US : Tuesday 2nd April 2019.

And so Jordan Peele here brings us his highly anticipated and already critically acclaimed American psychological horror thriller film 'US' which I saw earlier this week. Peele also Co-Produced with Jason Blum, and wrote the Screenplay. Following hot on the heels of his previous also acclaimed debut feature 'Get Out' in 2017, the film saw its World Premier screening at SXSW in early March and went on wide release in the US on 22nd March and a week later here in Australia. Made for US$20M the film has so far grossed US$181M and in its opening weekend debuted at US$71.1M, the second best opening for a live-action original film after 2009's 'Avatar' and the third-best total for a horror film after 2017's 'It' and 2018's 'Halloween'. The film has also generated widespread Critical and audience acclaim.

It is the Summer of 1986, on Santa Cruz Beach, and the young Adelaide Thomas (Madison Curry) is out for the evening at the beachside amusement park with her parents. While her parents are distracted, Adelaide wanders off down to the waters edge, and upon returning is enticed into a funhouse. At first all seems relatively normal, until the lights go out, and the place is plunged into darkness and silence. Adelaide begins to whistle to calm her nerves, only to have an unknown presence whistle the same tune right back at her. Then in a hall of mirrors she comes across a doppelgänger of herself, but this is no reflection looking back at her. A short time later Adelaide is reunited with her parents, but is unable to speak.

We then fast forward to the present day and Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke are married couple Adelaide Wilson (the now grown up Adelaide Thomas) and Gabriel 'Gabe' Wilson, who together with their son Jason (Evan Alex) and daughter Zora (Shahadi Wright Joseph) are en route to their family beachside home in Santa Cruz where they plan on spending some quality family time. Gabe is keen on visiting Santa Cruz Beach later that afternoon and has already made plans to meet up with good friends Kitty and Josh Tyler (Elisabeth Moss and Tim Heidecker respectively) and their twin kids Gwen and Maggie (Cali and Noelle Sheldon). Adelaide however, is fearful and anxious about returning to Santa Cruz Beach given her experiences there as a young child, and attempts (albeit unsuccessfully) to dissuade Gabe from the trip. Reluctantly Adelaide agrees and the family drives off catching up with the Tylers at the beach. All is good, until young Jason wanders off to use the toilet. Upon returning Jason is distracted by a man wearing a red jump suit, standing motionless on the sand and bleeding from the hands. Adelaide is distraught about her missing son, and when he returns moments later she chides him, before hugging him. He does not mention the man he saw.

Later that same night, a strange family of four appears in the driveway of the Wilson's home. Initially, they stand there motionless in the moonlight, all wearing the same red jumpsuit, and all holding hands. Their menacing presence lasts for about five minutes, with Gabe becoming increasingly agitated by their presence, to the point where he retrieves a baseball bat from inside the house and threatens them if they do not leave his property immediately.

Within a few minutes the red suited family begin attacking the Wilson family home and forcibly gaining entry. The Wilsons quickly realise that the four intruders are in fact doppelgängers of themselves, led by Adelaide's double, Red (Lupita Nyong'o). Each of them is wearing the same red jumpsuit as the man Jason saw on the beach, and Jason's doppelgänger Pluto (Evan Alex) is wearing a white skintight mask over his head and covering his face. 

Red, is the only doppelgänger who speaks while the others grunt, and she tells the Wilsons the story of a girl who lives a happy life while her shadow suffers. The family is then separated by their opposite selves : Red makes Adelaide shackle herself to a table, Zora is pursued by Umbrae (Shahadi Wright Joseph), Gabe is dragged onto the motor boat he had rented for the duration of their break by Abraham (Winston Duke), and Jason is charged to go off and 'play' with Pluto in a cupboard. 

While chasing Zora on foot, Umbrae is interrupted by a neighbour who has come outside to see why Umbrae is standing on the roof of his car. She jumps down and stabs the neighbour with a pair of gold scissors so allowing Zora to escape. Gabe is able to kill Abraham with his boat's problematical and temperamental motor, while Jason quickly learns that Pluto mirrors his actions almost exactly. Jason removes a mask he has been wearing on and off since their arrival, and in so doing Pluto does likewise revealing that half his face is disfigured by a severe burn when he was younger. He is able to distract Pluto with a magic trick and escape, leaving Pluto locked in the cupboard. Red is drawn to Pluto's cries for release, allowing Adelaide the time to break free. The family regroups and is able to escape on Gabe's boat as Red, Umbrae and Pluto come down to the waters edge to see them motor off into the moonlight.

Meanwhile, at the Tyler household not far away, their house is broken into and the family of four are murdered by their identical selves. The Wilsons arrive expecting to find safe harbourage but are forced to kill the Tyler doubles in what turns out to be a bloodbath using the good old trusted baseball bat, a golf club and a heavy stone crystal ornament. With the Tylers and their doubles dead and blood spattered walls and furniture all round them, in a surreal moment they sit around the dining table eating snacks and turn on the news to see that millions of doppelgängers, calling themselves 'the Tethered', have risen up in their red jumpsuits and committed murders against their real counterparts across the US. The doppelgängers subsequently join hands together to form a massive human chain, which the news channels speculate is some form of protest.

Upon seeing the news, Adelaide takes charge of their situation and suggests that they should get as far away as possible, and drive down to Mexico. The Wilsons drive away in the Tylers' car with Zora behind the wheel. They are attacked by Umbrae, who is launched while clinging onto the bonnet into a tree, by a sudden braking manoeuvre. Adelaide gets out of the car to investigate where Umbrae might be and finish her off once and for all. She discovers the broken body of Umbrae hanging from the branches of a tree and she dies shortly afterwards. As day breaks, the Wilsons arrive at the Santa Cruz boardwalk, where they find their own abandoned car set ablaze. 

Pluto is waiting in front of the burning car and has set a trap to kill the Wilsons by laying a trail of petrol to the Tyler's car, but Jason, remembering that Pluto mirrors his every move, walks backward so that Pluto also steps backwards into the burning car and is consequently burned to death. In all the commotion, Red reappears and takes Jason. 

With Adelaide now giving chase to Red in an attempt to find her son, Zora and Gabe find refuge in an abandoned ambulance located behind the now abandoned Santa Cruz Beach amusement park, through which now runs a long line down to the ocean of red jump suit wearing body doubles all holding hands. Adelaide returns to the boardwalk funhouse and walks through a secret tunnel in the hall of mirrors. This leads to an underground facility overrun by rabbits, where Adelaide finds Red.

Red, with her back towards Adelaide and snipping away at paper stood facing a blackboard states that the Tethered were created by the U.S. government decades ago in an attempt to control the public, but the experiment failed and the Tethered were abandoned in an extensive network of underground tunnels and facilities. For generations, they were trapped beneath the surface hidden from view and without any knowledge of their above ground doubles. All they could do was mimic the actions of their counterparts on the surface until Red devised a cunning and meticulous plan for them to escape, which took a very look time to coordinate and execute. The two fight, with Red gaining the upper hand until Adelaide manages to kill Red with the fire poker she has held onto since the prior night. She locates Jason hiding in a locker and rescues him, returning to the surface to meet up with Gabe and Zora. They drive out of the amusement park avoiding the long line of red suited Tethered individuals all holding hands.

'Us' is a worthy follow up to 'Get Out' and here Jordan Peele delivers a genre bending film that has its roots firmly bedded in home invasion horror at the hands of menacing doppelgängers, thriller, drama and with just a sprinkling of Sci-Fi offering blood and death, just the right amount of humour and edge of your seat action to propel the film to all the acclaim it deserves. As for the meaning behind all of this, well that remains open for discussion long after the credits have rolled and the curtain has dropped. Suffice to say the twin performances of Lupita Nyong'o especially is exemplary as she inhabits two very different characters struggling with who and what they are and what motivates them both to survive their living nightmares. Like 'Get Out' Peele has created another original story that further cements his career as an unconventional Director and a storyteller of repute, and a film that is sure to become a classic. 

'Us' merits four claps of the Odeon Online clapperboard out of a potential five. 

-Steve, at Odeon Online-

GET OUT : Tuesday 9th May 2017.

'GET OUT', made for just US$4.5M this comedy horror film is Written, Co-Produced and Directed by Jordan Peele in his debut in the Directors chair, and has so far grossed US$207M and has received much critical acclaim. Jordan Peele is one half of the Comedy Central sketch series pairing of Key & Peele. His film, seen as a satire on racism in the United States in the present day, points at the underbelly of middle class conservatives interwoven with an effective horror story, stands now as the highest grossing film Directed by a black film maker, and has also claimed the spot previously occupied by 1999's 'The Blair Witch Project' as the highest grossing debut film based on an original screenplay in Hollywood history. Not bad credentials at all!

The film opens up with a black guy, Andre Hayworth (LaKeith Stanfield) speaking on his mobile phone while walking down a leafy suburban street late at night. A white car approaches him, with loud music blaring out of the window, and an unseen driver. The car circles around and approaches from behind a nervous looking Andre, who is clearly out of his comfort zone. Andre crosses the street keen to avoid any confrontation, and is then beaten over the head by an unknown assailant and dragged back towards the white car - drivers side door and rear boot open. Bundled up, unconscious in the boot of the car, it speeds off into the night.

Some months later, we are introduced to black photographer Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) and his white girlfriend Rose Armitage (Allison Williams). They have been together for five months now, and they are preparing to visit Allison's parents at their country estate for the weekend. Chris expresses some concern that Allison has not yet told her parents that he is black, but quickly dismisses his concerns when she reassures him that they are non-racial progressive thinking types who would have voted for Obama a third time given the chance. They load up the car and head on out driving in the clear light of day, chatting, laughing and joking most of the way.

Upon arriving at the country estate of parents Dean Armitage (Bradley Whitford) a retired neurosurgeon and Missy Armitage (Catherine Keener) a psychiatrist and hypnotherapist and brother Jeremy (Caleb Landry Jones) the family  attempt to allay any fears that Chris may have about their concerns of an inter-racial relationship. Pretty soon, however, Chris notices the black groundsman Walter (Marcus Henderson) and black housekeeper Georgina (Betty Gabriel) and how their behaviour seems very strange and distant, let alone the fact that an all white family have black servants about the place, in this day and age!

Later that night when Chris can't sleep, and craving a cigarette, he ventures outside. Upon re-entering the house, attempting to be quiet, he walks past a lounge room in which Missy is sitting drinking tea. She invites Chris in to sit down opposite him, holding her cup and saucer in one hand and stirring it with a teaspoon with the other. The sound of the spoon stirring is repetitive and Missy keeps on stirring, while she questions Chris about his mother who was killed in a hit and run accident when he was just eleven.

While they talk, although Chris doesn't realise it, he is hypnotised by Missy to the rhythmic sounds of a spoon stirring a tea cup. He is paralysed to the chair, and Missy orders his conscious mind to a place she refers to as 'the sunken place'. Chris wakes up the next morning from a deep sleep, not knowing how he got fully clothed into bed, realising that Missy had hypnotised him to get him off the cigarettes, or so he at first believes.

The next day at the Armitage household is an annual lawn party held for all white close friends to attend. The guests are all mostly elderly and they take more than an active interest in Chris, asking blatant questions about his ethnicity, race, culture, which needless to say uneases Chris. He notices a black guest who introduces himself as Logan King and who is accompanied by an elderly white lady. Chris notices some bizarre behaviour by Logan and senses that the two have met before, but chooses to say nothing. He secretly attempts to take a photograph of Logan with his mobile phone but the flash from the camera sets Logan off with a nosebleed and then a hysterical confrontation at which Logan yells 'get out' at Chris. Dean shrugs off the episode as a epileptic seizure and when Logan re-emerges from a room with Missy, it is as though nothing ever happened! Chris however, is not so sure.

As the afternoon wears on, Chris and Rose walk the grounds away from the party guests. Chris has become concerned about the strange goings on and persuades Rose that they should leave that night. Meanwhile, Dean holds an auction in their absence, with a large framed portrait sized picture of  Chris by his side. The winning bid for Chris goes to Jim Hudson (Stephen Root) a blind art dealer who is aware of Chris' keen eye for photography. Meanwhile Chris has been able to reach out to his good friend Rod Williams (Lil Rel Howery) who works for the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) and who is also dog minding and house sitting for Chris and Rose while they are away.  Chris tells Rod of his observations and sends the photograph of Logan over for Rod to do some investigative work.

While packing up in readiness to leave, Rod advises Chris that Logan (LaKeith Stanfield) is in fact Andre Hayworth who vanished mysteriously six months ago, and who is both known to them. While Rose's back is turned, Chris notices a closet door left ajar and sticks his head inside to investigate. Inside he uncovers a shoe box of photographs of Rose up close and personal with what appear to black boyfriends - lots of individual pictures of her and black men. Chris's need to leave takes on a new sense of urgency. As he attempts to do so and Rose seems to fumble for her missing car keys, so his exit from the house is blocked by Dean, Missy, Jeremy, and Rose. Missy gives a simple command and Chris crashes to the floor totally incapacitated.

Chris comes round strapped to a chair, in front of a old television screen, which blurts out a video explaining why he is tied to the chair and the next steps for him. It seems that the family have developed a method of transplanting the brains of their older family and friends into the bodies of younger black people, that are pre-selected by Rose and prepared by hypnosis by Missy. Hence Walter, Georgina and Logan's strange behaviours. Jim Hudson purchased Chris for this purpose, so that he can be the host and regain his sight.

Whilst Dean is prepping Jim Hudson for the brain transplant in his own private home surgery, Jeremy is sent to collect Chris. Chris however, has an ace up his sleeve and is able to out fox Missy's hypnotic commands when Jeremy least expected it and is able to effect his escape, but not before dispensing with several family members. As Chris exists the house in Jeremy's car, he mows down Georgina, and in his childhood guilt over the death of his mother in a hit and run accident, goes back to check on the downed housekeeper. He loads her into the car, and she quickly comes round turning on Chris, causing him to crash the car into a tree, so killing Georgina on impact.

Rose who has been locked way in her bedroom, surfing the internet for her next unsuspecting black boyfriend, hears the commotion and appears at the front door brandishing a shotgun as she and Walter go in pursuit of an already injured, shaken and unhinged Chris. For what happens next, you'll just have to watch the film.

It's easy to see why this film has garnered so much positive press and the record breaking Box Office receipts it has. The film is at once a smart and relevant satire coupled with sharp wit and a modern horror story that delivers a thought provoking, effective and entertaining package. The first half of the film slowly sets the tone amidst racial jibes and effective hints that something may be amiss at the Armitage Estate, or maybe Chris is just over reacting being the minority in the room and therefore on edge anyhow. But the second half lets loose with the nightmare that awaits Chris as the tension builds to its bloody, brutal and emotional climax, at which point the comedy drops away to full blown horror, ending with a comedic note as the screen fades to black. A clever film, very well told, that sets Jordan Peele up there as a Writer/Director to watch out for based on the calibre of this inaugural offering.

-Steve, at Odeon Online-

What's new in Odeon's this week : Thursday 4th May 2017.

With the release of 'A Dog's Purpose' this week, I was reminded about the plethora of canine live action movies out there that have graced our screens since cinema came into being. Crossing all genres from horror, to drama, to action, to comedy to family fare and of course not forgetting the animated features as well, the appeal of dogs in film seems to be as strong as it ever was. Listing some of the more notable live action canine cinematic choices, you may want to check out some of these :
* 'Lassie Come Home' (1943) - starring Roddy McDowall, and spawned a whole batch of Lassie sequels, remakes and reboots over the years. 'Pal' stars as Lassie.
* 'Old Yeller' (1957) - starring Tommy Kirk in this hugely successful Disney classic that has stood the test of time. 'Spike' stars as Old Yeller.
* 'Benji' (1974) - starring Patsy Garrett the film grossed US$45M off a US$500K budget. 'Higgins' stars as Benji.
* 'A Boy and his Dog' (1975) - starring Don Johnson in this post apocalyptic Sci-Fi comedy drama thriller about a boy and his telepathic dog, Blood.
* 'Cujo' (1983) - starring Dee Wallace in this psychological horror thriller based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. Cujo is a rabid Saint Bernard.
* 'Turner & Hooch' (1989) - starring Tom Hanks, and Beasley the Dog as Hooch in this detective comedy film Directed by Roger Spottiswoode.
* 'K-9' (1989) starring James Belushi, and various dogs as Jerry Lee the police dog in the detective action comedy film that spawned two direct to video sequels in 1999 and 2002.
* 'Beethoven' (1992) - starring Charles Grodin and an ensemble cast this family comedy film spawned a theatrical sequel in 1993 and direct to video sequels in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2011 and 2014. Beethoven is a Saint Bernard.
* 'Fluke' (1995) - starring Matthew Modine in this drama film based on the book of the same name by James Herbert, about a workaholic husband and father reincarnated as an Irish Setter dog who returns to his family in canine form. 'Buddy' stars as Fluke.
* '101 Dalmatians' (1996) - starring Jeff Daniels in this Disney live action remake of their beloved 1961 animated classic, the film made US$321M from its US$75M budget outlay, and spawned a sequel in 2000.
* 'My Dog Skip' (2000) - starring Frankie Muniz in this family drama film about a nine year old given a Jack Russell terrier for his birthday, and the changes that ensue in the young lads life as  result. Skipper is played by 'Sweetie', 'Ginny' and 'Layla' at various stages of its life.
* 'Best In Show' (2000) - starring Eugene Levy in this highly acclaimed mockumentary comedy offering about five entrants in a renowned dog show following the exploits of the dogs and their owners and handlers in the lead up to, and during, the competition.
* 'Cats & Dogs' (2001) - starring Jeff Goldblum this is a family action comedy offering that pits cats and dogs off against each other in their age old struggle for world domination. The film made US$201M from its US$60M budget and saw a sequel released in 2008.
* 'Marley & Me' (2008) starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston in this comedy drama film about a yellow Labrador Directed by David Frankel and based on the memoir of John Grogan of the same name. It made US$248M from its US$60M budget and saw a direct to video sequel in 2011.
* 'White God' (2014) - this Hungarian drama film took out the Un Certain Regard Award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and stars Zsofia Psotta and mixed breed dog Hagan who joins a 250 strong pack of dogs in an uprising against their abusive human owners and handlers. 'Luke' and 'Bodie' star as Hagan.

This week then there are five new cinematic offerings to tease that movie going dollar from out of your wallet. We kick off with a comedy horror offering that satirises the racial divide in the US today underpinned with a creepy story that has received both critical acclaim and commercial success for this first time Director. We then move back to the outbreak of WWII in this true story of a zookeeping couple who provide safe harbour for hundreds of Jews and hundreds of animals in the bombed out remains of the Warsaw Zoo as the Nazi's occupy Poland. Then we move to present day New Zealand and a road trip remake of a classic early '80's offering Directed by the son of the original Director upon which this film is based. We move next to a canine tale spanning many decades, many dogs, many owners but they all have one thing in common as this story comes full circle, before wrapping up with another true telling of one mans quest to either prove or disprove the legitimacy of the Christian faith.

Remember that as always your are warmly invited to leave a short summary of your movie going thoughts, opinions and observations of any of the films Previewed below, or those Reviewed and Previewed in previous Blog entries here, by leaving your relevant, succinct and pertinent views in the Comments section below this or any other Post. We'd love to hear from you, and meanwhile, enjoy your movie in the coming week.

'GET OUT' (Rated MA15+) - made for just US$4.5M this comedy horror film is Written, Co-Produced and Directed by Jordan Peele in his debut in the Directors chair, and has so far grossed US$194M and has received much critical acclaim. Jordan Peele is one half of the Comedy Central sketch series pairing of Key & Peele. His film, seen as a satire on racism in the United States in the present day that points at the underbelly of middle class conservatives interwoven with an effective horror story, stands now as the highest grossing film Directed by a black film maker, and has also claimed the spot previously occupied by 1999's 'The Blair Witch Project' as the highest grossing debut film based on an original screenplay in Hollywood history. Not bad credentials at all!

Here the story surrounds black photographer Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya)  and his white girlfriend Rose Armitage (Allison Williams) who take a weekend trip out to the country to meet Rose's parents for the first time - Dean and Missy Armitage (Bradley Whitford and Christine Keener respectively). At first meeting, Rose's parents are overly accommodating and welcoming  which Chris interprets as their nervous reaction to their daughters mixed race relationship which they had hitherto been unaware of. As the weekend wears on however, tensions begin to mount and a number of startling and shocking discoveries lead Chris to a truth that he never could have dreamed possible.

'THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE' (Rated M) - this WWII drama film is Directed by Niki Caro and is based on the 2007 non-fiction book of the same name by Diane Ackerman telling the true story of the rescue of Jews in war torn Poland from Nazi invaders. Made for US$20M and so far grossing US$16M the film Premiered in Warsaw in early March and was released in the US at the end of March and in the UK toward the end of April. Set in late 1939 in Warsaw, Poland at the onset of War, Dr. Jan Zabinski (Johan Heldenbergh) and his wife Antonina (Jessica Chastain) are the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo - one of the largest and most prolific zoos in Europe at the time. When Poland is invaded by Germany and the bombs rain down many of the Zoos prized animals are killed. When the Germans take occupation, the Zabinki's are forced to report to Hitler's recently appointed Chief Zoologist Dr. Lutz Heck (Daniel Bruhl). What begins is a plot to covertly work with the Resistance to plan the safety of hundreds of Jewish lives from what was to become the Warsaw Ghetto, and animals too, by secretly housing them in the bombed out ruins of the Zoo.

'PORK PIE' (Rated M) - is a remake of the 1981 New Zealand film 'Goodbye Pork Pie' Directed back then by Geoff Murphy, and which is largely responsible for establishing the New Zealand film industry into what it has become today. That film was overwhelmingly embraced by local audiences.  This time around this offering is Directed and Written by Geoff's son, Matt Murphy, and tells the story of three accidental outlaws on the run driving a yellow Mini from one end of New Zealand to the other as they protest about conformity, chase lost love and have the Police and a media circus in hot pursuit behind them. Starring Dean O'Gorman, James Rolleston, Ashleigh Cummings and Antonia Prebble.

'A DOG'S PURPOSE' (Rated PG) - Swedish film Director Lasse Hailstorm whose previous credits include the Academy Award nominated 'My Life as a Dog' in 1985, 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape', 'The Cider House Rules', 'The Shipping News', 'Chocolat' and more recently 'The Hundred Food Journey' here helms another story about a dog, or more accurately several dogs. Beginning sometime in the 1950's here canine narrator Toby is a feral puppy that is captured, taken away to a pound and promptly put down. Toby however, is reincarnated as a Golden Retriever puppy in 1961 and is rescued from inside a pick-up truck on a hot summer day by young Ethan, and renamed Bailey. As Ethan grows up and progresses through High School, Bailey and Ethan share a special bond. But as every dog has its day, so Bailey has his and passes away comforted by Ethan at the Vet's surgery. Sometime later, Bailey reincarnates into a German Shepherd  - a Chicago Police Department dog named Ellie sometime in the late '70's. In the mid-'80's Ellie is reincarnated as a Pembroke Welsh Corgi named Tino and he dies of old age at the hand of a loving family in the late '90's. Tino is again reincarnated as a Burnese Mountain Dog and named Waffles by an uncaring couple who abandon him. Waffles goes off wandering in search of a new life and eventually is found by an older Ethan who is leading a solitary life feeling very sorry for himself. Ethan holds on to the dog, needing some companionship in his life and renames the dog Buddy. Buddy eventually convinces Ethan that he is the same dog as his beloved childhood pet all those years earlier. Starring the voice of Josh Gad as Toby, Bailey, Ellie, Tino and Buddy, with Bryce Gheisar, KJ Apa and Dennis Quaid as Ethan at various stages in their life, and Britt Robertson and Peggy Lipton as Hannah - the love interest in Ethan's younger and middle life. The film was made for US$22M and has so far grossed US$185M.

'THE CASE FOR CHRIST' (Rated PG) - Directed by Jon Gunn and based on the 1998 book of the same name by former investigative journalist and atheist Lee Strobel, this Christian drama film was made for US$3M, has so far grossed US$13M. Telling Strobel's attempts to disprove the Christian faith in which he wife has recently become a devout believer, Strobel (here played by Mike Vogel) begins his investigations in 1980 that last two years of exhaustive research and insights at the hands of thirteen evangelical Christian scholars, that eventually lead to his own acceptance of the Christian faith in late 1981. Also starring Erika Christensen as Leslie Strobel, Faye Dunaway and Robert Forster.

With five films this week all offering something completely different ranging from horror comedy with an underlying message from a first time Director, to zoological WWII real life drama, to a remake of a classic New Zealand road trip film of the early '80's, to the tale of a dog as seen through various incarnations and various owners spanning five decades and wrapping up with another true life telling of one mans journey to prove or dispel the existence of Jesus. Remember to share your thoughts with us all here, when you have sat through your film of choice, and in the meantime, I'll see you somewhere sometime in the week ahead at your local Odeon.

-Steve, at Odeon Online-