Transformers

What could be better than watching the giant talking robots in the upcoming film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen wrestle with each other, talk and, um, transform? Watching them do all that on a 53 foot high IMAX screen, of course! Director Michael Bay, taking a page out of Christopher Nolan's playbook, announced that he plans on shooting select scenes for next July's sure-to-be smash hit sequel to Transformers with IMAX cameras. According to the press release, Mr. Bay will "integrate the IMAX footage with state of the art CGI to create an unprecedented look and feel" for the film. Awesome! With love unprecedented stuff! Maybe the robots will come off the screen and walk around the theater!

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Criminal charges facing Shia LaBeouf have just been dropped. The 21-year-old actor got himself into trouble last month for refusing to leave a Chicago Walgreens. After the drug store staff called the police on Nov. 4, the allegedly drunk-acting Transformers star was taken into custody briefly before being released for “very courteous and polite” behavior, according to officials at the time. Mr. LaBeouf only had to appear before the judge for a few minutes this morning, reportedly smiling as he learned that the misdemeanor criminal trespassing charge had been flushed. He next stars alongside Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which opens next year. [AP]