A Lot of F***ing Movies: Solution

By Jeff Roberts

Answer: XING

Identify the first names of the movie stars.

ISAIAH (Mustafa)
ZOE (Saldana)
HENRY (Winkler)
HARRY (Hamlin)
AMY (Adams)
RITA (Moreno)
JANE (Fonda)
BETTY (White)
MONA (Freeman)
JULIA (Roberts)
SARA (Gilbert)
AMANDA (Seyfried)

The first names of each movie star pair with a “-ing” word clued at the bottom of the page to make a movie title.

Losing ISAIAH
Killing ZOE
Regarding HENRY
Deconstructing HARRY
Chasing AMY
Educating RITA
Becoming JANE
Undertaking BETTY
Drowning MONA
Being JULIA
Serving SARA
Finding AMANDA

Taking the letters in the red starred positions, and filling in the blanks below the images in order, gives SIGN HACK : NERD ????. Some knowledge of MIT hacking lore (or just googling “sign hack nerd”) reveals that the four-letter word completing that phrase (and fitting the puzzle theme) is XING, the answer.

Acceptance Letter to MIT	Anger Management Book	Architect’s Compass	Bargaining Chips	Broken Twig	Burnt Sulfur Lugnut	Cardiac Devices	Denial of Service Attack Plan
Depression-Era Clothing	Domestic Avocado	Faded Sofa	Fancy Pocketwatch	Harlequin Doll	Iron Shovels	Leviticus Single	Lil’ String Bikini
Little Statue of Liberty	Lottery Numbers	Madman’s Jackal Mask	Mint-Flavored Salami	Mississippi Collectible	Nebular Gloves	Neural Blade	Officer’s Truncheons
Old Deuteronomy Sheet Music	Polyatomic Robot	Red Pinafore	Sega Genesis	Severe Beret	Shield of Judgment	Sienna Notebook	Soldierly Parasol
Sparkling Necklace	Super-Accurate Tri-Square	Tacky Jeweled Helm	Tamil Liqueur	Ultima III: Exodus	Ultrasonic Boots	Unsafe Mtorolite	Worn Loop of Gold
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