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81% Somersault
A poignant coming-of-age tale marked by a breakout lead performance from Abbie Cornish and a successful directorial debut from Cate Shortland.

Awesome
Not your typical concert film, ‘Awesome’ is the result of footage shot by 50 different audience memebers who were handed cameras during a Beastie Boys show in 2004 at Madison Square Garden. [Rated R]

Clerks II
You (well, some of you, at least) have waited 12 years, but your favorite New Jersey store clerks Dante and Randal are back for another day of work in this sequel to writer-director Kevin Smith’s debut picture. [Rated R]

6% Land of the Blind
IN THEATERS JUNE 16, 2006 There’s no shortage of trenchant political satire in this film starring Ralph Fiennes and Donald Sutherland, written and directed by Robert Edwards.

Latest Hollywood script deals (Reuters)
Reuters - DreamWorks has acquired Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky’s comedy pitch “The Intern” for a low-six-figure advance.

Comic-Con 2006: Marvel Announces Three Big Hero Flicks - "Captain America," "Thor," and "Nick Fury"
Marvel’s already well underway on pre-production with “The Incredible Hulk,” “Iron Man,” and “Ant-Man,” and they used San Diego Comic-Con as the time to announce their next three hero-flicks. (And they’re all members of The Avengers!) Courtesy of the non-stop mega-coverage at IGN FilmForce: “The first new movie announced…

Richard Kelly Explains "Southland" — Kinda
OK, so Richard Kelly’s “Donnie Darko” follow-up, “Southland Tales,” didn’t exactly go over too well when it played at Cannes last month, but the young filmmaker seemed gracious and entirely undaunted when he stopped by the Comic Con and chatted with JoBlo about the flick’s fate. From JoBlo’s: “In…

Comic-Con 2006: "Grudge 2" Trailer Premiere, Plus A Look At "The Covenant"
J-horror vet Takashi Shimizu and stars Amber Tamblyn and Arielle Kebbel presented an all-new trailer for their upcoming pic, “The Grudge 2” — and shared a few story tidbits with the audience, revealing just how much Sarah Michelle Gellar there is in the scary sequel. But before turning to…

Material Girls release date changed
Madonna unimpressed by Duff sisters.

The Lake House venue count estimate in
You should get mail confirming the total two years from today.