If you are anything like me (God forbid), you have procrastinated all summer on attending free films screened at outdoor venues around the city. We might attribute some of our inaction to the heat, but that excuse becomes awfully thin when spread over three months.

You have one last week for salvation, however, starting tonight in Bryant Park when the perennially fun swimmy-summer flick Jaws screens at dusk. The park opens up to blanket-bearers around 5 p.m., but why start early arrivals now? Get there when you get there, or maybe even put outdoor filmgoing off one more day and catch opening night of the Central Park Film Festival Tuesday at Rumsey Playfield.

The Central Park line-up comprises a curious blend of the sacred (The Muppets Take Manhattan) and the profane (Marathon Man), kind of diversifying the event for as many people as possible while filling the park's Nazi-torture quota for the next 50 years or so. The week closes with the premiere of Fox's Little Manhattan, a romantic New York comedy featuring 11-year-olds in love. Great for the family, if not for its distributor.

Anyway, you will have to start paying for movies again next week, so try and exercise some self-respect and take advantage of the freebies while you can. And yes, you have The Reeler's permission to throw whatever is handy at anyone on a cell-phone—after all, these movies may be free, but they ain't cheap.