Film Club Member Gifts

Previews: They get longer and longer until. . . there is no movie.

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

"They're wearing cameras. How humiliating."

The Dorrie Decimal System

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

Leslie Caron.

'Ok, here comes farmer Brown, put these on and remember.......act natural!'

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

“Who’s a good boy that doesn’t feel obliged to prove it by holding too many interesting literary and social opinions?”

Getting to Know You

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

Shakespeare. Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet. "To be or not to be, that is the question". "We are such stuff …As dreams are made of …" "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would small as sweet." That Shakespeare guy had some neat sound bites.

Isabel Allende

"At some point, there's only so high you can raise the volume before you admit you're never gonna understand what British detectives are saying."

Do-It-Yourself. Do-it-yourself-With-Good-Friends-and-Pizza-and-A-Few-Beers.

'...And now, the film most criticized for eroding traditional family values, the nominees are...'

Maybe we should stop calling it 'The Masters.'

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

"Spoiler alert."

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

"'Tis but a scratch — in America, I'd still have to go in for work today."

Well, I finished my summer reading list – now what?

Clown answers the door to a custard pie in the face.

'Yes, it's a stupid speech, Senator, but you've got to court the stupid VOTE.'

"Your motivation is that you're a dog and it's food."

'It's very fast-paced. The book was over before I could finish reading it.'

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

Quentin Tarantino

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

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

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

"You'll learn a lot at our book club...like how to read between the wines."

Alfred Marquez, Probate Attorney - Heir club for men.

"Are you sure this is a Film Noir"

Frontispiece to 'The Pickwick Papers'