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Kim Jong-il’s Tasteless Cinematic Legacy: In Memoriam

Kim Jong-il, the reclusive North Korean leader who died Sunday at age 69, was a tyrant, a thug, a meddler, a menace, a fanatic, a spendthrift, a dilettante, and a dangerous visionary responsible for some of the worst abuses witnessed by world civilization in the last half century. But enough about his movies.

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From Von Trier to the Fassboner, the Top 9 OMG Movie Moments of 2011

With 2011 drawing to a close, your faithful Movieline editors are taking a look back at the year that was, starting with a catalog of the 9 biggest OMG moments in movies and moviedom. Celebrate the batshit-insane happenings, most shocking screen scenes, death-defying stunts, crazier-than-fiction episodes, and nuclear-level meltdowns of the year… and add your own favorites to the pile. Ah, memories!

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From Von Trier to the Fassboner, the Top 9 OMG Movie Moments of 2011

Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum Showcase Their Sorry Dance Moves in New 21 Jump Street Trailer

In spite of our hesitations about a 21 Jump Street film, Movieline thoroughly enjoyed last month’s red band trailer for the feature adaptation of the ’80s television series. It teased the quippy chemistry of stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum in a goofy buddy cop comedy similar in tone to Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller’s Starsky & Hutch reboot. But instead of infiltrating motorcycle gangs and Bat Mitzvahs, a new 21 Jump Street trailer proves that this ditzy male duo have a hard enough time uncovering a drug ring in between their afternoon chores and sad dance moves at prom.

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Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum Showcase Their Sorry Dance Moves in New 21 Jump Street Trailer

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John Logan on Skyfall, Rango, and the Secret of Successful Screenwriting

Ryan Gosling and Jessica Chastain have each had a well-documented great year, each no fewer than three well-received films — and all their corresponding buzz — arriving in theaters in 2011. Investigate slightly below the radar, however, and you’ll find screenwriter John Logan faring just as well — if not better.

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John Logan on Skyfall, Rango, and the Secret of Successful Screenwriting

By the Numbers: Breaking Down the New Dark Knight Rises Trailer

After premiering this past weekend before Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows screenings, the latest official trailer for The Dark Knight Rises has hit the Internet today. Depicting a Gotham City eight years after the events in 2008’s The Dark Knight , the trailer teases societal upheaval, (literally) explosive football plays and best of all, two new villains: Anne Hathaway ‘s Catwoman (or at least, Selina Kyle) and Tom Hardy ‘s mysterious, mumbling Bane. Let’s parse the trailer the only way we know how: By the numbers.

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Wrath of the Titans Trailer: Sweet Dreams Are Made of CG

The first trailer for the action sequel Wrath of the Titans just hit, and — what’s that? You forgot this movie existed entirely? And you’re tired of replaying the new Dark Knight Rises trailer over and over again just to make out Bane’s muffled dialogue? I’m pretty sure he’s growling something along the lines of, “Geez, didja see the new Wrath of the Titans trailer? They really did a number on poor Sam Worthington’s hair, amirite?” Holy Greek demigods, people — he’s like Kenny Powers in sandals. Curls will rise, and then some. Watch the CG spectacular after the jump.

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Watch Madonna and Her W.E. Cast Make Their Movie Seem Likable in 24-Minute Doc

I am obviously a thundering shill for Madonna whether she’s making terrible movies with her ex-husband or making terrible movies with Griffin Dunne , but there’s something about W.E. ‘s self-serious, accidental telenovela that’s not even watchably bad. It’s just humorless and overlong — though Andrea Riseborough is fabulous as the polarizing Wallis Simpson. In a new 24-minute documentary about Madonna’s big feature, the director and her cast do their best to sell their watercolored biopic, and I tell you what? They do a good job. Don’t ask me to explain it. But James D’A rcy still looks like Anthony Perkins, so shut up and start crying in adoration.

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Watch Madonna and Her W.E. Cast Make Their Movie Seem Likable in 24-Minute Doc

Matthew Lillard on The Descendants, Hollywood Comebacks, and the Soup Commercial That Almost Killed Him

Matthew Lillard admits he’s had three enduring cinematic moments — in Scream , as its hilariously unhinged killer Stu Macher; in SLC Punk , as the spiky-haired Stevo; and in Scooby Doo , reprising Casey Kasem’s beloved voice role Shaggy Rogers in living color. He is often both goofy and dark, and that dichotomy makes him a weird, but ingenious choice to play Brian Speer, a married real-estate hustler who has an affair with the wife of Matt King (George Clooney) in Alexander Payne’s critical darling The Descendants .

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Matthew Lillard on The Descendants, Hollywood Comebacks, and the Soup Commercial That Almost Killed Him

VIDEO: A Brief History of Cinema’s Leather-Bound Lady Hackers

While the smothering contraption worn by Daniel Craig in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo most definitely bear noting, a few of us are a little more preoccupied with how Rooney Mara’s character, Lisbeth Salander, falls in line with the fashions of cinema’s best-known female computer hackers. Hint: Pretty well!

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VIDEO: A Brief History of Cinema’s Leather-Bound Lady Hackers