The Island

When I was 8 or 9, the CBS Late Movie was about a society of athletes who was promised to go to America only to find out they were clones whose organs were meant for harvesting. That 1979 movie was called Clonus. The same creepy plot was essentially used (but not a remake) into The Island, and I think its much better.

Ewan McGregor is great as always (and I think has quite a nice body) and I honestly think that Scarlett Johannson is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen. Not sure what it is about her, but she seems to be a very natural beauty and she does some pretty darn good action scenes. The movie starts a bit slow, but once the action starts, it's pretty much non-stop, and the car wrecks makes you think of the Matrix movies.

In addition to the movie, I was treated to some surprising previews of a remake of The Fog and the new Jodie Foster thriller Flightplan. I'm not sure how I feel about The Fog remake as it's one of my favorite horror movies, but I'll reserve judgment until I see it. And the new Jodie Foster movie looks very intriguing.