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As you know, summer movie season doesn’t officially start until we say it does. And we can’t say that it is on until we’ve run down the must see movies in one of our world famous lists. So come on in people, lets get it on.

One of the big hits on the web from the past month has been the first trailer for Duncan Jones’ indie sci-fi film Moon, starring Sam Rockwell. We know this because we can now see people mashing it up with cartoons from the mid-90s.

The folks at CineVegas have officially announced their 2009 film lineup for their 11th annual engagement, set to run from June 10-15, 2009. Among the selections are some awesome Sundance and SXSW graduates…

If you thought that the trailer we showed you yesterday for Duncan Jones’ sci-fi drama Moon was good, wait until you get a load of the new teaser poster that debuted over at Ain’t It Cool News late last night.

We’ve been pitching Moon for a long time now – ever since Neil got to review it at Sundance. I got to see it at SxSW, and it blew me away. The film really is a phenomenal piece of art – poetic but entertaining enough for a broad audience. Now we have a trailer to share.

Between our own scouring of the schedule and the countless emails from publicists, producers and directors, we are confident that we’ve got a handle on which films you should absolutely see at all costs should you be coming here to Austin this weekend. So here’s a list of the must sees, from us to you.

Just in case we needed something to help us sober up after a long afternoon of drinking — hug it, chug it, football style — the lovely folks over at South by Southwest have dropped upon us their full lineup for the upcoming 2009 edition of their film festival.

Before I made my trip to Park City, Utah for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival I gave you a list of the 13 films I was most interested in seeing. And now that I’ve come and gone, surviving another year in the hustle and bustle of America’s great festival, it is my duty to bookend my coverage with a list of the best films of this year’s fest.

Heading into Moon, the Sam Rockwell led low-budget science fiction film from first time director Duncan Jones, I was both excited and skeptical. It is easy after all, to be skeptical of any low-budget, ambitious science fiction film. Thankfully, it turned out to be a pleasant surprise.

There are a lot of films playing at Sundance over the next two weeks. And personally I’ve watered down all of the information to a list of 37 films that I intend to see. I’ve gone even further for this article, pinpointing 13 films that I would recommend to all of you based on early word of mouth, pedigree of its cast/crew or just my own intuition.

To showcase the diversity of contemporary independent cinema, the Sundance Film Festival Premieres section offers the latest work from American and international directors and world premieres of highly anticipated films.

The fine gentlemen over at Bloody Disgusting have published a gallery of first look photos of Sam Rockwell in the very under-the-radar sci-fi flick Moon, from freshman director Duncan Jones.

But can he get back?