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Saturday with the gals was good. Soup, salad and breadsticks, followed by One for the Money, which was better than I expected. They were fairly true to the book as far as plot. Casting...Katie Heigl wasn't bad, although she's *not* a real Jersey Girl. Their Morelli was okay, despite reminding me uncomfortably of Mel Gibson (YMMV). Ranger was hot, though. Pretty close to who I'd envisioned. Lula, Connie and Vinnie, all good. Debbie Reynolds isn't quite what I had in mind for Grandma, although Estelle Getty is dead, so it wasn't gonna happen anyway. The really irksome thing was Big Blue: subbing a 1970s Buick for the 1950s Buick it should've been---not cool. But anyway, I'd give it a strong B+, maybe even an A- if it was out on dvd and I could kickback and watch it at home.

Visited Bunny at the pawn shop afterward, and took advantage of their 10 for $15 table. ($2 each, otherwise.) Ogled bling, shot the breeze, went over to J's with my loot and we watched 48 Hours. I kinda nodded off in her recliner for a half-hour in the middle of it, but that's okay: I have it on dvd now. And I felt much refreshed, so it was good.

Then we saw something new to both of us: The Maiden Heist, a caper flick with an outstanding cast. Namely, Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken and the always delightful Willian H. Macy. I'd seen a preview of it on The Accidental Husband, and it looked amusing. A museum is sending most of its contents to a museum in Denmark. Our heroes are guards, each of whom have been there for years, and who each have their own special favorite artworks. Walken's is a painting called "The Lonely Maiden", which gives the movie its title; the guards decide they can't bear to be parted from their beloved artworks, and hatch a plot to substitute forgeries and spirit away the originals. Quite fun! Also a B+. The cast is terrific, but the pacing is a little slow.

Wrote a ficlet Friday evening, but didn't get it posted til Sunday because ff.net was being a total bitch-up. Seriously, I liked it better when you could buy a membership, block ads for a month at a time, and things WORKED. *eyeroll*

Something to look forward to: CF drives a minivan. I may be able to get her to take a fieldtrip to ReStore so I can score a door or two. Remains to be seen....

TTFN!

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Date: 2012-02-21 12:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thru-the-blinds.livejournal.com
I *love* William H. Macy and I've never heard of that movie -- definitely gotta check it out!

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Date: 2012-02-21 02:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vanillafluffy.livejournal.com
Ditto. I suspect "Maiden" never went into wide release. Neither did The Accidental Husband, which also had a big-name cast (Uma Thurman, Colin Firth and *sigh!* Jeffrey Dean Morgan); I suspect the two "orphan" films got DVD packaged around the same time, since Maiden has a trailer for Husband.

I have it in my head that William H. ought to be on CSI: Miami as David Caruso's brother. I could see a family resemblence, y'know?

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Date: 2012-02-21 10:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thru-the-blinds.livejournal.com
*ponders*

I never thought about it before, but you definitely have a point there!

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