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Don't panic! A new trailer for the highly anticipated film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is available exclusively on Amazon.com today! Based on the beloved book by the great Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy follows the travels of Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman), who is saved from the demolition of the Earth by his pal Ford Prefect (Mos Def). Ford is really an alien doing research for an updated edition of the universe's ultimate travel companion, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." Check out the new trailer exclusively available on Amazon.com today! The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy opens April 29th.

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Which of this year's Best Picture nominees is the most overrated? (vote)

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IMDb Movie of the Day
What's with Peter Jackson's love affair with matricide? In the years before Frodo, his characters offed their mothers with gory gusto. The most whirling depiction of the act occurs in his third film, Brain Dead (known as Dead Alive in the U.S.). Jackson splendidly recreates a 1957 New Zealand village, where love is blooming between Lionel (Timothy Balme), a consummate mama's boy, and local shopgirl Paquita (Diana Peņalver). Lionel's overbearing mum (Elizabeth Moody) doesn't approve of the romance, and follows the couple on their first date: a trip to the zoo. It turns out to be quite a bad idea, as a zoologist has smuggled a rat monkey into said zoo, which bites Lionel's mother after she taunts the beast. The bite turns her into a zombie -- one that craves brains, naturally (as Jackson is an admitted disciple of George Romero). Determined to preserve his mum and his romance, Lionel locks her - and the others she's bitten, including the village's horny priest - in the basement. But soon Lionel's Uncle Les (Ian Watkin) comes calling, discovers the scene, and lays claim to the house and mum's money. To celebrate, Les throws a huge party at the house...which can only spell trouble. Certainly no stranger to the horror-comedy genre, Jackson had a big budget ($3 million, his largest at the time) to work with, as well as his trusty puppeteer, Ramon Aguilar, who worked on the director's shockingly gross Meet the Feebles. This allowed the director to create a mother of finales, the showdown between Lionel, what used to be his beloved mum, and a house full of zombies. It's a scene so uncivilized that several versions of the film exist on video, even different unrated versions. It's also a chance to see how one of today's premiere directors worked with a minimal budget before he created three of the grandest pictures in history. - Arno Kazarian (more) (Movie of the Day Archive)

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Truly Trivial This Academy Award-nominated director directed the video for Michael Jackson's "Bad." (answer)

Movie/TV Quote of the Day

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Romance is great, but I just want to remind you, it don't pay the bills.