A passing note of marginal to no interest, but, here in Florida, at Universal's City Walk movie theaters, JAWS will be playing on the big screen for four nights. Need I mention that I'll be there? Woo Hoo!

All the movies I want to see don't seem to be playing anywhere - The New and improved Bladerunner, The Darjeeling Express, and Lust, Caution - are these films really out yet? Curse you NPR and your reviews of movies I can't see!

Lust Caution and D. Express came out last weekend. You can see them in Los Angeles. They might be at one theater each, but both did fantastic (at least in New York), and should be expanding soon.





ETA: Jaws on the big screen would have been a factor in my go/no-go to Epcot's 25th that I scheduled, then canceled. not that it would have changed my decision, but it would have been a factor.

Then curse yahoo and thier movie tool that tells me they are not playing anywhere in LA

The Darjeeling Limited is currently playing on 2 screens nationwide, both in New York City.

Lust, Caution is on just one screen, also in New York City.

Both played at the New York Film Festival over the weekend which is why NPR has been talking about them so much.

Darjeeling opens limited this weekend so you should be able to find it in LA. Same for Lust, Caution.

Sigh - in the meantime, I'll just have to watch naked Natalie Portman some more...

there's some kind of "lust, caution" contest going on at the arclight. I got a postcard, but it's at home (and I'm not).

The remake or updated The Women is currently in production
 

I just got this from a friend in the biz

The remake of The Women is currently filming in Massachusetts. This
is the reported cast. As in the 1939 film, there are no men in the
cast. While filming at the Boston library, all paintings and busts of
men were taken down and replaced with women.

Cast listing from imdb

Annette Benning as Sylvia could be quite fun.

Bette Midler as the Countess? Cloris Leachman as Lucy?


I'm grateful that there will be no men, but, but, but.........let's now remake the Wizard of Oz. Oh, yeah, they did that already.

Debra Messing and Meg Ryan in the same movie? I'm out.

I can see Cloris Leachman as Lucy, certainly. Deborah Messing and Meg Ryan? How are they supposed to be those characters?!?!

But why do a 1939 "period piece" with different actors in the same roles? What's the point of doing a remake of a movie unless something better is brought to the table? (oh yeah, money). The original has been one of my favorite movies since I first saw it at the ripe old age of 16 (just ask Gemini Cricket and I, who sometimes have entire conversations in nothing but The Women quotes haha); I hate to see it screwed up like they did with that PBS stage play version. Especially when the original is SO PERFECT.