Stevie's Week

It's been a strangely quiet week for me in terms of the movie front. Though alot of my friends are heading over to LA this week to attend AFI Fest (American Film Institute Festival) and also the AFM (American Film Market), which is going on at the same time.

Now even though the AFI fest hasn't reached the prestige level of North American film festivals such as Toronto or New York, it has gotten a coup by becoming a last minute destination date for Oscar bait. This year, they open with the highly anticipated drama Doubt (starring Oscar winners Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman and nominee Amy Adams) and close with the powerful WWII movie Defiance (starring 007 Daniel Craig). Both films are highly tipped to be big players when the nominations will be announced later this year.

Check out their trailers below:

Doubt (dir: John Patrick Shanley)

 Defiance (dir: Edward Zwick)

Now over at the AFM market, production companies are working on selling their slate of upcoming 2009/2010 movies to channels such as our very own STAR MOVIES. But besides wheeling and dealing, many buyers will be able to check out some hot titles that are world premiering exclusively for these lucky few. Though it's not open to the public, I have it on good authority that the following movies will be premiering here...

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