Nightmare Alley - Movie Review

The Movie: Nightmare Alley

The Director: Guillermo del Toro

The Cast: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn

The Story: An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World - Movie Review

The Movie: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

The Director: Dean DeBlois

The Cast: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, F. Murray Abraham, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kristen Wiig, Kit Harrington, Justin Rupple

The Story: When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn't the only Night Fury, he must seek "The Hidden World", a secret Dragon Utopia before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first.

The House with a Clock in Its Walls - Movie Review

The Movie: The House with a Clock in its Walls

The Director: Eli Roth

The Cast: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Colleen Camp, Sunny Soljic, Vanessa Ann Williams

The Story: A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world.

Ocean's Eight - Movie Review

The Movie: Ocean's Eight

The Director: Gary Ross

The Cast: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Rihanna, Awkwafina, Sarah Paulson, Mindy Kaling, Dakota Fanning, Elliott Gould, Richard Armitage, James Corden

The Story: Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City's yearly Met Gala.

Thor: Ragnarok - Movie Review

The Movie: Thor: Ragnarok

The Director: Taika Waititi

The Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Tessa Thompson, Mark Ruffalo, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Karl Urban, Anthony Hopkins, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tadanobu Asano, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi

The Story: This is what Thor and Hulk were doing during Civil War.

Cinderella - Movie Review

Cinderella is Walt Disney Studio's latest live action adaptation of their beloved animation catalog. The movie was directed by Kenneth Branagh and stars Lily James as the title character along with Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden, Helena Bonham Carter, Nonso Anozie, Stellan Skarsgård, derek Jacobi, Ben Chaplin, and Hayley Atwell.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Movie Review

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, directed by Peter Jackson, is the conclusion of the second trilogy of films based off of the classic Tolkien novels. The movie stars Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Andy Serkis, Lee Pace, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Luke Evans, Stephen Fry, Billy Connolly, and Benedict Cumberbatch.

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (SIFF 2014) - Movie Review

How to Train Your Dragon 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to the original smash hit from Dreamworks Animation. This installment, based on the books written by Cressida Cowell, is again directed by Dean DeBlois and includes returning voice actors like Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, and Jonah Hill along with newcomers Cate Blanchett, Kit Harrington, and Djimon Hounsou.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Movie Review

Peter Jackson and company return with part 2 of The Hobbit trilogy and The Desolation of Smaug promises to be their biggest and boldest achievement so far. There's so many actors and actresses in this movie it would take the same amount of time to read the list as it would be to watch the movie itself...which is 161 minutes long! That extensive list does feature Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Orlando Bloom, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, and Benedict Cumberbatch as the voice of the dragon known as Smaug.

Blue Jasmine - Movie Review

Woody Allen once again returns to the writer and director's chairs with Blue Jasmine, a movie that takes a hard look at what its like when someone comes crashing down from their life of privilege and excess. Cate Blanchett stars alongside Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, Bobby Cannavale, Peter Sarsgaard, and Andrew Dice Clay.

Girl Rising - Movie Review

Directed by Academy Award nominee Richard Robbins, Girl Rising is a documentary that explores the plight of young women around the world as they dream of obtaining nothing more than a basic education. Narrated by some of Hollywood's most prominent women, this is the story of nine young ladies that will change how you look at the world.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Movie Review

So, there's this little movie that you may have heard of called The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It is set to arrive in theaters with modest expectations built off of director Peter Jackson's previous works, all of which involve adaptations of some author named Tolkien. Whatever your expectations are of this movie, I would honestly encourage you to check them at the theater door and just be prepared to let Mr. Jackson and company take you along on their little adventure.