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Terrence Malick Shooting Two Films Next Year

Terrence Malick Shooting Two Films Next Year

In a move very uncharacteristic for the director, Terrence Malick has announced he will be filming two films next year.  read more

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Cate Blanchett Signs on for The Hobbit

Cate Blanchett Signs on for <em>The Hobbit</em>

Cate Blanchett is set to reprise her role as Galadriel in Peter Jackson’s upcoming adaptation of The Hobbit....  read more

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Robin Hood Review

<em>Robin Hood</em> Review

Director: Ridley Scott Writers: Brenden Helgeland (screenplay, story) Cinematographer: John Mathieson Starring: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max Von Sydow, William Hurt Studio: Universal Pictures Sherwood Forest ain’t what it used to be...  read more

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Ridley Scott's Robin Hood to Open Cannes

Ridley Scott's <em>Robin Hood</em> to Open Cannes

Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe have teamed up again (Scott directed Crowe in 2000’s Gladiator) for a remake of Robin Hood. The updated Robin Hood, which chronicles Robin Hood’s beginnings, will see Crowe taking on the lead role of the poor man’s hero and also stars Cate Blanchett....  read more

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Ponyo DVD Review

<em>Ponyo</em> DVD Review

DVD Release Date: March 2 Director/Writer: Hayao Miyazaki Cinematographer: Atsushi Okui Starring: Noah Cyrus, Cate Blanchett, Tina Fey, Matt Damon, Frankie Jonas Studio/Run Time: Walt Disney, 100 mins. Go fish It’s impossible to watch Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo without drawing a comparison to The Little Mermaid—here too, the titular character is a fish-person who becomes a human and must find true love. But Miyazaki’s take is more personal and whimsical. There’s an irresistible passion in every frame, regardless of whether the events on screen make any sense. Beyond its inciting incident (titular fish Ponyo decides that she wants to...  read more

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Watch Ridley Scott's Robin Hood Trailer

Watch Ridley Scott's <em>Robin Hood</em> Trailer

A trailer for Ridley’s Scott Robin Hood reboot has hit the web, and it looks to be the most untamed, face-smashing adaptation yet. Avoiding the pretty-boy ways of Kevin Costner and his Prince of Thieves, Scott’s version seems to focus on how the archer became equal parts outlaw and hero....  read more

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Cate Blanchett's Indian Summer Gets Shelved

Cate Blanchett's <em>Indian Summer</em> Gets Shelved

Cate Blanchett’s latest film project, Indian Summer, has been fighting an uphill battle. Now it appears that the movie has been shelved for the forseeable future by the struggling Universal....  read more

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Salute Your Shorts: Coffee and Cigarettes

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Writing about Jim Jarmusch’s Coffee and Cigarettes in this space is cheating a little bit...  read more

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Cast and plot unveiled for Ridley Scott's Robin Hood flick

Cast and plot unveiled for Ridley Scott's Robin Hood flick

As it heads into production, Ridley Scott’s take on Robin Hood has begun to shape up beyond its vague early details. ...  read more

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Cate Blanchett to join Russell Crowe in Robin Hood

Cate Blanchett to join Russell Crowe in <em>Robin Hood</em>

Through its unusually public development process, Ridley Scott’s take on Robin Hood has evolved from an ostensible character experiment for Russell Crowe to, Variety now reports, a reworked version of Gladiator, the movie that first brought Scott and Crowe together nearly a decade ago. ...  read more

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