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This could be good training for those Thrice entertainment questions.

Vulture Cinematrix No. 349: Mar 10, 2025

I got 4/9 Correct
Score: 1113

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Haha. Or just one more daily humiliation...

Vulture Cinematrix No. 349: Mar 10, 2025

I got 4/9 Correct
Score: 1078

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Vulture Cinematrix No. 350: Mar 11, 2025

I got 7/9 Correct
Score: 1895

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The same movie cannot be used more than once.
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Yeah, no. I WAGged the top left corner, but then I couldn't think of any of the other squares so I bailed out.
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I will not post again on this until I get a 9/9.
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Vulture Cinematrix No. 350: Mar 11, 2025

I got 7/9 Correct
Score: 1995

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Much better today. (But for the life of me I don't know any gene Hackman movies)
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Vulture Cinematrix No. 374: Apr 4, 2025

I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2390

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Vulture Cinematrix No. 376: Apr 6, 2025

I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2569

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This is a real @Bird Lives matrix. I was able to focus on the rarer Hitchcock/Kubrick movies and got top 15%.
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Vulture Cinematrix No. 376: Apr 6, 2025

I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2527

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This is the first time I've played. I don't understand the scoring or the percents. Also, it would not allow me to use the same film in more than one category. But in the Most Popular Answers, the same Kurosawa film was there for all three categories.
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Vulture Cinematrix No. 376: Apr 6, 2025

I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2526

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It didn't let me re-use a title! Luckily I learned that on Hitchcock where I knew multiple movies for each category. I don't know many Kurosawa so I had to plan that one carefully. And make a lucky guess on the release years.
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You can’t reuse the same movie. The higher the percentage the more it’s guessed by other people. My Hitchcock’s were 4-4-2.
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