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'Sanctum' Trailer: Spelunking and Cyclones! Ut Oh!

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Want to see The Descent, only with flash flooding instead of awful cave freaks, and in 3-D? Well, just in case, you now have that chance, thanks to Sanctum and its executive producer, James Cameron (The Avatar Trilogy). Here's a trailer.

Also, in fairness, it should be noted that I call every movie about cave-diving some form of "The Descent." Perhaps now, if this turns out to be notable, I'll start calling that genre "The Sanctum." Or "The Incomplete Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D," just to change things up.

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Newton and Gruffudd Appropriately Join 'W' Cast

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Oliver Stone, continuing his trend of not-at-all glamorizing his George W. Bush biopic, has cast Thandie Newton and Ioan Gruffudd as Condoleeza Rice and Tony Blair, respectively. As you may recall, they join a cast that already confusingly includes Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush and Josh Brolin as W himself.

Clearly the announcement of Jessicas Alba and Biel as the Bush daughters can't be far behind, but who do you think Stone will go with for Cheney? I'd say smart money is on a bald-capped George Clooney.

Thandie Newton, Ioan Gruffudd cast in 'W' [Hollywood Reporter]