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Hey, it's the trailer for The Lifeguard, in which Kristen Bell comes home from the big city at 30 (sorry, 29!) to live with her parents and figure out her life, and takes up with a much younger man. Hey, …

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Punching, punching, punching...still punching.

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or, Will Military Folks Enjoy a Ludicrous Military Film, Even if it's Free?

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I turned 40 yesterday. These things happen. But as a result, this new release roundup is going to be somewhat terse. I've only got a few minutes before I head over to the LA County Museum of Art's Kubrick exhibit …

But who goes to church any more?

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Seriously, why not?

Man of Steel cost $225 million. It runs 2 hours and 23 minutes. It depicts the destruction of an entire city. The Bling Ring cost $8 million. It runs 1 hour and 30 minutes. It depicts some teens robbing fancy …

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Okay, for starters, Scott was unable to complete his viewing of The Painting (trailer above) due to technical difficulties. (And no, I do not mean to suggest that one of his cyborg eyes shorted out, resulting in a lack of …

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Two sides of a fine line

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Dept. of No, Not Really

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Because every trailer contains at least one image that could double as an ad for Durex condoms.

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Orson Welles and Henry Jaglom had lunch. Jaglom taped it.

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/17/47591/ Okay, so My Lunches with Orson has just gone on the Big Screen Christmas wishlist. In the meantime, you can read an excerpt over at Vulture. It's mostly fantastic bitchy gossip about Old Hollywood, but it also contains the …

Did you hear the one about the two directors who bemoaned the state of the industry they helped destroy?

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He's a sewer rat in overalls!

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Because then, he won't have to suffer through photo-ops gone bad like this one.

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