AARP

American Assn for Retired Persons: group that speaks to issues of Americans 50 and over

Anime

A special version of cartoons that combine real life figures. Very popular in Japan and first used in an American film "Titan A.E."

B Movie

Of secondary quality

Blaxploitation

Movies aims at African-Americans that were generally of "B" quality

CFFC

Currently on film festival circuit. Release date will be shown

when and if distribution is secured

CGI

Computer Generated Images

Code Blue

Emergency attempt by medical staff to bring a patient back from

the dead with electric shock

Dogma Filmaking

Movies made "organically"...no aritifical light; no music not recorded other than while the movie is made; no tripods; no CGI, etc.

DTM

Dead Teenage Movie: most of the actors are in the film to get killed to support the story...like a serial killer

DWB

Driving While Black..see "racial Profiling"

Eating Out

Legend on rating restaurants

Eye Candy

A film that is pleasing to look at but lacks substance with respect to a story and/or acting

Filmography

A history of other work done by an actor or director

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

GWS

Great Web Sites

Hood

A residential location in a poor minority neighbood

Lucky Sperm Club

Those in the movie business born to a well known and successful person such as Angelina Jolie Voight, the daughter of Jon Voight.

Man Who Would Not Die

A character who is killed in a film but finds a way to come back into the story

Mockumentary

A story fimed in a documentary format which is not true. It will satrize a topic such as in Best in Show and Stardom.

Mother ----er, a profanity often associated as being used by African-Americans in anger as well as a milder "my brother"

Net Lingo

Special terms unique to the Internet

NYC

New York City

NYR

Not Yet Reviewed

Racial profiling

Police officers who stop or detain people because of their ethnicity rather than probable cause; also known as DWB "driving while black".

Roger Ebert

Respected film critic; has written many books and only critic to have won the Pulitizer Prize

Slice of Life

A film in which there is not beginning and end of a plot.

That is, you drop in on a person's life on Thursday and maybe

leave it on Sunday. The film is about what occurred in their life

during that time frame. There was a story before Thursday and

there will be one after Sunday.

SPCA

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals

STV

Straight To Video; a film that was shot to be released in theaters but was or should have been shown only on TV

The Man Who Would Not Die

After suffering an event which would kill someone, the person continues to live to make it to the next scene

T & A

Tits and ass; a film with it's essence in the visual; usually a lightweight movie

TBD

To Be Determined

WWII

World War II which the United States entered after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941