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I hate to spread totally speculative bad buzz, but if any advance development merits the term "not a good sign," it's a movie getting its release date pushed back seven months to early September, the year's most notorious dumping ground. Yep -- Richard Kelly's The Box is now scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. on September 11, 2009.

Now, to be clear, its original February release date wasn't exactly a plum spot either. But occasionally something sneaks through early in the year -- think Cloverfield. The few weeks around Labor Day are where movies go to die. The only recent exception I can think of is 3:10 to Yuma.

I'm hoping against hope that the switch isn't actually a vote of no confidence, since a Twilight Zone-style sci-fi film from the director of Donnie Darko sounds fantastic. If it is a low-confidence move, I'm hoping it's a case of a studio not knowing a good movie from a hole in the wall. That happens a fair amount, don't you know. Richard Kelly could use a boost after Southland Tales sank last year.

The Box is about a suburban couple who receive a mysterious wooden box with a single button. The box comes with a promise that if one of them presses the button in the next 24 hours, they will get a million dollars -- but somewhere in the world, someone will die. The film stars James Marsden, Cameron Diaz and Frank Langella.

[hat tip: Cinema Blend]

Three things are certain in life: death, taxes, and the fact that if you run an Insert Caption contest for Balls of Fury, you'll get lots of entries containing the word "balls." Throw in Christopher Walken, and you've got more cowbell than you can shake a paddle at. Well, we asked for it. Honorable mention goes to those who boldly tried to replicate Walken's speech; they were noble efforts all, reminiscent of a young Walken cooking chicken. At any rate, here are the winners, each now the proud recipient of a pack of balls, a Ping-Pong paddle (just one -- how sad) and as my colleague Alexis so succinctly puts it, "one pair of large men's briefs with 'balls' stamped right where it counts":

1. "Needs more cowballs."
-- Rob

2. "I got next!"
-- Daniel West

3. "And now for the happy ending!"
-- Illinoisandback

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This week we bring you a movie that's incredibly similar to Balls of Fury, and that's 3:10 to Yuma -- after all, they say Christian Bale and Russell Crowe are the Christopher Walken and Dan Fogler of our time. Seriously, this remake of the classic Western is getting tons of Oscar buzz, so if your caption wins the contest and the movie wins an Oscar, you'll be only one degree removed from the Oscar, right? Except you'll be the proud owner of his-and-hers Yuma t-shirts instead of some silly gold-plated paperweight. Write 'em, cowboy, and see you next week.

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