Another week and another slew of movies to tempt your film going tastebuds with. Again, as always we have a mixed bag of offerings mostly in the drama and/or action genre, but something here nonetheless to appeal to most tastes and preferences. So, in no particular order of importance check these out at a multiplex or local independent theatre near you :-
OUT OF THE FURNACE - This has a stellar cast and so should deliver on just about every level. With Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck (brother to Ben), Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe and Zoe Saldana we are transported to Pennsylvania and ex-soldier Affleck taking up bare knuckle boxing to eek out a meagre and painful living. Coming up against unhinged mobster Harrelson we have brother Bale coming to the rescue who has been in & out of prison and dead-end jobs himself. Essentially low life lower middle class downtrodden family trying to do right get dragged down by a multitude of circumstances and have to slowly, painfully and revengefully claw their way back out of the proverbial brown stuff.
NON-STOP - The lives of 150 or so passengers are at stake and so Liam Neeson stars in this actioner that sees him cast as an US Air Marshall having to thwart some dude who has taken leave of his senses at 40,000 feet and is threatening to kill a passenger every 30 minutes unless a King's Ransom is paid pretty damn quickly. Also starring Julianne Moore this looks like Neeson has replicated another ageing action actor turn right from his previous two TAKEN films, UNKNOWN and THE GREY and made a another phone it on for the pay check film that can probably wait for the DVD release!
THREE DAYS TO KILL - Kevin Costner has been out & about a lot lately also cashing in on the ageing action actor scene, this time with this tale of his Secret Service Agent who is steadily knocking on deaths door and has been given the opportunity for a life changing cure by way of an experimental treatment . . . in exchange for one last job! The story here seems a little more original, and Kevin Costner plays stoic melancholy level headed in times of crisis very well, so may be worth searching out!
GLORIA - A Chilean movie that seems to be garnering much interest on the international film festival circuits this sees approaching 60 year old divorcee wanting to spruce up her life and stave off old age. A string of 'encounters' with other ageing singles leads to a meeting with an older ex-Naval Officer with whom there is the spark of a possible long term more permanent relationship. Needless to say complications ensue, skeletons come out of the cupboard, and long subdued fears need to be confronted along the journey to true happiness! You may need to take a box of Kleenex!
Four movies then doing the rounds as of today and which will go well with a bucket of popcorn or your favourite flavoured choc-top!
Don't delay - see a movie today . . . or over the weekend, or next week!
-Steve, at Odeon Online-
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