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• Title: Hounddog
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Dakota Fanning stars as a troubled young girl in the Deep South who finds solace in the music of Elvis Presley (Ryan Pelton).  David Morse and Piper Laurie also star.  The film immediately sparked controversy at last year’s Sundance for a scene involving the sexual assault of Fanning’s character – read more here.  Check out the official site.  The film opens in limited release in select cities on Friday.  Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.

Turns out those rumors about more Spidey flicks are true, and both Tobey Maguire and Sam Raimi are back on board for the fourth and fifth entries to the franchise which will be shot back-to-back next fall.  No word yet whether Kirsten Dunst will return as MJ, or if Marvel’s got other love interests in mind for the Web-Head.  Likely possibilities for villains in the two films include the Lizard and the Freak (the character was introduced earlier this year in comics as the villain for a future Spidey flick, most likely Spider-Man 5).  Am I the only one still holding out for Electro?  You’ll know more when we do!

• Title: Burn After Reading
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The Coen Brothers follow-up to No Country for Old Men involves two gym employees (Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand) who get their hands on the memoirs of a CIA agent (John Malkovich) and decide to use it for blackmail.  George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, J.K. Simmons, Richard Jenkins and Sledge Hammer also star.  The fun begins everywhere on Friday.

• Title: The Women
• IMDB: link

Mary (Meg Ryan) is the last to learn of her husband’s affair with a shopgirl (Eva Mendes) in this remake of the 1939 film updated by Murphy Brown creator Diane English.  Annette Bening, Candice Bergen, Debra Messing, Bette Midler, Carrie Fisher, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Cloris Leachman also star in this all-woman cast.  Check out the official site.  We’ve seen it and we’ll have the review for you when the film hits theaters on Friday.