It seems the idea of relationship-free sex between two consenting and non-paying adults is too ripe a premise for just one movie. And Will Gluck’s Friends with Benefits hits theaters six months after Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher tried the exact same thing in No Strings Attached. But for Benefits, he’s assembled a dream team of actors, including Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, along with supporting players Richard Jenkins Patricia Clarkson and Woody Harrelson. No Strings set the bar low, can Friends with Benefits jump it? Alas, no…

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Justin Timberlake might be new-ish to acting, but he is decidedly on point when it comes to what he wants to talk about. When he sat down to discuss Friends with Benefits with co-star Mila Kunis, he obviously had a clear idea what he wanted the movie to be when they made it. Kunis let Timberlake do the heavy lifting in the interview, but their chemistry was just as present off screen as it was on. Take a look…

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Will Gluck was close to being another TV vet who attempted to transition to movies when his first major movie – Fired Up – died at the box office. But as he says in the interview, he was already working on his second film. That was Easy A, and it turned Emma Stone into a star. Now he’s back a year later with Friends with Benefits, and Gluck is carving a nice corner for himself in business. Check out our talk…

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Friends with Benefits has a great supporting cast of characters, and from everything the actors said, it’s apparent that Will Gluck is fun to work with. We got a chance to sit down with two of those supporting players, Patricia Clarkson, who plays Mila Kunis’s mom and Jenna Elfman, who plays Justin Timberlake’s sister, to talk about the film and their careers. Check it out.

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Natalie Portman followed her beautiful Oscar winning performance in Black Swan with the casual Emma in No String Attached. The Ivan Reitman film was a financial success, but didn’t get much love from the critics. In a few weeks, Portman’s costar Mila Kunis is following her work in Black Swan with a Will Gluck romantic comedy titled Friends with Benefits. When the Benefits’ trailer hit the web, we had Deja Vu, but Blind Film Critic went the extra mile and created a trailer mashup to show audiences that Friends with Benefits and No Strings Attached are the same film, just made by different studios.

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It’s the obvious joke, but it’s true: watching the Friends with Benefits trailer, it’s hard not to be reminded that A) Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis starred in Black Swan, and B) Natalie Portman appeared in the very similar movie No Strings Attached. It makes you wonder what their discussions were like on the set of Black Swan about their next films. No Strings Attached came out in January, where the Justin Timberlake/Mila Kunis version is due this summer on July 22. Take a look at the trailer.

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If you were a fan of Will Gluck’s last film Easy A you’re going to love Friends with Benefits. It’s his upcoming non-romantic comedy that stars Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake as two friends who give each other certain benefits — like sex. Over at Moviefone they’ve released a red band trailer that features a lot of curse worlds, semi-nudity, and Timberlake’s head somewhere that it shouldn’t be. Take a look…

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We never thought we would say this but, THANK YOU NBC! The network has kicked “Heroes” to the curb after four years that consisted of one good season and three that were visual cancer. Just yesterday we reported on the show’s uncertain future and now it’s been confirmed (doing multiple backflips in a row) that it’s over. Not only that but the network finally decided to give the action comedy “Chuck” another season, along with four new pilots.

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