M. Night Shyamalan has revealed that the third movie in his “Night Chronicles” horror anthology (the first of which, “Devil,” debuts Sept. 17) is essentially a sequel/spinoff of “Unbreakable.” The flick features a villain and other elements that the filmmaker originally set aside from the 2000 suspense thriller.

 

Dwayne Johnson is in final negotiations to star in the “Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D” sequel “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island,” based on the classic Jules Verne novel. Johnson will play the boyfriend of Josh Hutcherson's character's mother. Brendan Fraser will not return due to scheduling conflicts.

 

Finally, “Skyline,” a sci-fi thriller about strange lights that descend upon the city of Los Angeles, will not hit theaters until Nov. 11 but sales agency and film distributor IM Global has announced that it has already begun work on a sequel. The company is also shopping Barry Levinson's zombie eco-thriller “The Bay.”

 

Set on the first day of the 1982 Lebanon War, writer/director Samuel Maoz's "Lebanon" traces a lone tank's journey through a hostile town that has already been bombarded by the Israeli Air Force, as seen through the eyes - quite literally - of four young soldiers. Though they try to remain brave, the men are pushed to their mental limits as they struggle to survive.

 

 

 

Joseph J. Airdo (Examiner.com): “No other movie in all of cinematic history places the viewer in the middle of war in such a hauntingly authentic fashion like "Lebanon." It is undoubtedly a piece of jaw-dropping filmmaking about which you will not soon forget. Maoz's terrifically true-to-life point-of-view paired with strong performances by all of the actors make for a superbly suspenseful ride through a very real horror.” Grade: A

 

For the third week in a row, ‘The Last Exorcism’ has shown staying power in the top 5 movie grosses with an estimated $32.3 million in domestic grosses to date! The ‘buzz’ circulated that it’s a different story on exorcisms with stars Patrick Fabian and Ashley Bell delivering exceptional performances.

 

Over the last 18 years, veteran actor Patrick Fabian has appeared in numerous television shows, here he shares a few moments with me about the movie!

Alone among assassins, Jack (George Clooney) and the only name we know with no last name, is a master craftsman. He uses various ‘first names’ with Edward as his latest choice. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact that his next assignment will be his last and retreats to a small medieval town in the Italian countryside. He finds great enjoyment in the laid back reclusive lifestyle and being away from death, a welcome change...

I’ve always enjoyed the reflective view of the same social, economic, and political views of other countries as our own, as it’s portrayed in foreign film cinema. ‘Animal Kingdom’ presents a terrifying look at the Melbourne, Australia crime underworld and the Cody family, where tensions are at the breaking point with the Cody brothers on one side and ‘rogue’ police detectives on the other, who stop at nothing including murder, for control…

 

The Phoenix Favorite Film for the week ending Sep 3, 2010 as voted by the Phoenix Film Critics Society is “The Tillman Story” with a score of 7.2 out of 10!

Each week the membership of the Phoenix Film Critics Society votes on the movies opening for the upcoming week for the Phoenix Favorite Film!



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There’s ‘date movies’, those films that deal with the aspects of male-female interaction from either perspective, with focus on coming together as a couple. ‘Going the Distance’ presents the basics of those same elements, in an ‘adult’ fashion for men and women, which is quite refreshing!

 

The base story: a woman (Drew Barrymore) from Los Angeles, while on an internship in New York, meets a guy (Justin Long). What starts as a likable convenient relationship of addressing the normal physicality of the human species, discover they truly like each other. Having to return to LA after the internship, they decide that ‘Going the Distance’ is worth the effort as they deal with the familiar situation of distant relationships.

Those movies are (in alphabetical order): ‘The American’, ‘Animal Kingdom’, ‘Devil’, ‘Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole’, ‘Resident Evil: Afterlife 3-D’, ‘The Tillman Story’, ‘The Town’, ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’, and ‘You Again’.