We’ve waited a long time for George Clooney to come out and make a great thriller. ‘Michael Clayton’ was a start, but even that was a little slow at times. It looks like we’ll finally get our wish on September first, when ‘The American’ hits theaters.

The movie, which was filmed on location in Italy, stars Clooney as a master assassin. 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. Jack reports to the Italian countryside, where he holes up in a small town and relishes being away from death for a spell. The assignment, as specified by a Belgian woman named Mathilde (Thekla Reuten) is in the offing as a weapon is constructed. Surprising himself, Jack seeks out the friendship a local priest (Paolo Bonacelli) and pursues romance with a beautiful villager (Violante Placido). But by stepping out of the shadows, Jack may be tempting fate.

To coincide with the film’s release, Bullz-Eye is offering up a $100 gift card along with a leather passport case for your next trip abroad. For more details on the contest, head over to our ‘The American’ contest homepage. Don’t miss the movie, in theaters this weekend!

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Rapper/actor Common and singer/actress Queen Latifah attend the premiere of “Just Wright” at Ziegfeld Theatre on May 4, 2010 in New York City.

Queen Latifah offered up an interesting tidbit about her life when discussing the new movie.

Queen Latifah isn’t just playing a Nets fan in the new film “Just Wright,” which opens Friday. The Newark native has been one all her life.

“I used to live over a barbershop when I moved to East Orange. It was called Modern Era Barbers,” says the rapper-singer-actress.

“And Darryl Dawkins, who used to play for the Nets — who was also the first person to shatter a backboard — used to come and get his hair cut there. So it was very exciting to see an NBA player come around the way to get his hair cut. When that white Mercedes pulled up right in front of my house, I knew he was downstairs. And he signed a poster for me. I had it on my wall growing up. So I’ve always been kind of a Nets fan.”