Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 43

Keith's moving up the leaderboard!  Well done - and pretty quick too.  As Rachel pointed out - it's quite a mouthful.

Last week's clue: A woman struggles with coming to terms with her crazy mother with the help of friends who pass around the perfect pair of jeans.

Answer: The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants

Leaderboard: 

Ryan - 12Nick - 9  
James, Dan, Keith- 3 
SDG, Liz - 2
Patrick, Dylan, David, Andrew, Will, Red, Alexa, Jay - 1

New Clue: A man and his dog try to survive the apocalypse while his 3 brothers fight almost to the death over the love of a woman.   
The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue. Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 42

We have another new addition to the leaderboard.  Well done Jay!  I hope other people keep trying to get the answer  

Last week's clue: A few older guys decide they want to live like college students again and teach children to play music. 
Answer: Old School of Rock

 Leaderboard: 

Ryan - 12Nick - 9  James, Dan- 3  SDG, Keith, Liz - 2Patrick, Dylan, David, Andrew, Will, Red, Alexa, Jay - 1



New Clue: A woman struggles with coming to terms with her crazy mother with the help of friends who pass around the perfect pair of jeans.  

The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue. Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 41

We have another addition to our leaderboard!  Well done Alexa.

Last week's clue: A young doctor's assistant tries to find a different life defending a solider for war crimes.
Answer: The Cider House Rules of Engagement

Leaderboard: 
Ryan - 12
Nick - 9  
James, Dan- 3  
SDG, Keith, Liz - 2
Patrick, Dylan, David, Andrew, Will, Red, Alexa- 1

New Clue: A few older guys decide they want to live like college students again and teach children to play music.

The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue. Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 40

Ryan's extending his lead again. Well done.  I hope someone else can catch him - if only to make it interesting.
Last week's clue:  A waitress falls in love with a movie character and he walks off the screen to be with her in a city while she waits for her diplomat husband and travels the country with an interpreter that she almost has an affair with.   
Answer: The Purple Rose of Cairo Time

Leaderboard:
Ryan - 12
Nick - 9 
James, Dan- 3 
SDG, Keith, Liz - 2
Patrick, Dylan, David, Andrew, Will, Red,- 1

New Clue: A young doctor's assistant tries to find a different life defending a solider for war crimes.  
 
The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue. Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Wednesdays Moview Mashp No. 39

It's back!  After a fairly long hiatus for the 30 Days of Oscar feature, the mashup is back.  Ryan got the last one - even correcting himself before someone else called shenanigans.  For those of you new to the mashup, I've taken the titles of two movies that share a word, and given you a description of what that movie might be about. 

Last clue: A businessman tries to get the best deal out of an emerging resource, while a smuggler has trouble getting his resource across Africa.  

Answer: There Will be Blood Diamond


Leaderboard:
Ryan - 11
Nick - 9 
James, Dan- 3 
SDG, Keith, Liz - 2
Patrick, Dylan, David, Andrew, Will, Red,- 1

New Clue: A waitress falls in love with a movie character and he walks off the screen to be with her in a city while she waits for her diplomat husband and travels the country with an interpreter that she almost has an affair with.  
 
The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue. Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 38

Dan got it on the first guess last week.  Well done!  He's moving up the leader board.  
Last week's clue: A detective tries to bring down a drug kingpin in New York while another detective tries to bring down a different kingpin in the 1940s.
Answer: American Gangster Squad

 Leaderboard:

Ryan - 10Nick - 9James, Dan- 3SDG, Keith, Liz - 2
Patrick, Dylan, David, Andrew, Will, Red,- 1

New Clue:  A businessman tries to get the best deal out of an emerging resource, while a smuggler has trouble getting his resource across Africa.  

The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue. Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 37

Last week was deliberately obfuscated to encourage more responses and it definitely helped.  Well done Nick.  The hint was that it didn't really make grammatical sense once they were mashed together - and that still seems true to me.

Last week's clue: Some crazy characters have to learn how to survive now that their reason for being has changed, while some disreputable characters try to steal gold that was already stolen.
Answer: Toy Story 3 Kings

 Leaderboard:
Ryan - 10
Nick - 9
James - 3Dan, SDG, Keith, Liz - 2
Patrick, Dylan, David, Andrew, Will, Red,- 1

New Clue:  A detective tries to bring down a drug kingpin in New York while another detective tries to bring down a different kingpin in the 1940s.
The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue. Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 36

And we're back!  After 6 weeks off, it took a while to figure out the last one I'd posted.  It's the first one where a good answer was given that I hadn't thought of.  And since the answer I thought of wasn't given, we'll go with Liz's choice.

Last clue: A group of people try to find ways to improve their happiness, first in Italy, then in London. 
Answer: Eat, Pray, Love Actually 

Leaderboard:
Ryan - 10
Nick - 8James - 3Dan, SDG, Keith, Liz - 2Patrick, Dylan, David, Andrew, Will, Red,- 1

New Clue:  Some crazy characters have to learn how to survive now that their reason for being has changed, while some disreputable characters try to steal gold that was already stolen.


The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue. Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!


Hint: Most of these sound grammatically correct even after they're mashed.  This one somehow just doesn't.  Sorry.

Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 35

Last week's clue: A loser guy who still lives in his mother's basement has to return for Thanksgiving and finds spending time with family makes a bad month worse.
Answer: Jeff who lives at Home for the Holidays

Leaderboard:
Ryan - 10
Nick - 8
James - 3
Dan, SDG, Keith- 2
Patrick, Liz, Dylan, David, Andrew, Will, Red,- 1

New Clue: A group of people try to find ways to improve their happiness, first in Italy, then in London.  

The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue. Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 33

Ryan has extended his lead.  Well done.  What a crazy movie this would be (listen to the next Reel Insight to hear Rachel and I disagree about What about Bob? for a while).
Last week's clue: A patient drives his doctor a little nuts and a conservative singer runs for political office.
Answer: What About Bob Roberts

 Leaderboard:
Ryan - 10
Nick - 8
Dan, James, SDG- 2
Keith, Patrick, Liz, Dylan, David, Andrew, Will, Red,- 1

New Clue: A young girl tortures an older man while a monster with a hook returns to terrorize the world.  

The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue. Leave your answer in the comments. Hint - I haven't seen either of these films. Good luck!

Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 32

Well done - SDG managed to get the entire title correct!  And thank you big time to my wonderful partner Rachel for putting this up after I had an insane couple of days.

Last week's Clue:A vampire and a human get married and go on their honeymoon at a local zombie infested mall.
Answer: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn of the Dead

 Leaderboard:
Ryan - 9
Nick - 8
Dan, James, SDG- 2
Keith, Patrick, Liz, Dylan, David, Andrew, Will, Red,- 1

New Clue: A patient drives his doctor a little nuts and a conservative singer runs for political office. 

The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue. Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 31

Welcome to your Halloween edition of Movie Mashup. Last week Ryan reclaimed the top of the leaderboard.

Last week's clue: Counselors get busy on the last day of camp to protect people from a serial killer on the loose in 1977.

Answer: Wet Hot American Summer of Sam

Leaderboard:
Ryan - 9
Nick - 8
Dan, James - 2
Keith, Patrick, Liz, SDG, Dylan, David, Andrew, Will, Red,- 1

New Clue: A vampire and a human get married and go on their honeymoon at a local zombie infested mall.

The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue. Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 30

Well done Nick.  We have a tie again.  Have any of you actually seen Little Monsters?  What a kooky movie.

Last week's clue: A Fred Savage vehicle about creatures that live under his bed or in the closet that scare kids to power their city.
Answer: Little Monsters, Inc.

 Leaderboard
Ryan, Nick - 8
Dan, James  - 2
Keith, Patrick, Liz, SDG, Dylan, David, Andrew, Will, Red, - 1
New Clue: Counselors get busy on the last day of camp to protect people from a serial killer on the loose in 1977.

The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue. Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 29

Wow - it's 28 weeks later and we have a new winner!  Sorry Nick - good job leading, but Ryan has taken it away.  
Last week's Clue: A paralyzed man can blink and write a book about the chaos theory influences on a man trying to fix his past. 
Answer: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Effect

Leaderboard
Ryan - 8
Nick - 7
Dan, James  - 2Keith, Patrick, Liz, SDG, Dylan, David, Andrew, Will, Red, - 1 
New Clue: A Fred Savage vehicle about creatures that live under his bed or in the closet that scare kids to power their city.
The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue. Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 28

I can't believe it, but there was a tie last week.  Ryan and James both get credit for guessing what David dubbed a James Bond film.  
Last week's clue: Global warming leads to a horrible change in the weather causing a rift between the UK and China that only an agent can solve.
Answer: The Day After Tomorrow Never Dies

Leaderboard

Nick, Ryan - 7
Dan, James  - 2
Keith, Patrick, Liz, SDG, Dylan, David, Andrew, Will, Red, - 1 

New Clue: A paralyzed man can blink and write a book about the chaos theory influences on a man trying to fix his past.  
The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue. Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 27

Ryan is gaining on Nick.  Not too far to go now.  And a particularly odd pairing last week, with an animated kids movie and a sci-fi flick.  

Last week's clue: Four cute dinosaurs search for their destiny while chronologically advanced dwarves attempt to get treasure. 
Answer: The Land Before Time Bandits

Leaderboard
Nick - 7 Ryan  - 6Dan - 2Keith, Patrick, Liz, SDG, Dylan, David, Andrew, Will, Red, James 1 

New Clue: Global warming leads to a horrible change in the weather causing a rift between the UK and China that only an agent can solve.    

The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue. Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!

Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 26

Last week I gave a twitter head's up.  I'm not sure if it helped, but James took it pretty quickly.  Here you go. 

Last week's clue: A Boston police officer searches for a missing girl while stealing lots of cars to save his brother.
Answer: Gone Baby Gone in 60 Seconds

Leaderboard
Nick - 7 
Ryan  - 5
Dan - 2
Keith, Patrick, Liz, SDG, Dylan, David, Andrew, Will, Red, James 1 


New Clue:  Four cute dinosaurs search for their destiny while chronologically advanced dwarves attempt to get treasure.  

The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue. Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck! 

Wednesdays Movie Mashup No. 25

Even after saying he was giving up, Nick needed only a small hint to get last week's clue.  It was tougher, with one being an older film, and the other not a whole new word.  Well done.
Last week's clue: A younger woman tries to steal the place of her mentor while a woman examines her romantic past and the current romantic lives of her daughters.Answer: All About Evening

Leaderboard
Nick - 7Ryan  - 5Dan - 2Keith, Patrick, Liz, SDG, Dylan, David, Andrew, Will, Red - 1 

New Clue: A Boston police officer searches for a missing girl while stealing lots of cars to save his brother.

The goal is to figure out the two movies that overlap in some words creating a new movie described by the clue. Leave your answer in the comments. Good luck!