Films with... Benefits

Films with... Benefits

  • TV & Film
  • Film Festivals
  • Improv
  • Subjective Opinions
  • Nonsense

Improvised film festivals offered by married comedy duo Marianne MacRae and Richard Hanrahan. Each week, Marianne and Richard curate three unique film seasons in each episode - from heartwarming classics to hidden gems, all the way to Mrs Doubtfire, again... So grab a bag of popcorn and get ready as we dive into curating imaginary film festivals that no one will ever see!
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Published: Wed, Jul 12, 2023

FWB #202: Films You'd Always Seen On A Shelf In A VHS Rental Shop, The Rainforest Is Dying And Steve Martin Films
FWB#202Films You'd Always Seen On A Shelf In A VHS Rental Shop, The Rainforest Is Dying And Steve Martin Films

Welcome back to “Films with… Benefits” with your favourite British Father/Wife duo, Marianne MacRae and Richard Hanrahan of Me3Comedy! Each week, Marianne and Richard curate three unique film seasons - from heartwarming classics to hidden gems, squirming through tangents like they’re going out of fashion.

This week, we take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with “Films you’d always see on a shelf in a VHS rental Shop.” Remember spending ages picking a film you’d all watch that night? After that, we plunge ankle deep into “The Rainforest Is Dying” season, which my AI assisted copy insists we want to”shed light on the urgent need for environmental awareness and preservation”. And finally, we look at the comedic genius of Steve Martin in our attempt to curate the essential “Steve Martin Films”.

So, grab your popcorn, settle in, and join us as we curate imaginary film festivals none of us will ever be bothered enough to watch. With humour, charm, and a touch of nostalgia, we’ll take you on a cinematic journey you won’t want to miss. Lights, camera, banter—let’s ask the AI to regenerate this cringe copy!

Published: Thu, Jun 22, 2023

FWB #201: Films with Benefits, Films with Lil' Pals and 6ix Word Titles
FWB#101Films with Benefits, Films with Lil' Pals and 6ix Word Titles

Told you we would be back! As promised, many moons ago, the internet’s favourite Father/Wife pair Marianne MacRae and Richard Hanrahan (aka Me3Comedy) have returned with a slightly reformatted podcast. No longer ‘Seasons’, we are now ‘Films with… Benefits’, much more searchable I’m sure you will agree.

Each week, Marianne and Richard curate three unique film seasons in each episode - from heartwarming classics to hidden gems, all the way to Mrs Doubtfire, again…

In this episode we discuss the charms of our namesake, “Films with Benefits”, and explain why we’ve changed our podcast name. Then, we discuss the cute adventures of “Films with Lil’ Pals,” and unpick this week’s community voted theme: “6ix Word Titles”. So grab a bag of popcorn and get ready as we dive into curating imaginary film festivals that no one will ever see! As our AI assisted copy suggests: Lights, camera, banter!

Published: Mon, Dec 19, 2022

FWB #107: Christmas, Not Christmas Films
FWB#707Christmas, Not Christmas Films

Our Christmas special! We dedicate our time to exploring the best not Christmas films to watch at Christmas, the quintessential experience that do not feature a tree or a santa or a mince pie. We also take some time to explore some AI generated alternative podcast titles, just to settle the mood

PLEASE NOTE: This originally appeared under a different podcast feed as ‘Seasons’. In July 2023 we re-branded to ‘Films with… Benefits’.

Published: Wed, Dec 14, 2022

FWB #106: High School Movies with a Twist, and Pinocchio Films with various sub categories
FWB#606High School Movies with a Twist, and Pinocchio Films with various sub categories

Today we feature requests from a special guest, the immaculate comedian with a knowledge of film Chris Thorburn, adapted slightly and expanded. We go on for a while about high school movies and films that are kind of pinocchio vibed. Meaty!

PLEASE NOTE: This originally appeared under a different podcast feed as ‘Seasons’. In July 2023 we re-branded to ‘Films with… Benefits’.

Published: Fri, Dec 02, 2022

FWB #105: Tearjerkers, Live-Action Animation Crossovers, Films Not Like Films and Arthouse Nonsense
FWB#505Tearjerkers, Live-Action Animation Crossovers, Films Not Like Films and Arthouse Nonsense

Bookended with some heavy films, we kick off with Tearjerks, navigate the topic of cartoon/live-action crossovers, and then delve into the mailbag for some films not like films, and films where nothing really happens for 9 hours

PLEASE NOTE: This originally appeared under a different podcast feed as ‘Seasons’. In July 2023 we re-branded to ‘Films with… Benefits’.

Published: Fri, Nov 18, 2022

FWB #104: Movies With Movies In, Movies In Movies With Movies In And Films That The 8,000,000,000th Baby Should See
FWB#404Movies With Movies In, Movies In Movies With Movies In And Films That The 8,000,000,000th Baby Should See

This week we work through ‘Movies where someone sits down and watches a movie’, ‘Movies that are seen in other movies that we should see’, as well as Films that the 8 Billionth Baby Should See (before they die?). A good one, if I say so myself.

PLEASE NOTE: This originally appeared under a different podcast feed as ‘Seasons’. In July 2023 we re-branded to ‘Films with… Benefits’.

Published: Sat, Nov 12, 2022

FWB #103: Comedy Commentators, FRIENDS References And What We Thought Were Great Aged 17 & 7
FWB#303Comedy Commentators, FRIENDS References And What We Thought Were Great Aged 17 & 7

Still searching for a theme tune, we unpack the difficult ‘comedy commentators’ category, enjoy a leisurely stroll through a much loved TV sitcom as we define ‘Films referenced in FRIENDS’, and finally we delve into our past with an audience suggestion ‘ Films we thought were great when we were 7 and 17’.

PLEASE NOTE: This originally appeared under a different podcast feed as ‘Seasons’. In July 2023 we re-branded to ‘Films with… Benefits’.

Published: Fri, Nov 04, 2022

FWB #102: Frank Sinatra Songs and Woman as Weapons
FWB#202Frank Sinatra Songs and Woman as Weapons

This week, we explore films with Frank Sinatra films in them (but not Frank Sinatra films) and films where women are a weapon (but more nuanced than that).

Featuring Marianne MacRae and Richard Hanrahan, the married sketch duo unleash their movie madness onto the world.

PLEASE NOTE: This originally appeared under a different podcast feed as ‘Seasons’. In July 2023 we re-branded to ‘Films with… Benefits’.

Published: Fri, Sep 30, 2022

FWB #101: Meg Ryan, Cozy Films, Films Where Someone Dies in Pedal Bike Accidents
FWB#101Meg Ryan, Cozy Films, Films Where Someone Dies in Pedal Bike Accidents

What are we doing? From podcast to published in 24 hours, the Me3 gang return to podcasts with a new format - our mini film festival ideas.

PLEASE NOTE: This originally appeared under a different podcast feed as ‘Seasons’. In July 2023 we re-branded to ‘Films with… Benefits’.

We have collected all of the suggested and completed seasons mentioned in our podcasts for you to peruse here.

...cast contains two dogs and one cat

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...movies with Six Words in the title

  • The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982-07-23)
  • He's Just Not That Into You (2009-02-06)
  • The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992-01-10)

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...da ba dee da ba di Da

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...honking great mistruths

  • The Invention of Lying (2009-09-13)
  • What Lies Beneath (2000-07-21)
  • The Imposter (2012-07-13)

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...but with personality

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Films that focus on a single day

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...yeesh bit dark but, there's some good ones

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...movies that he was involved with that it's still okay to watch and enjoy

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...characters receive a shock they weren't expecting

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...characters are obsessed with doing something

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Films known for being trailed before other films on a VHS

  • My Girl (1991-11-27)
  • Song of the South (1946-11-12)

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Films which feature air hostesses, ideally in a prominent context

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...where aliens are sent packing by an unusual event, non-violent

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...the opening logo is rethemed deliberately, and against brand guidelines (but obviously permitted byt the studio)

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...not Disney, weird in the crack films that are animated

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...the critters are revolting

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...end of the world type events

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...some arty thing where nothing really happens for 9 hours

  • Fitzcarraldo (1982-03-02)
  • Russian Ark (2002-05-22)
  • The Turin Horse (2011-02-15)

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Films which involve an improvised/unofficial abortion

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...not officially available for some reason

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...book first films

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Films which began life on the written page which don't interest us

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..features bears

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...we had to do this one given our name change. We think this is about characters that are receiving government support in some way. Dole movies if you will.

  • I, Daniel Blake (2016-10-21)
  • The Full Monty (1997-08-13)
  • Precious (2009-11-06)

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...larger pals

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...big films you got as a VHS at christmas

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Films that were considered critically acclaimed which you, for whatever reason, did not like

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...featuring lacklustre contributions from William Murray

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...chapeaus on pappeaus

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...in which a character specifically blows out a candle or pleads secretly to themselves for something to change on their birthday

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...probably horror films, and probably not for Marianne's enjoyment

  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022-02-18)

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...character wears a blue coat

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...someone's body is taken over from the inside

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...films that feature someone shagging in a car on a boat

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...that feature Rik Mayall or Ade Edmonson

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Films considered British, which are built apon a wide range of established actors

  • Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994-03-09)

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...companion piece

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Films known for their CGI which would have been shown without CGI but including analogue elements that are later removed (e.g. People in Green Suits)

  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988-06-21)

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...films you remember being advertised with a giant cardboard standee at Pizza Hut, or somewhere equivalent

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...all about her

  • Never Let Me Go (2010-03-18)

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Films which feature a cartoon character that prominently feature large breasts (e.g. Who Framed Roger Rabbit)

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...characters are isolated on an island for some length of time

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...picked off with style

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...battling with something inside themselves, but with physical manifestation

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One of many 'dog by breed' seasons

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Films that feature child actors that went on to have careers outside of the movies

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...kids on journeys, we're talking naive, idiots, village folk in town

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...

  • Die Hard (1988-07-15)

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...films about christmas to watch on christmas

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...e.g. E.T.

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...christmas films to watch throughout the year

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...movies to watch around the christmas season, but not on christmas day and which are not christmas films

  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987-11-26)
  • Dawn of the Dead (1978-09-02)

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...big movies to watch at christmas which aren't christmas films

  • Titanic (1997-11-18)
  • Paddington (2014-11-24)
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001-11-16)

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...comfy family movies to watch during the day of christmas, but which aren't christmas movies

  • The Wrong Trousers (1993-12-17)
  • Matilda (1996-08-02)
  • Millions (2004-04-29)

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...musicals to watch at christmas which are not christmas films

  • My Fair Lady (1964-10-21)
  • Oliver! (1968-09-26)
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968-12-17)

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...tasteful nudity in a film deemed suitable to watch as a family at christmas. Maybe Braveheart or Titanic?

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...end of the world because of the sun, or snow, but mostly mankind's greed

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...films that have a colon in the title

  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009-12-21)
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016-03-23)
  • Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004-11-10)

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Films where there are characters featured that provide comic relief

  • Pitch Perfect 2 (2015-05-07)
  • Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999-05-19)
  • Dodgeball (2001-02-15)

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...where the humour is derived from an out of place person uncertain of custom

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Films that feature attempted communication with the dead

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Films featuring conmen

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Films seen having been copied or recorded from the telly

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Movies where one of the characters is a corpse - either as a prop or as a prominent protagonist

  • Weekend at Bernie's (1989-07-05)
  • Death at a Funeral (2007-08-17)

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...featuring the aforementioned ball hitting sport

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...they made it up!

  • Silent Running (1972-03-09)

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...or you know collectors edition statuettes. That sort of shit.

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...no lying

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Milky movies

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...dance changes a character for the better

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Films that feature a death that takes place in or on a toilet

  • Jurassic Park (1993-06-11)
  • Pulp Fiction (1994-09-10)
  • Elvis (2022-06-22)

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Films which feature content that is seemingly reflective of the film maker that unwittingly reveal flaws or vulnerabilities. E.g. Woody Allen films that cast him as an attractive lead

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...character has a member appear on their skin

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...we're thinking Avatar here but you know, worth thinking about

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Films from the die hard franchise

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...films stuck in a disney vault

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...

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...sort of Turner & Hooch territory

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...film is dominated by a dog's performance

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Films where a canine dies

  • Marley & Me: The Puppy Years (2011-06-01)

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...where doors are integral to a movie

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...

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... Mary Poppins features a duck umbrella. There are maybe more

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...films to watch at easter which aren't easter films

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Films where someone is consumed while still living. Ideally whole, like in a large whale or something

  • Sea Beast (2008-06-30)
  • Pinocchio (2022-09-07)

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Films which feature someone screaming 'nooo'

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Films which feature or reference an upright member

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Films which focus on virginity as an ingredient in its cinematic soup

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...an eyeball features prominently. I'm not 100%

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...poorly rated films

  • Theodore Rex (1995-12-14)

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...magical assistance

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...when they are quite sexy, even in a kids film

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...cameos with an unexpected, unmade up celeb

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...stinky or loud, doesn't matter what kind of fart, but elevator context is key.

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...they made it up!

  • A Cock and Bull Story (2005-07-17)

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...so you can't actually see these

  • Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973-07-29)

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...characters use 'search.com' or whatever the company makes up to avoid the £20 google on screenfee

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...set in, or include significant reference to a school where pupils live

  • Dead Poets Society (1989-06-02)

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...so our king only watches films in which men take their clothes off. These are the best of them, by royal decree

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...slavery based films

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...films featuring films being made

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...like War of the Worlds did on the radio

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...movies that you will not watch. Can be purely subjective. Inspired by a tweet by Alex Kealy

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...but don't fit somewhere else

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...that feature the inclusion, location or discussion of chocolate factories

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...bread and bread with joy between

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...or borrowing. You know, didn't own but a library let you watch it

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...mistaken plots

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...not featuring dancing, but where dancing is the subject of the movie

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...films that we should watch that have been played in other films

  • Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985-05-21)
  • The Blob (1988-08-05)
  • An Affair to Remember (1957-07-11)

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...wearing headphones or whatever

  • (500) Days of Summer (2009-07-17)

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...not! No but seriously, yes these

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...films that feature other films

  • Be Kind Rewind (2008-01-20)
  • Zombieland (2009-10-07)
  • Cinema Paradiso (1988-11-17)

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...pins in the head, not in the neck

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...unexpected misunderstandings

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...these are DVDs but most likely VHS that you would frequently see and remember on the shelf in the old walk in rental shops

  • Hellraiser (2022-09-28)
  • So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993-07-30)
  • Arachnophobia (1990-07-20)

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...with dirty toilets in 'em

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...

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Films which feature or reference a flaccid penis. See also 'Erection' season

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Farty Classics

  • Gone with the Wind (1939-12-15)
  • Blazing Saddles (1974-02-07)

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...edible produce falls from above

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...

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...where the film addresses the audience directly against edifice

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Films that feature the brilliant but departed character actor

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...films parodied by the legendary comedy duo

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...in which characters once friends fall in fuck with each other

  • Friends with Benefits (2011-07-21)
  • No Strings Attached (2011-01-21)
  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008-09-18)

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...secret service films specific to GCHQ

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...coming out into the open

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...an excuse to talk about ghibli films

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...featuring large fruit

  • James and the Giant Peach (1996-04-12)

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Films where women are in the shower

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Films which include some tasty fake gnashers

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...films that are improved by being spaced out by supporting adverts

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...faces that are green in some way

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...ouch

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...where maths saves the day

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...books, plays and stories written before 1900

  • O (2001-08-31)
  • She's the Man (2006-03-17)
  • Clueless (1995-07-19)

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...books written post 1950

  • The Virgin Suicides (1999-12-31)
  • The Basketball Diaries (1995-04-21)

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...comics or graphic novels

  • Ghost World (2001-07-20)
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010-08-12)

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...studends mess about with time

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...not your typical high school movies

  • The Faculty (1998-12-25)
  • Heathers (1989-03-31)
  • Jennifer's Body (2009-09-18)

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...that feature a homunculus

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...need to work out a reason to watch this film

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...need to work out a reason to watch this film

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...need to work out a reason to watch this film

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...need to work out a reason to watch this film

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...that feature a marriage

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...Marianne had a biographical time in which Taye Diggs featured prominently

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...pals from the mind

  • Inside Out (2015-06-09)

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Movies that were improvised on set

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...films that should be put in the bin and forgotten about

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...a character pretends to be the wrong age

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...films which have since become musicals, or which inspired musicals

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...films where one of the featured characters has neurodevelopmental hurdles in their journey

  • I Am Sam (2001-12-28)
  • Mercury Rising (1998-04-03)
  • Life, Animated (2016-03-03)

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...famous funny fella films

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...her films in focus

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...that feature a Joe prominently in the title

  • Meet Joe Black (1998-11-12)
  • Mighty Joe Young (1998-12-25)

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...the man himself

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...where there are visuals about travelling. These are likely to break with the form.

  • The Big Year (2011-10-13)

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...featuring the starlette herself

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...though Sound of Music may not feature due to its 'special status

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...someoner receives a groinal blow

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...where children end up wet in a natural water source

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...

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...scary films made for kids, or at least kid friendly

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...definitely not too niche

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...a couple cooks together, most likely through love.

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...where things are resolved and won in the dying moments that are ticked away. A bomb is de-escalated, a basketball game net is scored etc.

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...films with a limited casting budget

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...where a famous person from music plays a character in the film that is not in the film for a significant length of time, but not playing themelves

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...well dressed kids, specifically boys and dungarees of the rouge variety

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...platonic, pure love between siblings, friends etc.

  • Luca (2021-06-17)
  • Son of Rambow (2007-01-22)

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...secret service films specific to MI5

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...secret service films specific to MI6

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...kids with extra special abilities

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...where the central plot is the making of a film

  • Bowfinger (1999-08-12)

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Films which have a male protagonist

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...has a man with a gun on the poster

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Films Marianne hasn't seen

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A collection of films Marianne thought were great when she was 17

  • Stand by Me (1986-08-08)
  • Lost in Translation (2003-09-18)
  • Muriel's Wedding (1994-09-29)

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A collection of films Marianne thought were great when she was 7

  • Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992-08-14)
  • An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991-11-21)
  • Labyrinth (1986-06-27)

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Films considered too special to be considered or thrown away in a single film season. This is a special, personal category

  • The Sound of Music (1965-03-29)
  • Little Women (2019-12-25)

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...mash it baby.

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Films that feature a medium. Could be someone ghostly, could be vinyl, who knows!

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...retreating from your woes

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...funny zombie movies

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...by the director

  • The Science of Sleep (2006-02-11)

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...a mile is involved somewhere

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...shaggin' on a plane

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...where a character is rehomed for witness protection reasons

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Fictional films filmed in a faux documentary style

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...family love

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...films rated for kids that feature the killing of someone

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...movies with a prominent nanny

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...kids doing things they shouldn't

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...films to watch around new years to watch around new years

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...difficult to explain, needs further exploration

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...when cartoon and real life are merged continually.

  • Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022-05-20)
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988-06-21)

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...because the food depcited looks so damn good

  • The Farewell (2019-07-12)

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...where the vhs cover was 3d or embossed or something

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Films that have a single word in the title, that is an item of food

  • Chocolat (2000-12-22)
  • Butter (2011-09-04)
  • Milk (2008-11-05)

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  • Seven (2019-06-05)
  • Once (2007-03-23)

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...featuring something about harvesting organs

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...woah, where are we?

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Films that feature some scenes presented as if from the point of view of a character

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...featuring colour powder or liquids being flung about

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...penguins against you

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...by a lot.

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...transformations

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Films which feature Piers Brosnan being hit by fruit

  • Mrs. Doubtfire (1993-11-24)

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...high level pinocchio vibes

  • Harvey (1950-12-04)
  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022-11-09)
  • Pinocchio (2022-09-07)

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...what was that category again?

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...I think it means the title. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was the original inspiration.

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...so an answerphone or pager or fax is an important plot device

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...things like "Fern Gully as a Christian Slater film. Or even a Robin Williams film"

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Films set after the year 2050

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...we're talking big noses, long eyelids

  • Roxanne (1987-06-19)
  • Tusk (2014-09-19)
  • Dumbo (1941-10-31)

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...probably a bit too niche

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...featuring puppetry in some part

  • Team America: World Police (2004-10-10)
  • The Beaver (2011-05-05)
  • Possum (2018-10-26)

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...films with kites

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...subjective films that have inspired turns of phrase that are frequently used

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...with racoons

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...prominent character wears a red hat

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Films that were referenced in some way in the TV Show Friends. This includes films that were being watched within the show; films mentioned and films parodied or enacted within conversation (could be separate seasons)

  • Return of the Jedi (1983-05-25)
  • Indecent Proposal (1993-04-07)
  • An Officer and a Gentleman (1982-07-28)

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...fiction films that make you just cry and cry and cry, but more meaningful than a tearjerker

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...films which reference a previous film, but possibly which themselves were originally an adaptation. Thinking here remakes of old films or films from a different language

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...the title has to repeat sounds in some way

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...choice highlights from a distinguised career.

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A collection of films Richard thought were great when she was 17

  • Napoleon Dynamite (2004-06-11)
  • Donnie Darko (2001-10-24)
  • Shaun of the Dead (2004-04-09)

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A collection of films Richard thought were great when she was 7

  • The Lion King (1994-06-24)
  • Home Alone (1990-11-16)
  • Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994-02-04)

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...actor is framed by a chapeau

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...androids and mechanical men that break their programming

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...the physical act

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Films that prominently feature SNL cast members

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...dancing happens. cruise ship location

  • How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998-08-14)

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Unknown, but I wrote it down

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...movies that include seminal fridge door escapades

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Films which feature airplane airtime

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...not just high school but, mid-school or pre-school too. Any musical set in a school environment

  • School of Rock (2003-10-03)
  • Fame (2009-09-23)

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...not seal the singer.

  • Flipper (1996-05-17)
  • San Andreas (2015-05-27)

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...schplendid. Tennish?

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...finds which expose Situationist thinking, even unwittingly

  • Hello, Dolly! (1969-12-12)

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...the venue inspires claustrophobia

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...the venue is decided and it flies

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Films which include sewing, threading, weaving, that sort of things'

  • Phantom Thread (2017-12-25)

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...a hand is dangled through a field of wheat

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...?

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...films where things go small

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Uncertain; a heightened moment in a film which at the same time attempts to be sincere and real but which is melodramatic or bizarre. E.g. Shower scene in Pitch Perfect

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...violence as comedy

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...you'll have to ask Marianne about that

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...featuring moments where time is paused or slowed down

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...quite specific, mom's spaghetti

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...inspired a stage musical

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...inspired a series of TV episodes

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...where a spider is an important character

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...about a sporting moment or person or sport

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...movies which feel like a spy film, but aren't

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...someone is watching someone, probably chasing them

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Films that are commenced by a call by phone.

  • Scream (2022-01-12)

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...a.k.a. Best of Steve Martin. Here endeth a previous season referred to as 'How to watch... Three Amigos'

  • The Jerk (1979-12-14)
  • Father of the Bride (1991-12-20)
  • ¡Three Amigos! (1986-12-12)

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...films to be enjoyed by kids that feature Steve Martin

  • The Muppet Movie (1979-06-22)
  • Cheaper by the Dozen (2022-03-18)
  • The Pink Panther (2006-02-10)

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...films with Steve Martin in a less comedic role

  • Pennies from Heaven (1981-12-11)
  • The Spanish Prisoner (1997-12-03)
  • Grand Canyon (1991-12-25)

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...films we'd set up a festival just to watch Steve Martin

  • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988-12-14)
  • The Man with Two Brains (1983-06-10)
  • All of Me (1984-09-21)

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  • Faust (2011-09-08)

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...when live action characters ends up in a cartoon universe

  • Space Jam (1996-11-15)
  • The Pagemaster (1994-11-23)
  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971-10-07)

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...when cartoon elements are brought into the real world

  • Enchanted (2007-11-20)
  • Monkeybone (2001-02-23)

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...when TV jumps to the silver screen (e.g. SATC, Ab Fab, INbetweeners, Alpha Papa, Borat,Beavis and Butthead)

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...with animals that talk

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Films that feature canines that talk

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...schmultzy hollywood films that make you cry

  • Titanic (1997-11-18)
  • The English Patient (1996-11-14)
  • Other People's Children (2022-09-21)

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...films with teeth

  • Jaws (1975-06-20)

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...oh so sweet

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...product placement or not of the drinky variety

  • Air Bud (1997-08-01)

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...essential viewing, essentially

  • Forrest Gump (1994-06-23)
  • The Truman Show (1998-06-04)
  • Boyhood (2014-06-05)

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A season created specifically to feature the movie 'The Skin I Live In'

  • The Skin I Live In (2011-08-17)

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...parcels not to be opened etc.

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...possibility death or violence by pie lingers

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Films with three words in their title

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Films that feature a repeated segment of time

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Films which feature a character saying the title of the film

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...just subjects and adjectives

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Films which feature a sequences where someone's breasts are on fire, much like Mrs. Doubtfire

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Sleepy movies, either by habit or by content, which one has or could watch to aid somnolance

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...quite specific

  • Philadelphia (1993-12-22)

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...less specific

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...see bottom season. So I guess the opposite of that

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...expertise instilled in seals

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...characters listen to their own guitar skills to test the guitar's suitability

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...family has three kids, one is male, two are female

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Films with children set-up as one significantly younger child with two older siblings (e.g. Mrs. Doubtfire)

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...films that have a parenthesis in the title, but you don't expect it

  • Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019-07-24)

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...when you realise a film is actually set in a historical period

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Films you don't immediately consider as remakes

  • Mr. Deeds (2002-06-28)

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...these two getting their films on

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Films where a vest is worn throughout the feature

  • Die Hard (1988-07-15)

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...the great literary figure celebrated on screen

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...prominent, mad suit

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...films about watergate

  • All the President's Men (1976-01-18)
  • Frost/Nixon (2008-10-15)

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...annoying british identity films e.g. The Italian Job, Damnbusters

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...either a utility vehicle though most likely a limo with a sunroof

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...nature man

  • FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992-04-10)
  • Princess Mononoke (1997-07-12)
  • Okja (2017-06-28)

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...the best Goldberg

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Films which feature William Shatner's distinctive music style

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Films which feature a track sung by Frank Sinatra, including songs by him covered by other artists

  • Bewitched (2005-06-21)
  • Catch Me If You Can (2002-12-16)
  • Down with Love (2003-05-08)

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...the title features an actual number, 6.

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...could be worms, an insect, a mouse, you know a buddy that comes with you in your pocket

  • Ratatouille (2007-06-28)
  • Mulan (1998-06-18)
  • The Indian in the Cupboard (1995-07-14)

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...reversed power dynamics with a sexual undertone

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Films which feature a central female character who are themselves a weapon. Often naive, or which feaature love or some other characteristic that defines them as better than the evil they must overcome

  • The Fifth Element (1997-05-02)
  • Alita: Battle Angel (2019-01-31)
  • Red Sparrow (2018-02-28)

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...archeresses

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...where cast members were involved in the film's script

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...films with the title structure something of a [insert vegetable]

  • Children of the Corn (1984-03-09)
  • Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978-10-01)

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...a character wears a yellow suit

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...wheeling out the old vhs

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...wheeling out the old vhs

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Musical films featuring Zac Effron

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...drug film with a powdered face shown

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...about cancer and that. Probably Sad

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