Jane Austen Book Club features the movie "Clueless", starring Alicia Silverstone and Paul Rudd.  One of the first modern adaptations of Austen's films, the screen play by teen favorite, Amy Heckerling, will be familiar to Austen fans as a broad parody of "Emma," while still making points on its own merits.   According to the Internet Movie Database, "Jane Austen's Emma meets Beverley Hills 90210 in US West Coast teen lifestyle parody."  Cher is the heroine, ou

I did it again!  Spent another weekend watching "Lost," this time the fourth season.  I was openmouthed constantly at the plot twists and turns - the incredible coincidences (oh right, there are no coincidences on Lost - everything will be explained eventually.)  With frequent flashbacks, (their signature schtick) the shows are also laced with future flashes, until everything comes together at the end.  Yet the 4th season left plenty to think about for the fifth season.  This show is addictive.  Too bad the current season's shows air at 8:00 pm, when I'm still

What a great time was had by all at the February meeting!  We had our largest crowd ever and the fim "Bride & Prejudice" got a vigorous round of applause.  One of our members, Katie, had the brilliant idea to continue to alternate formats for our meeting - one month an Austen novel discussion and the following month the same book in movie format.  Her idea was proclaimed as "brilliant" by the folks attending, so it was adopted.  Next month we will be reading and discussing "Emma" and

We had such a good time discussing "Pride & Prejudice" last month that we didn't finish the topic.  We decided to have a video night next month and watch one of the most colorful and certainly the most musical version, "Bride & Prejudice."  The party starts at 6:00.  We will serve popcorn and drinks are on the attendees.  So mark your calendar for February 9th and lay in a store of your favorite non-alcoholic bev

We have some new British mysteries just in.  Midsomer Murders Set 11 (can you believe it!) has just arrived, as has The Last Detective Set 4 and Foyle's War, Set 1 & 2.  Midsomer Murders is the hugely popular seri