Movie Lovers' Club: The Ultimate Guide for Watching Films with Friends

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Large screen TVs and full-line DVD services have liberated movie lovers from fear of parking and stale pop-corn. Across the country, movie lovers are staying in and creating their own version of book clubs — but without the homework. The Movie Lovers’ Club — the only guide for movie nights with friends — motivates readers to form their own Lovers’ Club Clubs to explore the more than 100 excellent film suggestions, summaries, critical reviews, and insider anecdotes. Author Cathleen Rountree offers a year’s worth ...

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Large screen TVs and full-line DVD services have liberated movie lovers from fear of parking and stale pop-corn. Across the country, movie lovers are staying in and creating their own version of book clubs — but without the homework. The Movie Lovers’ Club — the only guide for movie nights with friends — motivates readers to form their own Lovers’ Club Clubs to explore the more than 100 excellent film suggestions, summaries, critical reviews, and insider anecdotes. Author Cathleen Rountree offers a year’s worth of must-see classic, contemporary, independent, and foreign films and provocative discussion questions to keep the cinematic conversation lively. With everything readers need to know to start a Movie Lovers’ Club, the book’s selections run the gamut and include powerful films such as To Kill a Mockingbird, Henry and June, and Real Women Have Curves. Whether a political group, girls’ night out party, or indie film devotee, movie watching reaches new depths with ideas on where, when, and how to launch a film group.

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A novel approach to viewing movies with friends is via a movie club. In this manual, Rountree (The Writer's Mentor: A Guide to Putting Passion on Paper) shows how to set up and maintain such a group and discusses its benefits. She provides tips on how to select members, movie themes, and meeting locations and even suggests snacks to complement the film. Part 2 offers recommendations for four movies a month-classic, contemporary, independent, and foreign-over the course of a year. Summaries, settings, a behind-the-scenes look, and discussion questions are included for each film (their analytical and structured nature, however, may send people home early). This book, though well intentioned, is not likely to inspire one to start or join a movie club; Rountree chooses critically acclaimed movies like Hotel Rwanda and About Schmidt that were not box-office hits. It may be useful to teachers for student groups or to libraries that want to have movie discussions, but most movie fans would have more fun grabbing Roger Ebert's The Great Movies, some friends, and a big bag of popcorn. A minimal purchase at best.-Rosalind Dayen, Broward Cty. South Regional Lib., FL Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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  • ISBN-13: 9781930722521
  • Publisher: New World Library
  • Publication date: 5/28/2006
  • Pages: 312
  • Product dimensions: 6.90 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 1.00 (d)

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