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Caption This: A White Ape Stalks Taylor Kitsch in John Carter

Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars sci-fi series may have first appeared 100 years ago — and director Andrew Stanton’s Disney adaptation John Carter may be taking forever to come out — but EW ‘s new photo from the movie is fresh as ever: Friday Night Lights vet Taylor Kitsch yanks on a chain while a gigantic, extraordinary white ape bellows behind him. Shall we caption this big-budget brawn?

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Caption This: A White Ape Stalks Taylor Kitsch in John Carter

Jen’s Thanksgiving: 5 Movie-Related Things I’m Thankful for in 2011

A Very Movieline Thanksgiving continues! Like Louis Virtel and Julie Miller , I’m quite grateful for the cinematic discoveries that came my way in 2011. Raise your glass along with me as I give thanks to five of the movie-related things that kept me going this year, including the sweet sounds of the Baby Goose, the best film fest-karaoke super fun time of the year, and — yes — Tyler Perry.

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First Brave Trailer Promises Breathtaking Pixar Fairy Tale

Welcome to fairy tale trailer week! Yesterday, Movieline previewed Mirror, Mirror , Tarsem Singh’s hammy Snow White adaptation which features Julia Roberts as a ineffectively evil queen who worries about age lines and financial security (just like you!). Today, Pixar has unveiled a full-length trailer for the company’s first foray into fairy tale territory, the much more promising Brave .

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First Brave Trailer Promises Breathtaking Pixar Fairy Tale

It’s Official: Ricky Gervais Is Hosting the Golden Globes Again

Well now: Despite legendarily roasting all of Hollywood last year during his hosting gig at the Golden Globes (and the resulting grumblings among celebs and media alike) Ricky Gervais will be back to host the 69th Golden Globes Awards. See what the Hollywood Foreign Press Association had to say about the surprise confirmation, and the kind of jokes Gervais is already threatening to drop all over the telecast come January.

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Oscar Index: Descendants, Artist, Help Set for Ménage à Trophy

Welcome back to Oscar Index, your weekly awards-season rundown from Movieline’s Institute For the Advanced Study of Kudos Forensics. And to be honest, there’s not so much to run down: Descendants this, Artist that, some minor acting bumps and nudges… relatively quiet, truth be told. Now that I’ve totally sold you on this latest installment, let’s check out the races!

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Oscar Index: Descendants, Artist, Help Set for Ménage à Trophy

Talkback: Is It Time For Brad Pitt to Retire?

This weekend, Brad Pitt announced that he plans on retiring from acting in three years. Sure, a declaration like that should be taken with a grain of salt, especially considering the similar threats made by actors like Ryan Gosling and drunken directors like Steven Soderbergh , that turned out to be mere fantasies rather than concrete plans. Regardless of the sincerity of this statement though, Movieline wonders: Is it time for Brad Pitt to quit acting?

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Talkback: Is It Time For Brad Pitt to Retire?

Movieline’s Week in Review: Good Help is Hard to Find

It’s over. It can mean the best of news or the worst of news, a new beginning or the utmost in closure. Its extremity is unparalleled, its harsh clarity often benumbing. Some people found out this week what It’s over meant for them. For many of the rest of us, it couldn’t be over soon enough. But you can get all the more closer here with Movieline’s Week in Review.

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My Favorite Scene: Tarsem Finds Common Ground Between Man Bites Dog and an Episode of Cops

This week, Movieline’s favorite honey badger of directors , Tarsem ( The Fall, The Cell ), unveils his spin on Greek mythology in Immortals , a fantasy actioner that blends artistic influences as vast and varied as Caravaggio, classics, and Henry Cavill’s abs. So who better to invite to a round of My Favorite Scene than the visionary filmmaker, who managed to pinpoint the uncanny cinematic parallels between the 1992 Belgian mockumentary Man Bites Dog , a Cannes Film Festival awardee, and that one episode from the “brilliant” first season of COPS .

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My Favorite Scene: Tarsem Finds Common Ground Between Man Bites Dog and an Episode of Cops

John Cho on A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, Meeting the World’s Leaders, and Talking Basketball with the President

The sweetest feel-good flick of the holiday season may well be the one about two ex-BFFs, who’d once gone in search of White Castle sliders and tangled with Homeland Security, who reunite on Christmas Eve to hunt down the perfect fir, crossing paths with drug-sniffing babies, Ukrainian gangsters, and a sweater-clad Danny Trejo along the way. Stoner heroes Harold and Kumar have come a long way since 2004 — and so has co-star John Cho , who sat down with Movieline recently to talk H&K, career moves, and his encounters with the likes of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President Obama.

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John Cho on A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, Meeting the World’s Leaders, and Talking Basketball with the President

First Look: Bill Murray is FDR in Hyde Park on Hudson

The first image of Bill Murray as Franklin Delano Roosevelt has emerged from the behind the scenes of Hyde Park on Hudson , director Roger Michell’s tale of the great president’s royal visitors (and concurrent extramarital dalliance) in 1939. “”I wouldn’t have done it without him,” said Michell of the long “dance” to get Murray. “But after a year of waiting, I received a wonderful text that said, ‘Yes, I’ll do it.'” And here you have it. Chime in with your thoughts after a browse through the rest of today’s Buzz Break.

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