Movieline 'Tis of Thee

For Movieline's inaugural Week in Review feature, as we shall going forward, your editors roamed the land for the richest news, choicest nuggets and all-natural industry goodness from the last five days. This week, Sasha spoke, Jake faked (maybe?), IMAX reeled and American Idol viewers experienced the real Audacity of Hope. Reflect with us after the jump.

· Idol Nation's huddled masses yearned to breathe free. And then... it happened.

· J.J. Abrams's Star Trek cleaned up on its opening weekend, prompting the requisite sequel talk, Star Wars comparisons, and Shatner-taunting.

· Sasha Grey, Clifton Collins Jr. and Matt Lanter all paid a visit to Movieline HQ.

· While we may never know the ab-thenticity of Jake Gyllenhaal's Prince of Persia six-pack, there can be little debate that Ben Silverman is rocking the real, hairless thing.

· Your his and hers moviegoing calendars were set for Valentine's Day 2010.

· We issued Two-Minute Verdicts in the cases of Precious, Nine, The Road, Whatever Works, and Gamer.

· Choose your Scandal of the Week: NPR censored a film critic. Aziz Ansari exposed the frauds at IMAX. Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus is actually a movie.

· The 62nd Cannes Film Festival got underway; we dispatched our Mannes in Cannes.

· Among this week's burning questions: Can shows succeed after firing their leads? What tween-friendly star has the chops to play Al Pacino's son? And who is this guy rewriting the Grayskull script, anyway?

· While George Hickenlooper sorted through rewrites for his forthcoming Jack Abramoff film, Rian Johnson hit his One-Page Screenplay out of the park on the first pitch.