PHATFLICK OF THE YEAR: "ARGO" / TOP 10 PHATFLIX of 2012

Quite a piece of work, really. Ben Affleck directs this stunning thriller based on real events, about the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, focusing on the little-known role that the CIA and Hollywood played—information that was not declassified until many years after the event. "Argo" moves you like good cinema should. Also has the best running joke in a film, ever.

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TOP 10 PHATFLIX OF 2012

1. ARGO
2. DJANGO UNCHAINED
3. BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
4. ZERO DARK THIRTY
5. DARK KNIGHT RISES
6. THE AVENGERS
7. MOONRISE KINGDOM
8. TED
9. CHRONICLE
10. CABIN IN THE WOODS

EXCLUSIVE TRAILER: Whitney Houston/ Jordan Sparks in "Sparkle"

Will Trayvon Martin tragedy effect "Neighborhood Watch" box office sales?

Will the Trayvon Martin tragedy effect the box office sales of the new movie "Neighborhood Watch" starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill?

The comedy centers around a bunch of suburban dads who form a neighborhood watch group to get time away from their families, only to discover a plot to destroy Earth

The film's trailer shows a van full of white men driving slowly through a residential neighborhood as Jonah Hill's character mimics a gun with his fingers out the mini van's window. All this is in slow motion using a slow Hip Hop beat as a sound track.

Will contemporary events in the news like the Trayvon Martin or Sean Bell tragedies cause the trailer or film to be edited to show more "sensitivity"?

Films have been changed before. "Return Of The Jedi" was supposed to be billed as "Revenge Of The Jedi" and was changed at almost the last minute because revenge is an emotion unbecoming of a Jedi, sending the wrong message.

The film also stars Richard Ayode (The I.T. Crowd) and was written by Seth Rogan Evan Goldberg. Akiva Schaffer directs. Opens in July.

First we get "The Amazing Spider-Man", Then BATMAN in July 2011.

"Sucker Punch': GIRLS IN THE MATRIX? HELL YEAH!

"Sucker Punch", the latest film by writer-director Zack Snyder ("300", "Watchmen") and is his first film that's based on his own source material.

This kick-ass popcorn epic is an action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl (Emily Browning) whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality.

Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what’s real and what is imaginary.

Determined to fight for her freedom, she urges four other young girls—the outspoken Rocket (Jena Malone), the street-smart Blondie (a surprisingly good Vanessa Hudgens), the fiercely loyal Amber (Jamie Chung) and the reluctant Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish)—to band together and try to escape their terrible fate at the hands of their captors, Blue (Oscar Isaac), Madam Gorski (Carla Gugino) and the High Roller (Jon Hamm).

The girls engage in Live-action-Anime style warfare against everything from giant samurais to zombie Nazi soldiers,. Forget NEO's classic "Guns...lots of guns" line. These pixie fem fatles cut down armies of hostiles with a virtual weapons arsenal.

Together, with the help of a Wise Man (Scott Glenn), they flip wigs and snap necks all the way to freedom...or do they?

If not for anything else, go to hear the awesome soundtrack featuring bad ass electronica remixes of ANNIE LENNOX, BJORK and others. See this in theaters NOW. It's worth it.

RATED: PG-13

Ticket WORTH: FULL PRICE. Just pay it.

Rental?: Oh hell yeah.

BUY THE DVD?: Oh hell yeah. With all the bells & whistles.