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As the temperatures slowly lower themselves towards sweater levels, it's time for Hollywood to start the fall season at the box office in earnest. With two highly anticipated genre films hitting screens, this is sure to be the most lucrative weekend since August. Here's a handy guide to the weekend's new releases:

Saw V

What's the story: If you're wondering what the October Surprise is, look no further than Saw V. It's absolutely stunning that this horror franchise is on its fifth go-around. We don't know anything about the latest edition, but presumably the plot deals with a bunch people dying violent deaths. Expect this to make lots of money.

Who should see it: People who thought Saw IV didn't really tell the whole story.

High School Musical 3

What's the story: Speaking of making lots of money... allow us to introduce you to HSM3.  read more »

Tell us if this sounds familiar: You've awoken with a jerk at 2AM, alone in your fully-lit apartment and still on the couch. On TV, the credits of some random movie are scrolling by. It feels like rock bottom. But, we promise, it's not! And we know, because we're just like you: single.

We stay up way past our bedtime (especially on school nights), being kept company by movies we've seen a billion times.... until we literally can't keep our eyes open. We know we're not alone: maybe you need a movie to sleep to, too! So join us tonight when we pass out to Keeping the Faith (starting @ 11:35 on Starz! Kids & Family).

Why we'll try to stay up and watch it:  read more »

Three days after the New York Times reported that Representative Charlie Rangel rents four rent-stabilized apartments in Harlem, Rangel's neighbor, Governor David Paterson, unveiled this public service announcement on the topic of housing for non-rich people, featuring actor Edward Norton, and two others featuring former Giant Tiki Barber and former Met (briefly) Mo Vaughn.

Paterson’s office said the ads began airing on July 14. In an press release announcing the ads, Paterson’s office said the objective is “to promote the continued development of affordable housing in communities throughout New York State. The PSAs are part of a larger campaign – Affordable Housing Works – which touts attractive and high quality affordable housing developments across New York State.”

The Incredible Hulk
Running Time 114 minutes
Written by Zak Penn
Directed by Louis Leterrier
Starring Edward Norton, William Hurt and Liv Tyler

Five years have passed since the first big-screen Hulk wasted the reputation of director Ang Lee on a computer-generated comic strip nobody wanted to see. That film suffered punishing reviews and a devastating 70 percent drop-off in attendance in the second week, from which it never recovered. But you can’t keep an old, green, 10-ton Brussels sprout down for long. It’s too early to predict if The Incredible Hulk, the CGI sequel, will sink to that same level of box office infamy, but take it from me: You’ll have the DVD by Labor Day.  read more »

Barack Obama just can’t get those celebs off his back! We hear from Cinematical that Variety’s reporting two-time Oscar nominee Edward Norton and his Class 5 Films are getting ready to shop around a documentary about Mr. Obama’s presidential campaign. And it seems like they were ahead of the hype – the impetus for the film, according to Mr. Norton, was a speech Mr. Obama gave during the Democratic National Convention back in 2004: “We were all so struck by Barack’s speech and talked about how exciting it was to see someone from our generation, not our parents’, make his presence felt in such an inspiring way … It was akin to the way I remembered my dad describing how he felt when Kennedy gave his inauguration speech.” Directors Amy Rice and Alicia Sams have been shooting since 2006, when Mr. Obama gave them access on his visit to Africa that year, and the film’s release is set for 2009 (with or without Mr. Obama in the Whitehouse).

Footage taken at last year's funeral for slain NYPD officer Eric Hernandez will likely end up in a forthcoming film about the NYPD starring Colin Farrell and Ed Norton. But first, producers may have to pay the pipe and drum group that performed that day.  read more »

The High Line project was officially unveiled at a rail raising (not groundbreaking as Mike Bloomberg pointed out) today with New York's senior and junior senators, Christine Quinn, Jerry Nadler, Scott Stringer, Dan Doctoroff, Betsy Gotbaum and celebs Edward Norton and Kevin Bacon.

All the elected officials praised the project, and Chuck pointed out that an Oreo cookie factory used to occupy one of the buildings that looms over the project.

"I doubt Oreo cookies are even made in America anymore," he said.  read more »