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Brave (teaser trailer)

Tue, Jun 28, 2011
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A girl heroine! In a Disney movie! And she’s not a princess! (Well, she is, in fact. *grumble*)

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (second trailer)

Mon, Jun 27, 2011
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One last trailer before we get the final film.

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more embargo idiocy: ‘Cars 2’

Sun, Jun 26, 2011
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No one in the UK go look at reviews coming out of North America, okay? All youse guys must wait for the end of July before you may read reviews. Thank you.

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about ‘Cars 2’

Fri, Jun 24, 2011
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Cars 2 (trailer here) doesn’t open in the U.K. till the end of July, but I’ll see it on Sunday morning. As long as there’s no embargo in place after that, expect my review sometime late Sunday or early Monday.

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30 Minutes or Less (trailer)

Fri, Jun 24, 2011
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“From the director of Zombieland” gives me hope. Rape jokes and the presence of Danny McBride do not.

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question of the day: Can two actors play best friends in one story and enemies in another without driving fans of both projects crazy?

Fri, Jun 24, 2011
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You know, like how Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch are swapping sides as they move between Sherlock and The Hobbit…

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first look at Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins in ‘The Hobbit’

Fri, Jun 24, 2011
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Freeman looks even more wonderfully hobbity than I could have imagined…

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Footloose (trailer)

Wed, Jun 22, 2011
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If there’s no Kenny Loggins and no Kevin Bacon, I just don’t even see the point of this movie. Oh, wait: I just don’t even see the point of this movie, full stop.

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Our Idiot Brother (trailer)

Tue, Jun 21, 2011
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I’m so fucking sick of this shit.

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more embargo idiocy (re ‘Bad Teacher’)

Mon, Jun 20, 2011
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I started to think Sony, at least, was beginning to get it. But apparently not…

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