[spoilers ahead] I thought The Tree of Life was an incredible movie. I saw it in a packed theatre, and although three girls stood up and walked out shortly before/after the dinosaur scene, and despite another girl flashing me looks of boredom and rollings of eyes throughout the film's duration, the remainder ... Read more »

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There aren't many trailers that can blow your mind. This one does. Directed by Brad Bird, produced by JJ Abrams, and starring Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner, the newest entry in the Mission Impossible franchise bows this December. Should be epic. A bootleg of the French version of the trailer: Read more »

This looks spectacular. It's a film written and directed by Australian filmmaker Nick Tomnay, starring David Hyde Pierce of Frasier fame: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YnAfHRscOM[/youtube] Read more »

A good one, preferably. Awesome tonbak (a type of Persian goblet drum and one of two so-called "national" drums of Iran, the other being the daf, the large tambourine-style instrument played at the beginning of this video) solo at the 0:57 mark in this classical Persian piece performed by Homay and ... Read more »

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A really great short film I saw at a film festival this past weekend, directed by Brooklyn filmmaker Joel Fendelman and starring Muatasem Mishal as a 10 year old Muslim boy trying to fit in in non-Muslim New York. The short was well-received on the festival circuit and has since ... Read more »

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This is such an awesome commercial. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, written by Ari Handel and Mark Heyman, scored by Clint Mansell, and starring Vincent Cassel, Marine Vacth, Eniko Mihalik, and Alyssah Ali, this is the two minute version of the La Nuit de l'Homme spot for Yves Saint Laurent: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE8f7ldy_dc[/youtube] Yes. Aronofsky's touch ... Read more »

According to Deadline, Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In) is writing and directing the feature adaptation of author Ray Nelson's short story, Eight O'Clock in the Morning, for Universal Pictures, with Strike Entertainment partners Eric Newman and Marc Abraham producing. I haven't seen Let Me In, yet, but I've heard terrific ... Read more »

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I really don't understand the infatuation all these kids seem to have with eating cereal, though. Hmm. Maybe all these teenage YouTube sensations are being bankrolled by the cereal lobby. It's their sneaky viral play. Makes me so interested in seeing their sales numbers pre- and post-Rebecca Black. "The Friday ... Read more »

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