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Flashback: Morgan Freeman Teaching Kids To Read in 1971

Today’s roundup is linkfest of writers, a letter from the old man at sea, and best time-travel of all time!

Amy Adams In Talks to Star in Gilles Paquet-Brenner’s ‘Dark Places’

It’s shaping up to be an incredibly busy year for talent-saturated It Girl Adams, whose latest may be pulled from the pages of thriller queen Gillian Flynn.

Poetry in Motion (Pictures): James Franco to Adapt Collections of Poems by C.K. Williams and Stephen Dobyns

Just when we were growing wary and weary, Franco regains our interest with his latest act of larger-than-life ambition.

Harry Potter Adapter-in-Chief Steve Kloves Will Take on ‘Defending Jacob’

Also today, George Lucas lends some land to low-income housing, first look at Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs, and Pee-Wee Herman — coming to a theater near you.

Female Filmmakers Come Clean With the Hard Truth about Women, Identity, and Sex

Sex is in the air, and from HBO’s ‘Girls’ to Cheryl Strayed’s Wild to a remake of the classic ‘Carrie,’ women in culture aren’t afraid to show it.

Cool Tool of the Week: 3-D Printing and the Emotion of Animation

Today’s roundup is also serving up sequels full of notable character omissions and valuable advice for authors who can’t decide what to write about.

‘Hunger Games’ Parody ‘Starving Games’ to Elicit Groans In 2013

Also in our Friday round-up: the art behind Edgar Allan Poe, casting the fantasy ‘Avengers,’ and what ‘Alien 5′ could have been with a little help from James Cameron.

Fact-Checking Shows Steinbeck’s Travels With Charley Doesn’t Hold Water

Also, a look back at ‘Dick Tracy,’ James Bond thousands of misses, and a movie review site like no other.

The Thinking Person’s 2012 Summer Movie Preview (Or 8 Reasons to Escape the Tyranny of Escapism)

After “The Avengers“ set the high watermark for summer spectacle, the rest of the season of mindless entertainment seems doomed to disappoint. Despair not: After sorting through the piles of pulp and popcorn Hollywood plans to dole out over the next three months, we’ve come up with eight reasons to retreat into a dark, windowless space …