What's new in Odeon's this week : Thursday 11th July 2024.

Well hello again to all you movie goers, you cinephiles and you film fanatics the world over, I'm back after a five month hiatus from bringing you Odeon Online at least twice a week. Normal service is resumed and it's good to return to your screens with all the latest goings on at your local big screen Odeon, so stay tuned, locked in and online for more of the good stuff from across the world of cinema.

So getting straight back into it, this week there are four new movies coming to your local Odeon, all of which hail from the US. Launching with a stand alone sequel to a hugely successful 1996 film that this time around sees a retired tornado-chaser and meteorologist persuaded to return to Oklahoma to work with a new team and new weather-alert technologies. Then we turn to a triptych offering that are loosely connected that sees a man seeking to break free from his predetermined path; a cop who questions his wife's demeanour after her return from a supposed drowning; and a woman in search for an extraordinary individual prophesied to become a renowned spiritual leader. This is followed by a romantic dramedy that sees a marketing maven and a by the book launch director who must team up for a mission set against the high stakes backdrop of NASA's 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing; and wrapping up the week we have a horror slasher movie that is the reported third and final outing in this trilogy set this time in 1980's Hollywood when an adult film star and aspiring actress finally gets her big break, but, as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.

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

'TWISTERS' (Rated M) - this American action adventure disaster film is Directed by Lee Isaac Chung who rose to fame and recognition with 'Minari' in 2020 which went on to collect 122 award wins and a further 245 nominations from around the awards and festival circuit. This film is a stand alone sequel to the 1996 film 'Twister' which starred Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton, was Directed Jan de Bont and grossed US$495M against a production budget of US$90M. 

Still wracked by a devastating encounter with a tornado, Kate Cooper (Daisy Edgar-Jones) is lured back to the wide open plains by her friend, Javi (Anthony Ramos), to test a groundbreaking yet experimental weather alert system. She soon crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Glen Powell), a charming but often reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures. As the tornado season intensifies, Kate, Tyler and their competing teams find themselves in a fight for their lives as multiple storm systems converge over central Oklahoma. This film had a production budget of US$200M and is released stateside next week on 19th July. 

'KINDS OF KINDNESS' (Rated MA15+) - labelled an absurdist black comedy anthology film this is Co-Written, Co-Produced and Directed by the acclaimed Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos whose previous film output includes 'The Lobster', 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer', 'The Favourite' and 'Poor Things' most recently. Structured as a 'triptych fable', this film comprises three distinct but loosely connected stories, titled 'The Death of R.M.F.' which follows a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; 'R.M.F. is Flying', about a Policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and 'R.M.F. Eats a Sandwich' about a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader. The films stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn and Mamoudou Athie, saw its World Premiere screening at this years Cannes Film Festival, was released in the US on the 21st June, in the UK on 28th June and this week here in Australia, having so far grossed US$6M off the back of a US$15M production budget. 

'FLY ME TO THE MOON' (Rated M) - this American romantic dramedy is Directed by Greg Berlanti whose prior feature film output takes in 'The Broken Hearts Club' in 2000, 'Life as We Know It' in 2010 and 'Love, Simon' in 2018 as well as creating, writing and producing numerous successful TV shows and series. Set during the 1960's Space Race between the USA and the USSR, a relationship develops between the NASA Director in charge of the Apollo 11 launch, Cole Davis (Channing Tatum) and the marketing specialist, Kelly Jones (Scarlett Johansson) brought in to fix NASA's public image and stage a 'back-up' fake Moon landing in the event that the real mission fails. Also starring Woody Harrelson and Ray Romano the film is released this week in the US and Canada too and had a production budget of US$100M.

'MAXXXINE' (Rated MA15+) - is an American slasher action thriller film Written, Co-Produced, Directed and Edited by Ti West and is the third film in the 'X' series which kicked off with 'X' in 2022 and was quickly followed by 'Pearl : An X-traordinary Origin Story' also in 2022. Those first two films in the series grossed a combined near US$30M off the back of a total budget of just US$2M and both were also critically lauded. Here, Maxine (once again played by Mia Goth) sets out for fame and fortune in 1980's Hollywood while being targeted by a mysterious killer, after being cast as the lead in a new horror film being helmed by Elizabeth Bender (Elizabeth Debicki), in spite of the fact that all of her previous film credits were in adult films. Also starring Kevin Bacon, Giancarlo Esposito, Lily Collins, Halsey, Bobby Cannavale and Michelle Monaghan. The film was released in the US last week and has so far grossed US$8M. 

With four 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 week ahead.

-Steve, at Odeon Online-