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Poster Premiere: Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain Prepare to Take Shelter

It found critical acclaim and distributor interest this year at Sundance, then shoved off for an award-winning run at the Cannes Film Festival. And now, as writer-director Jeff Nichols’s psychological drama Take Shelter prepares for its incursion into American theaters, Movieline is happy to unveil the film’s first poster for your perusal.

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SLIDESHOW: A Decade of Ron Weasley Looking Dumbfounded

It’s all my weary fingers can do to type another word about the blockbuster final installment of the Harry Potter film series, but here goes: Aren’t you going to miss Ron Weasley? Harry’s Hogwarts sidekick and Hermione’s adoring foil, the awkward man-child facing maturity by fire in this weekend’s climactic Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 . Oh — and the dumbfoundedness. Alllllways ready with the dumfoundedness.

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9 Milestones in the Evolution of Ralph Fiennes

In this weekend’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 , Ralph Fiennes reprises his role as Lord Voldemort , the noseless, screamy “Dark Lord” archenemy of our bespectacled box office hero Harry Potter. How did the English Oscar-nominee transform himself from chilling Nazi war criminal to a J. Lo love interest and back again to another kind of purity-seeking evildoer?

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Jonathan Goldstein on Co-Writing Horrible Bosses, Lawyer Roots, and What’s on the Cutting-Room Floor

Jonathan Goldstein is the more experienced half of the Horrible Bosses writing partnership. His partner (and this week’s Verge designee ) John Francis Daley is a Freaks and Geeks alum with a new career in penning comedies, but Goldstein has a varied history in TV writing on The PJs , The New Adventures of Old Christine , and $#*! My Dad Says . He met Daley when he worked as a writer on The Geena Davis Show , a show on which Daley costarred. We talked to the veteran about his box office success with Horrible Bosses , making a transition to a film career, and getting anxious when actors want to improvise.

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Wizard Rock: A Harry Potter Tribute Band Musical Primer

As the beloved Harry Potter film series comes to a close this weekend, you may find yourself adrift; with no more films to look forward to, what’s a Harry Potter fan got to live for? Well, here’s one way to keep the magic alive, post- Deathly Hallows : Wizard rock, the musical movement made by and for hardcore fans that celebrates all things Potter, in song. After the jump: A primer!

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Movieline’s Week in Review: You Put a Spell on Us

A whirlwind week comes to a close at Movieline HQ, where bittersweet endings were met with beautiful new beginnings. How did we all get so lucky? Let’s check back through the record and piece it all together with the Week in Review. We’ll be around this weekend as well with pertinent news and box-office updates, so please pay us a visit, and have a good one!

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Harry Potter Screenwriter Steve Kloves Explains Some Deathly Hallows Changes

Judging from the advanced ticket sales and pent-up anticipation, the chances are good that you braved the crowds of costumed Harry Potter fans to see The Deathly Hallows Part 2 at midnight. The tragic, violent and nostalgic finale hits many of the notes Potter fans have been waiting to see onscreen with aplomb (“I open at the close”!), but there are still some pretty hefty changes — especially involving Alan Rickman’s Severus Snape. Why did screenwriter Steve Kloves decide to move the location of Snape’s biggest Hallows moment?

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VIDEO: Jason Statham Gets Grittier in Trailer for Direct-to-DVD Blitz

Jason Statham’s new British action thriller Blitz may go straight to DVD in the U.S., but why, girls, why? It has all of these cineplex treats: Jason Statham’s stathamminess, Paddy Considine as Statham’s openly gay partner, and enough grumbled quips to appease most fans of the honorable Jean-Claude Van Damme . Adapted from Ken Bruen’s novel by Moon scribe Nathan Parker, Blitz goes for grit and comes up with grumbles. I think we can all respect that.

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Here’s Your First Look at Catherine Zeta-Jones and Sebastian Bach in Rock of Ages

Hurrah for Tweet-happy directors! Thanks to Adam Shankman ( @adammshankman ), we’ve got our first look at Catherine Zeta-Jones in character as the mayor’s wife in Shankman’s now-filming musical Rock of Ages , along with a glimpse of two retro rocker cameos you can expect to see in the film.

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And Now, Winnie the Pooh’s 7 Trippiest Adventures

This weekend’s new release Winnie the Pooh is a soft-spot for us blowhards at Movieline, as it combines cherished characters, a charming new story, and a slender run time . All wonderful things! However, in the past 50 years, Winnie the Pooh and his friends have enjoyed some not-so-pure moments on their numerous VHS adventures, and in honor of Pooh’s latest film, Movieline is shedding light on seven of those now. Heffalumps abound!

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