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Wednesday, 26 November 2025

What's new at Odeon's this week : Thursday 27th November 2025.

The King's Lynn Film Festival (KLFF) runs this year from Thursday 27th until Sunday 30th November in the port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. Founded in 2015, the festival grew out of the King’s Lynn Community Cinema Club - a thriving, non-profit membership organisation that continues to host monthly screenings at the historic Guildhall on King Street. KLFF was established to give audiences in King’s Lynn, West Norfolk and beyond the chance to experience a broader variety of films, while dedicating an annual occasion to celebrating cinema and the impact it has on our lives. Our mission is to promote appreciation and education in the art and craft of cinema and moving images. We achieve this by staging our annual film festival, along with educational events and activities that connect audiences with the creative and cultural power of film . . . . so reads the official website.

This years Opening Film presentation is 'Strangers on a Train' from 1951, and this American psychological thriller film noir was Produced and Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and based on the 1950 novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith. The story centres on two strangers who meet on a train, one of whom is a psychopath who suggests that they 'exchange' murders so that neither will be caught. Starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman and Robert Walker.

The programme list of feature films being showcased are as given briefly below : - 

* 'Late Shift'
- from Switzerland and Germany this drama film is Written and Directed by Petra Volpe. The film focuses on a young nurse, Floria (Leonie Benesch), who works with unwavering dedication in an understaffed hospital ward, but on this day, her shift turns into a nerve-wracking race against time.
* 'A Private Life' - from France and this black comedy mystery film is Co-Written and Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski. The renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner (Jodie Foster) mounts a private investigation into the death of one of her patients, whom she is convinced has been murdered. Also starring Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira, Mathieu Amalric, Vincent Lacoste and Luana Bajrami.
* 'No Other Choice'
- from South Korea and this satirical black comedy thriller film is Co-Written, Produced, and Directed by Park Chan-wook. The film follows a desperate paper industry expert Yoo Man-su (Lee Byung-hun) who decides to kill off his competition to be assured of the job he seeks to maintain his way of life.
* 'Blue Moon' - from the USA and this biographical comedy drama film is Co-Produced and Directed by Richard Linklater. The film follows songwriter Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) as he reflects on himself on the opening night of 'Oklahoma!', a new musical by his former colleague Richard Rodgers (Andrew Scott). Also starring Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale and Jonah Lees.
* 'After the Tide' - from the UK and this documentary film is Directed by Joseph Harrington. The film explores the pressing issue of coastal erosion and how the idyllic village of Happisburgh in Norfolk, UK, is threatened by a new wave of government policy.
* 'The Golden Spurtle'
- from the UK and Australia this documentary film is Written and Directed by Constantine Costi. In the Scottish Highland village of Carrbridge, competitors gather for the World Porridge Championships' final year under Charlie Miller's leadership, celebrating tradition and community through the art of perfect porridge-making using only oatmeal, salt and water. 
* 'H is for Hawk' - from the UK and the USA, this biographical drama film is Co-Written and Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe. The film tells the true story of a woman Helen Macdonald (Claire Foy) who tends to a Goshawk after the death of her father Alisdair Macdonald (Brendan Gleeson).
* 'Sentimental Value'
- from Norway, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and the UK and Co-Written and Directed by Joachim Trier. It follows a fractured relationship between an acclaimed Director Gustav Borg (Stellen Skarsgard) and his two estranged daughters Nora Borg (Renate Reinsve) and Agnes Borg Pettersen (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas), which becomes even more complicated when he decides to make a personal film about their family history. Also starring Elle Fanning. 
* 'It Was Just an Accident' - from Iran, France and Luxembourg, and this thriller film is Written, Co-Produced and Directed by Jafar Panahi. The film follows a group of former Iranian political prisoners who face the question of whether to exact revenge on their tormentor.
* 'The Secret Agent'
- from Brazil, France, Germany and the Netherlands, and Written, Co-Produced and Directed by Kleber Mendonca Filho. Set in 1977, the film follows Armando (Wagner Moura), a former teacher caught in the political turmoil of the final years of the Brazilian military dictatorship, attempting to flee persecution and resist an authoritarian deceitful regime.

For the other films being screened, you can visit the official website at : https://www.klfilmfestival.uk

Turning then attention then back to this weeks slew of eight new release movies coming to your local big screen Odeon, we kick off with the third instalment in this mystery franchise in which Detective Benoit Blanc sifts through a series of suspects when a monsignor turns up dead. Next up is an action thriller where a woman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl, and realises that she is the young girl's only hope. Then we have an action crime drama based upon extensive research with law enforcement, gangs, inmates, migrants, and addicts, offering up an expose on fentanyl trafficking, and its effect on all walks of life. This is followed by a psychological thriller film about a cunning wannabe who enters the orbit of an ascendant pop star and charts the story about the hunger for, and hollowness of, celebrity. Next we turn to a Christmas musical comedy where the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future take a modern-day British refugee Scrooge on an unforgettable journey of discovery. Following on we have a documentary film about an 85-year-old man and comedy legend, five countries, sixteen cities, twenty-six shows in six weeks - will he make it home, or is this the end of the road? Then we have another doco, about a Chinese woman who hires someone to secretly end her husband's extramarital relationship in an attempt to save her marriage; before closing out the week with an animated sequel to an earlier hugely successful 2016 film, as Detectives Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile. 

Whatever your taste in big screen film entertainment is this week - be it any of the eight 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 week ahead.

'WAKE UP DEAD MAN' (Rated M) - this American mystery film is Written, Co-Produced and Directed by Rian Johnson and serves as a standalone sequel to 2022's 'Glass Onion' and is the third offering in the 'Knives Out' movie franchise, both of which were also helmed by Rian Johnson. Johnson's previous feature film credits take in his debut with 'Brick' in 2005, which he would follow up with 'The Brothers Bloom' in 2008, 'Looper' in 2012 and 'Star Wars : The Last Jedi' in 2017. This film had its World Premiere showcasing at the Toronto International Film Festival in early September, is released for a limited time in Odeon's from this week, before being released on Netflix on 12th December. The film has received positive reviews from critics.

Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) takes on a new case that brings him into the orbit of a charismatic priest, Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), and his devout congregation. When a mysterious death occurs, Blanc must navigate a complex web of secrets and simmering tensions within the community to uncover the truth. Also starring Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Thomas Haden Church, Jeffrey Wright and Daryl McCormack. 

'DEAD OF WINTER' (Rated MA15+) - is an American and German Co-Produced action thriller film Directed by Brian Kirk whose previous feature film Directing credits are 2019's '21 Bridges' in Chadwick Boseman's last cinema released film before his death in August 2020, and 'Middletown' in 2006. Hit by a blizzard, a grief-stricken loner woman Barb (Emma Thompson) gets lost among backroads near a North Minnesotan lake where she wants to scatter the ashes of her late husband. She stops for help at a remote cabin in the woods. Here she discovers a young woman Leah (Laurel Marsden) kidnapped by a desperate couple (Judy Greer and Marc Menchaca) who are armed and intent on murder. Isolated and without mobile phone service, this unlikely hero realises she is the woman's only hope of survival. The film had its World Premiere at this Locarno Film Festival in early August, was released in the US at the end of September, has generated largely positive critical reviews and has so far grossed US$2M.

'KING IVORY' (Rated MA15+) - this American action thriller film is Written and Directed by John Swab whose prior feature film making credits take in his 2016 debut with 'Let Me Make You a Martyr', which he would follow up with other titles including 'Run with the Hunted' in 2019, 'Body Brokers' in 2021, 'Candy Land' in 2022, and 'Little Dixie' in 2023. From civilians to criminals to addicts to law enforcement, and everyone in between, all walks of life intersect in this thriller about the epidemic that is fentanyl, aka by its street name - King Ivory. It is business as usual for Tulsa drug cop, Layne West (James Badge Dale), battling the local criminal element, which hits too close to home when his son, Jack (Jasper Jones), gets hooked on fentanyl. In conjunction with his partner, Ty (George Carroll), and FBI counterpart, Beatty (Rory Cochrane), West makes it his mission in life to take down those responsible, including the Mexican cartel's local shot-caller, Ramon Garza (Michael Mando), Indian Brotherhood War Chief, Holt Lightfeather (Graham Greene), who controls state-wide trafficking while serving life inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester aka 'Big Mac', and the local Irish Mob family outfit, led by George 'Smiley' Greene (Ben Foster), along with his mother, Ginger (Melissa Leo), and uncle, Mickey (Ritchie Coster). The film had its World Premiere showcasing as the Venice International Film Festival in early September 2024, and was released in the US on 14th of this month, having cost under US$7.5M to produce and generating mixed or average reviews.

'LURKER' (Rated M) - is an American psychological drama thriller film that is Written and Directed by Alex Russell in his feature film making debut. When twenty-something Los Angeles retail clerk and loner Matthew (Theodore Pellerin) encounters rising pop star Oliver (Archie Madekwe, who also Co-Produces here), he takes the opportunity to edge his way into the in-crowd. But staying there isn't easy. With an entire entourage (Havana Rose Liu, Zack Fox, Daniel Zolghadri and Sunny Suljic) vying for attention, Matthew must prove himself to Oliver as more than just a follower. As their bond grows strained and mainstream fame appears within reach, access and proximity become a matter of life and death. The film saw its World Premiere screening at this years Sundance Film Festival at the end of January, was released Stateside at the end of August having garnered generally positive critical reviews and so far grossing US$634K.

'CHRISTMAS KARMA' (Rated PG) - this British Christmas musical comedy drama film is Written, Co-Produced and Directed by Gurinder Chadha and is a Bollywood musical-inspired adaptation of the 1843 Charles Dickens book 'A Christmas Carol'. Set in vibrant, multicultural London, a hard-nosed businessman, Mr. Sood (Kunal Nayyar), is forced to confront his past, present, and future over one fateful Christmas Eve, guided by three unforgettable spirits, on a journey toward compassion and redemption. Also starring an ensemble cast comprising Leo Suter, Charithra Chandran, Pixie Lott, Danny Dyer, Boy George, Hugh Bonneville, Billy Porter and Eva Longoria. The film was released in the UK on 14th of this month.

'JOHN CLEESE PACKS IT IN' (Rated M) - Directed by Andy Curd this UK Documentary film follows the Ex-Monty Python John Cleese as he embarks on his 2025 tour as he travels to sixteen European cities to perform twenty-six shows in six weeks. At the age of eighty five, this doco is a wry, behind-the-scenes portrait of a comedy legend on the road, battling various ailments, chaotic travel, and his own stubborn refusal to stop. Spanning six weeks on the road, the film captures Cleese unfiltered and on the move - riffing on life, fame, and the absurdity of getting old in front of thousands of fans. As he reflects on a stage career that began in 1963, the question lingers - is this the end of the road? With unique and intimate access and showing unexpected tenderness, this is a documentary about legacy, laughter, and the dignity of bowing out, however reluctantly.

'MISTRESS DISPELLER' (Rated PG) - is an American Chinese Documentary film that is Co-Produced, photographed and Directed by Elizabeth Lo, who also helmed the doco 'Stray' in 2020. Here, for the innovative service providers of China’s booming romance economy, infidelity presents just another business opportunity. When she discovers that her husband is being unfaithful, Mrs Li enlists a ‘mistress dispeller’, Wang Zhenxi, to unravel the affair and save her marriage. In no time, Wang ingratiates herself with Mr Li and the young Fei Fei in search of any fissures that could drive them apart. Far from being a cheap chronicle of messy infidelity, however, what emerges is an empathetic study of individuals trying their best to heed what their hearts are telling them. The film saw its World Premiere screening at the Venice International Film Festival in early September 2024, was released in the USA towards the end of October this year, and now gets a limited release here in Australia, has so far grossed US$70K and has garnered widespread critical acclaim.

'ZOOTOPIA 2' (Rated PG) - this American animated buddy cop comedy film is produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and is Written by Jared Bush and is also Directed by him and Byron Howard. It is the sequel to 2016's 'Zootopia' which grossed US$1.03B off the back of a US$150M production budget. Rookie animal cops Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) are sent on a make or break mission by Chief Bogo (Idris Elba) that has them coming face-to-face with mysterious pit viper Gary De'Snake (Ke Huy Quan), whose arrival disrupts the balance of the metropolis. To solve the case while contending with the Zootopia Police Department and other parties, they must go undercover to new parts of town, testing their partnership while dealing with a conspiracy regarding the other reptiles near Zootopia. Also starring the voice talents of Andy Samberg, David Strathairn, Shakira, Patrick Warburton, Macaulay Culkin, Jean Reno, Danny Trejo, John Leguizamo, Alan Tudyk, Josh Gad, June Squibb, Michael J. Fox, Rachel House, Dwayne Johnson, Ed Sheeran and Robert Irwin, amongst others. The film is released this week too in the US.

With eight 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 coming week.

-Steve, at Odeon Online-

Wednesday, 23 October 2019

What's new in Odeon's this week : Thursday 24th October 2019.

The 63rd British Film Institute London Film Festival took place between the 2nd and 13th October this year. This annual film festival founded in 1953 is held in the UK, runs for two weeks in October with cooperation from the British Film Institute, and screens more than 300 films, documentaries and shorts from approximately 50 countries.






This years opening film was 'The Personal History of David Copperfield' in this UK Production Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Dev Patel in the title role with Ben Whishaw, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi and Tilda Swinton this film tells the classic Charles Dickens story following Copperfield from early youth through to middle age, tracing his social awakening and charting his huge personal ups and downs as he witnesses the best and worst of humanity in this Victorian England set epic.
The closing night film was Martin Scorsese's epic 'The Irishman' which by now I'm sure needs no introduction other than to say it unites an all star cast taking in Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Al Pacino, Ray Romano, Stephen Graham, Bobby Cannavale and Anna Paquin.

This year there were ten films in Official Competition, which were :
* 'FANNY LYE DELIVER'D' - this UK and German Co-Produced historical drama film set in 1657 England is Directed by Thomas Clay and stars Maxine Peake, Charles Dance and Freddie Fox.
* 'HONEY BOY' - this US Production is Directed by Alma Har'el and Written by Shia LaBeouf and starring Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges and Noah Jupe about a child Actor in Hollywood struggling with an unconventional and brutalising past.
* 'LINGUA FRANCA' - is a US Production Directed by Isabel Sandoval and starring Eamon Farren, Lynn Cohen, Lev Gorn and Isabel Sandoval and is about an undocumented Filipino immigrant woman living in Brooklyn searching for safety and security in her chosen country.
* 'LA LLORONA' - not be confused with the recent supernatural horror film 'The Curse of La Llorona', this Guatemalan and French Co-Produced film by Director Jayro Bustamante tells the story of a retired general in failing health who witnesses spectres of his past which come back to haunt him as he his tried for genocide.
* 'MOFFIE' - is a UK and South African Co-Production Directed by Oliver Hermanus and stars Kai Luke Brummer, Ryan de Villiers, and Matthew Vey and tells the story of the violent persecution of gay men during their national service years under South Africa's 1981 Apartheid regime.
* 'MONOS' - a multi-national Co-Produced war drama film Directed by Alejandro Landes and starring Julianne Nicholson and Moises Arias in this hallucinogenic thriller about child soldiers high up in the South American mountains who are hiding an American Doctor prisoner.
* 'THE OTHER LAMB' - here this Irish, Belgian and US Co-Produced film is Directed by Malgorzata Szumowska and stars Raffey Cassidy, Michael Huisman and Denise Gough and is about life in an otherworldly cult known as The Flock, a community of women and girls ruled over by Shepherd, the only male, and a seemingly benevolent but undisputed leader of the strictly regimented and isolated woodland settlement.
* 'THE PERFECT CANDIDATE' - this German and Saudi Arabian Co-Production is Directed by Haifaa Al Mansour and tells the story of a young Doctor who unexpectedly becomes an electoral candidate, challenging Saudi Arabia's strict social codes of what is expected of a young woman in that country.
* 'ROSE PLAYS JULIE' - this Irish and UK Co-Produced drama film is Directed by Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor and stars Ann Skelly, Orla Brady and Aiden Gillen and is about a young woman seeking her biological mother ultimately taking us through longing and revenge to arrive at the darker places of power and its abuse.
* 'SAINT MAUD' - here this UK Produced psychological drama is Directed by first timer Rose Glass and stars Morfydd Clarke and Jennifer Ehle and tells the story of a young nurse with a mysterious past who becomes dangerously obsessed with a former and dying dancer, whom she is now looking after as her live in carer.

In Official Competition, 'MONOS' took out the Award for Best Film. Special Commendations were also given by the Jury for 'Honey Boy' and 'Saint Maud'.

To get all the news on the years BFI London Film Festival, you can visit the official website at : https://www.whatson.bfi.org.uk

This week we have six new film releases to tease you out to your local Odeon. We start the week with a story of a gifted young, albeit bullied Pakistani poet growing up 50kms northwest of London in 1987, who who is given a new outlook on life through the music of 'The Boss'. We then have a comedy horror offering surrounding a newly wed bride who must survive an age old family ritual playing hide and seek with potentially deathly consequences. With weddings featuring heavily this week, we have next a story set in 1974 Melbourne involving a marriage between a couple who were promised to each other in their early childhood by their fathers, only now 21 years later feelings and attitudes have changed! Following on we have a tale of an Indian orphanage founder who travels to New York as the behest of a wealthy benefactor, only to be invited to her daughters wedding the next day from which ghosts from the past are unexpectedly resurrected. Then we have a horror offering in time for Halloween that sees a smartphone app able to predict with pinpoint accuracy exactly when you are going to die, and when a young nurse downloads the app to her dismay it seems she has only three days to live - it's a race against time then to stop the clock or stop the mystery figure haunting her. And we wrap up the week with a biography of perhaps the worlds greatest operatic tenor who died in 2007.

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 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 coming week.

'BLINDED BY THE LIGHT' (Rated PG) - is a British comedy drama film Directed and Co-Produced by Gurinder Chadha whose previous Directorial credits include 'Bhaji on the Beach', 'Bend it Like Beckham', 'Bride and Prejudice', and 'Viceroy's House' most recently. Inspired by the life of journalist Sarfraz Manzoor and his love of the works of Bruce Springsteen, Manzoor co-wrote the script with Chadha. It is based on Manzoor's memoir 'Greetings from Bury Park: Race, Religion and Rock N’ Roll'. The film saw its Worldwide Premier screening at this years Sundance Film Festival, went on general release in the UK in early August, in the US in mid-August, has received generally positive critical acclaim, and has so far taken US$17M at the Box Office off the back of US$15M cost of production.

Javed Khan (Viveik Kalra) is a Pakistani teenager who experiences racial and economic turmoil while living in Luton, England, in 1987 in Margaret Thatcher's Britain. He writes poetry and lyrics for his best friend Matt's (Dean-Charles Chapman) band as a way to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the stubborn views of his traditional father Malik (Kulvinder Ghir). When a classmate introduces him to the music of Bruce Springsteeen, Javed sees parallels between the singer's powerful lyrics and his own working-class environment. Springsteen's melodies soon inspire Javed to find his own voice and follow his dreams. Also starring Hayley Atwell, Rob Brydon and Nell Williams.

'READY OR NOT' (Rated MA15+) - is an American comedy thriller horror offering Directed by the pairing of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. The film was released in the US in late August, has received generally positive Reviews and has so far grossed US$53M off the back of a US$6M production budget. And so the story here surrounds Grace Le Domas (Samara Weaving) who couldn't be happier after she marries the man of her dreams, Alex Le Domas (Mark O'Brien) at his family's luxurious country estate. There's just one catch - she must now hide from midnight until dawn while her new in-laws hunt her down with guns, crossbows and other weapons in a macabre game of Hide and Seek which is a generations long standing family ritual of playing a game at midnight on the wedding night with each new addition to the family. As Grace desperately tries to survive the night against seemingly overwhelming odds, she soon finds a way to turn the tables on her not-so-lovable relatives. Also starring Adam Brody, Henry Czerny and Andie MacDowell.

'PROMISED' (Rated PG) - this Australian and Italian Co-Produced Romantic Drama film is Written, Produced and Directed by first timer Nick Conidi. Here, back in the Melbourne of 1953 two young Italian children - five year old Robert (Daniel Berini) and newborn Angela (Antoniette Iesue) are promised in marriage by their fathers, Sal (Paul Mercurio) and Joe (Mirko Grillini). Against the reservations of Angela’s mother Rosalba (Tina Arena), Sal is insistent that he must uphold his promise to Joe – a man with 'connections'. Twenty-one years on to 1974, and Angela is now a beautiful, intelligent and modern lady whose dreams and aspirations lie well beyond the family pastry shop. Robert, now 25, has just returned home from studying law abroad at Oxford. Despite changing times, fading traditions, Angela’s love for another man, and the more liberal attitudes of the mid-'70's, she is still expected to marry Robert. As a web of secrets, lies and revelations rise to the surface, it teaches everyone involved that love, like life, can never be perfectly arranged.

'AFTER THE WEDDING' (Rated M) - is an American drama film Written and Directed by Bart Freundlich whose previous film making credits take in 'World Traveller', 'Catch That Kid', 'Trust the Man', 'Rebound' and 'Wolves' more recently. This film is a remake of the 2006 film of the same name by Susanne Bier. The film saw its World Premier at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, its release in the US in mid-August, has so far received generally mixed or average Reviews and has grossed just US$2M. Here, Isabel (Michelle Williams), a co-founder of an orphanage in the Indian city of Kolkata travels to New York to meet a potential benefactor, Theresa Young (Julianne Moore). Despite her frustration by the need to justify a charitable donation, she agrees to the meeting, which falls a day before the wedding of Theresa's daughter (Abby Quinn). Isabel is unexpectedly invited to the wedding and the events that ensue force her to confront decisions she made twenty years previously as well as a man from her past, who turns out to be Theresa's husband (Billy Crudup).

'COUNTDOWN' (Rated CTC) - Directed and Written by Justin Dec in his feature film debut this American horror thriller arrives just in time for Halloween. Here whilst it seems that everything about our lives are on our smart phones, now it appears so to is our death. Everyone around young nurse Quinn (Elizabeth Lail) is having fun with a new app called 'Countdown' which predicts to the exact second how much longer you have got left to live. But when Quinn downloads the app to her horror and dismay it tells her that she has just three days left to live. With time running out, the clock counting down and a mysterious figure haunting her, she must find a way to to save her life before the clock says it's time to die. Also starring Charlie McDermott, Anne Winters and P.J. Byrne. The film is released in the US this week too.

'PAVAROTTI' (Rated M) - this UK and USA Co-Produced documentary film is Directed by Ron Howard and is about the world renowned Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti who died in September 2007 at the age of 71 having been active in his chosen field of singing since 1955. The film was produced with the cooperation of Luciano Pavarotti's estate using family archives, interviews and live music footage, was released in the US in early June this year, then in the UK in mid-July and now for a limited release in Australia. The film has garnered generally positive press and has so far grossed US$7M.

With six 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-