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Cinematical Seven: Movies to Watch While Stuck in an Airport
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Can everyone guess where I am right now, and what I'm doing? I'm very thankful that the New Orleans airport has free wireless available while I wait for an airplane crew to show up for my flight, so I can return to sunny Austin. In the meantime, I have a laptop and Internet access and a stack of DVDs to watch. I am prepared. I can watch movies indefinitely if necessary, especially if I can get Hulu or Netflix's Watch Instantly cranked up.
I have a few suggestions for packing / purchasing / (legally) downloading movies to watch on your laptop or other device in an airport or on a plane. Pick at least one or two movies that are old familiar favorites. Sometimes when you're stuck in a terminal with poor food choices, a "comfort movie" can be your very best friend. In addition, I find it difficult to listen clearly to movies on an airplane or even in a noisy terminal (you don't want the sound too loud, so you can hear updates on your flight's delay), so it's best to pick something where you already know what's going on and don't need to catch every last nuance of dialogue. Big goofy action films and physical comedies have an advantage over talkier films where you have to pay attention.
In compiling this list of specific recommendations, I tried to avoid the overwhelmingly obvious choices for watching movies in airports -- personally, I don't want to watch disaster films at times like this, or even spoofs of disaster films like that timeless comedy Airplane. The Terminal and Snakes on a Plane also a little too close for comfort. I thought instead of lighter fare, with scenes that emphasized the fantasy world of airline travel, good or bad, and the magic of escapism. Next time, I'm tucking a few of these in my laptop bag myself.
Nicole Kidman to Show Us 'How to Marry a Millionaire'
Filed under: Comedy », Drama », Casting », Deals », 20th Century Fox », Newsstand », Remakes and Sequels »
Though Nicole Kidman and Marilyn Monroe have a few things in common (they're both blonde, they're both beautiful and they both act), I've never actually thought of one while speaking about the other. However, that will most likely change as 20th Century Fox has tapped Kidman to produce and potentially star in a remake of the 1953 Monroe classic How to Marry a Millionaire. I guess you can call the original a classic, as it helped launch Monroe to movie stardom; then again, I feel Kidman is a far superior actress ... so it's not like I'm going all "How dare they touch a Marilyn Monroe film!"
In the original, three beautiful women hole up in a New York penthouse suite with one goal in mind: to find three millionaires to marry. (I almost hate to say it, but if Anna Nicole was still alive, she would've been perfect for this.) Though a couple of the girls find their knight in shining armor, problems arise when they each fall in love with a guy who isn't a millionaire. So, what do you ladies do -- choose money or love? The Hollywood Reporter tells is that, while the plot for this remake is being kept under wraps, Fox does plan to overhaul the original story. Me thinks they'll probably cut it down to one female lead instead of three and -- I dunno -- maybe she'll own a website like SugarDaddy.com. Sacha Gervasi, who penned The Terminal for Steven Spielberg, will write the screenplay. When it comes to money or love, there are a number of different avenues to explore -- what do you think they'll do with it. And, is Kidman the right actress to play a role that originated with Marilyn Monroe?
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