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Add 'ing' to a movie title, tell us what's it about now?

537 replies

Hushabyelullaby · 10/02/2017 11:43

This just popped up on my news feed on FB. The example was

'Jurassic Parking' - Teaching Dinosaurs how to drive.

My contribution is;
'Fifty shades of Greying' - One man's struggle to stop dyeing his hair and accept his age.

Can you come up with any?

OP posts:
KurriKurri · 12/02/2017 23:47

Snow Whiting and The Seven Dwarfs - some small men adopt a fish.

'Avataring - dodgy salesman offers his driveway services

The Seventh Sealing - man loses patience with faulty envelope.

Bumpsadaisie · 12/02/2017 23:29

Citizen Kaning - a film about a controversial new govt policy to make substantial savings in the prison estate by re-introducing corporal punishment for lesser crimes.

SleepingTiger · 12/02/2017 22:40

The Housing of Sand and Fog

Hull City Council making its affordable housing budget stretch a little further.

FizzySmile · 12/02/2017 22:37

Goldfingering
A jewellery retailer's conquest to keep all things bright & shiny and free from customers' grubby hands.

MopedManiac · 12/02/2017 22:11

(K)not(t)ing Without my Daughter - a lady's determination to continue her macrame course despite her daughters disapproval

MopedManiac · 12/02/2017 22:09

Flowering in the Attic - documentary about eccentric family attempting to grow hydroponic sunflowers in their roof space

ErrolTheDragon · 12/02/2017 17:56

Not to be confused with The Secreting Garden - niche viewing of an odd Chelsea entry consisting of bonsai sugar maples and rubber trees

Garnethair · 12/02/2017 17:33

The secret gardening - the grubby story of a suburban cannabis farm

Lancelottie · 12/02/2017 15:43

A lad dining

One boy and his grub.

theDudesmummy · 12/02/2017 13:12

Grating Expectations: matital strife ends in tragedy after one partner fails in their responsibility to make the cheese sauce
The Philadelphia Storing: horror set in an urban self-storage facility
To Siring With Love: a rom-com set on a date to a stud farm
Mary Popping: hard hitting drama about a drug-addled housewife

AvengingGerbil · 12/02/2017 12:26

Missing Congeniality - the travails of a man alone on a desert island.

Staring Wars - who will break first and make the cup of tea?

Garnethair · 12/02/2017 10:40

Stepping Brothers. A family of men take on the challenge to reach their Fitbit goals.

NinjaLeprechaun · 12/02/2017 06:47

Snow Whiting: A documentary about unusual weather phenomena.

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 12/02/2017 05:43

2001- A Spacing Odyssey
Proof reading at the turn of the century

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 12/02/2017 05:39

Far From the Madding Crowding.
Couple decide to move to the country to get away from awful commute on the Northern Line Underground

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 12/02/2017 05:37

Straw Dogging
Sex with strangers in a barn

TheoriginalLEM · 12/02/2017 01:17

Raining man -a disappointing shower for the weather girls

TheoriginalLEM · 12/02/2017 01:12

Staring wars - whoever looks away first loses

BenLinusatemyhomework · 12/02/2017 01:03

Beatlejuicing - Alternative film about the health benefits of drinking insect juice.

tygr · 12/02/2017 00:00

Girl with a pearl, ear ringing: tragic tale of a jeweller's tinnitus

cdtaylornats · 11/02/2017 23:03

The Habbit - a sad tale of a small mans addiction to shiny things

Guest Hunters - one landlords search for paying customers

Curry on Doctor - the intestinal distress of a Vindaloo eater and how it was cured

Indiana Jones and the Pimple of Doom - Indy pops a zit terrible things occur

Tramspotting - set in Edinburgh in the early part of the century, town councillors vainly look for urban transport solutions delivered on time.

theDudesmummy · 11/02/2017 21:11

Ferris Bueller's Day Offing: teenager on a murderous rampage

crapfatbanana · 11/02/2017 19:48

My Fairing Lady - Brooding drama based on the classic Gingerbread Man story, set in 18th century Cornwall.

BikeRunSki · 11/02/2017 18:46

Schindler's Listing - German soldier sells on eBay.

Lessthanaballpark · 11/02/2017 18:42

The Firming.

The life and times of a German rat-catcher.