The Island

The story of The Island is set in
future - mid 21st century. If you
were always thinking of making
a great film someday on 'clones'
but not finding time to take the
initiative, well, your chance is
over. Someone (in this case,
Michael Bay, the celebrated
director of "Armageddon," "Pearl
Harbor") has made it ... already!

Lincoln Six-Echo (played by
Ewan McGregor : Remember him
in "Star Wars: Episodes I, II & III,"
and "Moulin Rouge!") is a resident
of a seemingly utopian but
contained facility. Like all others
living in such a carefully controlled
environment, Lincoln desires to move to "The Island"—the last
uncontaminated spot on the planet. In the mean time he arrives at a
startling realisation that everything about his existence is a lie; He is
actually more valuable dead than alive -- all inhabitants of the facility are
nothing but human clones whose only purpose of existence is to die and
provide “spare parts” for their original human counterparts.

Together with a stunningly beautiful fellow resident Jordan Two-Delta
(played by Scarlett Johansson: "Lost in Translation," "Girl With a Pearl
Earring"), Lincoln makes a daring escape to the outside world he’s never
known. Can they really escape the sinister network of the human
organization that has investment on them?

The film is rated PG-13. Here's the official site of "The Island".
Oh! Forgot to tell! It releases nationwide tomorrow!

Spielberg's Magic!

War of the Worlds, the Spielberg-Tom Cruise
reinvention of the classic H.G. Wells alien-
invasion saga, laid waste to all rivals, grossing
$64.5 from Friday to Sunday and an estimated
$77.6 million over the full 4-day holiday weekend,
bringing its 6-day total to $113.2 million.


Interestingly, Spielberg's biggest movie so far was also about aliens, E.T.
which had taken $432 millions in 1982. His combined movies have taken
in $3.2 billion before 'War of the Worlds'. This is more than any other
director by far.

Here is a list of Spielberg's 10 biggest movies:
1) E.T. (1982) $435 millions
2) Jurassic Park (1993) $357.1 millions
3) Jaws (1975) $260 millions
4) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) $242.4 millions
5) The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) $229.1 millions
6) Saving Private Ryan (1998) $216.2 millions
7) Indian Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) $197.2 millions
8) Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) $179.9 millions
9) Catch Me if You Can (2002) $164.6 millions
10) Minority Report (2002) $132 millions

Salute to AMC

2Movie salutes AMC theater!
In a rare marketing ploy, the No. 2 U.S. movie theater chain, AMC
Entertainment, is offering a money-back guarantee for boxing picture
"Cinderella Man," hoping to boost interest in the struggling film amid a
record box-office slump. Advertisements offering on-the-spot refunds to
AMC patrons unhappy with the film began running June 24 in newspapers
and on the exhibitor's Web site . The ads, welcomed by the film's
distributor, Universal Pictures, say in part: "AMC believes Cinderella Man
is one of the finest motion pictures of the year!"

2Movie also believe that! It is a really wonderful movie but somehow got
unlucky. Its release date in the midst of 'Star Wars' and 'War of the
Worlds' and 'Batman Begins' did not help the film either. We believe, if
you like films, you will like 'Cinderella Man'. So, why don't you take a trip
down the street to AMC theater? There is no risk!
Our past Posting on Cinderella Man