “The Dark Knight,” not only get shafted in awards but nominations as well, the Academy is pulling out all the stops to appease those with the loudest voices in the film industry, the fanboys. Now, the Academy probably didn’t lose anything because of that other than some viewers of the award show. Perhaps if people are again outraged with the winners or nominees, the heads of the Academy would lose their jobs. So this is all about the Academy protecting itself, which is not so outrageous.  

Third, there is an economic motive here. I’ve heard this film will cost $190 million, not counting the R&D costs associated with Cameron’s inventions or the cost of getting 3-D cameras into every theater in the country. The Academy will do everything in its power to get people into the seats and make this the next “Titanic” or “The Dark Knight.” But the Academy doesn’t have much power, besides nominating and awarding, so they will slap the “Nominated for Best Picture” moniker onto every commercial and print ad to get the people who didn’t believe the critics to relent and see this movie.

Of course, all of this is pure conjecture, and no revolutionary film (Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, etc.) has ever won the Best Picture category because it changed the game. Except maybe Titanic. But still, could this movie actually win? My answer is no but a nomination is certain and who knows what could happen from there. We’ll know more come February 2010.