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--- Ghost Dad - I'm a little surprised that The Conjuring's been getting some pretty solid reviews, since I didn't like it (my review from way back in May is right here), but hey whatcha gonna do, some things tingle others while they don't tingle you, I guess. Anyway The Playlist has a few clips and a whole big pile of pics (they're spoilery though), which remind me of one's of the film's admitted strong points - Patrick Wilson in snug vintage pants.

--- Half Mark - Because of all the running around I'm in the middle of doing I probably won't get around to listing my favorites of 2013 circa the halfway mark until the end of this month (if at all, honestly) - still, who needs me when Nat's doing it over at The Film Experience. Here's the first part of his 2013.5 coverage, with a couple of shout-outs to The Movie That Matters Most. (You know which one I mean.)

--- Double Time - Channing Tatum talked to THR a bit about the second Magic Mike movie, which he says will be "the movie everybody thought the first movie was going to be." I guess we can read that as more ass, full stop, right? That was the main complaint - too much talk, too little ass! Even though I loved all the talking in the first movie, I am down with a more ass-centric sequel, unsurprisingly.

--- Cabin in the Park - Oh my god, there's going to be a Cabin in the Woods maze at Universal Studios in Orlando this Fall. That is SO COOL. I probably won't be able to get to it, so somebody go down there, steal everything, and bring it to me. Thanks.

--- Peak Heat - STYD got some fresh word from Guillermo Del Toro on his next movie, the haunted romance Crimson Peak that's already got Charlie Hunnam, Jessica Chastain, Benedict Cumberbatch and Mia Wasikowska attached - he says it's very adult and definitely R-rated, more in tune with the stuff he's done in Spanish than his American movies. In related news, I bought my tickets to Pacific Rim today! Whoop!

--- Birth Pains - EW is chatting with people they hope might get Emmy nominations, and here's their chat with Sarah Burns, aka Krista on Enlightened, aka oh my god I miss Enlightened so freaking much you guys.

--- Act Well - This goes back to the topic up above, about judging 2013's goodies, but here's Joe Reid's picks for the five best performances of the year, so far. I can fully co-sign two of these! Two of the others I haven't seen. And Emory Cohen... no.

--- And finally, have you seen David Lynch's music video for the new Nine Inch Nails single "Came Back Haunted"? It is deliciously Lynchian, meaning it totally hurt my brain.
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