Move over, remake of The Warriors: Variety (subscription required) reports that Denzel Washington will star in the Tony Scott-directed remake:Washington will take on the role of Zachary "Z" Garber, which was played by Walter Matthau in the original 1974 Joseph Sargent-helmed film. The story, based on a novel by John Godey, also spawned a 1998 TV movie starring Edward James Olmos. The latest incarnation takes place in contemporary New York and is set in motion......

Yesterday, the Daily News reported that the MTA had considered installing floodgates, in case a tunnel wall breaks. You know, somewhere there's a movie producer thinking "Let's do something that's The Taking of Pelham One Two Three meets Poseiden!" Amtrak has apparently upgraded old floodgates at Penn Station, and while the MTA won't get specific, the director of interagency preparedness Lewis Schiliro said, "To the extent that we can make the tunnels more secure,......

After all the comments on yesterday's post about books set in NYC, we got to thinking, has anyone bothered to come up with a list of all the movies set in the city? The answer, of course, is yes-- at Wikipedia, of course. What an amazing site-- it's like having a genie who's only job is to distract us with useless NYC trivia! They've probably missed a couple of movies here and there, but......