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It’s Only Monday, But the Trailer for Arena May Be The Best Worst Thing You Watch All Week

Back in April of 2010 — the same day Paramount started looking for a writer to reboot Mighty Mouse (true) — it was announced that Samuel L. Jackson and Kellan Lutz would co-star in Deathgames , about a “young man (Lutz) who is kidnapped and forced into the savage world of a modern gladiator arena, where men fight to the death for entertainment of the online masses. Jackson orchestrates the games, overseeing them from his computer lair with the help of twin ladies who see to his every desire.” Sounds like Gamer . How did it turn out?

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It’s Only Monday, But the Trailer for Arena May Be The Best Worst Thing You Watch All Week

Monday Morning Talkback: Let’s Hear About The Smurfs and Cowboys & Aliens

Actual weekend box office numbers won’t be released until later today, but regardless of the final results, many of you saw either The Smurfs or Cowboys & Aliens during the last days of July . Or maybe both! As such, there’s plenty to talk about — both onscreen and, more important, off.

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Monday Morning Talkback: Let’s Hear About The Smurfs and Cowboys & Aliens

Lars Von Trier Upset Norway Mass Murderer Loved Dogville

“I feel badly about thinking that Dogville , which in my eyes is one of my most successful films, should have been a kind of script for him. It’s horrific,” director Lars von Trier said about the fact that Dogville was revealed to be one of Norwegian camp killer Anders Behring Breivik’s favorite films. “[I]f it was an inspiration, I’m sorry that I made it. But of course I have educational purposes with my films, even if I hesitate to admit it, and my views are the complete opposite of Breivik and his deeds.” Dogville ends with Nicole Kidman’s character ordering the massacre of the village that abused her. [ Hollywood-Elsewhere ]

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Lars Von Trier Upset Norway Mass Murderer Loved Dogville