What's new in Odeon's this week : Thursday 16th July 2015.

It is the middle of Winter Down Under and even in Australia it can get cold as the chilled winds blow from the south straight into Adelaide bringing more than a refreshing snap to our less than welcome climatic conditions right now. The only solace therefore is to seek refuge in a  movie theatre where you can bask in the warm glow of the silver screen and get comfortable with a few hundred other like minded cinephiles for a couple of hours at least, where you can be whisked away to someplace else as you cuddle up with your movie of choice.

This week we have five new offerings to tempt you into a warmer place (if you happen to be somewhere in the world where it's Winter right now!) that provide us with equal measures of horror, documentary, adventure, comedy and comic book fare. First up is another comic book adaptation from that mega successful Studio that it seems can put no foot wrong as it brings its latest, and tiniest, Superhero to the bring screen. Then we have a prequel to an already successful supernatural horror franchise helmed by a first time Director who has a strong pedigree in Screenwriting and Producing within this genre; then there is a dark Aussie comedy about the excesses of alcohol and what this does to one successful Ad-Man in particular; then a coming of age road trip search and ye shall find movie, and last up is a Doco charting the cinematic successes of a Hollywood leading man, behind the camera, and the little known impact he had on the stars and the films of yesteryear.

Once again, when you have chosen which film from this weeks new releases you are going to treat yourself to, or any of those great offerings still out on general release, share your thoughts, views and observations with your friends at Odeon Online, and drop us all a Comment or two directly below this, or any other Post. Enjoy your movie!

ANT-MAN (Rated PG) - This is the twelfth instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and introduces us to a hitherto unseen Superhero in the form of Scott Lang (aka Ant-Man, aka Paul Rudd). Originally Edgar Wright was associated with this film for many years all the way up to May 2014 when Wright left the production because of creative differences with Marvel, paving the way for Peyton Reed to assume Director duties using largely Wrights script albeit with a number of tweaks here & there. With a budget of US$130M this film is set after the events of 'The Avengers : Age of Ultron' but is a stand alone movie, although future instalments are sure to intertwine.

And so Scott Lang (Rudd) is a former thief who has put his stealing dealing burgling ways behind him to lead a path down the straight & narrow. However, he is asked one day by his mentor Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) to resurrect those good old bad old days, but for a good & noble cause . . . to pull off a heist that ultimately might just save the world! Seems like a good enough reason! To do so though Dr. Pym provides Lang with a super suit that will allow our hero to shrink down to the size of an ant whilst still possessing his human strength and in fact enhancing it, and allowing him to control ants. The technology too behind the suit must be protected also, as other unscrupulous types want to get their hands on it for their own dastardly ways! Also starring Evangeline Lily as Hope van Dyne, Pym's daughter and a Board member of Pym Technologies; and Corey Stoll as Darren Cross aka 'Yellowjacket' who takes over Pym's company and militarises the technology to create a Yellowjacket suit with which to thwart Ant-Man. All sounds like great fun, and watch out for the cameo's too from the Marvel Universe, and of course, Stan Lee's now regular brief appearance.

RUBEN GUTHRIE (Rated MA15+) - Australian Actor, Writer and occasional Director Brendan Cowell has turned his 2009 book into a stage play and now a movie, based on the life of one successful Sydney based ad-man Ruben Gutherie (Patrick Brammall) who lives his life fast, hard and always with a drink in his hand and down his neck. When he goes on a drunken bender at his Sydney bachelor pad he ends up with a broken arm at the bottom of his swimming pool, and a Czech fiancé Zoya (Abbey Lee) who calls it a day and heads back to her homeland, telling a distraught Ruben to come get her when he has a year sober under his belt. So he joins a self help group to kick his alcoholic habit, but of course things don't go quite according to plan as Ruben is tempted at every turn by the demon drink - tempted by his friends, tempted by his family, and his colleagues who are rather partial to a drink . . . or six! Also starring Alex Dimitriades, Brenton Thwaites, Robyn Nevin and Jack Thompson this black comedy will make you think about your drink!

INSIDIOUS : CHAPTER 3 (Rated M) - This is the third outing in the super natural horror franchise, but this pre-dates the previous two offerings as a prequel to bring back Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) who was killed off in the second film. Here she is back in this origin story using her psychic ability to help a young teenage girl contact her recently dead mother, but in doing so she encounters a demonic force who threatens to kill her. She warns the young teenager that if you call out to one of the dead, they can all hear you. And this is where it all starts to go pear shaped with things that go bump in the night, strange goings on, unexplained visions, and spooky noises. In his Directorial debut, Australian Leigh Whannell has taken over the reins from James Wan this time around and for a US$10M budget has already generated a tenfold return since its Stateside release a month ago.

PAPER TOWNS (Rated M) - This mystery comedy drama film is adapted from the 2008 novel of the same name written by John Greene who also wrote the recently adapted for the big screen 'The Fault in Our Stars'. Directed by Jake Schreier this film is set in Orlando, Florida where Quentin 'Q' Jacobsen (Nat Wolff) has grown up living next door to Margo Roth Spielgelman (Cara Delevingne) and they were childhood friends but have subsequently drifted apart, although Quentin still harbours feelings for Margo. One night Margo jumps through Quentin's bedroom window and demands he join her on an all night road trip . . . so he does! The next day Margo is absent from school, and when she fails to materialise after a few days, it becomes apparent she is missing. Soon Quentin learns that Margo has left a series of clues that should make sense to him, and so goes off on his search with a bunch of mates The more however, he digs, the more he uncovers about Margo and the more he becomes unsure about who and what he is searching for.

WOMEN HE'S UNDRESSED (Rated PG) - Australian Director, Producer and Writer Gillian Armstrong has made this documentary charting the life of one of Hollywood's most prolific, successful and yet largely unknown in his home country Costume Designers - Orry George Kelly who lived from 1897 to 1964, and throughout the Golden Age of Hollywood. Born in Kiama, New South Wales Orry-Kelly died in Hollywood after a career spanning over 300 films for which he designed costumes for the likes of 'Some Like It Hot', 'Casablanca', 'The Maltese Falcon' and 'Oklahoma' and along the way won three Academy Awards for 'Some Like It Hot' in 1960, 'Les Girls' in 1958, and 'An American In Paris' in 1958. Despite all of these credits and accolades he was hardly known of in his native Australia. Featuring excerpts from his own diaries, and celebrity interviews this insight into this unknown man whose life was so large, successful and influential in Hollywood is sure to please, surprise, and delight those with an interest in the Hollywood of yesteryear, costume design, and that golden era upon which this lad from Kiama left an indelible mark.

Five films all very different, and once again something for (almost) everyone that give you another great reason to brave a cold Winter evening to get out to your favourite movie theatre for a few hours of escapism in a warm dry comfortable place. Enjoy your film and share your thoughts afterwards with you mates here at Odeon Online.

See you at the Odeon.

-Steve, at Odeon Online-