Hot Fuzz (2007)
Written by: Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg
Directed by: Edgar Wright
Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton, Paddy Considine, Bill Nighy, Martin Freeman, David Bradley, Steve Coogan (uncredited), and Cate Blanchett (uncredited; even if you don't blink, you still might miss her)

Synopsis: PC Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is ( Read more... )

According to Playbill, The Kennedy Center's 2011-2012 season will include Cate Blanchett reprising her role as Yelena in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.

"The season will kick off Aug. 4 in the Eisenhower Theater with the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, adapted by Andrew Upton and ( Read more... )

"The men are in tuxes."
"'And beautiful gowns,' I said. Not 'in beautiful gowns.'"

She's so pretty!!! This was one of my favorite dresses of Oscar night; it's Givenchy haute couture, and so different from anything else on the red carpet. I think she looks lovely!


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The Good German (2006)
Screenplay by: Paul Attanasio (based on the novel by Joseph Kanon)
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Beau Bridges, Tony Curran, Ravil Isyanov, Lelan Orser, Christian Oliver, and Robin Weigert

Synopsis: When journalist Jake Geismar (Clooney) arrives in post-war Berlin to cover ( Read more... )

Three days and three movies into 2011:

Charlotte Gray (2001)
Screenplay by: Jeremy Brock (based on the novel by Sebastian Faulks)
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon, Rupert Penry-Jones, James Fleet, Helen McCrory, and Anton Lesser

Synopsis: During World War II, a Scottish woman (Blanchett) is recruited ( Read more... )

We're two days into 2011, and I'm already on my second movie post of the year. Woo hoo!

Veronica Guerin (2003)
Screenplay by: Carol Doyle and Mary Agnes Donoghue
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Ciaran Hinds, Gerard McSorley, Brenda Fricker, Barry Barnes, Don Wycherley, with a brief appearance by Colin Farrell

Synopsis: This film ( Read more... )

Cate as the antagonist = YAY!! (Also, I love her as a redhead.)

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I haven't abandoned you, LJ, I swear! Life has just been hectic, and I haven't had much to say.

Last weekend's New York Comic Con featured a panel on Cate Blanchett's upcoming film, Hanna.  Starring Blanchett, Eric Bana, and Saoirse Ronan, Hanna tells the story of a teenage girl who has been trained by her father to be an assassin (Think Leon: The ( Read more... )

The Man Who Cried (2000)
Written and Directed by:  Sally Potter
Original Music by:  Osvaldo Golijov
Starring:  Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Johnny Depp, Harry Dean Stanton

Synopsis:  After her father leaves for America, a young Russian girl (Ricci) survives an attack on her village and ends up in England.  Years later, and on the ( Read more... )

Since I actually have free time for the next two weeks to watch movies, here's another entry in my 2010 movie watch list:

An Ideal Husband (1999)
Directed by:  Oliver Parker
Screenplay by:  Oliver Parker (based on a play by Oscar Wilde)
Starring:  Jeremy Northam, Rupert Everett, Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore, Minnie Driver

Synopsis:  Sir Robert ( Read more... )