Review 158min Genre:       Drama, Music Director:     Todd Field Cast:         Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss…and more Writers:     Todd Field -Synopsis- Reeling from the pressure of being the first musical director of a prestigious German orchestra, a world-renown classical composer-conductor is plunged into an existential crisis when she struggles to balance the expectations of her […]

Review 130min Genre:     Comic-book, Action, Adventure, Comedy Director:  Taika Waititi Cast:       Chris Hemsworth, Cate Blanchett, Mark Ruffalo…and more Writers:   Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost… and more -Synopsis- When Asgard is ravaged by the powerful ‘goddess of death’, the mighty ‘god of thunder’ is relegated to slave gladiator on a decadent distant planet, only to […]

Review 118min Genre:       Drama, Romance Director:    Terrence Malick Cast:         Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett…and more Writer:      Terrence Malick -Synopsis- An L.A. screenwriter struggling with personal demons, searches for connection and meaning while trying to avoid the pitfalls and excesses of Hollywood’s moral vacuum in this drama from visionary but occasional writer/director Terrence Malick. We […]

Review 125min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama Director:   James Vanderbilt Cast:        Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Topher Grace…and more Writers:    James Vanderbilt & Mary Mapes -Synopsis- Journalistic drama chronicling the events surrounding CBS producer Mary Mapes and anchor Dan Rather’s report about president George W. Bush’s questionable military service and the subsequent backlash that cost them their careers. […]

118min Genre:      Drama, Romance Director:   Todd Haynes Cast:        Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler…and more Writers:    Phyllis Nagy and Patricia Highsmith -Synopsis- Stylish period drama set in 1950s New York starring Cate Blanchett as a well-to-do woman in a troubled marriage who develops a romantic relationship with a unique young department store clerk, a forbidden […]

Review 105min Genre:    Family, Fantasy Director: Kenneth Branagh Cast:      Lily James, Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett…and more Writer :  Chris Weitz Disney provides a big-budget 21st Century facelift to the classic fairytale with their first live-action version of ‘Cinderella’, a warm-hearted but ill-treated step-sister who is turned from a servant to a lady by her fairy […]

144min Genre:    Action, Fantasy, Adventure Director: Peter Jackson Cast:      Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen …and more Writers:  Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson… and more Having re-claimed “The Lonely Mountain” and left Bard and the people of Lake-town to deal with the dragon Smaug, the company of Thorin must now defend their homeland from […]

118min Genre:    War, Drama, Comedy, Fact Based Director: George Clooney Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett…more Writers: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Robert M. Edsel, Bret Witter  The 12A Rating for this film suggests that you should not expect a particularly gritty or profound film despite being set in World War II and […]