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Trailer Watch: 'Beautiful Creatures' One of Many Hoping for the 'Twilight' Lightning to Strike Twice

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Now that the final "Twilight" installment has come and proven its box office powers, it remains to be seen whether any of a host of other supernatural romance YA sensations can cast the same spell on moviegoers. "Beautiful Creatures" (February 3), based on "The Caster Chronicles" and starring Alice Englert and Alden Ehrenrich as curse-crossed young lovers, is certainly trying to hook those feeling Bella-and-Edward withdrawal. Trailer below.

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November 19, 2012 12:20 PM
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Trailers from Hell: Joe Dante on 'Teenagers from Outer Space,' Featuring Ray Guns and Spray-Painted Flying Saucers

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I Was a Teenage Thanksgiving Turkey! week begins at Trailers from Hell with director and TFH creator Joe Dante introducing cult classic "Teenagers from Outer Space" from 50s indie filmmaker Tom Graeff, who had just completed grip work on a Roger Corman picture before striking out on his own.

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November 19, 2012 12:07 PM
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Trailers from Hell: Josh Olson on Evel Knievel Actioner 'Viva Knievel!'

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More Movies You Never Heard Of! week concludes at Trailers from Hell with screenwriter Josh Olson introducing 1977's "Viva Knievel!," starring Evel Knievel himself taking on "the fictionalized role of his own life."

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November 16, 2012 11:27 AM
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Trailer Watch: The Land of 'Oz: The Great and Powerful' with Franco, Kunis, Williams & Weisz

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A second trailer for Sam Raimi's "Oz: The Great and Powerful" has landed, this time with more from brunette witch sisters Theodora and Evanora (Mila Kunis and Rachel Weisz), crows that caw "Die!"...

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November 14, 2012 1:44 PM
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Trailers from Hell: Larry Karaszewski on Little-Seen Teen Drama 'To Find a Man'

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More Movies You Never Heard Of! week continues at Trailers from Hell, today with screenwriter Larry Karaszewski introducing "To Find a Man," starring Pamela Sue Martin in her debut role and "notable for its frank treatment of teen sexuality and abortion."

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November 14, 2012 11:07 AM
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Weekend Preview: Go Big with 'Skyfall' & 'Lincoln,' But 'Starlet' is Indie Must-See

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Sam Mendes' "Skyfall" and Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" are both scoring high with critics and look to dominate the weekend box office. If American history and the Bond universe aren't to your taste, there's Sean Baker's significantly more down-to-earth "Starlet," which is in tune with the lives and emotions of two very different women (Dree Hemingway and Besedka Johnson), living in the San Fernando Valley.

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November 8, 2012 8:07 PM
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Watch NSFW Red Band 'Movie 43' Trailer Featuring Winslet, Berry, Stone & More

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Featuring a huge ensemble cast of many A and B-list actors, none of whom in their finest moments, "Movie 43" reveals a red band trailer. The film, which also has multiple directors, will arrives in theaters January. Should you wish to subject yourself to the NSFW nonsense, enjoy below:

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November 8, 2012 6:00 AM
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Watch: Stunning 'Life of Pi' Clip Intros Pi Patel and Richard Parker

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Watch this gorgeous new clip from Ang Lee's "Life of Pi," in which Pi begins his account of his peculiar plight: stranded on a life boat in the middle of the ocean, with a tiger. This glowing 53-second snippet gives a glimpse at the film's astounding visuals.

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October 27, 2012 6:25 PM
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'Stand Up Guys' with Pacino, Walken, Arkin: Review, Trailer, Awards Run (VIDEO)

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Grabbing the boomer audience is like shooting fish in a barrel. They're starved for movies about them. So actor-director Fisher Stevens assembled three veterans at the top of their game--Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin--and let them run with the ball.

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October 24, 2012 4:14 PM
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'Holy Motors' Trailer, Review ("bonkers, delirious, pretentious"); Carax Q & A (VIDEO)

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Indomina has released an exhilarating U.S. trailer for Leos Carax's "Holy Motors," which debuted on the fest circuit last May in Cannes (where it did not score a prize) and wound up playing Fantastic Fest as well as New York, which tells you something. Matt Mueller's review calls the film "bonkers" and "equal parts delirious and pretentious." Indiewire's Eric Kohn draws some answers out of the notoriously press shy Carax here.