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Ended Summer: Movieline’s Staff Recalls the Best Moments of Summer 2011

It’s hard to believe that what started with a smash of Thor’s hammer back in May is ending meekly almost four months later with an orgy , a lost space mission and 3-D sharks . Alas, with Labor Day having arrived, summer is officially unofficially over. But! Before the crisp fall movie season begins in earnest, it’s time to look back on what transpired. Pour yourself one last glass of Country Time lemonade and click ahead to remember the highlights of the summer movie season with your bestest Movieline editors.

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Brad Pitt Thought Angelina Jolie’s First Screenplay Was ‘Not That Bad’

One of the more mysterious curios of the fall movie season is Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey . In an interview with Vanity Fair (on newsstands in New York and Los Angeles this week), Jolie says that she wrote the script for the Bosnian War-set romance while she was ill and quarantined from her children. “I don’t watch TV and I wasn’t reading anything. So I started writing. I went from the beginning to the end. I didn’t know any other way.” Afterward, she passed the draft to Brad Pitt; what did her super-famous husband think? “He called and said, ‘You know, honey, it’s not that bad.'” Oh. Maybe leave that one off the poster. [ VF. com ]

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Brad Pitt Thought Angelina Jolie’s First Screenplay Was ‘Not That Bad’

Moonlighting: The Cast of Mad Men and Their Summer Movie Appearances

The AMC marketing department is nothing if not creative. To wit: They premiered the pilot episode of Rubicon on Sunday with nary a bit of promotion — it wasn’t even mentioned on the cable guide! — and were able to create a modicum of buzz by doing so. Such parlor tricks aren’t needed to goose interest in the return of Mad Men (July 25th — you’re welcome! ), but a trip to the multiplex will make you wonder: Did those sneaky bastards use the summer movie season as a guerilla marketing campaign to promote the denizens of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce? After the jump, Movieline investigates the cast members of Mad Men and their summer movies. Warning, spoilers ahead.

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Moonlighting: The Cast of Mad Men and Their Summer Movie Appearances

Unlucky No. 7: The Evil Exes of Scott Pilgrim Get Postered

Not that I’ve pinned the entire success of the summer movie season on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World , but — pleasepleaseplease wind up being good. You never want to be overly hyped for any movie, but the marketing for Scott Pilgrim has made that impossible. The new individual character posters highlighting each of the evil exes that Scott must battle are right inline with the recent trailer and don’t stop any of the forward momentum. Get excited! After the jump, the six posters.

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Unlucky No. 7: The Evil Exes of Scott Pilgrim Get Postered