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slantmagazine.com - 12/9/2008

Doubt: Film Review

— slantmagazine.com — Doubt doesn't work fully on screen as it did on stage, but it's worth seeing for Streep's... grace notes. by Dan Callahan (more) Doubt: Film Review

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Doubt

John Patrick Shanley

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getthebigpicture.net - 12/12/2008

Movie Review - 'Doubt'

— getthebigpicture.net — The beauty of Meryl Streep's performance in 'Doubt' is not in her tough-as-nails demeanor nor is it... in the bluster you expect to find. The beauty of of it, why she so richly deserves her third Academy Award, is in where Streep pulls her punches. (more) Movie Review - 'Doubt'

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Doubt

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Viola Davis

John Patrick Shanley

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theeveningclass.blogspot.com - 12/19/2008

DOUBT—The Evening Class Interview With Viola Davis

— theeveningclass.blogspot.com — The cascading accolades Viola Davis has received for her supporting turn as Mrs. Miller in John Patrick... Shanley's film adaptation of his Broadway play Doubt confirm that this is the breakout performance every actor dreams of and which Davis unquestionably deserves. Best known for her ... (more) DOUBT—The Evening Class Interview With Viola Davis

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Shooting Gallery
Carpetbagger — ... : Dirty Harry is back, in a way, in “Gran Torino,” not as a character but as a ghostly presence. He hovers in the film, in its themes and high-caliber imagery, and of course most obviously in Mr. Eastwood’s face. It is a monumental face now, so puckered and pleated that it no longer looks merely weathered, as it has for decades, but seems closer to petrified wood. On Meryl Streep : Ms. Streep blows in like a storm, shaking up the story’s reverential solemnity with gusts of energy and comedy. The performance may make no sense in the context of the rest of the film, but it is — ...

DOUBT—The Evening Class Interview With Viola Davis
The Evening Class — The cascading accolades Viola Davis has received for her supporting turn as Mrs. Miller in John Patrick Shanley's film adaptation of his Broadway play Doubt confirm that this is the breakout performance every actor dreams of and which Davis unquestionably deserves. Best known for her performance in Antwone Fisher, Kenneth Turan writes at the L.A. Times that Viola Davis "brings a sense of decency, urgency and even fear to her rending performance." At the Chicago Sun Times Roger Ebert praises the scene between Davis and Meryl Streep "as good ...

Oscar Predictions!
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews — A fine doorstop.  And here are, just days away from the 2009 Academy Awards! Can’t you feel the excitement? So here are my PED-free predictions of a few of the major categories (no, I’m not going to overbore you with my take on Best Sound Mixing–oh, all right, if you want, I’ll give it to “Wanted” in an upset over “The Dark Knight). Place your bets at your own risk. BEST PICTURE * “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) * “Frost/Nixon” (Universal) * “Milk” (Focus Features) * ...