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It’s Official: Cowboy & Aliens Narrowly Edges Smurfs as Box-Office No. 1

A vexed, infuriated populace stood by helplessly this weekend as one of the ugliest economic stand-offs in American history threatened to destabilize our nation and the global market at large. Finally, however, an accord has been reached, and we can rebuild our shattered system with the knowledge that Cowboys & Aliens indeed knocked off The Smurfs for the top box-office spot.

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It’s Official: Cowboy & Aliens Narrowly Edges Smurfs as Box-Office No. 1

Weekend Receipts: Soaring Smurfs, Slumping Cowboys Locked in Photo Finish

One of the most congested weekends of the summer delivered no shortage of shock and awe to Hollywood, with expensive flops-in-the-making facing off against surprisingly formidable blue forest creatures recycled from the ’80s. Their fierce battle is too close to call as weekend numbers emerge, but that doesn’t mean the real winner isn’t clear. Your Weekend Receipts are here.

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Weekend Receipts: Soaring Smurfs, Slumping Cowboys Locked in Photo Finish

More Spooky Bedtime Chills in International Intruders Trailer

Is it a monster movie? A ghost tale? A demonic thriller? Clive Owen ‘s battling something in the new international trailer for Intruders , but what they are, exactly, remains to be seen. Suffice to say, he’s not going to let these shrouded, hooded figures mess with his daughter (Ella Purnell, who played the young Keira Knightley in Never Let Me Go ) for long. Hit the jump to see what director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo ( 28 Weeks Later ) has up his sleeve.

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Watch VFX Expert Freddie Play Cowboys & Aliens with Jon Favreau

In today’s installment of Cowboys and Aliens and Strange Web Featurettes , Chinese-American filmmaker and visual effects guru Freddie Wong draws his pistols in the robotized Old West with Jon Favreau. Make sense to you? No? Watch, gawp, and smear yourself with chocolate sauce blood.

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Watch VFX Expert Freddie Play Cowboys & Aliens with Jon Favreau

Will Alien-Free Marketing, Lack of 3D, and Tonal Ambiguity Make Cowboys & Aliens a Tough Sell?

When it comes to conventions, Jon Favreau is nothing if not a man of the nerd people. Mindful of how much he owes to the Comic-Con faithful for jump-starting early word of mouth on the Iron Man franchise, he came to San Francisco this weekend with a treat: Nine minutes of footage from Cowboys & Aliens cut exclusively for the WonderCon audience, including a special reveal of the film’s big, bad aliens — aliens that Favreau otherwise intends to keep under wraps.

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Will Alien-Free Marketing, Lack of 3D, and Tonal Ambiguity Make Cowboys & Aliens a Tough Sell?

Will Alien-Free Marketing, Lack of 3D, and Tonal Ambiguity Make Cowboys & Aliens a Tough Sell?

When it comes to conventions, Jon Favreau is nothing if not a man of the nerd people. Mindful of how much he owes to the Comic-Con faithful for jump-starting early word of mouth on the Iron Man franchise, he came to San Francisco this weekend with a treat: Nine minutes of footage from Cowboys & Aliens cut exclusively for the WonderCon audience, including a special reveal of the film’s big, bad aliens — aliens that Favreau otherwise intends to keep under wraps.

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Will Alien-Free Marketing, Lack of 3D, and Tonal Ambiguity Make Cowboys & Aliens a Tough Sell?

As Director Fights to Call Movie Untitled 3-D Shark Thriller, Here Are Literal Title Ideas for 11 More Movies

Apparently director David Ellis’ victory with the Snakes on a Plane title just wasn’t enough. Now the director has hit the internet with a campaign to title his upcoming 3-D shark thriller… Untitled 3-D Shark Thriller . As the director tells it , “The title says everything you need to know: ‘We’ve got sharks.’ ‘It’s in 3D.’ and, ‘It’s a thriller.'” Fair enough! In honor of what will surely become a hot Hollywood trend, let’s see how some other upcoming movies fare with literal, reductive titles.

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As Director Fights to Call Movie Untitled 3-D Shark Thriller, Here Are Literal Title Ideas for 11 More Movies

As Director Fights to Call Movie Untitled 3-D Shark Thriller, Here Are Literal Title Ideas for 11 More Movies

Apparently director David Ellis’ victory with the Snakes on a Plane title just wasn’t enough. Now the director has hit the internet with a campaign to title his upcoming 3-D shark thriller… Untitled 3-D Shark Thriller . As the director tells it , “The title says everything you need to know: ‘We’ve got sharks.’ ‘It’s in 3D.’ and, ‘It’s a thriller.'” Fair enough! In honor of what will surely become a hot Hollywood trend, let’s see how some other upcoming movies fare with literal, reductive titles.

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As Director Fights to Call Movie Untitled 3-D Shark Thriller, Here Are Literal Title Ideas for 11 More Movies

The 10 Most Anticipated Movies and TV Shows for 2011 — Mike’s Picks

To be honest, I hadn’t given a lot of thought to anything coming up in 2011. Usually, I wait until the last minute to think about anything — Christmas gifts? That’s Thursday’s problem! — let alone a movie that might still be twelve months away. Now, being forced at gunpoint (figuratively; a literal description would be more my Gchat being on a constant loop with the words, “Where’s your list?!”), to look ahead to 2011, there are quite a few things that I’m excited about for the New Year. Admittedly, I’d like to throw on a few movies that you’ve never heard of — just to create the illusion that I possess some sort of eclectic knowledge to make myself feel better — but that would be lying. So here’s my actual, make-fun-of-it-if-you-want list.

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The 10 Most Anticipated Movies and TV Shows for 2011 — Mike’s Picks

Glee Exclusive: Blaine, Kurt to Deliver Super Destiny’s Child Cover

Are the Dalton Academy Warblers about to fall on hard financial times? Sources confirm to me exclusively that Glee ‘s Darren Criss-fronted group will belt out a cover of the Destiny’s Child tune “Bills Bills Bills” during the show’s post-Super Bowl episode on Feb. 6.

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Glee Exclusive: Blaine, Kurt to Deliver Super Destiny’s Child Cover