http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/ Steve Monaco - Couch Pundit en Copyright 2009 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:36:47 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Clever guy that I am, I'd been planning for weeks on using Frank Zappa's 1971 road movie, 200 Motels as the 200th movie quiz. Finally, the historic event rolled around, and I posted the picture clues on Sunday night... http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/11/the_last_movie.php http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/11/the_last_movie.php Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:36:47 -0600 A milestone of a quiz, if I do say so myself-- when I started this feature over five years ago, I had no idea it would go on for so long! So this seemed to be the perfect choice,... http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/11/the_monday_movi_65.php http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/11/the_monday_movi_65.php Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:01:52 -0600 "The quiz movie is Oliver Stone's The Hand-- but why??" "That's Stone himself [in pic clue #1] as 'Bum,' a role he continues to enact for many of us." "I just finished reading Michael Caine's autobiography and he mentioned... http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/11/last_weeks_movi_64.php http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/11/last_weeks_movi_64.php Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:01:26 -0600 Hard to believe this down-and-outer is today a big auteur, and director of a currently hot movie. What? You need a couple more clues? That should do it, I hope. So send me an email with the title by late... http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/the_monday_movi_64.php http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/the_monday_movi_64.php Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:45:08 -0600 Last week's quiz movie was Tim Robbins' Cradle Will Rock (1999), starring Emily Watson, Hank Azzaria, Bill Murray, among others. Some quiz winners liked it a lot: "I think it's the perfect blend of the Orson Welles/Marc Blitzstein storyline... http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/last_weeks_movi_63.php http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/last_weeks_movi_63.php Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:44:36 -0600 Another Depression-era movie-- I wonder why that period is on my mind lately? Anyway, if you know the title, send me an email by late Sunday (Oct. 26th). If you're right, expect to hear your praises sung in next... http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/the_monday_movi_63.php http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/the_monday_movi_63.php Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:45:33 -0600 Last week's quiz movie was Akira Kurosawa's 1950 classic, Rashomon, the film that has justifiably been called "the Japanese Citizen Kane." And like Kane, the many groundbreaking aspects of the film-- especially its narrative structure-- have become so much... http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/last_weeks_movi_62.php http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/last_weeks_movi_62.php Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:44:34 -0600 As if this election weren't already wretched enough . . . IDW, publisher of highbrow stuff like G.I. Joe and Bloodsucker Tales, has just put out a pair of election-season comic books called Presidential Material. Urging the reader to "Educate... http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/presidential_fu.php http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/presidential_fu.php Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:15:18 -0600 Here's the opening shot. Here's our lovely heroine. And if you don't know who this guy is, your cinematic education is incomplete. Seriously, if you don't know this film, hie thee to a video store. But I know you do.... http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/the_monday_movi_62.php http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/the_monday_movi_62.php Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:51:12 -0600 It's a Movie Quiz first-- a correct answer in the form of a song parody! (To the tune of "The Yellow Rose of Texas") It's The Purple Rose of Cairo That I once went to see. It was somewhat... http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/last_weeks_movi_61.php http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/last_weeks_movi_61.php Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:50:33 -0600 I love European comics, but like most mono-lingual American fans, only for the pictures. And while the art and visual storytelling on display in most of them is enough to make the "read" worthwhile, it's still akin to watching a... http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/the_friday_comi_8.php http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/the_friday_comi_8.php Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:24:19 -0600 http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/cute_couples_2.php http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/cute_couples_2.php Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:14:49 -0600 I've been deeply in love with the art of Jim Woodring ever since I first saw it, and I'm proud to say I've been a fan since his first self-published comics back in the '80s. Those were the days,... http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/jim_woodring_is.php http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/jim_woodring_is.php Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:37:44 -0600 What more do you need? Send me an email with the movie's title by late Sunday (October 12th). If you're right, you'll see your name in next week's flowery winner's circle.... http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/the_monday_movi_61.php http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/the_monday_movi_61.php Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:15:38 -0600 The comments from everyone about the star of last week's quiz movie, Nobody's Fool (1994) were so good, I think I'll just let them do the talking this week. "I knew this week's quiz would have to pay tribute... http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/last_weeks_movi_60.php http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/2008/10/last_weeks_movi_60.php Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:13:53 -0600