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“Passengers” is a futuristic sci-fi movie with a very complicated past. Opening Wednesday and starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence as passengers on an intergalactic spaceship who are prematurely thawed out of a cryogenic slumber 90 years before the ship reaches its destination, the project has been gestating in Hollywood since 2007. But the lengthy production history doesn’t seem to have done the movie any favors.

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While its marketing suggests the kind of brainy space drama that made “Interstellar” such an anticipated fall release not too long ago, “Passengers” has disappointed critics and sci-fi fans alike, earning a Metascore of 42. The late December release date (the film opens today) also represents a curious position on the calendar, sandwiched between distributors’ early December dumping ground and the coveted Christmas Day slot. And while the...

[[tmz:video id="0_ua1gta0j"]] Russell Westbrook has a hidden talent bigger than basketball ... handshake freestyling, that's according to an Okc teammate who says Russell and him make up their routines On The Spot. If you've ever seen one of these routines you'd think the guys spent Hours coming up with them, but when we got Westbrook's #1 dance partner, Cameron Payne, out in Bh he told us it's all on the fly. Pretty damn impressive ... almost as impressive as averaging Freakin' Triple Double.