It's unofficially Transformers: Dark of the Moon day here at Movieline! First, we discussed just how badly Michael Bay wants each and every one of you (even you, Megan Fox) to see the third installment of his testosterone-fueled franchise in 3-D. Then, we celebrated star Shia LaBeouf's excellence at giving good quote. To close out T:DOTM Day properly, here's another explosion-packed TV spot for the film which hits theaters in IMAX showings on Tuesday night.
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If you found the first trailer for Horrible Bosses -- starring Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day -- seriously lacking in the Jennifer Aniston talking-dirty department, you're in luck. Warner Bros. has released a new red band trailer for the summer comedy featuring the Friends actress soliciting sex from an employee, and showing off photos of herself in compromising positions. Worst boss ever?
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Welcome to My Nightmare on Elm Street. Alice Cooper tweeted that a surprise guest would be joining him onstage at London's 100 Club on Sunday night, but attendees probably didn't guess that the mystery shredder was a star of, say, Finding Neverland. Yes, Johnny Depp joined the ghoulish, golfing legend, and he even wore a bulky rock 'n roll vest to get into character. It's cute to watch. And Alice? Is still the greatest hard rock legend and Shelley Duvall drag artist in history.
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If you're still coming down from the excitement of watching a confused Barbra Streisand announcing Arcade Fire's The Suburbs as Grammy's Album of the Year in February, you'll be equally thrilled by this news: Spike Jonze's short film Scenes from the Suburbs, a collaboration with Arcade Fire, is now online. More details follow -- including our list of other albums we'd like to see turned into movies.
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If you weren't sold on the Chris Evans-starring Captain America: The First Avenger yet, let the newly released theatrical trailer assuage your fears that it'll turn out to be another tame, Thor-level Marvel meh-fest. Instead, the trailer tells us, literally, what Edith Zimmerman learned the drunken way: Evans, and Captain America, is "gonna get so many girls." And boys. And anyone with a lingering fetish for the retro-futuristic stylings of Raiders of the Lost Ark and director Joe Johnston's underappreciated 1991 adventure The Rocketeer.
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Britney Spears's brand of barely-there vocals and half-hearted choreography make you question her role (or whether she has one) in her own music, stardom, and unending fandom. Does her participation in her own phenomenon even matter to her fans? Fortunately, whoever makes Britney's decisions set her up with "I Wanna Go," a new, interesting video that riffs on plenty of things I hold dear, including Terminator 2, Half Baked, the video for "Thriller," and Spears's own movie Crossroads. Good move, Britney.
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Real Steel is about a boxer who builds a robot that competes in underground robot fights. That's expected enough, but the weird part is it's ... supposed to be compelling, too? Or devastating? A harsh examination of the human condition? Something. The new Hugh Jackman film wants to be more than a derby of futuristic cyborg carnage; it wants to be a character drama, which is why I've taken to calling it To Kill a Mockingborg and Sophie's Droid. Sound ridiculous? Wait until you see the three LOLiest moments from the new Japanese trailer.
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Jason Segel, Alison Brie, and Emily Blunt -- three of the stars of the upcoming Five-Year Engagement -- and some silly television star named John Krasinski convened off set, crashed an Ann Arbor bachelorette party, and howled karaoke standards to the delight of all YouTubia. Who wins this duel: Segel and Krasinski with their rendition of "With a Little Help from My Friends," or Brie and Blunt with "Total Eclipse of the Heart"? Video follows.
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Despite being headlined by A-list stars Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, Larry Crowne seems like a bit of a tough sell. After all, it's a recession-tinged comedy-drama-romance about a guy who loses his job and goes to community college to put his life back together. Good times! Or something. Thus far, the trailers for Crowne have been of the "show, show more" variety, but perhaps Universal can just use this video of Tom Hanks interacting and dancing (!) with the hosts of the Univision show Despierta America for future spots, if only because it's awesome. Click through to watch.
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Tracy Morgan joined with GLAAD in Nashville, Tenn. to apologize for comments he made in a standup act where he cracked famous jokes such as, "I will stab my son in the head if he is gay." Video of the apology is as straight-faced as you'd expect, and therefore the footage is cinematic in a grim, '70s way.
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At least until the requisite Taiwanese news animation of Green Lantern's hobbled opening-weekend run, Conan O'Brien's analysis from Monday night should do the trick. To wit, learn more about the allegation that Warner Bros. never planned a sequel for the megabudget comics adaptation.
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In high school, my friend Monica would sit behind me in class and draw pictures of cockeyed old men in wizard hats with patchy chest hair and scary, idiotic grins. It was weird and unsettling and hilarious (and I should be ashamed for encouraging it), but that was the point. In the case of the new Puss In Boots poster, we get all of that unrestrained, ambiguous sexuality, but with little of the winking creepiness. It's just creepy -- the way a strutting cat with a sincere stare in jaunty boots ought to be, frankly.
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After releasing three hilarious parody trailers for The Muppets, Walt Disney Pictures has finally unveiled the first "official" bit of marketing for the highly anticipated reunion of Jim Henson's lovable felt gang. So enjoy as Jason Segel and Amy Adams join the fuzzy group for road trips, electric-fence gags, musical sequences, and just a bit of that Kermie-Miss Piggy romance.
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If you spent your Father's Day watching baseball coverage on TBS -- in New York, it was the Boston Red Sox annihilation of the Milwaukee Brewers -- the chances are good that you saw the DirecTV claymation commercial for the controversial new service Home Premiere featuring an arguing chicken and egg. And if that commercial made you want to watch The Big Lebowski, it's with good reason: the chicken and egg are voiced by John Goodman and Steve Buscemi, respectively.
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It's Red Band Friday here at the Movieline trailer plant, and if the blood, guts, and Kool-Aid commercial splendor of Conan the Barbarian didn't throttle you, surely the new 30 Minutes or Less red band blitz will fill up your senses with oral sex humor. Just watch! Jesse Eisenberg keeps using swear words, and he's Dorkenstein, so your laughter is imminent.
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