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Jump to the 3:12 mark. (Hat tip to Bill C and co. at The Film Freak Central Blog for reminding me about this)

No time for commentary. Just links. CLICK AND READ!Out Now:My Bloody Valentine 3D (Slant magazine)Notorious (Slant magazine)Paul Blart: Mall Cop (Cinematical)

We're only nine days into the new year, and already the cinemas have blessed us with one great release (Cargo 200) to help offset the predictable January junk. Though as far as junk goes, The Unborn - how that's for an exploitative poster (left)? – is of a premium quality. Out Now: Cargo 200 (Slant magazine)…

And with these two negative reviews, 2008 is officially a wrap. See you all in the new year!In Theaters:Bedtime Stories (Slant magazine)Marley & Me (Slant magazine)

Can no one stop Ed Zwick’s reign of mediocrity? The Last Samurai and Blood Diamond director delivers yet another one of his action-packed historical dramas with Defiance, in which heroes brood, hunks curl up with hotties under warm blankets, brothers squabble, and stuff goes kaboom with deadening predictability. Zwick’s trademark talk-explosion!-talk-gunfire!-talk template is at this…

Well, I guess this is, in fact, my second-to-last link dump of the year, since a final one will show up right before Christmas next week. Nonetheless, it's the big one – in terms of featuring high-profile awards contenders – that I was referring to a couple of nights ago.This Week:The Curious Case of Benjamin…

Here's a quick link dump for this Thursday evening, with my final 2008 one to come next week that'll include reviews of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Reservation Road, and a thriller featuring a very silly-looking eye-patched superstar.Now Playing:Seven Pounds (Cinematical)Yes Man (Slant magazine)The Tale of Despereaux (Slant magazine)

I can't believe I only just now thought of this post title, given that the song it references is one of my all-time least favorites. Anyway, I digress. Here are this week's two new links.Out Now:Gran Torino (Cinematical)The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) (Slant magazine)

So about all those unpublished reviews I referred to in Friday night's link post…here are four of them, hot off the Interweb. This Friday:The Reader (Slant magazine)What Doesn't Kill You (Slant magazine)Nothing Like the Holidays (Slant magazine)Dark Streets (Slant magazine)

Though I've been writing like crazy, most of my recent reviews have yet to see the light of day thanks to studio-mandated embargoes that prevent publication until the week of release. Thus, I only have three new reviews for this Friday, with more to come soon, including Doubt and In the City of Sylvia arriving later…