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"Why'd I get mixed up with that b*tch?" "Because she's got a GREAT A$$! And YOU'VE got YOUR HEAD ALL THE WAY UP IT!"

John, As a whole, I think the ex-way community owes you a tremendous debt. I am not terribly impressed with this video, even though I agree with your assertions and conclusions. I feel like you never quite decided who your audience is. For example, when I worked on my original review of the Blue Book, my audience was Christian former Way believers who did not want to throw the baby out with the bathwater. When I worked on Actual Errors, my audience was people who need to understand that PFAL is not God-breathed because it fails to meet its own definition of the term. It was never intended to discredit PFAL. Just to show that it was not inerrant. Specific purpose and specific audience. I can't tell who your audience is with this video. Is it us? Is it the current TWI follower with a few doubts? Is it the longstanding splinter group follower? I cannot tell, and that weakens the video. I strongly suggest re-thinking your approach and maybe tackling it one audience at a time. Again, I am in your debt and grateful for your stand. Peace.

Actually, I think No Way Out was made first (I THINK), but The Untouchables was released first, and THAT was his breakout role. Pretty sure I've done this before, but whatever: "I'm angry. I'm very angry, Ralph. You know, you can ball my wife if she wants you to. You can lounge around here on her sofa, in her ex-husband's dead-tech, post-modernistic bullsh** house if you want to. But you do not get to watch my f***ing television set!"

Yes, that was a hint. "No Way Out" is the correct answer. An updated remake of The Big Clock, based on a novel by Kenneth Fearing.

I haven't followed any of these shows since CRISIS/COVID. I did keep up with God Friended Me and Zoey's Extrordinary Playlist, but I have no idea how last season even ended on all the shows we've been discussing here. I suppose I can catch up over the summer (yes, I know Supergirl is ending). Is Flash even on?

Oh, good, George beat me to it. You're up!

Labyrinth. Get it? Twists? I'm lost? Maze? The babe is Jennifer Connelly (who, incidentally, was NOT Friday, but played the similar role in Spidey's suit in Far From Home). She's married to Paul Bettany (Vision, hence all the visual clues and the worthy quip). And she is smoking hot. As she was in Career Opportunities and Hulk (Betty Ross) and roughly 70 percent of my fantasies that don't involve Salma Hayek (and 40% of those that do).

Her husband doesn't deserve her. Though I suppose his worthiness is debatable. [This isn't helping because even if you know the babe, you obviously don't know the movie. WW, am I right? I did confuse two frequently confused movies, but ... oh, all right, the answer is...]

The capitalization of "THAT" was meaningless.

It's not Legend? Oh, duh, THAT was an unexpected twist. Now I'm totally lost. I'm aMAZED I got that wrong. Clearly, however, I have the correct smoking hot babe. Unfortunately, her husband is also something to behold. Oh well.

Was her name Va Va Voom, or Hubba Hubba? I prefer to call her DAAAAAAAAAAAMN. But "Friday" isn't a bad guess either. Whatever, smoking hot, if it's the one I'm thinking of. Totally unrelated question: What does Zelda have in common with Zorro, Sleepy Hollow and Bagger Vance? (Is it obvious I don't want to post next?)

Matthew Modine Dark Knight RIses Anne Hathaway and by the way, we have been playing this game for more than 16 years.

Stanley Tucci Big Night Tony Shalhoub (sp?)

Both movies came out in 1990 and were based on the life of mobster Henry Hill, who died in 2012 and did not like My Blue Heaven. My Blue Heaven, named after a 1920s hit, starred Steve Martin and Rick Moranis, who also starred together in Parenthood (made into TWO TV series, one of which flopped and the second, much later ran for several seasons) and Little Shop of Horrors. The first clue contained two references to the main character being and acting "not so good." WW threw himself off by changing it to "not so nice." I never said nice. Good was a clue. As in Goodfellas. The sudden wedding in My Blue Heaven really happened. Henry Hill called his lawyer and said Guess what? THe lawyer had the marriage annulled. Travolta was considered for the role that went to Steve Martin (who really wanted to play the FBI agent). Travolta decided to make Look Who's Talking Too instead. WW, you are up.

Don't overthink the wedding. In Sweden, the comedy was named "How I Taught an FBI Agent to Dance the Marengo." Quotes: "You know, it's dangerous for you to be here in the frozen food section." "Why is that?" "Because you could melt all this stuff." *** "I get to never see my parents again. Or my loved ones. I get to live in a place... It's OK, don't get me wrong... The air is clean and the people are nice, but for a guy like me, who was raised on the sidewalks of the city that never sleeps, it's a living hell. There were times when I thought of giving it all up, particularly when my wife left me. They gave us a nice house, with flowers in front. It made us sick. But I made a deal with the government so I'm here to tell the truth. So if you think I'm saying what I'm saying about Mr. Gatzo killing Nicky Capelli only because of the deal, you got a point. But it's still the truth."

There is a very subtle hint repeated in the first clue that damn near gives away the title of the drama. Once you remember how the drama ended, you can ask yourself, what happens to the main character next? Then look for a COMEDY with THAT PLOT. It's the second movie.

The lead character in the second movie (the comedy) is not recognizably the same character in the drama (name was changed, fictional elements added). There is a clear line where the drama's story ends and the comedic spiritual sequel picks up. The main character died in 2012 in real life. The two main stars of the comedy appeared together in two other very well known comedies: One is a remake of a cult classic, while the other was a dramedy remade as a television series (twice, though the first attempt flopped). The sequel is named for a 1920s hit song

Nice work. Not even close. Ok, I really want the second movie, the comedy that's a sort of sequel to the drama. But I'll take either. The drama was a best picture nominee that is a classic of its genre. The comedy changes the main character's name and takes liberties with the story, though some things are true. Like the wedding. Really happened.

Ok, so here is a movie based on a true story about an actual guy who did actual, not-very-good things. But the funny thing is, there was already a movie, that year, about the same guy. Totally different genre. One movie tried to be faithful to the source material, which is, after all, the life of the not so good guy. This movie was played for laughs and was more about what happened after the first movie ended. The guy was not happy with this movie. John Travolta was considered for the lead role. He chose another project, but the woman who plays the lead's mother is the same person who played Travolta's mother in Saturday Night Fever and Staying Alive.

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The Big Clock.

It's been 24 years. I think "lately" is not a word that applies. Carrie Fisher's first movie was Shampoo. No other clues needed for me.

Psst. It's not the soil. It's the seeds.

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck shared screenwriting credit and an Oscar for writing Good Will Hunting. Damon was nominated for Best Actor and lost, but he was only the fourth person to be nominated for writing and acting in the same movie. Not sure if there's been a fifth since then. Robin Williams won Best Supporting Actor, though he gets top billing in the credits. Damon and Affleck were both in Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back [both directed by Kevin Smith, a co-producer of Good Will Hunting who chose not to direct the drama because he was more into comedies]. In the latter movie [Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back], Ben Affleck played himself in one scene and Holden McNeil in another. Holden is the character he played in Chasing Amy. Damon played himself and Will Hunting, his character in Good Will Hunting. Boy meets girl. Boy gets girl's number (how do you like THEM apples?). Boy chases girl to get her back after stealing something from a confidante. The confidante (note, not friend. Psychotherapist. Robin Williams' character). What did he steal? "I gotta go see about a girl." To which Williams replies (in an ad lib): "Son of a bitch stole my line." Roll credits. You're up.

Amended: on one of their other two collaborations, the screenwriters played both themselves AND one other fictional character each: One played himself and a character from a movie that was a wrong guess. The other played himself and the character he plays in the correct answer. You guys are just messing with me by now. Right? You cannot be THIS close and not know.