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Luca Guadagnino to write and direct Brideshead Revisited for the BBC

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Deadline is reporting that Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria director Luca Guadagnino is set to write and direct a new miniseries adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel Brideshead Revisited for the BBC. Exploring themes of aristocratic nostalgia, Catholicism, and homosexuality, Brideshead Revisited follows Captain Charles Ryder and his relationships with the Flytes, an aristocratic […]

Movie Review – Carol (2015)

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Carol, 2015. Directed by Todd Haynes. Starring Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, John Magaro and Kyle Chandler. SYNOPSIS: Set in 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman. Love is the most powerful force in the universe. Unfortunately, it took us until […]

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio adds Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett, Finn Wolfhard and more

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Tilda Swinton, Finn Wolfhard, Tim Blake Nelson and Cate Blanchett are set to star alongside the previously revealed Ewan McGregor in Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion animated musical feature Pinocchio for Netflix. As for Pinocchio, film newcomer Gregory Mann will voice the titular puppet looking to be a real boy, while the cast will also include John […]

Armageddon Time gains star-studded cast including Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway

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The previously announced Cate Blanchett is gaining some significant co-stars in the upcoming 1980s period drama from James Gray. Deadline confirms that Robert De Niro, Oscar Isaac, Donald Sutherland, and Anne Hathaway will join Blanchett in the forthcoming Armageddon Time for RT Features. Fresh off Ad Astra, Gray will helm what is described as a […]

Cate Blanchett confirmed as Lilith in Eli Roth’s Borderlands

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Carol and Thor: Ragnarok’s Cate Blanchett will join director Eli Roth in bringing the world of Borderlands to life. Reports say that Blanchett will portray Lilith, a legendary thief equipped with magical skills. Eli Roth will team with Lionsgate to bring the hit adventure RPG to the big screen. This film will mark the second […]

Cate Blanchett in talks to play Lilith in the Borderlands movie

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The Eli Roth-directed adaptation of the popular video game franchise, Borderlands, is reportedly eyeing Cate Blanchett for a major role in the upcoming film. According to Variety, Blanchett is currently in talks to play Lilith in the Borderlands movie who is one of the main protagonists in the franchise, and one of the playable characters […]

FX releases new trailer for Mrs. America starring Cate Blanchett

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FX has released a new trailer for its upcoming drama series Mrs. America which stars Cate Blanchett as Phyllis Schlafly, a conservative activist that led a fight against the Equal Rights Amendment movement in the 1970s; watch it here… Mrs. America tells the story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and […]

Take a tour of the Thor: Ragnarok set with Taika Waititi in new featurette

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Following yesterday’s Blu-ray release announcement of Thor: Ragnarok, a ‘Filming with Taika’ featurette has arrived online for the Marvel blockbuster sequel which sees cast members Cate Blanchett, Tessa Thompson, and Chris Hemsworth discuss working with Waititi and includes a rather humourous tour around the set from the director. SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon US or Amazon UK […]

Hot Toys unveils its Hela collectible figure from Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok

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Hot Toys has unveiled its 1/6th scale Movie Masterpiece Series Hela figure which is based on the likeness of Cate Blanchett’s villain in the the Marvel blockbuster threequel Thor: Ragnarok. The Goddess of Death comes with a range of interchangeable accessories which includes a magnetically attachable green colored cape, two swords, a damaged Mjolnir attached […]

DVD Review – Knight of Cups (2016)

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Knight of Cups, 2016. Directed by Terrence Malick. Starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, Wes Bentley, Imogen Poots, Freida Pinto and Brian Dennehy. SYNOPSIS: Ray, a Hollywood screenwriter suffering from a metaphysical crisis in his existence, journeys through his life and considers the road he’s spent his life travelling on… Right at the outset […]