The 45th Saturn Awards as presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films honours the best in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and other genres belonging to genre fiction in film, television, home media releases, and local theatre productions from March 1st 2018 through to July 7th 2019, and was held on September 13th 2019, in the historic nightclub Avalon Hollywood in Hollywood, California.'Avengers : Endgame' led the nominations for films with fourteen, followed by 'Aladdin' with nine, 'Us' with eight, 'Aquaman' and 'Mary Poppins Returns' each with six, and 'Bad Times at the El Royale' and 'A Quiet Place' each with five. Numerous others films across the qualifying genres also received four, three and two nominations also.
And so the winners and grinners from this years Saturn Awards were as follows :
* Best Comic to Film Motion Picture, awarded to 'Avengers : Endgame'
* Best Science Fiction Film, awarded to 'Ready Player One'
* Best Fantasy Film, awarded to 'Toy Story 4'
* Best Horror Film, awarded to 'A Quiet Place'
* Best Action or Adventure Film, awarded to 'Mission : Impossible - Fallout'
* Best Thriller Film, awarded to 'Bad Times at the El Royale'
* Best Animated Film, awarded to 'Spider-Man : Into the Spider-Verse'
* Best Independent Film, awarded to 'Mandy'
* Best International Film, awarded to 'Burning'
* Best Actor, awarded to Robert Downey Jnr. for Tony Stark/Iron Man in 'Avengers : Endgame'
* Best Actress, awarded to Jamie Lee Curtis for Laurie Strode in 'Halloween'
* Best Supporting Actor, awarded to Josh Brolin for Thanos in 'Avengers : Endgame'
* Best Supporting Actress, awarded to Zendaya as MJ in 'Spider-Man : Far From Home'
* Best Performance by a Young Actor, awarded to Tom Holland for Peter Parker/Spider-Man in 'Spider-Man : Far From Home'
* Best Breakout Director, awarded to Ari Aster for 'Hereditary'
* Best Writing, awarded to Bryan Woods, Scott Beck and John Krasinski for 'A Quiet Place'
* Best Production Design, awarded to Charles Wood for 'Avengers : Endgame'
* Best Editing, awarded to Jeffrey Ford and Matthew Schmidt for 'Avengers : Endgame'
* Best Make Up, awarded to John Blake and Brian Sipe for 'Avengers : Endgame'
* Best Special Effects, awarded to 'Avengers : Endgame'
* Best Costume Design, awarded to Michael Wilkinson for 'Aladdin'
* Best Music, awarded to Marc Shaiman, for 'Mary Poppins Returns'.
And so this week we have five new release movie offerings coming to your local Odeon. Kicking off with a ZomCom set in small town America where the dead rise up from their graves and go on the rampage leaving the local Police and the living to save the day from an ensemble cast of the undead and those very much alive. We then turn to a drama film surrounding a young lad whose mother is killed in a bombing incident, a stolen painting, and how both changed his life forever. Next we turn attention to a horror film set in the late '60's about a discovery of a book, whose stories contained therein start to take on a deadly and very real life of their own. With a change of pace next we have an Australian biopic of a true story of the first, and so far only, female jockey to win the famed Melbourne Cup horse race; before closing out the week with the story of a young lad from Cambodia who seeks a better life in Bangkok only to be sold as slave labour on a Thai fishing boat where violence and death are all too commonplace.
Whatever your taste in big screen film entertainment is this week - be it any of the five latest release new movies as Previewed below, or those doing the rounds currently on general release and as Reviewed and Previewed in previous Blog Posts here at Odeon Online, you are most welcome to share your movie going thoughts, opinions and observations by leaving your relevant, succinct and appropriate views in the Comments section below this or any other Post. We'd love to hear from you, and in the meantime, enjoy your big screen Odeon outing during the week ahead.
'THE DEAD DON'T DIE' (Rated MA15+) - this American ZomCom is Directed and Written by Jim Jarmusch whose previous film making credits take in 1984's 'Stranger Than Paradise', 1986's 'Down by Law', 1995's 'Dead Man', 1999's 'Ghost Dog : The Way of the Samurai', 2003's 'Coffee and Cigarettes', 2005's 'Broken Flowers', 2013's 'Only Lovers Left Alive' and 2016's 'Paterson'. The film saw its World Premier screening at this years Cannes Film Festival in May where it was the opening night film and also in competition for the prestigious Palme d'Or, went on general release in the US in mid-June, has so far grossed US$14M and has received generally mixed or average Reviews so far.
With an ensemble cast that takes in Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Steve Buscemi, Tilda Swinton, Danny Glover, Caleb Landry Jones, Iggy Pop, Chloe Sevigny, Rosie Perez, Selena Gomez, Carol Kane, Tom Waits and RZA, the story centres on the sleepy small rural town of Centerville, where something is amiss. The moon hangs large and low in the sky, the hours of daylight are becoming less predictable, and animals are beginning to exhibit somewhat disturbing behaviour. News reports are scary, and scientists are concerned, but no one foresees the strangest and most dangerous repercussion that will soon start plaguing Centerville. With the dead rising from their graves and feasting on the living, the citizens must band together and wage war on the marauding undead to survive.
'THE GOLDFINCH' (Rated M) - this American drama film is Directed by the Irish theatre, television and film Director John Crowley whose previous film making credits include 'Boy A', 'Is Anybody There', 'Closed Circuit' and 'Brooklyn'. This story is based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Donna Tartt, and is lensed by the acclaimed Roger Deakins. The storyline here follows Theodore Decker (Oakes Fegley) who was thirteen years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Now eight years on the older Theo (Ansel Elgort) has seen this tragedy alter the course of his life, sending him on a spiralling odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day - a 1654 painting by Dutch painter Carel Fabritius of a goldfinch chained to its perch, which he retrieved directly in the aftermath of the fateful bombing. Also starring Nicole Kidman, Sarah Paulson, Luke Wilson, Jeffrey Wright, Aneurin Barnard and Finn Wolfhard. The film saw its World Premier screening at TIFF earlier this month, went on general release Stateside on 13th September, cost US$45M to make, has so far recovered just over US$6M and has garnered mixed or average Reviews at best.
'SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK' (Rated M) - this American horror film is Directed by Norwegian film maker, Producer and Screenwriter Andre Ovredal whose previous screen credits include 'Trollhunter' and 'The Autopsy of Jane Doe'. Here Guillermo del Toro is given a Co-Producer credit together with a co-credit for devising the story based up on the children's book series of the same name by Alvin Schwartz. Here, the shadow of the wealthy Bellows family has loomed large in the small town of Mill Valley, Pennsylvania for generations. It is 1968 and in a mansion that young Sarah Bellows turned her tortured life and horrible secrets into a series of scary stories. These terrifying tales soon have a way of becoming all too real for a group of unsuspecting teens who stumble upon Sarah's spooky home. Starring Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Zajur, Natalie Ganzhorn, Dean Norris, Gil Bellows and Javier Botet, the film was released in the US in mid-August, cost US$28M to make, has so far grossed US$93M and has generated mostly positive Press.
'RIDE LIKE A GIRL' (Rated PG) - in her first full length feature film debut here acclaimed Australian Actress Rachel Griffiths Directs and Co-Produces this true story of Michelle Payne - the first female jockey to win the famed 'race that stops a nation' - The Melbourne Cup in 2015. As a little girl, Michelle Payne dreams of the impossible, winning The Melbourne Cup — horse-racing's toughest race run over two-miles. The youngest of ten children, Michelle is raised by single father Paddy (Sam Neill) on a horse farm near Ballarat in Victoria. She leaves school at fifteen to become a jockey (like eight of her other siblings) and after early failures she finds her feet, but a family tragedy, followed by her own near fatal horse fall all but bring a premature end to her dream. But with the love of her dad and her brother Stevie (played by her real life brother Stevie Payne who has Down Syndrome), Michelle (Teresa Palmer) is determined not to give up. Against staunch medical advice, and the protests of her siblings, she rides on, and meets the Prince of Penzance - the horse she would ultimately ride to victory. Together they overcome impossible odds for a shot at her dream - to ride in the 2015 Melbourne Cup, at odds of 100 to one. Also starring Magda Szubanski, Mick Molloy, Aaron Glenane, Sophia Forrest and Sullivan Stapleton.
'BUOYANCY' (Rated M) - Directed by Aussie Rodd Rathjen in his first feature length film outing following a number of largely successful short films, his film here spoken in Khmer and Thai won the Panorama Prize by Berlinale's Ecumenical Jury. Telling the story of fourteen year old Chakra (Sarm Heng in his first film appearance) who leaves the heavy toiling in the Cambodian rice paddies to go in search of factory work in Bangkok. After paying smugglers to ferry him over the border, the boy is instead traded to a seafood trawler as a slave where the violence and murder meted out on his fellow captors is a routine occurrence, all under the watch of ruthless and sadistic captain Rom Ran (Thanawut Kasro). Chakra learns to grow up very quickly and soon realises that his only bid for freedom may mean becoming as violent as his captors. The film has been lauded for it gripping portrayal of the South East Asian fishing industry punishing reality, and the nuanced performance of its first timer lead in youngster Sarm Heng.
With five new release movies this week to tempt you out to your local Odeon, remember to share your movie going thoughts with your other like minded cinephile friends afterwards here at Odeon Online. In the meantime, I'll see you sometime somewhere in the week ahead, at your local Odeon.
-Steve, at Odeon Online-
Whatever your taste in big screen film entertainment is this week - be it any of the five latest release new movies as Previewed below, or those doing the rounds currently on general release and as Reviewed and Previewed in previous Blog Posts here at Odeon Online, you are most welcome to share your movie going thoughts, opinions and observations by leaving your relevant, succinct and appropriate views in the Comments section below this or any other Post. We'd love to hear from you, and in the meantime, enjoy your big screen Odeon outing during the week ahead.
'THE DEAD DON'T DIE' (Rated MA15+) - this American ZomCom is Directed and Written by Jim Jarmusch whose previous film making credits take in 1984's 'Stranger Than Paradise', 1986's 'Down by Law', 1995's 'Dead Man', 1999's 'Ghost Dog : The Way of the Samurai', 2003's 'Coffee and Cigarettes', 2005's 'Broken Flowers', 2013's 'Only Lovers Left Alive' and 2016's 'Paterson'. The film saw its World Premier screening at this years Cannes Film Festival in May where it was the opening night film and also in competition for the prestigious Palme d'Or, went on general release in the US in mid-June, has so far grossed US$14M and has received generally mixed or average Reviews so far.
'THE GOLDFINCH' (Rated M) - this American drama film is Directed by the Irish theatre, television and film Director John Crowley whose previous film making credits include 'Boy A', 'Is Anybody There', 'Closed Circuit' and 'Brooklyn'. This story is based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Donna Tartt, and is lensed by the acclaimed Roger Deakins. The storyline here follows Theodore Decker (Oakes Fegley) who was thirteen years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Now eight years on the older Theo (Ansel Elgort) has seen this tragedy alter the course of his life, sending him on a spiralling odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day - a 1654 painting by Dutch painter Carel Fabritius of a goldfinch chained to its perch, which he retrieved directly in the aftermath of the fateful bombing. Also starring Nicole Kidman, Sarah Paulson, Luke Wilson, Jeffrey Wright, Aneurin Barnard and Finn Wolfhard. The film saw its World Premier screening at TIFF earlier this month, went on general release Stateside on 13th September, cost US$45M to make, has so far recovered just over US$6M and has garnered mixed or average Reviews at best.
'SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK' (Rated M) - this American horror film is Directed by Norwegian film maker, Producer and Screenwriter Andre Ovredal whose previous screen credits include 'Trollhunter' and 'The Autopsy of Jane Doe'. Here Guillermo del Toro is given a Co-Producer credit together with a co-credit for devising the story based up on the children's book series of the same name by Alvin Schwartz. Here, the shadow of the wealthy Bellows family has loomed large in the small town of Mill Valley, Pennsylvania for generations. It is 1968 and in a mansion that young Sarah Bellows turned her tortured life and horrible secrets into a series of scary stories. These terrifying tales soon have a way of becoming all too real for a group of unsuspecting teens who stumble upon Sarah's spooky home. Starring Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Zajur, Natalie Ganzhorn, Dean Norris, Gil Bellows and Javier Botet, the film was released in the US in mid-August, cost US$28M to make, has so far grossed US$93M and has generated mostly positive Press.
'RIDE LIKE A GIRL' (Rated PG) - in her first full length feature film debut here acclaimed Australian Actress Rachel Griffiths Directs and Co-Produces this true story of Michelle Payne - the first female jockey to win the famed 'race that stops a nation' - The Melbourne Cup in 2015. As a little girl, Michelle Payne dreams of the impossible, winning The Melbourne Cup — horse-racing's toughest race run over two-miles. The youngest of ten children, Michelle is raised by single father Paddy (Sam Neill) on a horse farm near Ballarat in Victoria. She leaves school at fifteen to become a jockey (like eight of her other siblings) and after early failures she finds her feet, but a family tragedy, followed by her own near fatal horse fall all but bring a premature end to her dream. But with the love of her dad and her brother Stevie (played by her real life brother Stevie Payne who has Down Syndrome), Michelle (Teresa Palmer) is determined not to give up. Against staunch medical advice, and the protests of her siblings, she rides on, and meets the Prince of Penzance - the horse she would ultimately ride to victory. Together they overcome impossible odds for a shot at her dream - to ride in the 2015 Melbourne Cup, at odds of 100 to one. Also starring Magda Szubanski, Mick Molloy, Aaron Glenane, Sophia Forrest and Sullivan Stapleton.'BUOYANCY' (Rated M) - Directed by Aussie Rodd Rathjen in his first feature length film outing following a number of largely successful short films, his film here spoken in Khmer and Thai won the Panorama Prize by Berlinale's Ecumenical Jury. Telling the story of fourteen year old Chakra (Sarm Heng in his first film appearance) who leaves the heavy toiling in the Cambodian rice paddies to go in search of factory work in Bangkok. After paying smugglers to ferry him over the border, the boy is instead traded to a seafood trawler as a slave where the violence and murder meted out on his fellow captors is a routine occurrence, all under the watch of ruthless and sadistic captain Rom Ran (Thanawut Kasro). Chakra learns to grow up very quickly and soon realises that his only bid for freedom may mean becoming as violent as his captors. The film has been lauded for it gripping portrayal of the South East Asian fishing industry punishing reality, and the nuanced performance of its first timer lead in youngster Sarm Heng.With five new release movies this week to tempt you out to your local Odeon, remember to share your movie going thoughts with your other like minded cinephile friends afterwards here at Odeon Online. In the meantime, I'll see you sometime somewhere in the week ahead, at your local Odeon.
-Steve, at Odeon Online-
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