This week we have five new releases gracing a big screen Odeon near you, kicking off with the third and possibly final instalment in this successful Superhero action film that sees this pair of Marvel Comics characters go on the run from both of their worlds. Next we have a biographical drama film about the life and times of a photographic journalist during WWII for Vogue magazine. This is followed by a dark comedy psychological thriller offering about a man, who after undergoing facial-reconstructive surgery, becomes fixated on an Actor in a stage production based on his former life. Then we turn to a documentary about eight childhood sexual abuse survivors in a groundbreaking programme combining boxing and creative writing for healing; before closing out the week with a family animated adventure film that tells the story of when an evil wizard threatens this near thirteen year old girls family, she will leave on a quest to discover the powers she already has.
Whatever your taste in big screen film entertainment is this week - be it any of the five 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.
'VENOM : THE LAST DANCE' (Rated M) - this American Superhero film features the Marvel Comics character Venom, is the sequel to 2018's 'Venom' and 2022's 'Venom : Let There Be Carnage' and is the fifth film in Sony's Spider-Man Universe. Those first two instalments grossed a combined US$1.36B off the back of a total production budgets of US$220M, with the first film in the franchise being Directed by Ruben Fleischer and the second by Andy Serkis. This third and seemingly final offering is Written and Directed by Kelly Marcel in her feature film making debut. The film is released in the US this week too, and cost in the region of US$110M to produce.Here then, Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy once again reprising his role and also taking a Writer and a Co-Producer credit) and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie's last dance. Also starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Stephen Graham, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans and Peggy Lu.
'LEE' (Rated M) - is a British biographical drama film Directed by Ellen Kuras in her feature film making debut, and is based on the 1985 biography 'The Lives of Lee Miller' written by Antony Penrose. The film stars Kate Winslet (who also Co-Produces here) as WWII journalist Lee Miller who goes from a career as a model to enlisting as a photographer to chronicle the events of World War II for Vogue magazine, covering events such as the London Blitz, the liberation of Paris, and the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau. The film also stars Marion Cotillard, Andrea Riseborough, Andy Samberg, Noemie Merlant, Josh O'Connor and Alexander Skarsgard. It saw its World Premiere showcasing at the Toronto International Film Festival in early September 2023, was released in the UK in mid-September this year, in the US at the end of September, has so far grossed US$12.5M and has garnered generally positive reviews.
'A DIFFERENT MAN' (Rated MA15+) - this American dark comedy psychological thriller film is Written and Directed by Aaron Schimberg in only his third feature film outing following 'Go Down Death' in 2013 and 'Chained for Life' in 2018. Here, Edward Lemuel (Sebastian Stan) is a struggling Actor with neurofibromatosis that manifests itself as a disfiguring facial condition. He undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance, but his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was lost. Also starring Renate Reinsve and Adam Pearson, the film saw its World Premiere screening at this years Sundance Film Festival at the end of January, was released Stateside at the end of September, in the UK earlier this month, has so far grossed US$991K and has generated largely favourable reviews.
'LEFT WRITE HOOK' (Rated MA15+) - is an Australian documentary film Co-Written, Co-Produced and Directed by Shannon Owen. The film follows the journey of eight female and gender diverse survivors of childhood sexual abuse, who participate in an innovative recovery programme combining the physicality of boxing with the emotional power of creative writing. Gaining a space to release their memories, reclaim their bodies and imagine new lives for themselves, while guided by coach and academic Donna Lyon, participants Nikki, Dove, Pixie, Gabrielle, Claire, Julie and Lauren learn not just to box but also to recast the darkest chapters of their pasts into poetry, a powerfully cathartic exercise in reclaiming their life narratives. What begins as an eight-week commitment expands into a relationship of eighteen months as the women deepen their bonds and decide to present their work to the wider world – ultimately in hopes of puncturing the shroud of silence and shame, and reassuring others like them that they’re not alone.
'MY FREAKY FAMILY' (Rated PG) - this family animated adventure film is a German, Irish and Australian Co-Production that is Directed by Mark Gravas, and is based on the children's books 'The Floods' by Colin Thompson. Here, on the eve of her 13th birthday Betty Flood (voiced by Evanna Lynch), budding musician and magical being, just wants to be like the rest of her fabulous, but very different family, so why is her magical Mum so against it? As Betty wrestles with this, she also learns the amazing truth about her family and discovers that the not so normal, the magical and the musical are all a part of her fabulously freaky family.
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