Thursday, May 26, 2016

The Multiplex IV

Series VIII: Movies : Puzzle 4, Foreign Film Festival


The following movies are all playing at my local 9-screen multiplexThe films are from CHINA, ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, ISRAEL, ITALY, GREECE, SPAIN and SWEDEN.

They are called, in English:


A Grain of Wheat
A War Nobody Won
Overdose
Star Bars
Supernova
The Dry Season
The Key of Life
The Penthouse
The Sex Tape
 
Each  is in its particular "Cinema" for a reason. 

From what country does each film come?  In what Cinema is each film showing?  

Solution to VII, 3

CINEMA 1: I1ce Was Lost
CINEMA 2: Beef’s2 for Dinner
CINEMA 3: Women, Wi3llpower and Wisdom
CINEMA 4: Be4 the Storm
CINEMA 5: The Li5meade
CINEMA 6: Back to the Bay6
CINEMA 7: Drink 7-Up!
CINEMA 8: Tool8 for Love
CINEMA 9: The Cool Sea9, Ever New

CINEMA 1: I Once Was Lost
CINEMA 2: Beef Stew for Dinner
CINEMA 3: Women, With Real Power and Wisdom
CINEMA 4: Before the Storm
CINEMA 5: The Life I've Made
CINEMA 6: Back to the Basics
CINEMA 7: Drink 7-Up!
CINEMA 8: Too Late for Love
CINEMA 9: The Cool Scene I Never Knew

Friday, May 20, 2016

The Multiplex III

The following movies are all playing at my local 9-screen multiplex.  Each film is in its particular "Cinema" for a reason.  



CINEMA 1: Ice Was Lost
CINEMA 2: Beef’s for Dinner
CINEMA 3: Women, Willpower and Wisdom
CINEMA 4: Be the Storm
CINEMA 5: The Limeade
CINEMA 6: Back to the Bay
CINEMA 7: Drink Up!
CINEMA 8: Tool for Love
CINEMA 9: The Cool Sea, Ever New



Why was each movie assigned to its Cinema?  

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Solution to VIII, 2

As before, the titles of the films suggest the screen the are playing on:

Cat-women from Mars
Joseph at Sixty
Kanine Kops II
The Damascus Event
The Fifth Reel
The Price of Our Sins
The Stuff I’ve Seen
Walking On Eggs
Weigh the Evidence

 As before, screen zero is the odd man out:
 
Oversize Rooms

Friday, May 13, 2016

The Multiplex II

The following movies are all playing at my local 9-screen multiplex, EXCEPT ONE.  That one isn't playing anywhere.



Cat-women from Mars
Joseph at Sixty
Kanine Kops II
Oversize Rooms
The Damascus Event
The Fifth Reel
The Price of Our Sins
The Stuff I’ve Seen
Walking On Eggs
Weigh the Evidence


 Which movie isn't playing anywhere?  Why not?

Solution to VIII, 1

The titles of the films suggest the screen the are playing on:


Fantastic Four / Four Rooms
Hard Eight / Eight Heads in a Duffel Bag
It Takes Two / Two Weeks
Table for Three / Three Kings
The Magnificent Seven / Seven Samurai
The Power of One / One More Time
The Ridiculous Six / Six Pack
Top Five / Five Deadly Venoms
Triple Nine / Nine Queens


This leaves one film that is not playing anywhere, because no multiplex has a screen zero:


Patient Zero / Zero Tolerance

 

Friday, May 6, 2016

The Multiplex

Series VIII: Movies : Puzzle 1, What's Playing


The following movies are all playing at my local 9-screen multiplex, EXCEPT ONE.  That one isn't playing anywhere.


Fantastic Rooms
Hard Heads in a Duffel Bag
It Takes Weeks
Patient Tolerance
Table for Kings
The Magnificent Samurai
The Power of More Time
The Ridiculous Pack
Top Deadly Venoms
Triple Queens
 

Which movie isn't playing anywhere?  Why not?