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This is the Movies portion of the Slow News Day Filler. I don't know how I'm going to get through this, because there are a lot of movies I want to see. I'll try to boil it down a bit. (As a warning, you've got to have the Quicktime plugin in order to play the trailers I'm linking to.)

Movies:
1. 300- This movie is based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller. The story is a highly stylized account of the Battle of Thermopylae. The movie mimics the visual style of the comic, much like with Sin City (though 300 is in color). Few movies these days just seem so completely awesome.

2. Casino Royale- The new James Bond movie mixes things up with a new actor in the spy's shoes. It's also the first entry in the series of movies for quite some time to be based on one of the original novels by Ian Fleming. Of course, they can never leave well enough alone, with the studio and writers opting to change various plot elements to modernize it. Frankly, I really just want a fun, interesting movie, and this looks like it will deliver. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

3. The Fountain- I really don't know a whole lot about this. The basic premise seems clear enough. What happens when two people find the real and true Fountain of Youth, allowing them to stay young for ages upon ages? Well, the trailer doesn't really seem to offer that much insight, but definitely looks cool. This could either be a great achievement in filmmaking and storytelling for director Darren Aronofsky, or a load of pretentious artsy bullshit. However, judging by Aronofky's resume, I'd bet on the former.

Et Cetera - Tenacious D in 'The Pick of Destiny', Ghost Rider, Hot Fuzz, Spider-Man 3, and Transformers. There are, of course, various others, stretching out into timeless infinity. However, most of them are too far from release to really talk about, so I'll wait until a random point in the future.