When this film premiered at Sundance this year, it was called Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes, and we even saw a trailer under that title. For regular release, however, the title has been streamlined a bit, to the more conventional The Truth About Emanuel. Jessica Biel stars as a woman whose young neighbor neighbor…
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Jessica Biel has done more than her fair share of studio romcoms and actioners, but her most interesting role in recent memory could be in the Sundance indie Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes. Directed by Francesca Gregorini, the psychological thriller stars Kaya Scodelario as a troubled teen girl who begins babysitting for her new neighbor…
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There's a moment about 15 minutes into Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes where writer/director Francesca Gregorini hooks you in. At the start you meet Emanuel (Kaya Scodelario), a beautiful, damaged girl with a super sharp wit. Then Linda (Jessica Biel) moves in next door. She's beautiful too, of course, and a new mother, and…
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I'm gradually becoming more interested in Francesca Gregorini's new film Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes. The film was once set to star Gregorini's Tanner Hall star Rooney Mara -- that film was made a bit before Mara was a big name -- and now features Kaya Scodelario as a girl who gets involved in…
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Jay Baruchel has built a nice career playing lovable nerds, but for his newest role he'll be transforming himself into a full-on rock star. The former Undeclared actor has signed on to star in The Rebel Kind, based on a memoir by John Armstrong. As frontman of The Modernettes, Armstrong -- or "Buck Cherry," as…
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Rooney Mara made a significant impression in The Social Network, thanks in large part to the way she held her own against Jesse Eisenberg in the film's long opening scene. Now she's working again for David Fincher in one of the two starring roles in his version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. So…
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