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A Mother Cast For 'The Roommate'
bloody-disgusting.com –
2009-05-21
Frances Fisher ( In the Valley of Elah ) has signed on for The Roommate , portraying Leighton Meester's mother. Lensing on the pic, written by Sonny Mallhi, has already begun in Los Angeles under helmer Christian Christiansen. ... Full Article
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sacbee.com –
2009-03-30
March 30, 2009 In 2007, several films about the war in Iraq hit theaters. Movie-goers, too weary of the real-life war to embrace fictionalized versions, mostly stayed away. ... Full Article
Iraq Movies and Why "In the Valley of Elah" is Better Than the Others
palmbeachpost.com –
2009-02-16
Along with the rest of America, I didn't see Paul Haggis' "In the Valley of Elah" in the theater, but I caught up with it on TIVO over the weekend. ... Full Article
Susan Sarandon heads to Broadway
msn.com –
2009-01-14
Susan Sarandon is getting ready for a starring role on Broadway. The Hollywood actress - whose silver screen credits include In The Valley Of Elah and Speed Racer - will be in Eugene Ionesco's classic comedy Exit The King. ... Full Article
New Iraq war movie winning raves
canoe.ca –
2008-09-06
TORONTO - Despite audiences rejecting such Iraq war films as In the Valley of Elah and Redacted last fall, there is yet another Baghdad-set movie on its way to this year's Toronto International Film Festival. ... Full Article
In the Valley of Elah trailer
reelzchannel.com –
2008-08-30
Fall is the time that studios start to roll out their Oscar contenders , andcritics are already buzzingabout some of the movies that might make the cut. ... Full Article
Some independent players see it as a 'healthy correction', others as a 'turning point'. One company chief recently suggested, in a Los Angeles Film Festival speech whose words have ricocheted around the indie community, 'the sky really is falling'. ... Full Article
In the Valley of Elah
rollingstone.com –
2008-07-22
First of all the movie wasnt about a father being overly mean and sending his son to war that broke his wifes heart.It wasnt about her grief that was secondary (all wars produce grieving mothers). ... Full Article
'In the Valley of Elah' an Evocative Avowal of Human Consequences of War
associatedcontent.com –
2008-04-26
CHICAGO - This statement is a shrill testimony of one soldier's stance on his time spent fighting Bush's war in Iraq: "We should just nuke it and watch it all turn back to dust."Those words come courtesy of "In the... ... Full Article
Bad Modern Movie Endings
film.com –
2008-04-14
I watched In the Valley of Elah the other day, a movie I'd heard mixed things about but felt compelled to watch because the talent involved was interesting and Tommy Lee Jones was nominated for Best Actor. ... Full Article