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Movieline’s Week in Review: Beaver Crossing

” Friii-eee-day, Friii-eee-day, gotta get down on Friii-eee-day… ” And if Rebecca Black says it, then you know it’s true. With that, your Movieline staff leaves you the Week in Review, a collection of exemplary entertainment coverage and the bare minimum Beaver puns allowed by law. Dixon Gaines will take over bright and early on Saturday; please join him then, and have a great weekend!

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Movieline’s Week in Review: Beaver Crossing

DVD: Clint Eastwood’s Tsunami Movie, and 3 Other Examples of Bad Pop-Culture Timing

Given that it opens with a tsunami so realistic that it got an Oscar nomination for its special effects, Hereafter (out this week from Warner Home Video) got yanked from theaters in Japan even as it hits video store shelves in the United States. But that sort of ouchy coincidence happens all the time in every corner of pop culture. For instance:

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DVD: Clint Eastwood’s Tsunami Movie, and 3 Other Examples of Bad Pop-Culture Timing

HBO Sets April 23 as Premiere Date for Cinema Verite

Looks like it might be time to re-subscribe to HBO. The network announced on Thursday that Cinema Verite — the awesome-looking ’70s period piece about the dawn of reality television with James Gandolfini, Diane Lane and Tim Robbins in leading roles — will premiere on Saturday, April 23. It’s not TV, etc.

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In Honor of Taylor Swift’s Gig in The Lorax, Let’s Cast Pop Stars in Voice Roles

Precious balladeer Taylor Swift landed a voice-acting gig that will test her Seussical mettle — a lead role in upcoming animated adaptation of The Lorax alongside Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Rob Riggle, and Betty White. This comes on the heels of Katy Perry’s Smurfs contribution, which begs the question: Why don’t all pop stars do more voice-acting? Let’s help five others out with suggestions for animated roles.

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In Honor of Taylor Swift’s Gig in The Lorax, Let’s Cast Pop Stars in Voice Roles

Weekend Forecast: When Aliens, Pills and Lawyers Do Battle, We All Win

Hollywood thought ahead this weekend, offering two new films perfect for the national post-St. Patrick’s Day hangover sure to ensue on Friday… and a legal thriller for the sturdier-constituted among us eager to avoid the drunken, weaving masses. But let’s check out the landscape before giving too many thanks…

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Weekend Forecast: When Aliens, Pills and Lawyers Do Battle, We All Win

SXSW: Jodie Foster Unveils The Beaver to Adoring Austin Crowd

Even with director/actress Jodie Foster and rising star Anton Yelchin in attendance for the much-anticipated SXSW premiere of The Beaver , the packed house’s buzzing was focused on one hot topic: Mel Gibson.

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SXSW: Jodie Foster Unveils The Beaver to Adoring Austin Crowd

VIDEO: Take a Ride in the Tricked-Out, Fire-Breathing Medusa Car from Bellflower

Evan Glodell’s nihilist love story/vengeance tale Bellflower is a dangerous piece of must-see American indie filmmaking for Mad Max fans and, in a way, the same crowd who can’t wait to see Quentin Dupieux’s killer tire flick Rubber . After premiering at Sundance, where Oscilliscope snapped it up for a summer 2011 release, Bellflower blazed a diesel-fueled trail through SXSW treating attendees to a glimpse of the heavily modified Buick Skylark that Glodell transformed into the flame-throwing beast known as the Mother Medusa.

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VIDEO: Take a Ride in the Tricked-Out, Fire-Breathing Medusa Car from Bellflower

VIDEO: The Greatest Movie Title Sequences, Together at Last

So as we noted , SXSW goes beyond the basic Audience and Jury prizes and also doles out honors in categories like Poster Design and Title Sequence. At the screening honoring finalists in the latter category, juror Ian Albinson put together this nifty video, A Brief History of Title Design . While it’s by no means comprehensive, the montage is breezy and well-edited. Also, it ends with the undisputed champion of all title sequences. That said, I think Jean-Luc Godard’s giant, colorful titles should have gotten props here. What else is missing?

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VIDEO: The Greatest Movie Title Sequences, Together at Last

Zack Snyder’s Superman Reboot May Have a Metallic Title, and 5 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Also in this St. Patrick’s Day edition of The Broadsheet: Shia LaBeouf grows Horns … Albert Brooks and Judd Apatow may finally team up… Liam Neeson still a go for Taken 2 … and more ahead.

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Zack Snyder’s Superman Reboot May Have a Metallic Title, and 5 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today