The object: The blurbs below combine the titles of two or more well-known movies. Can you guess the new mash-up movie title?

Example: Michael J. Fox stars as a time-traveling teenager in this second installment of George Lucas' original space opera trilogy.

Answer: The Empire Strikes Back to the Future

NOTE: At least one of the films in each item is on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest American Movies. Remember that films can be mashed up phonetically as well, e.g. "Nosferatu Kill a Mockingbird."

1 Anne Rice's WWI drama depicts an unlikely romance between Humphrey Bogart's drunken riverboat captain and Katharine Hepburn's ancient vampire monarch.

2 Jimmy Stewart is repeatedly mistaken for the Messiah in this holiday classic.

3 Jack Black plays a Southern California stoner given to classical music, narcotic milk and a bit of the old ultraviolence.

4 In this regrettable sequel, Dan Aykroyd and HAL-9000 star as Chicago musicians exploring alien R&B monoliths.

5 Girl fight! Urban vigilante Jodie Foster takes on Nurse Ratched.

6 Jack Lemmon and Simon Pegg vie for Marilyn's Monroe's attention in this screwball cop movie satire.

7 In a bizarre departure, director Woody Allen attempts a neurotic slasher film starring Diane Keaton and Donald Pleasence.

8 Mob boss Steve "Sonny" Martin frets over his daughter's impending wedding to the reanimated corpse of Boris Karloff. (3 films)

9 P.I. Sam Spade and bodyguard Denzel Washington team up when Sean Penn, as a turncoat spy for the Russians, kidnaps Dakota Fanning. (3 films)

10

This overambitious mess teams affable outlaw Paul Newman, a supernatural hook-handed killer and a Canadian sketch comedy group in a graphic depiction of oversexed, drugged-out NYC teens. (4 films)

Win a pop culture prize pack! Send your answers to adrienne.johnson@newsobserver.com. We'll randomly select a winner from those with correct answers.

When every day is 'Friday the 13th'

Just because you're rich and famous doesn't mean your life is all sweetness and light. On the contrary, we've trolled the bad luck files and come up with evidence that not every celebrity lives under a lucky star:

JANET JACKSON: Even though both she and Justin Timberlake were in the middle of the media maelstrom after the infamous "wardrobe malfunction," he's gone on to industry darling status and Billboard longevity while she's had one album after another stiff. Could it be because she had a No. 1 hit with "Black Cat"?

LINDSAY LOHAN: Fridays aren't the only Freaky days for this actress, who earned critical praise with her Disney film remake but has spiraled into the gossip cesspool (accompanied by mama Dina) since then.

EDDIE MURPHY: Just when the critical praise arrived for his star turn in "Dreamgirls" and peaked with an Oscar nomination, comes "Norbit" during Oscar voting. And then his baby mama, Mel "Scary Spice" Brown, delivers his unwanted love child on his birthday.

JESSICA SIMPSON: As a youth, she tries out for "The Mickey Mouse Club" at the same time as Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake and then loses a spot to Christina Aguilera. She gets married to Nick Lachey, decides to do a reality show that makes her a big star and damages her marriage, which leads to divorce. Then her dad sets her up with football hunk Tony Romo, and when Dallas loses a big game everyone blames her. We declare her the official poster child of misfortune.

'Sex' & the winner

Jared Martinson of Durham won the 20-DVD set "Sex and the City: The Complete Series" by being one of our readers who got all the answers right in our "Sex and the City" quiz. We had to go to a random drawing because 20 of the entries nailed the answers.

For his part, Martinson says he has been a fan since season two. He can't wait to start watching his DVDs.

Congratulations, Jared!