Showing posts with label Cate Blanchett. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cate Blanchett. Show all posts

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Hot Fuzz (UK, 2007)

From the makers of Shaun of the Dead, an over-the-top excellent London cop gets tranferred to a lazy country town, where mysterious accidents keep happening.

This one was lots of fun!

Fun Fact: Cate Blanchett plays Janine, Nicholas Angel's ex-girlfriend. Her face is covered by a mask the whole time she's on screen.

Hot Fuzz on IMDb

Friday, January 30, 2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Brad Pitt plays a man who was born old & dies a baby, his life unfolding in reverse. Cate Blanchett is hopelessly in love with him, through every stage of their lives.

This movie has gotten quite a bit of attention, but I'm not sure why. Brad Pitt has done much better work than this elsewhere. His character has no personality in this film, & Cate's character is just silly. Everyone says that they shed puddles of tears at the end of this movie, but we all knew that Daisy was going to die from the start of it (no spoiler here). I hope that it gets beaten at the Oscars for all of its nominations.

One oddity: IMDb lists all of the actors who played Benjamin Button, but doesn't seem to have the name of the actress who played the dying Daisy. Could it have been Cate Blanchett?

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button on IMDb