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Re: Go see my movie!

Posted By: gremlinn, on host 24.165.11.130
Date: Saturday, June 24, 2006, at 04:08:05
In Reply To: Go see my movie! posted by Trip on Friday, June 23, 2006, at 18:42:18:

> Apologies for the blatant plug, but I can't not post this.
>
> The documentary "Wordplay" opens in about 40 US cities today, and in another 100 theaters or so next week. It's about the New York Times crossword puzzle and the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, and I'm one of the principal contestants featured in the movie.
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> It's getting great early reviews -- as I write this, 59 out of 62 collected reviews at rottentomatoes.com have been positive. Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Ebert & Roeper, etc., all liked it.
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> And if this gets nominated for Documentary Feature next year, anyone who doesn't pick it in the Rinkworks contest is no longer my friend, so THERE.
>
> -- Trip, still searching for his entourage

Sounds like something I'd enjoy -- I never got into crosswords, but I play a lot of Scrabble (well, okay, *Literati*) and Boggle. Mostly Boggle, but there's of course a large word-knowledge overlap. I don't think your film is playing where I live this weekend, but I'll check for it next week.

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Message:	> > Apologies for the blatant plug, but I can't not post this. > > > > The documentary "Wordplay" opens in about 40 US cities today, and in another 100 theaters or so next week. It's about the New York Times crossword puzzle and the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, and I'm one of the principal contestants featured in the movie. > > > > It's getting great early reviews -- as I write this, 59 out of 62 collected reviews at rottentomatoes.com have been positive. Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Ebert & Roeper, etc., all liked it. > > > > And if this gets nominated for Documentary Feature next year, anyone who doesn't pick it in the Rinkworks contest is no longer my friend, so THERE. > > > > -- Trip, still searching for his entourage > > Sounds like something I'd enjoy -- I never got into crosswords, but I play a lot of Scrabble (well, okay, Literati) and Boggle. Mostly Boggle, but there's of course a large word-knowledge overlap. I don't think your film is playing where I live this weekend, but I'll check for it next week.
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