Cineplexity from Out of the Box Publishing feels like a combination of Apples to Apples and movie trivia.

Components
The basic game comes with just over 300 cards, but there is a premiere edition with 200 additional cards. When I bought mine (at Barnes & Noble) both were available for the same price. There are also two trays each of which holds two stacks of cards. The cards are on very thick stock making them likely to be very durably but also very difficult to shuffle given both their thickness and their size. Still, the game components are top-notch, if anything, it may be a bit overproduced.

Setting/Theme
The theme is movies and the game executes this by having each card belong to a category related to movies. The theme is not particularly strongly executed on the cards, but the gameplay will definitely leave you thinking about movies for awhile afterwards.

Rules
The play is simple. One player is randomly chosen to be the first judge. That player draws two cards, one at a time and reads them aloud. Once the second card is read, players (other than the director) may call out movie titles which they believe contain the elements on both items. Once the director hears a title he believes fills the conditions, he awards the card which was on the table first to the first player to call out an allowable title. Play passes to the next director, who reads the card still on the table (from the previous play) and adds a new one. Titles are again called out and play continues until someone reaches a number of points based on the number of players.

There are, of course, complications. First, if no one can think of a movie with two cards, a third one is drawn to try to spur their imagination. If they get one that connects all three, then the player who named it gets one of the two original cards and the other is discarded. The third card remains in play to start the next director.
A movie may be called out which a director hasn’t seen, which he doesn’t agree meets the conditions, or which one of the players disagrees is an allowable title. At that point, any movie reference along with convincing arguments may be used to prove your point.

Observations
This is a party game, so the mechanics and rules are very light. That said, this is also a trivia game, one which does not provide “correct” answers. In a party game setting that might work great, but if you have a rules lawyer or movie aficionado among the players (or worse, 2 of them) expect some arguing.


Recommendation
I like Cineplexity, but I like movies and generally have a decent recall of most elements. I think this is a game that relies a lot on shared taste in movies to be fun. If someone convincingly names a lot of movies you’ve never seen, it can quickly get old. Likewise, as the director the responsibility can feel a little heavy since players are counting on you to decide if they win or lose. Those who are less confident in their movie knowledge will generally not like this game. It can be very difficult to sit there for turns in a row not having any guesses while others blaze through with multiple correct suggestions.

Overall, I think it’s a fun game, but I don’t think I’d recommend it unless you have some friends who have seen a lot of the same movies you have. Without that shared knowledge, the game can feel kind of hopeless.
If you host movie nights for friends or attend one with friends, then this might be a good game for you. If not, then I’d suggest Apples to Apples.