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--- Man Spivet - Because we must encourage Helena Bonham Carter whenever she works with someone whose name doesn't rhyme with Him Curtain, here's the trailer for The Young and Prodigious Spivet, the new kid's movie from Jean-Pierre Jeunet. It co-stars Battlestar's sexy evil cyborg (man version) Callum Keith Rennie! (see a couple nice pictures of Callum Keith Rennie right here.)

--- Spacy Scarlett - I've been purposefully avoiding details about Jonathan Glazer's upcoming movie Under the Skin as much as possible, just since I love Birth enough to know I'll be seeing this and so why ruin the fun, but here's the trailer for the "Scarlett Johansson = alien" movie if you wanna see. I haven't bothered, because of what I just said.

--- And Speaking Of things I haven't watched, here's a five minute long featurette on the making of 12 Years a Slave, no doubt including footage of Fassy and Chewy and all the gang

--- Benny Shot First - Yesterday we heard a rumor that Benedict Cumberbatch might reuniting with his Star Trek director JJ Abrams for the new Star Wars movie - today that rumor has been shot down, just like Greedo.

--- Oscar Flops - I've got to confess, I wasn't able to participate in this month's Team Experience Top Ten at The Film Experience, which is about the ten biggest Awards Seasons flops, aka the movies that seemed at first like surefire contendors but when it came down to it the Academy said you know what? No thank you. But they came up with a great list anyway -- even without me!

--- Toronto Cometh - Relatedly, as Joe Reid takes a look at the movies getting about to get hyped at the Toronto Film Festival, I can't help but look at them thru the lens of "Which ones will turn out to be big duds?" I personally am extraordinarily cynical about August: Osage County. That thing's trailer is annoying with a capital Annoy.

--- Bled Dry - I still haven't finished watching the last season of True Blood, I just can't get myself into it, but now that there's word that next season will be its last I feel like I can take my time. Alexander Skarsgard's penis and Joe Manganiello's haircut will always be there, waiting for me. Also Anna Paquin's gotta be so relieved - she must be so sick of Sookie by now, dontcha think?

--- Harder Things - Neko Case's new album is terrific, you should buy it. I especially love the song "Local Girl," which I have stuck in my head right this very minute. Anyway she was on Jimmy Fallon last night and you can watch the videos right here, if you like.
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