Carla Gugino, Connie Britton, Adrianne Palicki, Emmanuelle Chiriqui, Marley Shelton, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sarah Clarke. That’s quite a list of names that Sebastian Gutierrez has rounded up for his indie sex comedy. The stellar cast paired with the warm reviews coming out of festivals are the main reasons I’ve been interested in this film, and now we have a trailer for it, too.

Centering around one crazy day in the lives of 8 women in Los Angeles (including a pregnant porn star, two call girls, a scorned psychiatrist, and a flight attendant with a crush on a famous passenger), Women in Trouble portends to be a clever and whimsical comedy packing plenty of feminine punch. Check out the trailer below, courtesy of Apple.

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UPDATE: HQ trailer has been posted, courtesy of MySpace. Also, check out some more character banners below the jump!

I know every Pixar movie is highly anticipated these days, but Toy Story 3 has to be the most anticipated in a long time, right? The strong showing of the Toy Story 1 & 2 double feature at the box office is another testament to just how fond people are of the franchise. I, for one, would love to spend another 90+ minutes with Woody, Buzz, and the gang.

In addition to some character banners that have been popping up here and there, now we’ve got our first look at a full trailer for the film. Hit the jump to see your old friends back in action now that Andy’s grown up and moved on to college. The YouTube version clearly isn’t meant to be an official release, so catch it while you can! MySpace has it in HD, too!

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It’s long overdue, but we’re finally making our return!

Relocating our offices was a process that took a little longer than expected, but after clearing that hurdle (along with some issues getting our internet access re-established), we’re back. We’ve made a few minor tweaks here and there, but have survived the big move otherwise intact. Sorry to have kept you, our loyal readers (or maybe even some new ones), out in the cold for so long, but hopefully you’ve been able to follow all the action in the movie business through our Twitter page. Now that we’re set up and ready to rock once again, you can expect your usual dose of regular updates to come in packages slightly larger than 140 characters.

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We’ve got a jam-packed edition of Quick Hits & Snack Bits for you folks today.

If you’ve been following us for a while, you’ll remember QH&SB as a feature that ran every so often with smaller stories that didn’t fit into their own articles. Well, we’re now turning it into a weekly feature, so check back every Friday to catch a brief (but riveting!) rundown of the smaller news items.

After the jump, check out new pics from Clash of the Titans, Centurion, The Losers, Wall Street 2, as well as news regarding Thor, Spore, Arrested Development, Michael Mann, Liam Neeson, Mark Wahlberg, Kristen Bell, Mia Wasikowska, Neil Marshall, and Lars von Trier (told you it was jam-packed)!

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Precious already wowed audiences at Sundance this year, and has generated a flood of praise among critics. But for the more casual movie-going audience who may not follow the blogs or news sites too closely, Precious probably isn’t too big of a blip on their radar. I suppose, then, that’s where this trailer comes in. The powerful footage is disrupted, albeit necessarily, by strong endorsements from Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey — both figures who are sure to plant butts in seats.

While I’m not a fan of this kind of marketing, I can see how it could be effective. Soapboxing excepted, the trailer does show off more impressive footage from the film, and I can’t wait to catch it when it opens in New York and Los Angeles on November 6th. Watch the Apple exclusive trailer after the jump.

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The coming-of-age story has been done so many times that it is difficult to imagine that anyone has anything refreshing left to add to the genre, if it can be called that. Yet somehow director Lone Scherfig and writer Nick Hornby’s An Education manages to present itself as wholly original, a charming, nostalgic, heartbreaking, and altogether invigorating tale set during a 1961 England that was on the cusp of social and artistic revolution.

Taking place in a post-war, pre-Beatles London suburb, An Education follows 16-year old Jenny, a brilliant and culture-minded student with aims to “read English” at the prestigious Oxford University. Her quiet existence takes an unexpected turn when the charismatic David appears in her life, a suitor twice her age who is debonair, witty, and culturally refined in all the ways that Jenny postures to be. He charms his way into her life and home, even winning the approval of Jenny’s timid and buttoned-up parents, and whisks her off to the alluring and seductive world of smoky jazz clubs and romantic Parisian getaways. Jenny suddenly finds herself faced with either continuing her education, a self-empowering but toiling exercise in which she has recently lost sight of its meaning, or giving herself over to the “university of life” and tackling the world’s adventures head on. More»

We’ve got two new posters for you today, both for movies that I’m looking forward to. One is Troy Duffy’s long-anticipated sequel The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day, and the other is Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones. Hit the jump to check them out. More»

The Nimrod Antal-directed, Robert Rodriguez-produced Predators has garnered a lot of fanboy support over the past few months, but this casting news will certainly come as a bit of a surprise to anyone who has been monitoring the progress of this film. Adrien Brody has been cast as the lead in the reboot, and Topher Grace is also in negotiations to join the cast.

Brody isn’t the type of actor many would describe as a “warrior-type,” but it appears that he impressed the filmmakers enough to earn the role. Though official plot descriptions are vague, the story will generally follow a rag-tag group of mercenaries who are hunted by the titular alien trackers. According to THR’s Risky Biz Blog, Brody will play “a man who ends up inheriting the mantle of leader and is known as a hunter of men.” Meanwhile, Grace would play “an accountant-type whose unassuming facade masks a dangerous serial killer.” Hit the jump to see who else has been cast.

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Since I was a kid relishing in the rare occasions I was able to plunder my luckier friends’ comic book collections, Venom has always been my favorite character of the Spider-Man universe. The guy might’ve hated Spidey, and sure, tried to kill him on a few occasions, but otherwise he was an honorable dude – not at all the villainous wretch that the understandably Spider-Man-centric cartoons/Spider-Man 3 portrayed him as. See, what made Venom most interesting to me was that he had his own set of rules, a bizarre system of ethics that he lived by; in short, a code. And, to paraphrase Omar Little, a man’s got to have a code.

I was delighted when we heard back in April that the Venom character was getting his own spin-off movie, especially after the atrocious incarnation from the last Spider-Man movie. But we hadn’t heard anything in a while and I was afraid the project was languishing in development hell, especially when Sony’s attentions switched to Spider-Man 4. However, now the trades are reporting that Gary Ross is in talks to rewrite the screenplay, and the Pleasantville and Seabiscuit writer/director may possibly undertake helming duties as well.

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Heath Ledger delivered one of his most unforgettable performances in last year’s The Dark Knight, but it may be his final turn in Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus that defines the actor’s tragically short career. From the trailer alone, you can see the effortlessly charming, darkly brooding, and completely singular energy that Ledger brought to his roles. It’s a shame we will never see the film as it was originally intended, but Gilliam has scrounged up a not-unflattering trio of understudies in Johnny Depp, Colin Farrel, and Jude Law to pick up the slack in the wake of Ledger’s passing.

We’ve already gotten a hint of the eye-popping visuals to expect from Imaginarium with the U.K. trailer that was released a couple of months ago, and the domestic trailer certainly reinforces that. The early word out of festivals has been that this is a return to form for Gilliam, with many of the themes from the director’s early, best works reasserting themselves here. Personally, I think it looks like Gilliam just let his imagination run wild here, and I can’t wait to see what he’s got in store for us this time.

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I’m Not There writer Oren Moverman’s directorial debut The Messenger now has a trailer.

The war drama follows two soldiers in the Army’s Casualty Notification service, the division responsible for notifying the next of kin when a soldier has died while in military service. Starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone, and Steve Buscemi, the film has been getting very positive buzz coming out of Sundance. It’s a bit bizarre seeing Harrelson in so sober a role after the weekend romp that was Zombieland, but it just serves to remind us of what a talent he is. The real star of the film, however, is Foster, whose performance here is being hailed by critics as the best of the young actor’s diverse career.

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Zombieland proved the horror comedy is alive and well, pulling in an estimated $25 million over the weekend to land in the number one spot at the box office.

Ruben Flesicher’s flick won audiences over with healthy helpings of gory action and side-splitting laughs, surpassing its modest $23.6 million production budget in its debut weekend. Meanwhile, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs stayed strong and showed few signs of slowing down, pulling in another $16.7 million for the #2 spot and bringing its total to over $82 million in its third weekend of release. Despite Cloudy’s momentum, the re-issue/double-billing of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D was still able to draw a crowd, grossing $12.5 million and coming in 3rd for the weekend.

New release The Invention of Lying was only able to manage a modest $7.3 million take, good enough for fourth place. Still, it was an improvement from Ricky Gervais’ last outing Ghost Town, which managed only $13.4 million in its entire run. More»

Many believed that with Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Edgar Wright simultaneously created and ended the zombie horror-comedy subgenre, inventing the bar then setting it so ridiculously high that none would ever be able to follow. Director Ruben Fleischer and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick apparently never got the memo. Their work on Zombieland proves that there are still much more laughs to be had from walking stiffs and the inevitable brain-spatter that follows in their lumbering wake. A brisk 81-minute romp through blood-and-bile-filled hilarity, Zombieland is a tightly packaged effigy to zombie flicks, made by people who clearly understand zombie movies and, more importantly, the inherent comedy of the concept.

The film has a dazzling energy, slinging jokes and gags relentlessly throughout. What’s most impressive is how naturally and easily the jokes come, and though some wind up working better than others, none of it ever feels forced or contrived.

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It’s been over 17 years since John Woo last made a Chinese-language film. Red Cliff marks a return to his native language, and the result is a sweeping epic centering on the pivotal battle that took place at the end of the Han dynasty. History lessons aside, all you need to know is that the film looks gorgeous and features a top-notch cast. Tony Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro headline a crop of Chinese cinema heayweights including Chen Chang, Fengyi Zhang, and Vicki Zao.

Released in China last year as two separate films totaling over 4 hours in length, Red Cliff crosses the Pacific as a single condensed film sporting a leaner 148-minute runtime. Woo reportedly always planned for the film to be released in such a manner, so you won’t be able to sling any angry harangues at Magnet if the American version turns out poorly. I don’t know how they can possibly compress the massive epic that was Red Cliff into just 148 minutes, but my guess is that much of the history has been left out in favor of preserving the big set pieces. I don’t know if that’ll make a good movie, but it’ll certainly cut a great trailer. Check it out below the jump.

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Usually, we like to preface our trailer posts with a little bit about the movie, a synopsis or maybe a few interesting tidbits about the cast and crew, some sort of hook to get you interested in seeing the movie. All you need to know about Up In The Air is that it’s written and directed by Jason Reitman, the director of Thank You For Smoking and Juno, and that it stars George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, and J.K. Simmons. With such a talented group behind the movie, that should be more than enough. If it isn’t, just watch the trailer below.

Aw geez, I can’t help myself – here goes: I think Up In The Air is going to be one of the special ones, a movie that comes along every few years that quietly blows people away. These movies, they’re never too showy about it; they just sort of appear and surprise audiences with a truly engaging story. We’ve seen a teaser for this already, and now Apple has released the full theatrical trailer. It seems to reveal more of what we here at c,vt have long suspected: that this film – one that Reitman has said could be his most personal ever – is going to amaze.

I’m not saying this because it’s a particularly bold or original statement. There’s been a lot of positive buzz coming out of festivals and I know I’m not the first to proclaim this thought. I’ve just got a good feeling about this one. I’m excited, and I hope you are too. Catch the trailer after the jump. More»