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I wanted to hold off on forming an opinion of this trailer based on the bootleg that leaked a few days ago, because I wanted to get a cleaner sense of the cinematography by Robert Elswit, the score by Michael Giacchino, and the editing by Paul Hirsch — Oscars winners, all. To be honest, I’m pre-sold on the basis of those names alone. I still have complete confidence that Brad Bird can do no wrong, because he’s literally never done anything wrong in his entire career. So even though this trailer is edited like it’s a subliminal memory stimulation experiment, I’m still seeing incredibly rich potential here.

Take a look back at trailers for M:I -I, -II & -III after cut. Oddly enough, they’ve failed to self-destruct.

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From BoingBoing, spotted by @celticfeminist You’re invited to pay your respects to the bride and groom with a toast in the form of Caption This, if that’s possible without gilding the lily.

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David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father’s death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy’s ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgård), leading to a violent confrontation.

Transformers 3 screened today for movie writers and the takeaway message seems to be of you’re inclined to go at all then the 3D ticket is worth the price. Also that it’s better than first two installments, so there’s that.

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The 11:11 movement is centered on the emergence of that number in people’s lives that alerts them to angels or spirit guardians trying to communicate with them. Conspiracy theorists also point to the number 11′s involvement in historical events. 11 11 11 will take on the idea of 11 gates of Heaven and how on 11:11 on the 11th day of the 11th month, the 11th gate will open up and something from another world will enter the earthly realm for 49 minutes.

Test your psychic powers to guess when 11-11-11 premieres. Poster after the cut.

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Cheeky seagull borrows GoPro video camera in Cannes and improvises in-flight Documentary Short Subject. Debut Cinematographer/Director/Star, master of the long take, naturally leaves us hanging with one of those artsy ambiguous French endings.

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