Title – In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

Director – Ron Howard (Rush)

Cast – Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Tom Holland, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw, Charlotte Riley

Plot – The “true” story of the real Moby Dick that sees the whaling boat the Essex as captained by George Pollard (Walker) and his more experienced first mate Owen Chase (Hemsworth) take on a great white whale that will test the crew of the Essex’s very will to survive.

“We were headed for the edge of sanity… like we were aberrations, phantoms”

Review by Eddie on 4/12/2015

Let’s deal with the elephant in the room or in this particular case the great white whale in the boat, old ginger top Ron Howard’s impressive looking new high seas adventure is not one of the year’s best (or awards player as many thought) but it’s an often mightily enjoyable…