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Tom Tangney's fall movie preview

September 7, 2012 @ 6:47 am (Updated: 4:03 pm - 9/7/12 )

With the summer movie season coming to a close, it's time to start looking ahead to a fall full of blockbusters to come.

The one unavoidable movie this autumn is the finale of the Twilight movies, the fourth and final film in the series: "Breaking Dawn," Part Two.

I can't give too much away since I never read the books, but I have seen all the movies and I've got to say, the last 30 minutes of the last one were so horror-freaky-when Bella gave violent birth to her vampire-baby -that I'm almost looking forward to see what the heck happens next. "Breaking Dawn" Part Two opens Nov. 16.

Now that we got that one out of the way, let's do the rest in chronological order.

Arriving this month is the one-time hush-hush project supposedly about the founder of Scientology called "The Master." And before you dismiss this as some quickie Hollywood rip-off designed to cash in on the Tom Cruise divorce, it's been years in the making by the uber-serious director Paul Thomas Anderson. His last movie was the incredible "There Will Be Blood," which earned Daniel Day Lewis another Oscar. "The Master" stars another Oscar winner, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Oscar nominee Joaquin Phoenix.

Hoffman denies it's a biographical portrait of Hubbard, saying it's more a generalized look at the impact of a charismatic leader set in the 1950's. And yes, Tom Cruise has seen it.

The most intriguing movie coming out in October, "Argo," happens to star Ben Affleck. That's the bad news. The good news is it's directed by Ben Affleck, who has quietly become a heck of a director. Perhaps best of all, it has an incredible true story to tell. Not many people know, since it was classified for almost 20 years, but when the Islamic revolutionaries took 52 Americans hostage in 1979, six Americans escaped and hid out in the Canadian Embassy.

Tolstoy's tragic love story "Anna Karenina," starring Keira Knightley and Jude Law, tops a trio of big November releases. It's directed by Joe Wright, who's already scored with a couple of other literary classsics, "Pride and Prejudice" and "Atonement," also with Keira Knightley.

November also brings "Lincoln," a Steven Spielberg movie about the last 4 months of the sixteenth president's life. It's rare when Spielberg is upstaged by his actors, but when your actor is Daniel Day Lewis, it makes a lot of sense. There are no trailers out yet of this film, but the one still shot of Day Lewis as Lincoln is so eerily perfect, expectations couldn't be higher for this film.

And finally, Bond, James Bond is back. And it starts off with his death or at least his supposed death.

By TOM TANGNEY

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  • DJFavorite wrote...
    Tom, one correction
    September 7, 2012 10:30 am
    It's the 5th and final movie of the Twilight Saga (Yes, I'm a fan). There were 4 books, but 5 movies. I'm glad to hear you are intrigued by what will happen. I hope you don't tear into it too much when you finally see it.
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  • Levy Pants wrote...
    Actually dont belive I know this
    September 7, 2012 4:16 pm
    But there are a total of four movies not five. and I believe three books.
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  • venetia1 wrote...
    wrong
    September 11, 2012 10:53 am
    4 books and 5 movies is correct. I have a teenage daughter, i bought each book and suffered thru each movie so far...
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  • R L M 456 wrote...
    I base my movies on Tom
    September 7, 2012 8:14 pm
    If he thinks they are Great

    don't waste your time or Money

    That Movie is Crap.

    All of Tom's taste is in his mouth

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