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Uma Thurman was just recently cast as much younger Robert Pattinson's Parisian love interest in the new film Bel Ami, to be released in 2011. The decision marks just one of many casting choices that seem to be pointing us in a somewhat...more sophisticated...direction.

It's Friday again and that means there's a whole new crop of movies on which you can dump your money. You've no doubt worked hard this week tilling the fields and weaning your young and you wish to take in a film that won't leave you mourning the loss of funds you could've spent on booze. Choosing what film to see without any information is a bit like a round of "Press Your Luck," except landing on a Whammy won't leave you feeling insulted, robbed of your dignity, or wishing for physical harm to come about on another human being. Bad movies can do that to you. Here at Zoom In Online, we're your friends and we want to prove it by providing you with as much information as we can before you attempt to wade through a potential cinematic mine field. Consider us your cinematic D.A.R.E., except funnier and without all the poor results.

Comedy Central recently sent out a press release announcing that The Daily Show regular, John Oliver, will be hosting his very own comedy series beginning January 8 of next year. The comedian, who has served as Jon Stewart's Senior British Correspondent since 2006, claims he has always had a knack for stand-up, appearing in his very own special on Comedy Central in 2008—John Oliver: Terrifying Times.

Rob Marshall's no amateur when it comes to filmmaking. He jump-started his solid career in 1999 directing the TV adaptation of the popular musical Annie, and continued to make a name for himself creating movie-musical spectacles. Next came the academy award-winning Chicago, as well as the upcoming release of his next movie Nine. Oh, and Memories of a Geisha was thrown in the mix there as well, which snagged three Oscars in 2006 for art direction, cinematography and costume design. Long story short, no one can argue Marshall isn't a talented director, but from the aforementioned movies it quickly becomes clear that he definitely has a "type."

Okay, so for the thousands of trekkies out there, listen up: the gag reel included on the new Star Trek DVD is finally a way for you guys not to take yourselves quite so seriously.

We here at Zoom In Online realize that you probably spend so much time perusing our site that you may occasionally look up from your web browsing and notice that multiple days have passed. We appreciate that. While we can't make up for your lost days of work or missing your spouse's/friend's/relative's/child's birthday, we can update you on what you're missing in the outside world - what DVDs are being released, for instance. Check Zoom In Online every Tuesday to keep tabs on all the DVD and Blu-ray releases for the week.

The 2007 documentary, Young @ Heart, managed the impossible: to evoke those feelings from its audience members without any form of cinematic manipulation. The scenes of the elderly choir, Oap, singing their hearts out to Coldplay's "Fix You," and The Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated" was enough to move us, make us laugh and at times even worry if the adorable grandma belting her heart out to "I Feel Good" was going to be okay.

Now Playing: November 13, 2009 It's Friday again and that means there's a whole new crop of movies on which you can dump your money. You've no doubt worked hard this week tilling the fields and weaning your young and you wish to take in a film that won't leave you mourning the loss of funds you could've spent on booze. Choosing what film to see without any information is a bit like a round of "Press Your Luck," except landing on a Whammy won't leave you feeling insulted, robbed of your dignity, or wishing for physical harm to come about on another human being. Bad movies can do that to you. Here at Zoom In Online, we're your friends and we want to prove it by providing you with as much information as we can before you attempt to wade through a potential cinematic mine field. Consider us your cinematic D.A.R.E., except funnier and without all the poor results.

Earlier this week we touched upon the SD cards being implemented by movie rental giant Blockbuster. This shift is just one of many changes companies are making to keep up with the digital era, and Best Buy conglomerate is determined to stay current as well. The chain recently announced its newest plan to sell its entertainment bit by bit, literally.

Looks like there's no turning back now. This is war; at least for Blockbuster, Netflix and the surprisingly popular RedBox, each relentless participants in the fight to monopolize the movie-renting, -streaming, -downloading industry. If you haven't already heard, Blockbuster should be changing its name to Brokebuster by now. According to slashfilm.com, the company plans on closing 1,000 more of its stores in the next twelve months, leaving thousands of Blockbuster employees without jobs.

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With the upcoming release of Avatar on December 15, writer and director James Cameron has a lot to think about. The original story follows war veteran and paraplegic, Jake Sully, as he transforms into a human–Na'vi hybrid (an Avatar), so that he can spy on the Na'vi's foreign planet, Pandora.

20th Century Fox has extremely high hopes for the film, and not surprisingly seeing as the studio shelled out a total of $500 million over the duration of the film's lengthy production. Expecting to win back all that and more seems like a lofty goal, especially considering the current state of the economy and the fact that although insiders claim the film has breached a whole new level of filmmaking, the graphics and story seem slightly reminiscent of Delgo circa one year ago. Not that you're expected to remember Delgo—it had one of the lowest grossing wide releases in recent history.

It's Friday again and that means there's a whole new crop of movies on which you can dump your money. You've no doubt worked hard this week tilling the fields and weaning your young and you wish to take in a film that won't leave you mourning the loss of funds you could've spent on booze. Choosing what film to see without any information is a bit like a round of "Press Your Luck," except landing on a Whammy won't leave you feeling insulted, robbed of your dignity, or wishing for physical harm to come about on another human being. Bad movies can do that to you. Here at Zoom In Online, we're your friends and we want to prove it by providing you with as much information as we can before you attempt to wade through a potential cinematic mine field. Consider us your cinematic D.A.R.E., except funnier and without all the poor results.

No longer will you have to travel to Park City, Utah just to be a part of Sundance. A new event has been created by the Sundance Institute called Sundance Film Festival U.S.A. that will enable Sundance filmmakers to come to you - well, at least eight of them, all of whom will travel to eight separate cities on January 28 during the festival's awards weekend.

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