We’re more likely to watch this kind of movie when it’s cold. What?
A: Romance
A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research finds that consumers choose romance movies over other genres when they feel cold. In one study, researchers found that participants who drank cold tea were more likely than people who drank warm tea to choose romance movies over movies from other genres. In another study, they varied the temperature in the room where participants were seated and found the same results.
What is the highest-grossing dog movie of all-time?
A: Scooby Doo
According to Box Office Mojo, Scooby Doo beats out Marley and Me and 101 Dalmatians as the top live-action movie about and starring dogs.
Two Leonardo DiCaprio movies made two recent top 10 lists: the most-pirated and the most-rented. What are the movies?
A: Inception and The Departed
They were the only two movies to make Netflix’s list of the “Top 10 Movie Rentals of All-Time” and BitTorrent’s “Top 10 Most Pirated Movies.”
The number one rental was “The Blindside” while the most-pirated was “Avatar.”
Sandra Bullock was the top money-making movie star in 2009. Who was the last actress to top the list?
A: Julia Roberts (1999)
Prior to Julia, the last actress to reach number one was Julie Andrews in 1967.
The Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll has been published every year since 1932 by Quigley Publishing Company. The list is based on a poll of movie theatre owners, who are asked to name the previous year’s top 10 money-making stars.
UK e-tailer Play.com surveyed guys to find out which movies made them cry…here’s the top 10:
1. Toy Story
2. Forrest Gump
3. Return of the Jedi
4. ET
5. Jerry McGuire
6. Titanic
7. The Notebook
8. Marley And Me
9. Shawshank Redemption
10. Up
While I agree with a few of those selections, there are some oddball choices on that list, including Toy Story at number one. Oh, and what man would admit to seeing The Notebook, let alone admitting that it made them cry. I’m not buying it.
Anyway, they did manage to miss my all-time number one: Field of Dreams. Let’s just say there’s some dust in my eye everytime Ray realizes it’s his dad and they get to play catch one more time.
The longest one ever made lasted more than 3 ½ days. The longest what?
A: Movie
The Cure for Insomnia, directed by John Henry Timmis IV, runs 3 days and 15 hours in length. The movie has no plot. It features artist L. D. Groban reading his 4,080 page poem, “A Cure for Insomnia” over the course of three and a half days, spliced with occasional clips from heavy metal and pornographic videos.
