‘Unbreakable available on Encore on Comcast’

July 23, 2009

UNBREAKABLE

(Encore on Comcast) M. Night Shyamalan reunites with his “Sixth Sense’’ star, Bruce Willis, but to less effect than the first time around. Like the first film, this one is set in Philadelphia and has lots of moody atmosphere. But the story about a man (Willis) who walks away from a train wreck unharmed and meets a brittle-boned stranger (Samuel L. Jackson) with a far-out theory turns into its own train wreck. (PG-13; runs through July 30)

THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN

(Comcast Free Movies) This follow-up from the French “Delicatessen’’ team of Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet is thin on story but rich in atmosphere. Wonderful visuals carry this dark gothic fantasy about children fleeing depleted types who want to suck the dreams out of their heads in a town on the sea. (R; runs through July 31)

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

(Comcast Free Movies) Dutiful 1990 remake of George Romero’s 1968 flesh-eating zombie classic, with handsome production values, but it just isn’t scary. (R; runs through July 31)

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