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John Stamos is 47 today. I hope I can age this well. *fingers crossed*

Natalie Portman & Mila Kunis in the same movie?!? Sign me up! Black Swan is a thriller about veteran ballet dancer, Portman, and her new rival, Kunis. The movie is directed Darren Aronofsky of The Wrestler and Requiem for a Dream fame. Looks interesting, thoughts??

Last night, among all the action stars, fights, explosions, blood … there was a beauty, Giselle Itié, that caught all our eyes. She didn’t play the typical ‘damsel in distress’, but instead she was a hot, sexy, passionate revolutionary that stood for something. I dug it. See more pics of her here.

The trailer for the Mark Zuckerberg movie, to the tune of Kanye’s ‘Power’. The movie stars Jesse Eisenberg, Rashida Jones, former Disney star Brenda Song, and pop superstar Justin Timberlake. It looks like a pretty solid flick.

I watched Kick-Ass earlier tonight and really enjoyed the movie. I recommend checking it out, it’s badass! Now, the one actress that stood out to me, besides Hit-Girl, was Lyndsy Fonseca who plays the love interest Katie. She played the perfect girl next door and is just a pleasure to watch on-screen. I’m looking forward to Kick-Ass 2!

This looks like a hilarious movie by the director of Forgetting Sarah Marshall and I can’t wait to see. I’d also love to run around London and NYC with Russell Brand, I think it’d be one hell of a trip.

I’ve started seening the previews for this in theaters and on TV and I can’t wait! It looks like a sequel to Superbad, which I thought was hilarious. Based on some early reviews from the Toronto Film Festival, Michael Cera finally breaks away from his usual role. In Youth in Revolt, we get to see the evil Michael Cera as he creates a “supplementary persona” named Francois Dillinger to do the many bad things needed to win his dream girl. Check out the trailer!

“Valentine’s Day” is about intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles who break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine’s Day. I really don’t know what to expect,  but it’s packed with today’s hottest stars including Bradley Cooper, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba, Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Garner, Patrick Dempsey, Eric Dane, Julia Roberts, Emma Roberts, Jennifer Garner, Jamie Foxx, Taylor Lautner and more. Check out the new trailer!

I just discovered Ashley Greene this past weekend when I watched Twilight, yes I know I’m late. Ashley is a beauty who’s star is quickly rising. She’ll be starring in the 2nd installment of the Twilight series, New Moon, which comes out this Friday. Her star power should get even bigger after this weekend. Learn more about her here.

A decade after Brad Pitt and Edward Norton punched their way into our hearts, director David Fincher talks to Paul Cullum about his macho masterpiece here. Fight Club is also now on Blu-Ray, definitely going to get that! Amazon.

Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who’ve ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need. We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War’s a spiritual war… our Great Depression is our lives. We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won’t. And we’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off.

I don’t know about you, but I think zombies are funny. Especially when Woody Harrelson is kicking some zombie butt with big guns. This movie is full of quirky and smart one-liners i.e. ‘time to nut up, or shut up’. The main character, Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg or Michael Cera lite), is a loner kid with OCD who lives by an extensive list of rules, which nicely pop up on screen. While there is plenty of blood, guts, and gore the main attraction is the rock-n-sock’m action and banter between the characters. I give it a B and is theater-approved.