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THE director Jim Sheridan approached his new film, "Brothers," with a Hippocratic attitude: "Do no harm," he said with a laugh.

Midway through a conversation with director Jim Sheridan about his latest film, "Brothers," he abruptly asks, "Do you think anybody will go see this movie?" Images View Larger Images I say what I think he wants to hear - that a cast led by Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal is sure to draw people.

Here's our latest take on the recent twists and turns on the derby track. BEST PICTURE The best-picture hopes of "Up in the Air" and "The Hurt Locker" got a boost from being the only two films backed by all 20 experts forecasting the Oscar nominees at The Envelope's Buzzmeter .

Just a few weeks after the release of Oren Moverman's The Messenger and its look at the soldiers who have to inform the loved ones of soldiers when they're killed in the line of duty, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jim Sheridan returns with his own version of Susanne Bier's Danish drama Brothers , starring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie ...

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Poster for Brothers to be released on December 4, 2009 . According to pop-culture pundit Pete Hammond, Jim Sheridan, the director of the movie Brothers which is due in theaters December 4, 2009: ...received a tremendous ovation Sunday afternoon when he was introduced for a Q&A after a very well-received Directors Guild of America screening.

With Lionsgate understandably basking in the glow of this weekend's $1.8-million, $100,000-per-screen, record-shattering opening of "Precious," the already stratospheric Oscar buzz is likely to soar even higher.

Lionsgate has released a new trailer for theA family drama Brothers , which is directed by six-time Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan , from a screenplay by David Benioff , and starsA Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard, Clifton Collins, Jr., Carey Mulligan, and Ethan Suplee .

Carey Mulligan received rave reviews for her role in An Education. Next up is Wall Street 2 for Oliver Stone, and Jim Sheridan's Brothers.

Director Shane Meadows has explored the British condition in a series of funny, moving, gritty movies, culminating in This Is England.

Emily Blunt ends TIFF with a flourish as Young Victoria. Many of the A-list talents have abandoned the city, leaving behind messy hotel rooms and dozens of juicy sound bites, not to mention some gorgeous photos.

Three hard-edged movies about young women screening this week at the Toronto film festival depart from Hollywood formulas by avoiding sentimental or romantic cliches that often define movies about teenagers.

"The five crying men stand at the fence, crying. 'Look at the sad, large rage of the doomed men,' they think.

"Brothers", the new film from Jim Sheridan , has such a wonderful premise for an honest story of emotional conflict: Natalie Portman plays a wife and mother whose husband goes missing while on a tour of duty in Afghanistan and presumed dead.A She finds solace in his brother played by Jake Gyllenhaal.A But then, it turns out that Maguire and the ...

This is aiming for one of those five extra Best Picture nomination spots. I can already tell.

Here's the new trailer for Brothers , directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire.

At 7 p.m. Friday, July 3, the Belfast Free Library is offering a special Independence Weekend movie, as part of its Friday Night Flix series.

Jim Sheridan will direct. Dream House is the story of a family man who moves away to a seemingly perfect small town, only to discover that his new home is haunted by former inhabitants who were murdered there.

Daniel Craig can shake, but can he stir? The latest James Bond has proved a critical and commercial success in his two turns in the iconic role, for "Casino Royale" and "Quantum of Solace." But he has been deliberate in choosing his next live-action role.

Shohreh Aghdashloo grew up in Iran, infuriating her mother with the outrageous dream of being a Hollywood star.