AFI announced this evening that John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams will fill in for the The Soloist as the opening night film for AFI Fest on October 30.
According to Miramax president Daniel Battsek: “The movie is still being finished, but we were so excited to show Doubt and [...]

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Back in 2005 when Steven Soderbergh wrote the forward for a book about lo-fi band Guided by Voices, he asked author/band member James Greer to write a rock opera for him that he hoped would star Catherine Zeta-Jones as Cleopatra.
It sounds like a joke, but apparently Soderbergh is ready to roll on the project and [...]

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It’s all about the limited releases this week, but let’s get the wide releases out of the way first.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year. Being a Disney film, I’m guessing no one ends up passed out in the back of a rented limo on prom night with her dress pulled up over her head and [...]

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