1. A briefcase that glows from within.
Solved by maurinsky (comment #1).
2. A mute black man who fixes pinball machines.
Solved by Melville (comment #5).
3. “Speak now or forever hold your piece.” [spelling is intentional]
HINT: This movie is famous in part for its location filming in Phuket, Thailand.
Solved by Evn (comment #7).
4. A horse and buggy ride in Central Park heals the rift between Broadway co-stars.
Solved by Melville (comment #5).
5. “My son was FAT. He was so FAT!”
Solved by Evn (comment #4) and also by Roberta (on the phone).
6. A boy wants to know why water is leaking from the casket at a wake.
HINT: Based on a graphic novel.
Solved by TehipiteTom (comment #10).
7. “I rang a few people, to get a general picture of how ________ was regarded by those who met him. Fat seems to be a word people most connected with him. Terribly rude also rang a lot of bells.”
Solved by maurinsky (comment #2).
1. Pulp Fiction
7. Four Weddings and a Funeral
Maurinsky gets the bookends!
Is #5 Monster’s Ball?
#2 is The Brother From Another Planet.
#4 is The Bandwagon.
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#3 is The Man with the Golden Gun.
Is #6 Sin City?
Evn, no to #6. Oddly, your timestamp on your comment shows you to have answered before the hints went up. Did you?
Nope. I was reading your Memish post, and I noticed that the hints were up before you announced that the hints were up.
But the more fun answer is that Evn From The Future went back in time to answer Trivia questions before Roberta could see the hints (Future Me is much more mercenary than Current Me).
Is #6 The Road to Perdition?
Bingo!