For this year’s April Fools’ gag we wanted to challenge you, dear reader, to a Where’s Waldo of movie references. Our resident webcomic artist Derek Bacon obliged with a view into our day-to-day operations at FSR HQ where 39 movie references were scattered around between all the scenes of hard work. With a $50 Fandango Gift Card on the line, we had close to 400 entries (via email and Facebook) and we’re pleased to announce Sheri Young of Boston, Mass as our big winner.
You can still check out the full image to challenge yourself, but beyond the jump is our handy guide to all the (intentional) movie references we made:
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- Loki’s mask from The Mask
- Captain America’s shield
- Everyone’s friend, HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Michael “Awesome” Bay
- The Maltese Falcon from, yes, The Maltese Falcon
- Marty’s Hoverboard from the Back to the Future movies
- Weekend Editor Christopher Campbell as Bob Dylan from Don’t Look Back
- Interviewer extraordinaire Jack Giroux as Jack Nicholson’s Buddusky in The Last Detail
- Reviewer Robert Levin taking the iconic bath from Little Big Man
- Fantastic Fest Reviewer Michael Treveloni dressed as Sean Connery’s Zed from Zardoz…
- …while reenacting the pie eating contest from Stand By Me
- The idol from Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Over/Under editorialist Nathan Adams with the mosquito from Barton Fink
- Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace on TV while Kevin Carr…enjoys it…inexplicably
- A Golden Snitch from Harry Potter
- Publisher Neil Miller as the giant head/man behind the curtain from The Wizard of Oz
- A dangerous egg from Alien
- Troll 2 on TV
- The jacket from Fritz Lang’s M
- The moon from A Trip to the Moon on my shirt
- Marsellus Wallace’s briefcase from Pulp Fiction
- The still-spinning top from Inception
- Some delicious Soylent Green
- Charles Foster Kane’s childhood sled
- Associate Editor Rob Hunter as Lars from Lars and the Real Girl…
- …with the octopus from Old Boy hanging out of his mouth
- Wilson from Cast Away
- A handy ghost storage device from Ghostbusters
- A second Old Boy reference: his hammer
- Mutagen from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Reviewer Caitlin Hughes as Pee-Wee from his Big Adventure
- Reviewer Daniel Walber as either/both the stars of Vera Chytilová’s Daisies
- Tasty brains in honor of George Romero
- Reviewer Mark James eating the roses from Holy Motors
- Associate Editor Kate Erbland as Dr. Evil
- Gizmo
- Derek Bacon’s sweet Mickey Mouse ears
- The red and blue pills from The Matrix
- E.T. getting punched by Listologist David Bell
Thanks again to everyone who enjoyed our April Fools’ gag this year, to everyone who entered the contest and to all of you who read FSR on a daily basis. Now to go watch and re-watch some of these bad boys…
