Cate Blanchett Month continues as we shift gears from the throne rooms of England to the open roads of the American West with the 2001 crime-comedy, Bandits. This week, we’re looking at a completely different side of Cate Blanchett - trading the white lead makeup for a messy red wig and a kitchen-sink existential crisis. Grab a drink- maybe try this week's Split Decision cocktail - as we join the "Sleepover Bandits" on a heist that’s less about the money and more about the company.

This week, we celebrate Cate’s surprising comedic timing as Kate Wheeler, the neglected housewife who accidentally hijacks a bank robbery and ends up in a "permanently temporary" love triangle with Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton. We examine her frantic, high-wire energy - especially that iconic kitchen dance to "I Need a Hero" - and analyze how she  ...