If you were Loving Annabelle, then you were loving lesbian filmmaker Katherine Brooks, co-writer and director of the film. Loving Annabelle definitely nestled itself into the hearts, minds and online DVD rental queues of the women-who-love-women crowd. Well, there's some casting news about Brooks' new project, Waking Madison. Sarah Roemer (Disturbia, The Grudge 2) and Elisabeth Shue have signed on to star in the film. Roemer has been cast as Madison and Shue as Madison's therapist.

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Opening this weekend amidst the Shrek and Pirates sequels is a little movie called Gracie, about a New Jersey girl in 1978 who fights to be allowed to play on her high school's boys soccer team after her brother dies (this was only a few years after Title IX passed, and the school doesn't have a girl's team).

First, how much do you love this poster?

Nobody puts Gracie in a corner! Unless it's for a corner kick ... (couldn't resist at least one soccer joke!)

Interestingly, the movie — produced by Andrew Shue (Melrose Place) and directed by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) — is loosely based on the experiences of actress Elisabeth Shue (Adventures in Babysitting, Leaving Las Vegas), who grew up playing soccer with her brothers. … continue reading