The courtroom drama is a staple of the movies, and no wonder — trials are just bursting at the seams with possible dramatic moments and somebody always wins. Movie courtrooms also give us the opportunity to watch our favorite actors chew the scenery as lawyers in clips hopefully destined for the “for your consideration” reel. […]
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Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Lawrence. These are the A-List Jennifers. But given how popular the name was in the ’70s and ’80s, there’s an absolute boatload of lesser-known famous Jennifers. How many can you ID? Get a bonus point on each of the lesser-known famous Jennifers if you can name the movie,
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The Oscar nominations came out this week, so I’m about to embark on my annual completist binge of the nominees. Haven’t seen many yet, but I can guarantee you some of the nominated actors have some choice crying scenes. Also known as the “Oscar bait” clip, nothing says “I AM AN ACTOR” more succinctly than
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The photo round for last week’s subscription game was athletes named Tim or Tom. It’s a fun one, with some tough gets. But now all I can think about is doing photo rounds of people with the same first name. Do you know how many famous men named Steve there are? It’s unbelievable! Test your
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It’s four days after Halloween so naturally there are candy wrappers everywhere. I bought a boatload of candy for the neighborhood kids, but it was a little slower than usual and we ended up with a ton of leftovers. Which is good because even though I usually go for a square of dark chocolate with
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Wikipedia is great for lists. While researching questions for one of our weekly quizzes I came across a list of movies from 2000, and man, some classics are having their 20th anniversary this year. I counted, and I saw 58 of the movies released in 2000 in theaters. Some of them are indelible. Some of
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If someone were making a movie of my life right now, it would be hella boring. It’s tough to make someone sitting at a computer look exciting, though bless them, the movies do try. Can you name the film from these freeze frames where a computer in the movie plays a central role in a
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I’m a cat person. I have two: They are called Djackson and Archer and they rule. And while I don’t want a dog of my own, I’m a sucker for movie dogs. What I want to know is, why do so many of them have to croak? Find something else to make the protagonist sad,
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Happy Mother’s Day! Here’s a mother trivia fact: Moms rule. They give hugs. They kiss booboos. And they always have our backs. In the words of the great literary mama-bear Molly Weasley to Bellatrix Lestrange: “NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!” From one pop culture mom to 10 more: From a freeze frame, can you identify
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Whenever it rains in my town (which isn’t super often — thanks, Arizona), I love looking at my neighborhood with what I call “movie streets.” There’s a whole science behind why they wet down pavement for night scenes in movies, but let’s just say it’s because it looks cooler. And most things are cooler, or
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