(7) 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…

Chewing the Scenery: An extreme, over-the-top performance that dominates the screen. "Chewing the scenery" suggests that actors are so absorbed in the scene that furniture pieces and backdrops are left with big dental impressions.

Climbing Villain: Villains being chased at the end of a movie inevitably disregard all common sense and begin climbing up something - a staircase, a church tower, a mountain - thereby trapping themselves at the top. Twits.

Dead Teenager Movie:  Generic term for any movie primarily concerned with killing teen-agers, without regard for logic, plot, performance, humour, etc. Often imitated, never worse than in the ‘Friday The 13th’ sequels. Requires complete loss of common sense on the part of the characters. Sample dialogue: "All of our friends have been found horribly mutilated. It is midnight and we are miles from help. Hey, let's take off our clothes, walk through the dark woods, and go skinny-dipping!"