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No matter how you feel about the G.I. Joe movie, at least the exploding-ninja madness has led to some awesome viral videos. The best of which is probably this song, featuring Billy Crudup as Zartan and Zach Galifiankais as Snow-Job.
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The best thing about the movie version of Blindness is how much it makes you appreciate the transcendent novel by Jose Saramago. The book takes a potentially hackneyed story — everyone goes blind, except for one woman — and turns it into a jarring look at how anything can become normal. At its best, the movie, directed by Fernando Meirelles (City Of God), conveys a lot of the book's squalor and warmth. But Meirelles' attempts to infuse more drama into an already intense book wind up backfiring. Spoilers below. More »
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