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The 8 Most Awkward Comments From ET’s Thor Set Visit

There’s still nearly a year to go before Paramount and Marvel drop Thor in theaters, but considering how this is officially Awkward Video Week at Movieline, it’s worth having a look at Entertainment Tonight ‘s recent, appropriately cringe-y visit to the film’s New Mexico set. Virtually all the principals (director Kenneth Branagh and stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Anthony Hopkins) are on view here, but it’s what they have to say in those tense, turbulent moments that yields the finest rewards. They’re even more fun stripped of context, though the video follows as well. Happy squirming!

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The 9 Best Shots from the Second, Ridiculous Showgirls 2 Trailer

Back in February, we brought you 9 compelling images from the first trailer for Showgirls 2 , an unauthorized, insane semi-sequel to Paul Verhoeven’s camp classic that appeared to have been cobbled together from B-roll, spare footage of naked ladies writhing around, and sheer chutzpah. Now director Marc Vorlander has released a second trailer (and the film has been retitled to Showgirls Exposed , because duh, copyright issues) and it is so joy-inducing that it made me clap my hands together several times like I was either a seal or Paula Abdul. Let’s get right down to it: here are the 9 best stills from this new masterpiece, and then the trailer at the end.

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The 9 Most Scathing Critical Responses to Sex and the City 2

Hoo boy. Movieline’s own Stephanie Zacharek might have alerted you to the appalling displeasure(s) of Sex and the City 2 , but while she did give it a record-low rating for the site, there were people who appear to have despised the film even more . May they all receive phone calls from Sarah Jessica Parker ! Meanwhile, here are a few of the most spectacular hate-geysers on the scale from “bitterly angry” to “thoroughly corrosive.”

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Does Anybody Do Negative Reviews Better than A.O. Scott?

Reading A.O. Scott’s review of MacGruber over the weekend, it occurred to me that the NY Times critic might be the single best take-down artist reviewing movies today. Armond White may have his quips about retroactive abortions , and Rex Reed may expend a gallon of acid per drop of ink he uses to cover, say, Kevin Smith. But more often than not, Scott approaches bad films from a genuine place attempting to ask and answer the fundamental question guiding all intelligent criticism: “What was that ?” Read on as the Movieline Nine takes a look at some of his greatest hits.

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