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The official Watchmen movie site has been updated.

If you've never read the original graphic novel but have been fascinated by the trailers that have come out for this new movie, you can whet your knowledge a little more new glimpses to what the film's about, now that a few more bits of video and character background have been updated this week on the official site. Be sure to click on each character link listed on the main page to see all the video clips.

Star Trek movie props, or "Every old is new again"

Actual props from the J.J. Abrams' new Star Trek film were on display at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last week in Las Vegas. On display were props for Dr. McCoy's medical tricorder (or the medical scanner that's used with the tricorder), Uhura's classic communications earpiece and a Starfleet flip-top style communicator that Kirk, Spock and the rest of Starfleet get to use. TrekMovie.com posted pictures of them, and they've also conveniently included stills of the original 1960's era props for comparison.

The next wave of exclusive James Bond steelbook Blu-rays will be at Amazon

Movie geeks lately have made a metal type of DVD case very popular these days. A steelbook is a trademarked product that's simply a DVD case with a metal exterior (it has plastic inside to hold the DVD(s). Not only is it durable, but fans also like that it looks sharp on their shelves. The fact that many studios have offered their tentpole films in the popular steelbook packaging in limited distribution (e.g., exclusive to Best Buy or F.Y.E. or by region) only fuels that collector mentality for fans. So many James Bond fans shopped Best Buy when the first wave of James Bond films on Blu-ray were available there exclusively in steelbook packaging last year. But now, someone at the Blu-ray.com forums said they found listings on Amazon that the next wave of Bond films in steelbook packaging will be exclusive on their site.