What's new in Odeon's this week - Thursday 20th February 2014

This week we have another raft of hotly awaited, much anticipated and some nominated movies with which to spend your leisure dollar on, so don't be shy and get yourself off to an Odeon this coming week and give yourself a cinematic treat! In no particular oder, you can look forward to :-

LONE SURVIVOR - is the true life drama of four US Navy SEAL's back in war torn Afganistan in 2005 who on a mission to take down a Taliban leader fail in their quest and get caught behind enemy lines and under fierce attack. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Eric Bana, Emile Hirsch and Ben Foster and Directed by modern warfare actioner Peter Berg this promises to deliver on the grittiness of close at hand battle, the survival techniques deployed when the brown stuff hits the fan and the ultimate fall out from it.

WOLF CREEK 2 - after an absence from our screens of eight years this sequel was inevitable on the strength of what the first instalment did at the box office versus it's pretty low production cost. Once again our Australian sadistic, tortuous, murdering, serial killer everyman Mick Taylor is terrorising back packing tourist scum with lethal and gruesome results. John Jarratt is back playing the lead role that turned him into an overnight horror sensation that clearly set him apart from the likes of Freddy Kruger, Jason Vorhees and Michael Myers. This film promises a different approach to the first, and with a bigger budget, a strong storyline and eight years in gestation this has to be a must see for fans of the genre.

NEBRASKA - the critics have embraced this movie and it's nominated for an Oscar nod or two as well. A now ageing Bruce Dern leads the cast in this tale of a father/son road trip, family awakening, and a journey back into the family's history as it unfolded in, yes you guessed it, Nebraska! Filmed in black & white and starring Will Forte as the son and Stacey Keach as the hometown tough-nut this may not be a film for everyone, but is sure to resonate with a more mature audience seeking good old fashioned story telling, fine performances, family dynamics and sweeping monochrome scenery.

ALL IS LOST - this lone seafaring shipwreck high seas drama stars Robert Redford in what is touted as a career best performance from him, and in a film where he is the sole cast member against a backdrop of the vast ocean where his survival against the elements plays out. This film is devoid of dialogue except for a few lines spoken over a radio, or when Redford is well & truly in the depths of his despair. An Oscar nominated must see film for anyone who has ever sailed in a yacht, or who want's raw emotional action in it's most simplistic basic form.

LE WEEK END - this film promises to be a little more light hearted that the above four and surrounds an ageing couple travelling to Paris for their 30th wedding anniversary and second honeymoon. Starring Jim Broadbent, Jeff Goldblum and Lindsay Duncan this takes us into relationship territory, pent-up tension, rediscovery and the rejuvenation of those feelings experienced hone first married.

Plenty to choose from and many others still doing the rounds - go to the movies, and see as many as you can!

-Steve, at Odeon Online-