OK, I received this via some "e-mail" thingie:

Dear Thomas,

As a member of MovieTickets.com who has expressed interest in entertainment market research, you are being offered the unique opportunity to join the Movie Advisory Board ("MAB"), a partnership between MovieTickets.com, Nielsen Entertainment and a select group of movie consumers. The Movie Advisory Board is the entertainment industry's first venture of its kind, joining an exclusive group of moviegoers with the leader in movie ticketing and the industry's preeminent entertainment research firm. As a member of the MAB, you will be invited to participate in a broad array of communication forums and provided the opportunity to attend, at your discretion, free movie screenings, to utilize instant feedback mechanisms on films you have just seen, and even to share your opinions about future films.

To join the MAB, we ask that you respond to an initial questionnaire linked to the end of this letter that should take less than five minutes of your time to complete. By completing and submitting the initial questionnaire, you are representing that you are at least 18 years old and are a legal resident of the United States as of the date you submit the initial questionnaire to us. Once completed, you will have the opportunity over the course of your membership on the MAB to share your insights and attitudes towards movies and the movie going experience. You will never, however, be obligated to share your views. Membership on the MAB will simply give you the opportunity to share your views voluntarily, at your sole discretion.

Here's their website: [link] From the website:

MAB members' insights and attitudes towards movies and the movie going experience are extremely valuable to executives in Hollywood and across the globe who make decisions about what films get funded, how they develop creatively, where they are distributed, and a host of related questions about DVDs, video games, soundtracks and sequels.

Is this just some marketing b.s.? Should I join, just to destroy the system from within help good movies get better released/promoted?

tommyrot, I got the same e-mail a month or two ago. I joined, because why not? Though I could be a patsy.

Apparently, the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants will next be attacking Wisteria Lane.

I have such low expectations for this movie. Pretty much all I'm looking forward to is more Pyro.

The first two were solid superhero movies, and fun. I'm more than pissed about this one. Since I don't expect I'll like Superman Returns either, it's pissed².

Bollywood is remaking Fight Club.

Seriously.

[eta: Music video clips!]

The Second Rule of Fight Club Is That You Don't Sing About Fight Club.

I saw The Matador today. Charming little film, if completely implausible. Pierce Brosnan obviously had a blast playing against his suave, polished image. And Kinnear's marriage with Hope Davis was refreshing in that they communicated rather than having wacky misunderstandings.

And Kinnear's marriage with Hope Davis was refreshing in that they communicated rather than having wacky misunderstandings.

This right here was one of the reasons I liked Undercover Blues, with Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner. Plus? Stanley Tucci.

Morty!