Daily-ist: Thursday

Revolutionary Road preview screening

Houstonist has never been the kind of person who reads a book after seeing the movie, but Revolutionary Road has been on our reading list for a while now. We just haven't gotten around to reading it yet, because there are about 200 other books on our list as well.

We didn't even know that there was going to be a movie version until recently, but now we're thinking we might take the easy way out and see the two-hour version of the story instead of devoting a week to the written version.

Tonight would be a good night to do so, as there is a free preview screening of the film, starring Leo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in their first movie together since, you know, that other movie you might have seen.

The story revolves around a married couple living in 1950s suburbia. They have always seen themselves as different from the typical suburban family, but soon they find themselves turning into exactly the kind of couple they loathe — a salary man and an unhappy housewife. Driven to change their fates, they decide to leave Connecticut for the great unknown of Paris.

The screening takes place at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Memorial City Mall Cinemark 16. Free tickets are available at the House of Coffee Beans, 2348 Bissonnet.

Early reviews say the movie isn't a great as the book, but then again, it never is, is it?

Revolutionary Road free preview screening
Admission: Free! Get tickets at the House of Coffee Beans, 2348 Bissonnet
Date and Time: 7:30 p.m. tonight
Location: Memorial City Mall Cinemark 16 theater