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  1. Black Swan's unusual power to galvanize audiences -- and give critics doppelganger complexes .http://lat.ms/ck3dSl
  2. Oops, sent out wrong link on Danny Trejo's cuddliness. Here's the correct one. http://lat.ms/dogu8z
  3. A/E's poster touting Teach as Tony Danza's 'toughest role yet' has clearly forgotten about Going Ape.
  4. The surprisingly cuddly appeal of Hollywood tough-guy Danny Trejo. http://lat.ms/b20EcX
  5. Oops. http://lat.ms/aW9NOB
  6. The dream-like feel of watching Inception in Cairo.
  7. I guess the question is which system they came out of as much as it is where they grabbed the most viewers.
  8. @aperren There's certainly a lot of middle ground between TV and films. Many docs go the other way - conceived for theaters but play on TV.
  9. @LaceyVRose Fair enough. TV is not trying to create Avatar, so probably not a good frame of reference. And indeed re Mr. Ryan...
  10. Canton vs. Cameron is becoming like Team Edward v. Team Jacob for film geeks: a ginned-up argument that would be made better with T-shirts.
  11. If there are indeed bedbugs in Toronto theaters, I wonder if they too will clap warmly at every movie and just be happy for the night oot.
  12. Piranha 3D producer Mark Canton: Not a Jim Cameron fan. http://lat.ms/aFDPoK
  13. Fleck-Boden use underrated soundtrack song Under Pressure to brilliant effect in It's Kind of a Funny Story. Vanilla Ice is green w/envy.
  14. @LaceyVRose @aperren and @awallenstein -- I'm expecting a full rebuttal.
  15. Is TV really the new cinema? Or is that just something TV people like to say? http://lat.ms/cNfLaj
  16. Machete's (sweet and cuddly) Danny Trejo makes 13 (!) movies per year. Now his son could get in on the action too. http://lat.ms/b20EcX
  17. Re-releases of Hollywood hits were once the answer to all of our problems. Oops. http://lat.ms/9UQxSH
  18. Egyptian Museum thought: How much better would The Mummy have been had they let Ramses II out and put Brendan Fraser behind glass?
  19. Wandering through the Acropolis, you can practically feel some of the greats who walked here before, like Nia Vardalos in My Life In Ruins.
  20. Back-Up Plan, Just Wright, Furry Vengeance - it's like the Continental in-flight movies were programmed specifically for Razzies voters.