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9 Milestones in the Evolution of Steve Martin

In this weekend’s The Big Year , Steve Martin stars as a wealthy retiree who spends his free time spanning the globe in search of rare bird species — a passion that gives way to a competition against his similarly “birding” enthused friends played by Jack Black and Owen Wilson. So just how does a Texas-born stand-up transform himself into the only successful actor/comedian/author/playwright/banjo player/Emmy winner/onscreen bird watcher in Hollywood history?

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9 Milestones in the Evolution of Steve Martin

REVIEW: Moretz Aside, Texas Killing Fields Not So Killer

Every time Sam Worthington shows up in a movie, I squint and ask myself, “Who’s that again?” That might happen two or three times with a new actor. But I feel as if I’ve seen a dozen Worthington performances by now, and I still squinted at him in Texas Killing Fields .

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REVIEW: Moretz Aside, Texas Killing Fields Not So Killer

Is Act of Valor the Closest Thing to Military Propaganda That You Will See in Theaters?

Have you heard about Act of Valor , the upcoming Navy-approved action film starring actual Navy SEAL s as Navy SEAL s on a covert mission that is based on actual Navy SEAL missions? The one that totally glamorizes Navy SEAL -dom and resembles, as EW points out, a feature-length Navy SEAL recruitment video? Not yet? Well, you’re in luck, because now there’s a trailer.

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Is Act of Valor the Closest Thing to Military Propaganda That You Will See in Theaters?

Trailer: Albert Nobbs Really, Really, Really, Really Wants Some Oscars

Albert Nobbs star Glenn Close took a bit of a tumble in this week’s Oscar Index thanks in part to Michelle Williams’s surge and ongoing speculation around both Meryl Streep’s chances and Viola Davis’s staying power. So what better time to introduce the Nobbs trailer, a tidy, heartstring-tugging bit of awards-season gloss for a role whose actress may yet again find herself on the outside looking in?

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Trailer: Albert Nobbs Really, Really, Really, Really Wants Some Oscars

American Reunion Redband Trailer Proves Things Haven’t Changed Since Jason Biggs’s Pie Days

Good news and bad news about American Reunion based on the very first (and very redband) teaser trailer that has just surfaced: Jason Biggs’s Jim still isn’t locking the door when he masturbates. This could be good news for American Pie purists who hoped the franchise would get back to basics this April, and bad news for fans who hoped Jim would never have to pleasure himself again with footwear after marrying Alyson Hannigan’s band geek Michelle in the third and most recent Pie installment, American Wedding .

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American Reunion Redband Trailer Proves Things Haven’t Changed Since Jason Biggs’s Pie Days

5 Successful ’80s Remakes — and Why They Worked

This Friday, a duo of ’80s remakes, The Thing and Footloose , hit the multiplex. And that’s just the beginning — because Hollywood is currently in various stages of redrafting your favorite films from that decade including Red Dawn , War Games and Dirty Dancing . In honor of this trend, let’s take a look at the most successful ’80s remakes so far and see what made them work.

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5 Successful ’80s Remakes — and Why They Worked

Johnny Depp Lone Ranger Project Reportedly Back On for Slightly Less Stupid Money

When Disney pulled the plug on its expensive Lone Ranger project , which was to reunite Pirates of the Caribbean cohorts Johnny Depp , Jerry Bruckheimer, and Gore Verbinski, a few industry-watchers held out hope that the studio and the filmmakers would yet still reach an agreement over how many hundreds of millions of dollars the would-be franchise would cost. Almost exactly two months later, it seems they’ve reached that compromise. More stupid money for someone!

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Hungarian SWAT Seize Cache of Functional Assault Rifles to Be Used as World War Z Props

Monday brought more bad news to the reportedly beleaguered production of the zombie flick World War Z , produced by and starring Brad Pitt , when SWAT in Budapest raided a warehouse storing prop guns for the film. The problem: they weren’t props, but fully-functional military-style assault rifles. Oops!

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Weekend Receipts: Real Steel Rocks, Socks Box Office

Hugh Jackman’s plummy-eyed posters did not scare off moviegoers (or robot foes) this weekend, as Real Steel toppled all challengers at the box office. The Ides of March comes in for a distant, but respectable #2, and Moneyball and Dolphin Tale continue to hold hands, shut out the rest of the world, and survive on sheer joy.

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Weekend Receipts: Real Steel Rocks, Socks Box Office

Exclusive: Sam Worthington Faces Off Against a Perp in Michael Mann-Produced Texas Killing Fields

Someone’s been dumping bodies in the marsh lands outside of small town Texas City, and cops Sam Worthington , Jeffrey Dean Morgan , and Jessica Chastain are determined to catch the killer. In her sophomore directorial effort, Ami Canaan Mann (daughter of Michael , who produced) helms Texas Killing Fields , a cop thriller based on grisly true events. After the jump, watch Worthingon and Chloe Moretz in Movieline’s exclusive look at a scene from the October 14 release.

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Exclusive: Sam Worthington Faces Off Against a Perp in Michael Mann-Produced Texas Killing Fields