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Roberts and Clive Owen seemed pretty incendiary as passionate, destructive
mates in Mike Nichols' "Closer." But they may be even
hotter in the new psycho-political thriller from Tony Gilroy, of
“Michael Clayton” fame. Read below about "Duplicity"
and other new films starring Julia Roberts.
DUPLICITY:
Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Tom Wilkinson, Tom McCarthy,
Oleg Stefan, Rick Worthy, Denise O’Hare, Kathleen Chalfant,
Khan Baykal, Wayne Duvall (Written and directed by Tony Gilroy;
Universal) Julia Roberts and Clive Owen, who sizzled memorably as
an oversexed couple in Mike Nichols’ “Closer,”
will turn up the heat again, this time in Tony Gilroy’s “Duplicity.”
Gilroy, the classy screenwriter who made a smashing directorial
debut with “Michael Clayton,” gives Roberts and Owen
a chance to spar in the boardroom and snuggle in the bedroom as
a pair of corporate competitors who are having a hot top-secret
affair. Just wait till Paul Giamatti and Tom Wilkinson, the industrialists
who’ve been paying them big bucks to make war, not love, find
out. Opening date to be announced
FIREFLIES IN THE GARDEN:
Julia Roberts, Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson, Carrie-Anne
Moss, Ioan Gruffudd, Hayden Panettiere, Cayden Boyd, Shannon Lucio,
George Newbern, (Written and directed by Dennis Lee; Senator International)
Need proof that midwestern American families can be every bit as
dysfunctional as the East Coast variety? You’re apt to find
it in this semi-autobiographical drama by Dennis Lee, auteur of
the well-received short, “Jesus Henry Christ.” The troubled,
accident-prone Taylor clan--headed by dictatorial professor/wannabe
writer Charles (Willem Dafoe) and relentlessly sacrificing mom Lisa
(Julia Roberts)--suffer profusely, as do their kids, in the grim
present, as well as in a string of painful incidents shown in flashback.
Among the family’s favorite diversions: tormenting the titular
fireflies in the garden and exploding fish on the Fourth of July.
In charge of photographing all this tragic frivolity: Danny Moder,
A.K.A. Julia Roberts’ husband. Click
here to read the Variety review of "Fireflies
in the Garden." Opening
date to be announced
THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING
CLUB: Julia Roberts (Written by Mike Binder; Universal)
How many single mothers who manage colorful Manhattan knitting shops
and look like Julia Roberts do you know? Probably none, and probably
the mom played by Julia Roberts in this adaptation of a soon-to-be-published
novel by Kate Jacobs is truly one-of-a-kind. To lessen the pressure
of her fabulous but demanding job, mother Julia meets with her favorite
customers every Friday evening for the purpose of sharing the details
of their various careers and indulging in what used to be called
girl talk or just plain gossip. Then tragedy strikes and their knitting
club becomes much more than a frivolous diversion. We only hope
that tragedy does not involve Julia’s high-spirited teenage
daughter (a role not yet cast). Opening date
to be announced
EAT, PRAY, LOVE:
Julia Roberts (Written and directed by Ryan Murphy; Paramount) Depressed,
nearly suicidal, Elizabeth Gilbert (author of the memoir upon which
this film is based) decides to take a year off from her successful
literary career in an attempt to get over her divorce from a seemingly
ideal husband and her stressful love affair with a man who was definitely
not ideal. Her plan is to flee Manhattan and spend one third of
the year seeking pleasure in Italy, another third searching for
spiritual serenity in India, and the final third striking a balance
between the two extremes in Indonesia. And, yes, Elizabeth, played
by Julia Roberts, will not say no if a suitable bachelor pops up
somewhere along the way and pops the right question. Opening
date to be announced
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