Cinematical | by James Rocchi | Tue, Dec 23
Tue, Dec 23
I saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button weeks ago, and yet every time I tried to think about it -- whether it was to contemplate a decision in David Fincher's direction, a deviation from F. Scott Fitzgerald's story, a moment in Eric Roth's script or a note in the performances of Brad Pitt and...
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015- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 
source: Netflix Top 25 in Blu
David Fincher directs this Oscar-nominated tale of Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) -- a man who was born old and wrinkled but grows younger as the years go by -- with a screenplay adapted from a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The plot throws linear conventions upside down to explore love, lo...
Published Wed, Aug 26
Ken Burns goes inside 'America's Best Idea' 
source: Aspen Times
CO Gore to Arby's, the designated hitter to “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (the film version; I didn't read the book and, unless it has Cate Blanchett in it, I'm not going to), America has come up with some spectacularly bad ideas. ...
Published Tue, Jun 16
source: California Chronicle
CA As the years pass, Benjamin becomes increasingly strong and vibrant, crossing paths with hard-drinking tugboat captain Mike (Jared Harris), an unhappily married woman (Tilda Swinton) and beautiful ballet dancer Daisy (Cate Blanchett). ...
Published Fri, Jun 12
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: very long fade to Brad 
source: EducationGuardian.co.uk
UK Cate Blanchett and Julia Ormond in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button INTERIOR of a modern hospital. DAY. Outside tempestuous rain is lashing against the windows. Inside a daughter, CAROLINE, stands by the bed of her dying mother, OLD DAISY. ...
Published Wed, Jun 10
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Movie Review 
source: MoviesOnline
Canada Cate Blanchett (Daisy) also delivered an excellent performance. I was also very pleased that she did not carry over any of her Katherine Hepburn character she portrayed in The Aviator with Leonardo DiCaprio. Not one of my favourite characters. ...
Published Mon, Jun 8
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source: blinkbox.com
Brad Pitt and Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett star in F. Scott Fitzgerald's story of the life and loves of a man experiencing his life ... www.blinkbox.com
Published Mon, Jun 8
DVD inspirations including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 
source: Boxwish
UK Brad Pitt star as the titular Benjamin, a man who ages in reverse in the sweeping love story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button co-starring Cate Blanchett. If you see… Milk, a biopic about the life and death of the openly gay politician Harvey Milk ...
Published Mon, Jun 8
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 
source: EducationGuardian.co.uk
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up UK Taking merely its title and premise (a life lived backwards) from F Scott Fitzgerald's short story, this meandering melodrama follows Brad Pitt from aged cradle to newborn grave, intersecting en route with Cate Blanchett's dancing, ...
Published Sat, Jun 6