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Ben Stiller's The Watch Avoids Trayvon Martin Connection, But Are Aurora Similarities Too Close for Comfort?

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The Watch (nee Neighborhood Watch) truncated its title to avoid conjuring the February killing of Trayvon Martin and its plot contains no major similarities to the teen's controversial death. But in the wake of the Aurora, Colorado mass shooting — which may have spawned at least one would-be copycat thwarted today in Maryland — some of the violence-based laughs in the Ben Stiller-Vince Vaughn comedy might hit too close to home for some moviegoers.
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REVIEW: Despite Hijinks and Dick Jokes Galore, The Watch Fails To Make Lasting Impression

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Walking out of The Watch, Saturday Night Live writer Akiva Schaffer’s garrulous but indistinctive sophomore directing effort, a young woman in front of me complained to her friend. “What do you even say about that?” he’d asked. “I have no idea,” she said. She only had to write up a list of the movie’s pros and cons, and even then she could think of but one item for the former column.

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Comic-Con: Doug Jones On The Watch and Why Makeup Trumps CGI

Comic-Con: Doug Jones On The Watch and Why Makeup Trumps CGI

The inveterate, creature-friendly character actor Doug Jones (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy) is among the genre luminaries paying a visit this weekend to Comic-Con, where Movieline pal Grace Randolph caught up with him to discuss his role as a treacherous alien nemesis in this month's The Watch and what keeps special-effects make-up relevant in the age of digital.
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The Watch Teaser: Vince Vaughn Helps Debut New, Improved Marketing Push

The Watch Teaser: Vince Vaughn Helps Debut New, Improved Marketing Push

Man, tip your cap to the marketing crew at 20th Century Fox, which redirected one of 2012's most unfortunate current-events overlaps into a completely revised angle that it probably should have pursued in the first place. Behold: the new and improved teaser for The Watch, complete with introduction by star Vince Vaughn.
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