The full list of winners and grinners in the feature film categories as presented on 30th November are as follows :-
* AACTA Award Best Indie Film - presented to 'Standing Up for Sunny', Produced by Drew Bailey, Jamie Hilton and Michael Pontin, and Directed and Written by Steven Vidler.
* AACTA Award Best Asian Film - presented to 'Better Days' and Directed by Derek Tsang.
* AACTA Award Best Documentary - presented to 'Firestarter - The Story of Bangarra', Produced by Ivan O'Mahoney and Directed by Wayne Blair and Nel Minchin.
* AACTA Award Best Screenplay in Film - presented to Rita Kalnejais for 'Babyteeth'.
* AACTA Award for Best Direction in Film - presented to Shannon Murphy for 'Babyteeth'.
* AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in Film - presented to Toby Wallace for 'Babyteeth'.
* AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in Film - presented to Eliza Scanlen for 'Babyteeth'.
* AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in Film - presented to Ben Mendelsohn for 'Babyteeth'.
* AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film - presented to Essie Davis for 'Babyteeth'.
* AACTA Award for Best Short Film - presented to 'The Mirror' produced by Tom Davies and Mike Horvath and Directed by Joel Kohn.
* AACTA Award Best VFX or Animation - presented to Tim Crosbie, Joy Wu, Jason Troughton, Tom Wood, Julian Hutchens for 'The Eight Hundred'.
* The Byron Kennedy Award was also presented, recognising the impact of Australian low-budget genre filmmaking and celebrating the outstanding creative enterprise within the screen industry. Jennifer Kent was announced as the recipient for her international success on the AACTA Award-winning film, 'The Babadook'.On Friday 27th November the Craft Winners were announced at the AACTA Industry Awards at an online event. Those proud recipients in the feature film categories are as follows :-
* AACTA Award Best Cinematography - presented to Stefan Duscio for 'The Invisible Man'.
* AACTA Award Best Costume Design - presented to Alice Babidge for 'True History of the Kelly Gang'.
* AACTA Award Best Editing - presented to Andy Canny for 'The Invisible Man'.
* AACTA Award Best Hair and Make-Up - presented to Kirsten Veysey for 'True History of the Kelly Gang'.
* AACTA Award Best Original Score - presented to Amanda Brown for 'Babyteeth'.
* AACTA Award Best Original Score in a Documentary - presented to Amanda Brown for 'Brazen Hussies'.
* AACTA Award Best Sound - presented to P.K Hooker, Will Files and Paul 'Salty' Brincat for 'The Invisible Man'.
* AACTA Award Best Sound in a Documentary - presented to Emma Bortignon, Paul Shanahan, David Williams and Gemma Stack for 'Suzi Q'.
For the full low down on everything that went down at this years AACTA Awards, you can visit the official website at : https://www.aacta.org
With the 1st December marking the first day of the Australian summer season, and already temperatures getting into the high 30⁰C and low 40⁰C, what better place is there than to cool down in your local air conditioned cinema for a couple of hours. And so to tempt you out to your local Odeon, this week we have six new cinematic releases kicking off with a war of wits, pranks and dangerous trickery as Grandpa and Grandson go head to head all because Grandpa is now shacking up with Grandson in his bedroom, and the latter wants the former outta there. We then have a 30th anniversary new edit and restored version of part three of a classic and epic story of a mafia crime family; before turning attention to a musical comedy about two down on their luck Broadway stars and two cynical Actors teaming up to give a High School graduate the Prom night she really deserves. Next up we have a Christmas offering about the anonymous cash donations left on the doorsteps of town and how one fortunate recipient takes it upon herself to do some investigative work to find out who, where and why these gifts originate from - with far reaching consequences. And we close the week with two doco's - the first about a famed British neurologist and science historian and the second about three brothers who went on to form one of the most successful pop music bands of the last fifty years.
'THE WAR WITH GRANDPA' (Rated PG) - this American family comedy film is Directed by Tim Hill whose previous film making credits take in the likes of his debut 'Muppets from Space' in 1999, 'Garfiled : A Tail of Two Kitties' in 2006, 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' in 2007, 'Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever' in 2014 and 'The SpongeBob Movie : Sponge on the Run' earlier this year. This film is based on the children's novel of the same name by Robert Kimmel Smith. Released in the US in early October and costing US$38M to make, the film has so far grossed US$26M and has garnered generally negative publicity from Critics. Despite this, one of the Producers, Marvin Peart announced earlier last month that a follow up film is intended titled 'The World War with Grandpa'. 
And so here, Peter Decker (Oakes Fegley) and his recently widowed Grandpa Ed (Robert De Niro) used to be very close, but when Grandpa moves in with the family, Peter is forced to give up his most prized possession - his bedroom. Peter will stop at nothing to get his room back, scheming with friends to devise a series of increasingly dangerous pranks to drive him out. However, Grandpa doesn't give up easily, and it turns into an all-out war between the two. Also starring Uma Thurman, Rob Riggle, Christoper Walken, Cheech Marin and Jane Seymour.
'THE GODFATHER, CODA : THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE' (Rated MA15+) - to mark the 30th Anniversary of 'The Godfather: Part III', Director and Screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola brings a definitive new edit and restoration of the final film in his classic Godfather trilogy based on the books by Mario Puzo. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), is now in his sixties and is seeking to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire. That successor could be fiery Vincent Mancini (Andy Garcia) but he could potentially be the spark that turns Michael's hope of business legitimacy into an inferno of mob fuelled violence. The film’s meticulously restored picture and sound includes a new beginning and ending, as well as changes to scenes, shots, and music cues. Also starring Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Eli Wallach, George Hamilton, Bridget Fonda, Sofia Coppola and Joe Mantegna. The original film was released in 1990 and was nominated for seven Academy Awards and seven Golden Globes amongst its total haul of six wins and thirty-two nods.
'THE PROM' (Rated PG) - this American musical comedy offering is Directed by screenwriter, Producer and film maker Ryan Murphy who previous Directorial outings take in 'Running with Scissors' in 2006 and 'Eat Pray Love' in 2010, as well a multiple episodes of TV shows including 'Nip/Tuck', 'Glee', 'American Horror Story', 'American Crime Story', 'Hollywood' and 'Ratched' most recently. Here, to support a high school girl Emma Nolan (Jo Ellen Pellman) who wants to bring her girlfriend Alyssa Greene (Ariana DeBose) to the prom a pair of self-obsessed Broadway theatre stars Dee Dee Allen (Meryl Streep) and Barry Glickman (James Cordon) go to a small conservative Indiana town with a pair of cynical Actors in tow - Angie Dickinson (Nicole Kidman) and Trent Oliver (Andrew Rannells) as the foursome rally to give Emma a night at which she can truly celebrate who she really is. Also starring Keegan-Michael Key and Kerrie Washington. Scheduled to be released on Netflix on 11th December, the film gets a simultaneous release in selected cinemas.
'CHRISTMAS JARS' (Rated PG) - Directed by Jonathan Wright who has a long list of TV movies themed around Christmas and two features 'Nostrum' in 2010 and 'Awakening the Zodiac' in 2017. This film was first released in the USA in early December 2019 and now gets a cinema release in Australia. Here, Hope Jensen (Jena Ross) is an aspiring reporter who has had her fair share of tragedy in life. Abandoned at birth, she’s grieving the recent death of her adopted mother when her apartment is robbed of all her possessions. While reporting the break in to the Police, Hope discovers a jar full of cash, labeled 'Christmas Jar'. Shocked and grateful for this act of kindness, Hope discovers that people all over her hometown have been receiving Christmas Jars for years when they needed it the most. The jars are always given anonymously and always contain different sums. Hope goes undercover to discover the secret behind the Christmas Jars, putting into motion a series of events that will change her life, and her community, forever. Also starring Markian Tarasiuk, Tara Yelland and Zerha Leverman.
'OLIVER SACKS : HIS OWN LIFE' (Rated M) - this American biographical documentary film is Directed and created by the American documentary film maker and Writer Ric Burns about Oliver Sacks, a British neurologist, naturalist, science historian and author, based on his autobiography, 'His Own Life' and who died on 30th August 2015. The film stars Roberto Calasso, Kate Edgar, Atul Gawande and Shane Fistell besides Oliver Sacks as a protagonist character as he shares intimate details of his battles with drug addiction, homophobia, and a medical establishment that accepted his work only decades after the fact. It initially premiered in mid-August 2019 at the Telluride Film Festival, but a release was delayed due to COVID-19.
'THE BEE GEES : HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART' (Rated M) - this documentary film is Directed by multi-award winning and nominated Producer, Director and occasional Actor Frank Marshall and tells the story of how three brothers created music that touched the collective unconscious across five continents for five decades straight. The film charts the rise of the legendary band 'The Bee Gees' and the evolution of their music over the years. Made up of brothers Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb, The Bee Gees wrote more than 1,000 songs and had twenty No. 1 hits throughout their career. Featuring revealing interviews with oldest brother Barry Gibb, and archival interviews with the late twin brothers Robin and Maurice. The name of the film is taken from their first US chart topping No. 1 single of the same name released in mid-1971.
Whatever your taste in big screen film entertainment is this week - be it any of the six latest release new movies as Previewed below, or those doing the rounds currently on general release or 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 coming week.
With six new release films 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 coming week, at your local Odeon.
-Steve, at Odeon Online-
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