Feel-good Film Aficionado Gifts

'Mr. Ornstein, watch two 'feel-good' movies and call me in the morning.'

"Thanks to the Oscars, we're going to be the hottest finger food this season."

Screenwriters pitch movie to studio boss: 'It's a reinterpretation of Bicycle Thieves, that classic of Italian neo-realism. We're calling it, Dude, Where's My Chopper?'

Herman Mankiewicz

'The secret to doing a book report is only picking books that have been made in to movies.'

"Let's talk film or let's not talk film - I'm easy."

"I like movies that resemble my life, so I don't feel like I'm wasting time watching a movie."

Marilyn Monroe - Spot the Difference

Sign in book shop window: 'Critics agree the book is much better than the movie.'

'You don't want weather? Not a problem! How about sports, or maybe a nice movie? We can do that! Just put that thing down and let's talk, OK?'

"Want to deal with some unresolved issues or just get another movie."

'How's this new concept? Instead of a gunfight, the hero overpowers the villian with a heartfelt homily on the sanctity of family values.'

"Your blood sugar levels are off the chart! Just how many Hallmark Christmas movies did you watch?"

'Come quick: Rin Tin Tin is on TV again...'

"I'm sick of watching the same movie every day."

"Spoiler alert."

"Why don't you just go and see this summer's feel-good movie?"

'What do you mean, 'pass the remote control'?... We're at the cinema!'

"Just our luck. We finally see the 'feel good' movie of the year and it's December."

'Harlow, why can't you be passionate like Mel Gibson?'

Man writing at laptop says: 'It's a UK road movie ??" to give it more scale, I'm making the characters three inches tall.'

"Everybody on the bus today was played by Anthony Hopkins."

'No, when something blows up it doesn't buffer, that's just special effects.'

"How come there's no feel-good performance art?"

'One chatterbox, a natter natter and two shhhhh's please.'

'It's a 'Free Willy From Hollywood' petition: Would you please sign it...'

The Directors Gut.

"Which should we go see: the straight romantic comedy where the heroine's best friend is a gay man, or the gay romantic comedy where the hero's best friend is a straight woman?"

'Most of all, I'd like to thank god. . .'

"We're gonna make, Rose! Keep washing your hands!"