San Francisco Chronicle
Joshua Kosman
December 2007
USA

This one is much more fun - and more challenging - than it looks. Each of the 315 cards specifies one aspect of a movie ("Scene: In Total Darkness," or "Setting: The Future" or "Genre: Courtroom Drama"); players pick two cards and race to name a film that fits both. Sure, a romance set in New York City (the dopey example on the box) is trivially easy, but how about a movie that features both "Killer Spouses" and "Noteworthy Shoes or Boots"? The creators also get style points for their enjoyable triplets, such as "Actors: Spencer Tracy, Kevin Spacey or William H. Macy," or "Props: Knife, Rope or Candlestick."

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