Tag Archives: Doubt

Oscar Watch: Philip Seymour Hoffman

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It would take an actor of Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman’s mettle to square off against the Queen of acting, Meryl Streep. In Doubt, for which he’s nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category, Hoffman’s affable, kind priest, Father Brendan Flynn, faces a dark demon in the form of Streep’s vicious, unrelenting nun, Sister [...]

Oscar Watch: Viola Davis

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Viola Davis has one scene in Doubt, but it’s the most memorable scene of the movie, which is based on John Patrick Shanley’s play (he also directed.) A little-known but respected actress who primarily works in theatre, she more than holds her own up against the Great One, Meryl Streep. Davis plays Mrs. Miller, the [...]