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The New "A-Team" (OR, the Second Coming of Liam Neeson) October 23, 2009 Don't ask me why Hollywood remakes nostalgic favorites like Land of the Lost into not-great movies. Maybe because for every nine they get wrong, there will be one Transformers that will make a gajillion dollars, and that gajillion will carry them through... another nine crappy movies. On that note, um, here's the cast of the new (sigh) A-Team: New-to-the-A-list Bradley Cooper (The Hangover) as Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck, UFC fighter Quinton "Rampage" Jackson as Bosco "B.A." Baracus, Sharlto Copley (the star of District 9) as Murdock, and Liam Neeson as Hannibal. Neeson, who's having quite the career resurgence as an action star since the surprise hit Taken earlier this year (not to mention the upcoming Clash of the Titans remake), looks like he's having the most fun in this picture. (click to see larger version) The A-Team will be coming to you in June 2010, directed by Joe Carnahan. Cue theme music! --Ellen FUNimation Friday: "Evangelion 1.0," Dragon Box," and more October 23, 2009 To perk up your Friday, you can watch a batch of new anime trailers from FUNimation, including the highly anticipated movie Evangelion: 1.01 You Are (Not) Alone (coming out on DVD on November 17). Then keep watching for trailers from the Dragon Ball Z Dragon... read more

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