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The Change-Up: ‘No Dumber Than a Movie About Talking Apes’

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Judging from Twitter buzz, The Change-Up is either a really funny (and really dirty) R-rated comedy with marketing that does it a great disservice, or the terrible body swap disaster that the marketing points toward. Perhaps that’s why this new promotion for the Universal laugher gets right to the core of things: Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds are funny and handsome, and you probably really like them. Translation: let them sell the movie! And sell they do: “It’s no dumber than a movie about a bunch of talking apes.”

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Check Out the Poster for Apollo 18: In Spacesuit, No One Can Hear You Scream

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Another day, another hair-raising poster that terrible parents let their kids see. This one’s a closeup of an astronaut presumably waiting to perish in Apollo 18 , a disturbing “found-footage” mockumentary in the style of The Blair Witch Project and The Real Housewives of New Jersey . Handle it?

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

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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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The Ultimate Change-Up/Body Switch Movie Mashup

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If you think the comedic body-switch is a tired movie conceit, you’re not alone — or rather, you’re not original: We were thinking that way back in 1989! In a new video that mashes up the trailer for The Change-Up with Big , Vice Versa , Freaky Friday , 13 Going on 30 and many others, we see just how formulaic this cinematic trope can be. Fred Savage, your agitated comic timing remains admirable.

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Idiot Carjacker Arrested by Plainclothes Cop, Blames Dark Knight Rises Script

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The city of Pittsburgh has Chris Nolan’s Dark Knight Rises production to thank for making it snow in summer and giving newlyweds an unforgettable Kodak moment . Now, in the grand spirit of the Dark Knight Catwoman robber , comes news that a Pittsburgh man was arrested for carjacking in the name of Batman. Isn’t this viral marketing going a little too far, fellas?

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

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

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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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Lars Von Trier Upset Norway Mass Murderer Loved Dogville

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“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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Jean-Claude Van Damme Wants to Be Taken Seriously as an Actor, Like Clint Eastwood

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Having revealed his inner thespian in 2008’s JCVD , Belgian martial artist Jean-Claude Van Damme wants to be taken more seriously as an actor. Speaking with Box Office Magazine — ironically, to promote his latest actioner, the hit man thriller Assassination Games (in limited release July 29) — the Muscles from Brussels cited Clint Eastwood as a career role model: “I love action films, and my fans expect action films, but I can act! And I really want a chance to show what I can do.” Note to Jean-Claude: The first step in being taken more seriously? Stop making movies with titles like Assassination Games . [ Box Office Magazine ]

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Stephen Baldwin Always Brings His Favorite Knife to Movie Premieres

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And now for unsurprising news that you’ll still be shocked to hear: Stephen Baldwin carries a knife to movie premieres. Sigh! If Alec is the august Baldwin, William is the functional, competent Baldwin, and Daniel is the downtrodden Baldwin, Stephen is certainly the wild card. (Those of us who watched both of his seasons on Celebrity Mole know this best.) Let an intrepid reporter tell you her story of interviewing Stephen and encountering his four-inch blade.

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