Showing posts with label The Big Short. Show all posts
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Saturday, 11 November 2017

Birthday's to share this week : 12th - 18th November 2017.

Do you celebrate your Birthday this week?

Ryan Gosling does on 12th November - check out my tribute to this Actor Producer Musician Birthday Boy turning 37, at the end of this feature.

Do you also share your birthday with a well known, highly regarded & famous Actor or Actress; share your special day with a Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematographer, Singer/Songwriter or Composer of repute; or share an interest in whoever might notch up another year in the coming seven days? Then, look no further! Whilst there will be too many to mention in this small but not insignificant and beautifully written and presented Blog, here are the more notable and noteworthy icons of the big screen, and the small screen, that you will recognise, and that you might just share your birthday with in the week ahead. If so, Happy Birthday to you from Odeon Online!

Sunday 12th November
  • Ryan Gosling - Born 1980, turns 37 - Actor | Producer | Writer | Director | Singer | Songwriter
  • Radha Mitchell - Born 1973, turns 44 - Actress | Producer | Writer | Director
  • Anne Hathaway - Born 1982, turns 35 - Actress | Producer | Singer   
Monday 13th November
  • Frances Conroy - Born 1953, turns 64 - Actress | Singer
  • Whoopi Goldberg - Born 1955, turns 62 - Actress | Producer | Writer | Singer | Director | Television Personality
  • Steve Zahn - Born 1967, turns 50 - Actor | Singer
  • Jimmy Kimmel - Born 1967, turns 50 - Television Personality | Actor | Producer | Writer
  • Gerard Butler - Born 1969, turns 48 - Actor | Producer | Singer  
Tuesday 14th November
  • Paul McGann - Born 1959, turns 58 - Actor | Director
  • Josh Duhamel - Born 1972, turns 45 - Actor | Producer | Writer | Director
  • Brian Gleeson - Born 1987, turns 30 - Actor
  • Olga Kurylenko - Born 1979, turns 38 - Actress | Singer | Producer
Wednesday 15th November
  • Shailene Woodley - Born 1991, turns 26 - Actress | Producer  
  • Edward Asner - Born 1929, turns 88 - Actor | Producer | Singer
  • Yaphet Koto - Born 1939, turns 78 - Actor | Writer | Producer | Director
  • Sam Waterston - Born 1940, turns 77 - Actor | Producer
  • Roger Donaldson - Born 1945, turns 72 - Director | Producer | Writer
  • Jonny Lee Miller - Born 1972, turns 45 - Actor 
Thursday 16th November
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal - Born 1977, turns 40 - Actress | Producer | Singer  
Friday 17th November
  • Lauren Hutton - Born 1943, turns 74 - Actress | Producern
  • Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Born 1958, turns 59 - Actress 
  • Sophie Marceau - Born 1966, turns 51 - Actress | Director | Writer
  • Rachel McAdams - Born 1978, turns 39 - Actress 
  • Zoe Bell - Born 1978, turns 39 - Actress | Stuntwoman | Producer
  • Martin Scorsese - Born 1942, turns 75 - Director | Producer | Actor | Writer | Editor 
  • Danny DeVito - Born 1944, turns 73 - Actor | Producer | Director | Writer | Singer
  • Roland Joffe - Born 1945, turns 72 - Director | Producer | Writer 
Saturday 18th November 
  • Delroy Lindo - Born 1952, turns 65 - Actor | Producer
  • Owen Wilson - Born 1968, turns 49 - Actor | Producer | Writer
  • Margaret Atwood - Born 1939, turns 78 - Writer | Producer | Actress
  • Linda Evans - Born 1942, turns 75 - Actress 
  • Chloe Sevigny - Born 1974, turns 43 - Actress | Director | Writer | Producer 
Ryan Thomas Gosling was born in London, Ontario, Canada to mother Donna, a Secretary and father Thomas Ray Gosling, who worked in sales for a paper mill. Because of his father's transient work in sales, the family relocated several times always staying in Ontario, and living in Cornwall and Burlington. He was educated at Gladstone Public School, then Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School and then the Lester B. Pearson High School in Burlington. He remembers hating his childhood. He was bullied at school and claims he had no friends until his early teenage years. He was suspended from school for throwing steak knives at other children, was unable to read, diagnosed with ADHD and a s a result was homeschooled by his mother for a year. Gosling performed in front of a live audience from an early age - singing with his older sister Mandi, at weddings and in his Uncle's Elvis Presley tribute act. He was also involved with a local ballet company. He says that performing boosted his confidence and was the only thing that he ever received any praise for. His parents divorced when the young Ryan was thirteen years of age, and he and Mandi lived with their mother. He dropped out of High School at age seventeen to concentrate his efforts on forging an Acting career. 

At the age of twelve Gosling auditioned for the Disney Channel's 'Mickey Mouse Club'. He was successful, out of 17,000 other young hopefuls, and was given a two year contract as a 'Mouseketeer', and as a result relocated to Orlando, Florida. His fellow cast crew included Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears, and he became good friends with Timberlake in particular. He says that this two years were the greatest of his life. Following the cancellation of the show in 1995, Gosling returned to Canada and secured television appearances on 'Are You Afraid of the Dark', 'Kung Fu : The Legend Continues', 'Goosebumps', 'Flash Forward', and in forty four episodes of 'Breaker High', and at age eighteen he moved to New Zealand to film the action adventure series 'Young Hercules' as the lead character which ran for fifty episodes between 1998 and 1999. Thereafter, the young Actor wanted to turn his attention to more serious roles offering greater variety, so he decided to move away from television and concentrate on feature films.

At the age of nineteen, Gosling secured a supporting role in the American football drama 'Remember The Titans' and thereafter his first lead role in 'The Believer' in 2001 - a semi-autobiographical drama film about a young Jewish lad who becomes a Neo-Nazi. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and much praise was bestowed upon Gosling's performance although the film recouped barely one-third of its US$1.5M production budget. This led to 2002's psychological thriller with Sandra Bullock in 'Murder by Numbers' and later that year 'The Slaughter Rule' with David Morse. Whilst the latter film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance again, the film had a limited release and made less that US$15K from its US$500K or so Budget cost. The following year, Gosling played in 'The United States of Leland' with Don Cheadle, Kevin Spacey and Chris Klein about a teenage boy who murders an intellectually disabled boy and the aftermath on both families. The film only received a US release and as such made US$344K only.

Gosling really hit the mainstream with 2004's romantic drama film 'The Notebook' Directed by Nick Cassavetes and co-starring Rachel McAdams. Set during the 1940's the film tells the story of a couple who fall in love, told from the present day in flash back, by Gosling's older self portrayed by James Garner. The film garnered several award wins and nominations, made US$116M from its US$29M Budget, and has appeared on numerous Most Romantic Movies lists. 2005 saw Psychological thriller 'Stay' with Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor and Bob Hoskins which was a Box Office bomb and garnered mixed Reviews at best. 'Half Nelson' followed in 2006 with Anthony Mackie, as did 'Fracture' with Anthony Hopkins, and then 'Lars and the Real Girl' seeing out the decade.

After an absence from movie making of three years, Gosling reappeared re-energised and reinvigorated in 2010 to conquer the world. 2010 launched with Derek Cianfrance's Directorial debut with 'Blue Valentine' with Michelle Williams, then crime drama 'All Good Things' opposite Kirsten Dunst and then the highly acclaimed crime drama 'Drive' Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and also starring Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Oscar Isaacs, Albert Brooks, Ron Perlman and Christina Hendricks. The film picked up 77 award wins and another 171 nominations including one Oscar, one Golden Globe and four BAFTA nods. Also in 2011 was 'Crazy Stupid Love' with Steve Carell, Kevin Bacon, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone and Marisa Tomei, followed by political drama thriller Directed, Co-Written and starring George Clooney 'The Ides of March' which also starred Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Jeffrey Wright, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood and Max Minghella. The film garnered nine award wins and another 35 nominations including one Academy Award, four Golden Globe and two BAFTA nominations.

2012 saw another outing for Writer/Director Derek Cianfrance with crime drama 'The Place Beyond the Pines' with Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes and Ben Mendelsohn about a motorcycle stunt driver who turns to bank robbery as a means to provide for his girlfriend and their new child. The next year brought 1949 LA set action crime drama 'Gangster Squad' with Sean Penn, Josh Brolin and Emma Stone playing the love interest to Gosling's LAPD officer who attempts to outwit mob boss Mickey Cohen. This in turn led to another role in a Nicolas Winding Refn Written and Directed crime drama 'Only God Forgives' with Kristen Scott Thomas.

'The Big Short' followed in 2015. This biographical drama comedy about the mid-2000's financial melt-down and the bursting of the housing bubble was Directed by Adam McKay and Co-starred Steve Carell, Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Rafe Spall and Hamish Linklater and was highly regarded by Critics and audiences alike, raking in an Academy Award and BAFTA win for Best Adapted Screenplay as well as four other Academy Award nominations, four Golden Globe nods and four BAFTA nods too amongst its total haul of 37 wins and 79 nominations. The film made US$134M off its US$50M budget investment. Shane Black's Co-Written and Directed mid '70's neo-noir action comedy offering teamed up Gosling with Russell Crowe in 'The Nice Guys' receiving generally positive Reviews, and this led of course to Damien Chazelle's hugely successful and popular 'La La Land' opposite Emma Stone. This film returned US$446M at the Box Office from its US$30M Budget outlay and won six Academy Awards and was nominated for a further eight, won seven Golden Globes, and won five BAFTA's and was nominated a further six times amongst its total collection of 214 wins and 249 other nominations.

Terrence Malick's Austin set music scene drama romance offering 'Song to Song' had a long gestation period to make it to our screens and a limited release just recently and also starred Michael Fassbender, Rooney Mara, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, Holly Hunter and Val Kilmer. Also just recently released is the sequel thirty five years in the making, 'Blade Runner 2049' Directed by Denis Villeneuve with Gosling playing 'K' alongside Harrison Ford's reprised character Rick Deckard from the cult classic 1982 Ridley Scott Directed film, 'Blade Runner'. The film remains on general release and has so far grossed US241M against its US$150M Budget, and also stars Jared Leto, Dave Bautista, Robin Wright, Lennie James, Barkhad Abdi and Edward James Olmos also from the original film.

Next up Gosling is starring in the Damien Chazelle Directed vehicle 'First Man' based on the biography 'First Man : The Life of Neil A. Armstrong' with the Actor portraying the first man on the Moon, Neil Armstrong. Also starring Claire Foy, Jon Bernthal, Jason Clarke, Corey Stoll and Kyle Chandler, the film is scheduled for release in October 2018.

Aside form his Acting interest, Gosling also Wrote, Produced and Directed 'Lost River' in 2014 - his debut, in this mystery fantasy drama offering starring Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Matt Smith, Ben Mendelsohn and Eva Mendes. The film Premiered in the Un Certain Regard category at the Cannes Film Festival, and received a limited release in early 2015 making just US$615K at the Box Office and receiving mixed Reviews. Gosling also formed the indie rock band 'Dead Man's Bones' in 2007 with his friend Zach Shields. They released a self titled album in late 2009 on which Gosling contributed vocals, and played piano, bass guitar, guitar and cello on the recording. They subsequently played in several music festivals and toured briefly to promote the album in late 2009.

All up, Gosling has 43 Acting credits to his name, six as Producer, one as Writer and one as Director, and he has eleven Soundtrack credits too. He has been nominated for two Academy Awards for 'La La Land' and 'Half Nelson', won the Golden Globe for 'La La Land' and had four other nominations, was nominated for the BAFTA for 'La La Land', has two AACTA Award nominations, and four SAG nominations, out of a total awards haul to date of 32 wins and a further 138 nominations. He has dated his 'Murder by Numbers' Co-Star Sandra Bullock from 2002 to 2003, his 'The Notebook' Co-Star Rachel McAdams from 2005 to 2007, and from 2011 he has been in a relationship with his 'The Place Beyond the Pines' Co-Star Eva Mendes, with whom he has two daughters - Esmeralda Amada (born 2014) and Amada Lee (born 2016).

When he's not Acting or pursuing other film interest Gosling is a supporter of various social causes, including 'PETA' (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), 'Invisible Children, Inc.' raising awareness of the Lord's Resistance Army in Central Africa and its head, Joseph Kony, and has worked with the 'Enough Project' to put an end to genocide and crimes against humanity in conflict zones in Africa especially. He has visited Chad, Uganda and Congo as part of his commitment.

Ryan Gosling, an active owner of a Moroccan Restaurant in Beverly Hills; was voted on several 'Top' lists including 50 Hottest Bachelor's, Male Star of Tomorrow, and 30 Under 30; often gets confused with that other well known Canadian Actor, Ryan Reynolds; has yet to star in a horror film or as a Superhero (although was considered for the role of 'Batman' before Ben Affleck was cast in 'Batman v. Superman') but has starred in just about every other genre; and adds a gritty, often emotionally detached realism to his roles for which he has won acclaim and which keeps us returning to the cinema. Happy Birthday to you Ryan, from Odeon Online.

-Steve, at Odeon Online- 

Sunday, 7 February 2016

THE BIG SHORT : Saturday 6th February 2016

I saw 'THE BIG SHORT' over the weekend and loved this quirky fascinating insight into the financial crisis that rocked world economies back in late 2008 - the effects of which have only begun to subside in more recent years. This is a biographical tongue in cheek comedy drama written for the big screen and Directed by Adam McKay, and based on the book of the same name by Michael Lewis about the build up of the housing market from 2006 to 2008 and the mortgage bubble wrapped around it. The film cost US$28M to make and so far has grossed US$105M since its release at Christmas time, and here in Australia on 14th January. 'The Big Short' is nominated for five Academy Awards and five BAFTA's in the categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for Christian Bale, Best Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay, with decisions pending. It was nominated for four Golden Globes but failed to win any amidst stiff competition.

To the average man in the street the financial crisis and the events leading up to it eight or so years ago now will be a fading memory and a bunch of financial gobbledegook that would be almost impossible to get your head around, or understand the banking speak that goes with the territory down on Wall Street. What Director and scribe Adam McKay has done though is bring together a strong ensemble cast, witty dialogue, and almost a beginners guide to the financial crisis delivered by an overarching narration delivered by one of the central characters, Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling), and several guest appearances delivered by named personalities to explain things in lay-mans terms when it all begins to get too much - Margot Robbie in a bath tub sipping Champagne, Anthony Bourdain in his kitchen cooking fish off-cuts, and Selena Gomez at a blackjack table. Cleverly done!

What we have here is Dr. Michael Burry (Christian Bale) playing a no-personality, anti-social, eccentric glass eyed hedge fund manager who is a whizz with numbers but little else and from behind his computer screens in 2005 determined that at some near future date the U.S. housing market propped up on sub-prime loans would collapse with catastrophic effects. Realising that he could potentially make big profits when that day inevitably comes, he persuades the big banks and financial institutions up & down Wall Street, to bet against the housing market when the bottom drops out of it as he predicts. He lobbies six financial institutions who all laugh and scoff at the absurdity of his proposals believing that the housing market is 'the bedrock upon which our great nation is built', and such an event has never occurred before in all of American history. Thinking that this is easy money the six firms all take his money amounting to a collective US$1.3B. All that Burry now has to do is sit back and wait for that day to come, all the while defending his actions to his Clients and his Board who have no faith at all in a housing market collapse and begin to withdraw their investments from his funds as he sees the value of his business steadily decline over the ensuing months.

In the meantime, Vennett is providing us with voice-over narrative to explain to us mere mortals what is going on here. Vennett however, has caught wind of Burry's actions one night in a bar from a banker celebrating a great win earlier that day from a client wanting to bet against the housing market . . . can you imagine the absurdity of that, and easy money as far as the Banker is concerned, so pass the Dom! Vennett, though can see that there is more to this than meets the eye and so digs further and realises that Burry is right. He then decides to take a piece of that pie too and invests for himself. As a result of a misplaced call to the offices of hedge fund manager Mark Baum (Steve Carell, putting in another great turn playing is straight and serious as in 'Foxcatcher'), Vennett pitches what he knows to Baum for a potential bonus come pay day which could be huge if Baum is prepared to invest and go large. Baum does some further digging and realises too that there is something in this and jumps in with both feet having realised that groups of low level dodgy housing loans are lumped together and awarded AAA ratings because the rating agencies are dishonest fraudsters themselves who have no integrity what so ever and are also driven by greed and profits just like the banks, investors and financiers.

Meanwhile, two novice investors Jamie Shipley (Finn Wittrock) and Charlie Geller (John Magaro), who operate out of their garage office at home have successfully turned US$110K four years ago into US$30M today, pick up a paper of Vennett's by coincidence when they pitch themselves to one of the Wall Street's big six and get knocked back very unceremoniously. They study Vennett's unsuccessful pitch to the bank and realise too that there is something in it, and so enlist the support of friend and mentor Ben Rickert (Brad Pitt), an eccentric banker who became disillusioned with Wall Street and turned his back on that system several years earlier. Rickert can see it too, and so agrees to help the two investor friends and opens some doors on Wall Street for them, and provide the advice & guidance needed.

As 2007 comes and goes the default on the sub-prime market begins to escalate with the writing on the wall becoming more clear for our four key protagonists, although all does not going according to plan as the power brokers on Wall Street and the Ratings Agencies seem to ignore the inevitable. They begin to feel increasingly uneasy but hold their ground as more stupidity, absurdity and denial on the part of the banks is realised too. At the same time though, they all begin to realise that when the inevitable crash does come they are set to profit immensely whilst millions of others will not. And so within a few short months the proverbial brown stuff hits the fan with the demise of several long standing Wall Street financial institutions and many of its fat cat investment bankers, mortgage brokers, and hedge fund managers now joining the unemployment queue.

In the final scenes we learn that following September 2008 when the financial crash came eight million people across the U.S.lost their homes and six million lost their jobs. Burry turned a 489% profit from his investment as the market did exactly what he had predicted three years earlier. Baum made US$1B for his company and US$200M personally, Shipley and Geller made US$80M and Vennett received his US$47M bonus cheque, thanks very much. Do we applaud their efforts and their foresight in the light of such a crisis - no, we do not; and do we feel sorry for them - no, we do not. Those few that profited do not celebrate their good fortune here having seen it coming while 99.99% of others could not, or chose not to. The weight & magnitude of the crisis had such far reaching consequences that no one could have foreshadowed what a messed up, stupid, absurd and corrupt system they work in at the expense of the millions in that mortgage sector who were for the most part largely unsuspecting and ignorant of what they were buying into.

A compelling film that grabbed my attention from the opening scenes. Bale, Carell and Gosling are standouts here with sound support from others in lesser roles including Marisa Tomei and Rafe Spall. Fascinating insights into what otherwise could have been a very dry, dull documentary style film, that McKay and his strong assembled cast deliver with relatively easy to follow narrative, relateable characters who all have their flaws, sharp and witty dialogue that helps the flow of understanding, and an engaging, entertaining engrossing take on a subject that touched us all in some way in very recent memory. I wonder what lessons were really learned from it!

   

-Steve, at Odeon Online-

Friday, 8 January 2016

What's new in Odeon's this week : Thursdays 14th & 21st January 2016.

Even Bloggers have to take a holiday occasionally, and that time has come as I bid you farewell for a couple of weeks and ride off into the sunset for a family break this summer holiday. Of course just because I am off-line for a couple of weeks the movie world doesn't come to a grinding halt, and nor should your readership of Odeon Online. There are a handful of new movies coming at you in the next fortnight that are certainly worthy of your attention and close scrutiny, and begin to set the tone in the lead up to February's Academy Awards. To ensure you don't miss out on the opportunity to see a latest release, here is a brief snapshot of what you can expect at your local Odeon over the coming two weeks.

CAROL (Released 14th January - Rated M) - Directed by Todd Haynes and based on the Patricia Highsmith novel 'The Price of Salt' this is a romantic drama film set in 1950's New York City and starring Cate Blanchett as Carol Aird and Rooney Mara as Therese Belivet - the former going through a troubled divorce connecting with the latter, an aspiring young photographer. Released in November in the UK and US, this film was made for under US$12M and so far just about recouped that, Along the way it has picked up numerous awards and nominations, many of which are still pending a determination, with many critics hailing this as one of the best films of 2015.

THE 5th WAVE (Released 14th January - Rated M) - this SciFi thriller is Directed by J. Blakeson and is based on a trilogy of novels by Rick Yancey and is the first in the series with 'The Infinite Sea' its follow up published in late 2014 and the third in the set 'The Last Star' will be released later this year. The films stars Chloe Grace Moritz as our heroine Cassie Sullivan  who is on the run and trying to save her young brother as the world succumbs to an alien attack that has seen four previous increasingly deadly attacks that are all but wiping out civilisation one step at a time. As aliens inhabit humans and it becomes harder to tell who's who in the zoo, who exactly can Cassie really trust when life depends on it?

THE BIG SHORT (Released 14th January - Rated M) - is also garnering much positive press and is a biographical comedy drama set in the lead up to the global financial crisis of late 2008 and the causes of this worldwide financial meltdown. Based on the book of the same name by Michael Lewis this film is Directed by Adam McKay for US$28M and has since bought in US$40M. Starring Christian Bale, Steve Carrell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt and Marisa Tomei this tells the story of three groups of individuals who uncover the foundations of the financial crisis brought about by the greed of the banks and finance institutions, the growth in the housing market and the unpredictable credit bubble of that time, but who all managed to profit from it when countless others went under . . . and then some. This film too has already picked up several award wins and has numerous other nominations still pending.

GOOSEBUMPS (Released 14th January - Rated PG) - Directed by Rob Letterman, and based on the best selling books of the same name our story here surrounds Zach Cooper (Dylan Minnette) who has moved from the big city to the small town and is finding it hard to adjust and not to happy about his new surroundings. Until, he discovers his beautiful next door neighbour Hannah (Odeya Rush) and he discovers that her father is R.L.Stine (Jack Black) - the author of the successful 'Goosebumps' books. When Zach accidentally unleashes the monsters from the Goosebumps tales, it falls to Hannah, her father and Zach to hunt them all down, capture them and return them to the pages of the books from whence they came. Made for US$58M this films has so far returned US$121M.

DIRTY GRANDPA (Released 21st January - Rated MA15+) - Directed by Dan Mazer, here we have young stressed out and uptight lawyer Jason Kelly (Zac Efron) just a week from getting hitched to his boss' masterful and controlling daughter, ensuring him though a quick succession through to promotion and partnership in the firm. However, duped by his grand daddy Dick (Robert De Niro) young Jason finds himself driving down to Florida with the foulmouthed bad tempered lecherous old man for a weekend of wild parties, bar brawls, loud karaoke and good times whilst stressing about his upcoming nuptials whilst being shown how to live large by the old geezer!

THE HATEFUL EIGHT (Released on 21st January - Rated R18+) - QT's eighth film is another Western and also written by him too, as they mostly are. With an all star line up taking in his regulars Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Kurt Russell and Zoe Bell, there is also Jennifer Jason Lee, Walton Goggins, Bruce Dern and Channing Tatum. This film unfolds over six chapters as eight strangers are thrown together in a remote Wyoming stagecoach stopover during a blizzard where their stories are all told, but who can you trust with the truth and with a gun when you're on the run and need to get someplace else. We're in for some sharp dialogue and some sharp shooting' so saddle up! Made for US$40M it has made US$33M since its Christmas Day release in the US.

THE DANISH GIRL (Released on 21st January - Rated M) - already the subject of many an award win and many more nominations and pending nominations for Eddie Redmayne once again and hot on the heels of last years success, as well as his co-star Alicia Vikander,  for the Director, the Screenplay, the Score and much more besides. This film is Directed by Tom Hooper, and is set in 1920's Copenhagen and is based on the book of the same name by David Ebershoff. This biographical drama centres around Einer Wegener (Eddie Redmayne) and his wife Gerda (Alicia Vikander), as Einer becomes Lili Elber - one of the very first male to female sex reassignment surgery recipients. Also starring Amber Heard, Matthias Schoenaerts and Ben Whishaw.

Plenty then to keep you occupied, amused and entertained at the movies in the next couple of weeks.  Head on down to your local Odeon, where you won't see me, but you will see a great movie, and when you have done so drop us a Comment or two below this or any other Post and share your own views, opinions and observations of the film recently experienced.

Get to the Odeon, and catch a movie!

See you in a few weeks!

-Steve, at Odeon Online-