Nov 26 2008 'Duplicity' Trailer Does Not Star Michael Keaton(s)

Congratulations to Ocean's Eleven and Mr. and Mrs. Smith on the birth of their Clive Owen/Julia Roberts-starring romantic-comedy-heist, Duplicity. May your spawn find reasonable box-office success and one day itself birth a sequel called Twoplicity. Here's the official announcement (the trailer):

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Oct 31 2008 Final 'Valkyrie' Trailer Makes Hitler Assassination Fun

Here's the final trailer to Valkyrie, the Bryan Singer-directed, Tom Cruise-starring historical thriller about a German assassination plot against Hitler. The film looks well made, but I can't help but feel a lack of tension knowing that the plot fails (thanks for the spoilers, history). I hope, to keep things interesting, there's a second, "or what if THIS happened?" ending where we see the plan succeed and Hiter gets blown up. You know, just something tasteful, like the fuhrer sees the bomb and is like, "Ooooohhh shiiiiii--" and then you see an explosion as Tom Cruise rides up on a horse, Hitler's mustache floating gently in the sky (like that CGI feather in Forrest Gump), and Cruise says, "Let's get the heil outta here!"

Maybe for the DVD?

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