This years list of winner, grinners and the also-rans, are as given below :-
* Best Director : presented to Edward Berger for 'All Quiet on the Western Front', beating out Park Chan-wook for 'Decision to Leave', Todd Field for 'Tar', Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once', Martin McDonagh for 'The Banshees of Inisherin' and Gina Prince-Bythewood for 'The Woman King'.
* Best Actor in a Leading Role : awarded to Austin Butler for 'Elvis', beating out Colin Farrell for 'The Banshees of Inisherin', Brendan Fraser for 'The Whale', Daryl McCormack for 'Good Luck to You, Leo Grande', Paul Mescal for 'Aftersun' and Bill Nighy for 'Living'.
* Best Actor in a Supporting Role : presented to Barry Keoghan for 'The Banshees of Inisherin', beating out Breandan Gleeson for 'The Banshees of Inisherin', Ke Huy Quan for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once', Eddie Redmayne for 'The Good Nurse', Albrecht Schuch for 'All Quiet on the Western Front' and Micheal Ward for 'Empire of Light'.
* Best Original Screenplay : presented to Martin McDonagh for 'The Banshees of Inisherin', beating out 'Everything Everywhere All at Once', 'The Fabelmans', 'Triangle of Sadness' and 'Tar'.
* Best Adapted Screenplay : awarded to Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell for 'All Quiet on the Western Front', beating out 'Living', 'The Quiet Girl', 'She Said' and 'The Whale'.
* Best Documentary : presented to 'NALVANY', beating out 'All That Breathes', 'All the Beauty and the Bloodshed', 'Fire of Love' and 'Moonage Daydream'.
* Outstanding British Film : awarded to 'THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN', beating out 'Aftersun', 'Brian and Charles', 'Empire of Light', 'Good Luck to You, Leo Grande', 'Living', 'Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical', 'See How They Run', 'The Swimmers' and 'The Wonder'.
* Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer : awarded to Charlotte Wells for 'Aftersun', beating out 'Blue Jean', 'Electric Malady', 'Good Luck to You, Leo Grande' and 'Rebellion'.
* Best Casting, Best Costume Design and Best Make-Up and Hair : were all awarded to 'ELVIS'.
* Best Editing : presented to 'EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE'.
* Best Production Design : awarded to 'BABYLON'.
* Best Special Visual Effects : presented to 'AVATAR : THE WAY OF WATER'.
* The Rising Star Award : presented to Emma Mackey who portrays Maeve Wiley in the acclaimed TV series 'Sex Education' and was seen in feature films 'Eiffel', 'Death on the Nile' and 'Emily' most recently.
For further details on this years BAFTA Awards you can go to the official website at : https://www.bafta.org
'AFTERSUN' (Rated M) - this UK and US Co-Produced drama film is Written and Directed by Charlotte Wells in her feature film making debut. The film saw its World Premier showcasing at last years Cannes Film Festival where it won a Jury Prize, and thereafter did the rounds at numerous American, European and Australian film festivals ultimately winning sixty-five awards and a further 156 nominations from around the awards and festivals circuit. 'Aftersun' was released in the US towards the end of October last year and in the UK in mid-November, having garnered widespread critical acclaim and earning US$5M at the Box Office so far. 
At a fading Turkish vacation resort in the early 2000's, eleven-year-old Sophie (Frankie Corio) treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum (Paul Mescal) on the eve of his 31st birthday. As a world of adolescence creeps into view, beyond her eye Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. Twenty years later, Sophie's (Celia Rowlson-Hall) tender recollections of their last holiday become a powerful and heartrending portrait of their relationship, as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.
'COCAINE BEAR' (Rated M) - is an American dark comedy action film that is Co-Produced and Directed by the American Actress, Producer, Writer and Director Elizabeth Banks in her third feature film making effort following 2015's 'Pitch Perfect 2' and 2019's 'Charlie's Angels'. This film is inspired by real events that occurred in December 1985, and tells the story of a 230kg (500lb) American black bear who, after ingesting a duffel back full of cocaine that was dropped off by a light aeroplane because it was carrying too heavy a load, goes on a killing rampage in a small Georgia town where a group of locals and tourists must join forces to survive the attack. Starring Keri Russell, O'Shea Jackson, Alden Ehrenreich, Isiah Whitlock Jnr., and Ray Liotta, the film is released Stateside too this week and cost US$35M to produce.
'MISSING' (Rated M) - this American screenlife thriller film is Written and Directed by Will Merrick and Nick Johnson in their feature film Directorial debuts, and is a standalone sequel to 2018's 'Searching'. Here then, when her mother disappears while holidaying in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June's (Storm Reid) search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it's too late. However, as she digs ever deeper, her digital sleuthing soon raises more questions than answers. Also starring Nia Long, Ken Leung, Daniel Henney, and Joaquim de Almeida, the film saw its Premier at the Sundance Film Festival in mid-January, was released in the US shortly thereafter, has so far grossed US$28M off the back of a US$7M production budget and has garnered generally positive reviews.
'FISHERMAN'S FRIENDS : ONE AND ALL' (Rated PG) - this British musical comedy drama film is Co-Written and Directed by Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcroft and is the sequel to the 2019 film 'Fisherman's Friends'. Following the unexpected success of the band's debut album 'No Hopers, Jokers and Rogues' we re-join them almost a year later, struggling with the pressures, pitfalls and temptations of their newfound fame. We continue the journey with the loveable 'buoy band', as they navigate the choppy waters of fame, second album syndrome, and performing on the pyramid stage at Glastonbury. Starring James Purefoy, David Hayman, Dave Johns, Sam Swainsbury, Maggie Steed, Jade Anouka and Ramon Tikaram, with Irish singer-songwriter Imelda May making her acting debut. The film was released in the UK in mid-August last year.
'LUTHER : THE FALLEN SUN' (Rated MA15+) - is a British crime thriller Directed by Jamie Payne and follows on from the hugely popular BBC police procedural TV drama series 'Luther' which has so far aired over five seasons and twenty episodes between 2010 and 2019, with Jamie Payne Directing the last season of four episodes. In this continuation of the multi-award winning and nominated TV saga, a gruesome serial killer, David Robey (Andy Serkis) is terrorising London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther (Idris Elba, who also Co-Produces here) sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath, who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary. Also starring Cynthia Erivo and Dermot Crowley, the film is set for release on limited cinema screens from this week, and on streaming service Netflix from 10th March.
'PING PONG : THE TRIUMPH' (Rated PG) - this Chinese Mandarin language drama film based on a true story is Directed by Chao Deng and Baimei Yu, and tells the story of how in the early 1990's, when the Chinese men's table tennis team is perhaps at its lowest ebb, head coach Cai Zhenhua (Chao Deng) is tasked with forming a new team to fight its way to the top at the 1995 World Table Tennis Championship in Tianjin, China. And so, he puts together a rag tag team of dynamic personalities, whom he must inspire and rally to rise to their best against the face of incredible competition during the championships.
Turning the attention then back to this weeks new movies coming to a big screen Odeon near you, we kick off with a highly acclaimed film from a first time Feature Director that tells the story of an eleven year old girl as she reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. This is followed by a film inspired by real events as a hulking American black bear consumes a significant amount of cocaine and embarks on a drug-fueled rampage, leaving an eccentric gathering of cops, criminals, tourists, and teenagers to assemble in a Georgia forest to either be mauled alive or outwit that pesky bear. Next up is a drama thriller that after her mother goes missing in Colombia, a young woman tries to find her from home in Los Angeles, using tools available to her online. Then we turn to a sequel that follows on from the success of their first album, but this group of singing fishermen struggle to adjust to their new-found fame and work towards a second album. Next we have a big screen adaptation of a multi-award winning TV series that sees this brilliant but disgraced detective break out of prison to hunt down a sadistic serial killer who is terrorising London. And closing out the week we have a Chinese offering that tells the true story of a disgraced ping pong team and how their head coach must recruit a team capable of winning the world championships in the mid-'90's.
Whatever your taste in big screen film entertainment is this week - be it any of the six latest release new films 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 movie offerings 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 at your local Odeon in the week ahead.
-Steve, at Odeon Online-
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