It's been a long time since Natalie Portman starred in a romantic comedy, and it's been almost as long since Ashton Kutcher starred in a romantic comedy that we liked. So needless to say, we were thrilled by the trailer for "No Strings Attached," a rom-com in which the two play friends engaged in a casual fling with—you guessed it—no strings attached. But, as you also might suspect, it develops into something more like love.
Plus, any movie that has Mindy Kaling in the opening seconds automatically wins our stamp of approval.
Surprisingly enough, Natalie and Ashton have really great chemistry. We totally bought the two as lifelong friends who get wrapped up in a relationship that slowly spins out of their control. The trailer makes it pretty obvious that jealousy and love eventually get in the way, but considering this is the first of many friends-with-benefits projects headed our way, it will be interesting if this approach is more "realistic" than some of the other films'.
While most of us are spending this week in a sugar-induced fugue state, licking the discarded wrappers from the last of our Halloween candy and wondering whether we'll ever fit into our pants again, Hollywood is already looking ahead to the holidays. Next New Year's Eve, to be exact. Today brought news from 
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