(8) Movie Terms of the month

Believe it or not, Pierce Brosnan is a professional "fire eater", having performed a fire eating act in a circus at a young age. Knowing this, the writers for ‘Remington Steele’ (1982) asked him to hone his skills as a fire eater for an episode during the series' second season, entitled "High Flying Steele", where Remington and Laura go undercover at a circus.

You’re monthly tutorial in on-set lingo…

"Wait Right Here" Scenario: The scene in a movie where one character, almost always a male character, tells another character, almost always a woman, "Now, you just wait right here in the car. Whatever you do, DO NOT follow me into that warehouse." Inevitably, the dumb and helpless woman goes into the warehouse, is captured by the villain and rescued by the hero.

We're Alive! Let's Kiss!: Inevitable conclusion to any scene in which hero and heroine take cover from gunfire by diving side-by-side into a ditch, and find themselves in each other's arms, usually for the first time.

Weak-Ankled Female Syndrome: Whenever a man and woman are on the run, the woman inevitably falls and sprains her ankle. As a result, the man must drag or carry her and their progress is slowed, stalled or halted.