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Dark Knight Rises Viral Blitz: Bane’s Gotham Attack Plans Revealed? (PICS)

Heads up, Dark Knight Rises watchers: A cool bit of viral marketing just arrived on my doorstep detailing what appear to be the dastardly plans of Tom Hardy’s S&M baddie Bane . If you’re remaining spoiler-free, I’d advise you not to hit the jump for more… not that I can really make heads or tails of the elaborate map of Gotham City he’s marked up with his dastardly plans. Fire’s about to rise, y’all!

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Dark Knight Rises Viral Blitz: Bane’s Gotham Attack Plans Revealed? (PICS)

Trailer: Sacha Baron Cohen’s Dictator May Have the Bomb

What is it with Hollywood trailers this week? Men in Black 3 looked like more like a mass grave than a summer confection, Rock of Ages drowned in music to grocery-shop to, and now the first look at Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator boldly takes on that most subversive and risky of subjects: Muslim despots of the Middle East. You know — the decadent self-parodies being overthrown, dragged out into the street and executed because they are so incredibly relevant in the 21st century! Oh, and Megan Fox. And the Kardashians. Sigh . Click through for your pick of low-hanging fruit.

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Marion Cotillard Whines (and Wins) in John Cameron Mitchell’s 5-Minute Lady Dior Ad

Before I gift you with John Cameron Mitchell’s cute and funny five-minute short film for Dior where Marion Cotillard endures a panic attack during a photo shoot, let me acknowledge one unsettling truth: When she’s wearing banana curls and pink lipstick, Cotillard is a dead-ringer for Katy Perry. I DID NOT MAKE THE RULES. I’m sorry I discovered this, and I hope we can join hands and chuckle as we watch this silly photoshoot parody. “Open up that neck for me!”

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Marion Cotillard Whines (and Wins) in John Cameron Mitchell’s 5-Minute Lady Dior Ad

Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds Trailer: The Price of Milk and Other First World Problems

Say what you will about the films of Tyler Perry , at least he has an ethos. Good messages (well, the overt ones about living reasonable lives and personal responsibility) are what he’s about, and he doesn’t need to wear Madea’s signature muumuu in order to beat us over the head with them. For the latest dose of the master’s philosophizing I present the trailer for next February’s Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds — or, as we call it around these parts, The Perry.

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Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds Trailer: The Price of Milk and Other First World Problems

Matt Damon Blasts Tony Gilroy’s Bourne Ultimatum Script: ‘It Was Unreadable’

“I don’t blame Tony for taking a boatload of money and handing in what he handed in,” Matt Damon told GQ recently about Gilroy’s script for the third Jason Bourne film, The Bourne Ultimatum — a script Gilroy agreed to write for “an exorbitant amount of money” as long as he only had to provide one draft and pay no regard to studio notes. “It’s just that it was unreadable. This is a career-ender. I mean, I could put this thing up on eBay and it would be game over for that dude. It’s terrible. It’s really embarrassing. He was having a go, basically, and he took his money and left.” Gilroy wrote and directed the latest Bourne film The Bourne Legacy , due in theaters this August with Jeremy Renner starring. [ GQ via indieWire ]

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Matt Damon Blasts Tony Gilroy’s Bourne Ultimatum Script: ‘It Was Unreadable’

WATCH: Video Essay Deconstructs the Faces of Steven Spielberg in Film

In honor of the two Steven Spielberg releases this season — War Horse and The Adventures of Tintin — the folks over at Fandor are paying tribute to the master filmmaker via a new photo essay that celebrates Spielberg’s director trademark: The face. Not just any face though — an expression full of wonder that has washed over all of his protagonists dating back to his 1971 television movie Duel . Relive the many faces of Steven Spielberg ahead.

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Early Report: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is so Awful, You’ll Pee Fire

I guess the new Nicolas Cage fire urination epic Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance did not soar like a blazing motorcycle across the night sky at Buttnumbathon recently. In fact, it tanked. There’s a flamin’ new poster for the film – one that would look impressive on a Hot Topic t-shirt or a bitchin’ Trapper Keeper – but we’ve got three definitely stanky tweets about the movie after the jump. We threw in a dollop of hope at the end, though.

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9 First Impressions of David Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

The notorious embargo on David Fincher’s adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo has officially been lifted, and thus you can expect a frenzied film-culture commentariat to weigh in with raves, rumblings and other reactions all day. Things are no different here, where a few first impressions are making the rounds.

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9 First Impressions of David Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

9 First Impressions of David Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

The notorious embargo on David Fincher’s adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo has officially been lifted, and thus you can expect a frenzied film-culture commentariat to weigh in with raves, rumblings and other reactions all day. Things are no different here, where a few first impressions are making the rounds.

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9 First Impressions of David Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Let James Franco Explain The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn To You

“For a film that claims to be sexually responsible, the Twilight movies are awfully dependent on teenage sex to attract viewers,” James Franco, actor/director/writer/student and now film critic, reveals in his write-up of Breaking Dawn – Part 1 in the Paris Review . “The actors prance about like pieces of meat, their disturbingly developed bodies on full display; Taylor Lautner’s rippling teenage chest is just a little better than the child beauty-pageant stars at the end of Little Miss Sunshine .” For Franco’s complete thoughts on Team Jacob vs. Team Edward and Bella’s nightmare pregnancy, click here . [ The Paris Review ]

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Let James Franco Explain The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn To You