Review 129min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama, Music, Romance Director:     Bradley Cooper Cast:         Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Maya Hawke…and more Writers:     Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer -Synopsis- The life of acclaimed larger-than-life American conductor-composer and cultural icon Leonard Bernstein is revisited through the prism of his complicated marriage to wife and fellow artist Felicia Montealegre, as the […]

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 125min Genre:     Fact-based, Drama Director:  Fernando Meirelles Cast:       Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Juan Minujín…and more Writer:    Anthony McCarten -Synopsis- At the start of the new century, the dogmatic conservative Pope Benedict XVI clashes with Argentinean liberal reformist cardinal Jorge Bergoglio and future Pope Francis, tussling over the direction of the Catholic church as they […]

Review 159min Genre:     Action, Crime, Drama Director:  S. Craig Zahler Cast:       Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Tory Kittles…and more Writer:    S. Craig Zahler -Synopsis- When two hard-working but overzealous cops are suspended for misconduct and police brutality, they plunge into the underworld to take matters into their own hands to get their dues the easy way, […]

Review 120min Genre:       Fact-based, Comedy, Drama, Sport Director:    Craig Gillespie Cast:         Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney…and more Writer:      Steven Rogers -Synopsis- Fuelled by resentment and a difficult upbringing dominated by a hyper-critical mother, combative American figure skater Tonya Harding rises through the ranks of competitive global ice skating in the early 90s, only to […]

Review 115min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:    Doug Liman Cast:         Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright…and more Writer:      Gary Spinelli -Synopsis- Doug Liman (Swingers, The Bourne Identity) directs and Tom Cruise stars in a biographical drama based on the life of the infamous Barry Seal; an American pilot and CIA stooge turned Colombian drug cartel […]

134min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama Director:    Oliver Stone Cast:         Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Rhys Ifans…more Writers:     Kieran Fitzgerald, Oliver Stone, Luke Harding… and more -Synopsis- Oliver Stone directs and Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars in a biographical drama about former CIA/NSA analyst and infamous whistleblower Edward Snowden; seen as a hero by some and a traitor by others, […]

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. […]

Review 129min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama Director:   Tom McCarthy Cast:        Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams…and more Writers:    Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy -Synopsis- An all-star cast features in writer/director Tom McCarthy’s journalistic drama chronicling the true story of the Boston Globe’s uncovering of a local priest child abuse scandal which rocked the Catholic church to […]

Review 103min Genre:     Fact-based, Drama, Sport Director:  Stephen Frears Cast:       Ben Foster, Chris O’Dowd, Jesse Plemons…and more Writers:   John Hodge, David Walsh Biographical drama from British director Stephen Frears (The Queen, High Fidelity) about the rise and spectacular fall of cancer survivor, 7-time Tour de France winning cyclist and disgraced drugs cheat Lance Armstrong, chronicling […]