This week another satchel full of movies is coming your way to pull you away from your TV screens and out in to your local Multiplex or Independent Cinema for a night of awe inspiring, mind blowing, thought provoking, tear jerking, gut wrenching filmic delight! This week we have the ancient, the modern, the adventurous and the vampiric.
300 : RISE OF AN EMPIRE - following on the heels of Zack Snyder's hugely successful $450M global box office '300' of some years ago that set the benchmark on sword & sandal epics even higher thanks to cutting edge technology and jaw dropping CGI, this next instalment promises a lot . . . but will it deliver? Boasting a new Director, the shorts look good - it's bleak, brooding, battle laden and bloody which will in itself draw the crowds of teenagers for sure, and probably a few Dad's of said Teenagers! This time the Spartans are at war avenging the death of the '300' who nearly all perished at Thermopylae, but this story does not follow on directly. It takes us in a different direction with the battles raging at sea for the most part that occurred before, during and after the setting for the original film! Confused? I guess you'll just need to go see it and make up your own mind.
ALL IS LOST - this lone seafaring shipwreck high seas drama stars Robert Redford in what is touted as a career best performance from him, and in a film where he is the sole cast member against a backdrop of the vast ocean where his survival against the elements plays out. This film is devoid of dialogue except for a few lines spoken over a radio, or when Redford is well & truly in the depths of his despair. This should be a must-see for anyone who has ever sailed in a yacht, crewed a race, owned a boat or dreamt of a life on the ocean wave and who want's raw emotional action in it's most simplistic basic form. This preview was posted on 20th February, but the cinematic release is in fact this week - my original source clearly letting me down on this (one) occasion!
TRACKS - Mia Wasikowska stars in this tale of Robyn Davidson and her lone trek across the Australian outback desert from Alice Springs through WA for some 2,700kms to the Indian Ocean accompanied by her wits, determination and fortitude, her dog and four camels. Set in 1977 this journey was funded by The National Geographic and along the way our lone traveller meets up with photographer Rick Smolan played here by Adam Driver to break up the journey, offer some company and record the events. Based on the memoir of Robyn Davidson, the scenery and cinematography is said to be spectacular, although the story a little light-on perhaps. For fans of Australian cinema, endless sweeping vistas, and a soulful journey of discovery this is likely to be for you . . . let's hope she doesn't cross paths with Mick Taylor!
VAMPIRE ACADEMY - set inside the gates of St. Vladimir's Academy we have two girls each close friends but from very different backgrounds - Lissa a Moroi Princess and a mortal Vampire, and her best mate Rose - a blend of Vampire and Human known as a Dhampir who are guardians of the Moroi against the evil Strigoi who are intent on wiping out their enemy for all eternity! Rose must hone her skills and her understanding at the Academy to protect Lissa against the ever approaching Strigoi whilst dealing with all manner of other side issues along the way! One for advocates of the genre only I suggest!
Be tempted by this weeks offerings, and go see a movie . . . or two!
-Steve, at Odeon Online-
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