Just A Thought

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We know absolutely nothing about the third installment of Christopher Nolan's Batman franchise, but if they decide to incorporate Harley Quinn at all, I'm nominating Amy Adams here and now for the part.

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We all know how great Amy is at fun and perky, but I've said it before and I'll say it again: she has never proved that she can play dark. Harley Quinn is the perfect opportunity for her to tackle both at once.

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Like I said, though, just a thought.

SUNSHINE CLEANING

Screenplay by Megan Holley
Directed by Christine Jeffs

Amy Adams
Emily Blunt
Alan Arkin

Premiere date: January 18, 2008 (Sundance Film Festival)
R for language, disturbing images, some sexuality and drug use.

Desperate to get her son into a better school, single mom Rose Lorkowski persuades her slacker sister Norah to join her in the crime scene cleanup business to make some quick cash. With the help of their ill-fated salesman father, they climb the ranks in a very dirty job, finding themselves up to their elbows in murders, suicides, and...specialized situations. But underneath the dust and grime they also come to discover a true respect for one another, and create a brighter future for the entire Lorkowski family.

Sundance Film Festival
Grand Jury Prize Nominee

Too Good For Her Own Good

Nathaniel Rogers over at the Film Experience Blog had a fun little post up the other day. He asked people which actor or actress they'd like to see play against type, and there were plenty of interesting responses. My first thought was Amy Adams, who, while wonderfully entertaining in almost everything she's done so far, has never proved she can play anyone even remotely dark.

Adams has been wowing us with charming, innocent characters for years now. But her career choices are starting to seem a little one-note. It's time she shook things up a bit. How impressive and fun would it be to see her do a complete about-face and play a truly horrible person? I for one would be thrilled to know whether or not she has it in her.

She needs the kind of role that Tilda Swinton often takes, like Karen Crowder in Michael Clayton or the title character in her recent Julia, for example. Playing a part that everyone loves to hate can work wonders for your career. Just ask the recent string of Oscar-winning baddies: Forrest Whitaker, Daniel Day-Lewis, Javier Bardem, Tilda, and the late Heath Ledger.

Are you listening, Amy? Just do it already! Play a drug addict, or a neglectful mother, or a slut, or all three at once! I promise America will still love you afterwards.

If you have a moment, head on over to The Film Experience and chime in. And let's keep rooting for Amy Adams. I know she's got some tricks up her sleeve.

JULIE & JULIA

Based on the books My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme and Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell
Written and directed by Nora Ephron

Meryl Streep
Amy Adams
Stanley Tucci

Premiere date: August 7, 2009
PG-13 for brief strong language and some sensuality.

Based on two true stories, Julie & Julia intertwines the lives of two women who, though separated by time and space, are both at loose ends...until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.

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