Watch This - Raiders of the Lost Ark

Watch This is a project started by Alex and Allison with the goal of watching the American Film Institute’s 100 Top Movies in order, in a single year. It started off as a small gathering of people at various locations around town, but in recent months has turned into quite the event. The one we attended was at Take the Cake and it was a lot of fun.

Recently Alex and Allison have secured a couple bigger venues for showings and we're passing it along as these will be must-attend events. Dates and info are below along with the official Watch This press release for those not familiar with the project or wanting more information. Please pass on the info as it's a great way to spend an evening and its totally free. Food and drink is available for purchase if you're so inclined.

Upcoming Screenings

May 26th - Raiders of the Lost Ark at the 20th Century Threatre

July 31st - King Kong at Fountain Square

For more information
The official Watch This press release

The official Watch This website

Film This (at Take the Cake Cafe)

It turns out I love Take the Cake even MORE at night, if that's possible.


@AlexShebar (along with @alisonjo1, though I haven't really met her yet) have set out to watch all the AFI's top 100 movies within a year. They're about 15 into the list already, and Dan and I recently found out that Fargo was coming up, so we put it on our calendar.


We had no idea it'd be such a big event! There were 20-something people in the room, and that was with Bockfest going on concurrently.

This particular event was held at Take the Cake, which-- had you any idea?-- apparently has a full A/V setup. (I talked to @GeekJames and he said this had something to do with being downstairs from an art gallery. So awesome.)


Dan and I bought cupcakes-- hell, EVERYONE bought cupcakes, why on Earth WOULDN'T you-- but the room was far too dark to capture their deliciousness in a photograph. Trust me, though... the pumpkin-y spice cupcake I had was divine. It's hard to match Take the Cake are far as desserts go, and when you pair that with a Coen brothers movie... mm. Mmm mmm mmm.

By the way, I made some comment to @GeekJames about how I hope the bakery made good money that night-- he just shrugged and said that wasn't the point. Sounds like @TaketheCakeCafe is hosting another dozen or so #FilmThis events, because they're an active part of the community and just love good movies. *dreamy sigh*


I'm hoping to tag along to more of the #FilmThis (renamed to #WatchThis for reasons that are probably apparent) events. What an awesome way to see some of the best movies in America?

Thank you for making this available to all of us, Alex & Allison!

FilmThis' website: http://filmthis.tumblr.com/
Take the Cake's website: http://takethecakecincinnati.com/