Cast and Credits

AMF: Welcome to Cine-ful Thoughts, a tandem project for Ann Foreyt and Paul Wildermuth, which shall be devoted to reviews, commentary, and random snarkiness related to movies (or films, as the case may be). Herein, you shall find eloquent discourse on the expanse of the cinematic landscape. From full-length reviews to haikus, Top 5s to philippics, true passion for the cinema knows no literary boundaries. This is a blog about movies and shit, yo!

PCW: As you will begin to note, we two reviewers have rather different styles. And word counts. But it adds to the overall charm and just shows there is no wrong way to watch a movie; except by facing the opposite wall. Unless there is eye-poking -- then it is acceptable.

And now for the introductions.

Ann
Ann is, for lack of a less expensive phrase, a paragon of verbosity in her writing. As Amadeus was criticized for having “too many notes” in his composition, perhaps Ann needs to take similar advice with her reviews. Just cut a few words and they’ll be perfect, right?

Generally, her tastes run toward the art-house and dramatic genres, but she will confess to having a soft spot for less refined (one might even say “cheesy”) fare. For every subtitled, exquisitely-shot tragedy on her list, there is probably a bad teen comedy to counter it. Stick It was worth watching. Seriously.

PCW: She said that about Bring it On as well. She will not fool me again.

Paul
It could be said that Paul is a movie connoisseur. Of course, that would be a blatant lie, since it requires having standards. But just because he'll watch pretty much anything doesn't mean he actually likes it all. His tastes are varied, with Casablanca, Ikiru and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure all placing in his Top Ten. He understands that not all movies are created equal and should not be reviewed against the same monolithic scale. He brings to the party a cable box and a subscription to Netflix, along with the ability to watch whatever trash either sends his way.

While Paul does not lack in skills English or Film, he can't seem to write more than a few lines without getting sidetracked by another thought. Therefore, he has come up with an ingenious review system -- movies he has never seen before will get a short synopsis and a run-through of the good, bad and ugly, followed by random thoughts he had while watching them. Movies that he has seen before get a haiku. All reviews will be filled with an inappropriate amount of mocking, mainly because Paul dreams that one of the Rifftrax guys will see how goshdarn funny he is and offer him a job MST3King movies.

AMF: Well, until that time comes, how about I attach a kitchen appliance to your head and let you sit in front of me in the theatre? Would that suffice?

Anyway, enough with the credits. On to the content!