- Project News
- The
Christian films task force is the latest task force to be created under WikiProject Films! Visit the task force's main page and talk page for information and discussion!
- Multiple
Good Article nominations of film-related articles are underway! Please take a moment to review any of the following:
I, Robot,
Saruman,
Let the Right One In,
Apollo 13,
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie,
Contact,
Great Moments in Aviation, and
Radioland Murders.
- Multiple
peer reviews of film-related articles are also underway! Please take a moment to review any of the following:
Max Payne,
Cinema of Sri Lanka,
Brave Story,
The Last Castle,
Fletch,
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,
Last Order: Final Fantasy VII, and
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
- Our project now has 55,000 film-related articles, with 52,700 that have been assessed by our
assessment department! Remember to always add the {{
Film|class=}} template to a film article's talk page so the project can get a better idea of what work still needs to be done. Below is a table showing a breakdown of our articles by class.
-
Spotlight Update: Multiple films and film-related articles have reached GA and FA/FL status in April 2009.
- Currently there are three film articles at FAR:
Kung Fu Hustle,
Ran, and
The Boondock Saints. Help these articles to maintain their featured status by assisting with the issues raised.
- One article was delisted as a Good Article. With a little work in addressing the reviewer's issues, the article can be returned to Good Article status.
- Member News
- New members to the project since the last issue include:
A,
ADWNSW,
Bovineboy2008,
Cactusjump,
Cyberalien18,
doniago,
Echoflame,
Erwin Springer,
Fierce Beaver,
Filmcom,
JGKlein,
Jumbolino,
Levalley,
Lhw1,
Master Deusoma,
Maurice45,
mgolaghaee,
Pagemaster146,
Peppage,
Perry Hotter,
Sayerslle,
Smetanahue,
SoSaysChappy,
The Editor 155,
TommyT,
Townlake, and
Varunn pandya.
- Members who received the
WikiProject Films Award this month:
Grandpafootsoldier for dedicated work in adding numerous images with correct fair use rationales to articles.
- Remember that any editor can give the
WikiProject Films Award to another WP:Films member. If you do present this award, please make mention of it here or tell one of the newsletter editors who will then include it in the next issue.
- Please add your name to the
member list if you have not already.
Film pages by quality
|
Quality
|
Total
|
FA
|
189
|
FL
|
482
|
A
|
1
|
GA
|
1,415
|
B
|
1,399
|
C
|
9,885
|
Start
|
69,559
|
Stub
|
96,180
|
List
|
13,016
|
Category
|
52,448
|
Disambig
|
359
|
File
|
106,708
|
Portal
|
19
|
Project
|
229
|
Redirect
|
11,258
|
Template
|
9,329
|
NA
|
7
|
Assessed
|
372,483
|
Unassessed
|
676
|
Total
|
373,159
|
WikiWork factors (
?)
|
ω = 971,443
|
Ω = 5.44
|
|
- Coming to theaters
Opening this weekend (5/1):
Opening next weekend (5/8):
Other May releases:
- Did You Know?
... that in
Disney's
animated film
The Story of Menstruation, the flow is snow white?
... that
concert film
Liza with a Z was thought lost in the
NBC vaults for almost thirty years, before its rediscovery and re-release in 2006?
... that
Will Kane was
Gary Cooper's second Academy Award-winning role?
... that
Otto Preminger completed the film
That Lady in Ermine after
Ernst Lubitsch died, insisting the original director get sole screen credit out of "respect and admiration for the departed master"?
... that director
M. Night Shyamalan has been criticized for allowing
Caucasian actors to play
Asian characters in his upcoming film
The Last Airbender?
... that the 2008
nature documentary film
The Meerkats was narrated by
Paul Newman and is believed to be one of his last film credits?
... that
ChristianCinema.com gives
filmmakers a place to submit screening copies of their work with the possibility of being distributed and promoted by the website?
... that
Gus Van Sant casted
Paranoid Park via
MySpace?
... that the
documentary
Dolce e selvaggio includes both genuine and fake scenes of human death?
... that one critic wrote that
Jivin' in Be-Bop includes "one of the worst ballets ever put on film"?
- From the Editors
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