DISCLOSURE DAY : Tuesday 16th June 2026.

I saw the M Rated 'DISCLOSURE DAY' earlier this week at my local multiplex, and this American Science Fiction film is based on an original story, Co-Produced and Directed by Steven Spielberg, who I'm sure needs no introduction. Spielberg is no stranger to the world of Sci-Fi having helmed 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' in 1977, then 'E.T.' in 1982, 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence' in 2001, 'Minority Report' in 2002, 'War of the Worlds' in 2005 and 'Ready Player One' in 2018. This film saw its Premiere screening in Paris early this month, went on world wide release last week, has generated positive critical reviews and has so far recovered US$121M at the global Box Office from a production budget of US$115M.

The film begins with a staged wrestling match, and in the audience sits Dr. Daniel Kellner (Josh O'Connor) watching nonchalantly, while the rest of the crowd rise to their feet enthusiastically to cheer on the champion. From behind a man pulls a revolver and jabs it into Kellner's side, telling him to stand up and release his back pack next time the crowd stands and cheers. He does so, the back pack is removed and he is taken outside. It is quickly revealed that Kellner is a cybersecurity specialist who up until that day had spent the prior eight years working for the Wardex Corporation, a secret arm of the US government, and that he had stolen a piece of extraterrestrial technology and dozens of related files, detailing various events of human and alien contact dating back to the Roswell incident, some 79 years ago, and right up to the very recent past. Wardex CEO Noah Scanlon (Colin Firth) discovers the theft and has Daniel branded a foreign spy, making him the target of federal authorities. Once outside, Scanlon and Kellner come face to face, but Kellner is able to thwart his would be captors by revealing that he is in possession of one of three very powerful alien devices, and so Scanlon reluctantly chooses to let him go. He goes into hiding at a convent with his girlfriend, Jane Blankenship (Eve Hewson), a former noviciate of the convent before she lost her calling three years earlier. 

Meanwhile, in Kansas City, television meteorologist Margaret Fairchild (Emily Blunt) is preparing for work at home when a cardinal bird flies in through her kitchen window, briefly observes her, and is then chased away through the window by Margaret's boyfriend Jackson (Wyatt Russell), a jobbing musician. The incident awakens latent psychic abilities, so giving Margaret the ability to understand the thoughts and emotions of others, and unconsciously converse in foreign languages she has never learned. 

After the two news anchors have finished their story of an imminent World War III currently unfolding, they cross to Margaret's live weather broadcast, during which she unexpectedly begins speaking in an unknown language, and then collapses on the studio's stage. Footage of the broadcast goes viral and draws the attention of Wardex, which identifies the language as extraterrestrial in origin. After being hospitalised and nearly captured by Scanlon's agents, Margaret also goes into hiding with Jackson in tow.

Having been extracted from the convent by Dave Santiago (Tommy Martinez) and taken to a remote safe house, Kellner reveals the stolen files to Jane, explaining that Wardex has been experimenting on live alien captives and reverse engineering their technology for years, and states his intention to make the information public, and how the world deserves to know the truth. Jane while horrified by the footage seen on the laptop, is reluctant to broadcast this news to the world because of her religious beliefs. Kellner learns of Margaret and discovers that he is the only one who can understand the alien language she spoke in the broadcast. 

Through one of the three alien devices that grants him telepathic capabilities, Scanlon forms a psychic bond with Jane and uses it first to make her attempt to kill Daniel and to track them to the remote safe house, and then to track them to a hotel. Jane escapes with the alien device in Kellner's possession, but Kellner is captured. Meanwhile, as her abilities evolve, Margaret has visions of him and follows them to a black site where he is being held. 

They escape when Margaret learns how to use her abilities to empathetically influence their pursuers into standing down. Scanlon's head of security Casper Boyd (Henry Lloyd-Hughes), intentionally rams their car into the side of a passing speeding freight train, and the pair are dragged along in their vehicle by the train into the path of an oncoming train. Kellner pulls Margaret out just in time for them to climb onto the train and make their way to safety. Margaret has a panic attack once inside the safety of a carriage, and Kellner calms her down. 

Margaret and Kellner are rescued by a team of a dozen or so Wardex employees who have become whistleblowers. Their leader, Hugo Wakefield (Colman Domingo), who has been working with Kellner and in regular communication with him, shelters them in a warehouse containing a near exact reconstruction of Margaret's childhood home and encourages her to recover suppressed memories connected to the extraterrestrial phenomenon. 

Inside, Margaret remembers that she and Kellner were both abducted by extraterrestrials as ten year old children and subjected to experiments that gave them their powers. Kellner was given almost superhuman mathematical capabilities which made him a shoe-in for his cyber security role at Wardex recruited by Wakefield. And Margaret was bestowed with the ability to speak and understand any language and taps into people's minds. She also learns that the unusual animals that have appeared throughout their lives are extraterrestrials, assuming harmless forms to observe them, such as a moose, a fox, a racoon and that cardinal bird. 

Margaret and Kellner, accompanied by Wakefield and the other whistleblowers, return to Margaret's television studio to make a public broadcast they name 'Disclosure Day'. Scanlon and his team arrive en masse and attempt to halt their broadcast, disabling the power grid and the station's backup generator, but Jane arrives and gives her device to Margaret, who uses it to restore the power. Defeated, Scanlon decides to watch instead of continuing to stop them, but Boyd leaves in anger, with most of his team leaving with him. The transmission reveals to the stunned world historical evidence of alien encounters and the ensuing government cover-ups. As the broadcast reaches a global audience, halting the imminent war, the whistleblowers reveal one of the extraterrestrials, whom they freed. The alien privately communicates a message to Kellner, who is the only one who understands their language as though it is English, who in turn relays it to Margaret. With the world transfixed to their TV screens and their phones and computers, Margaret prepares to deliver the alien message, saying, 'Listen'.

With 'Disclosure Day' here Director Spielberg has delivered his audience another masterful story that could act as a companion piece to his seminal 1977 movie 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'. While this film doesn't quite reach those same lofty heights, what it does deliver is a thrilling chase movie laced with plenty of expertly choreographed action sequences, conspiracy theories, emotional heft, and perhaps a career best performance from Emily Blunt, and while we're at it Josh O'Connor puts in a convincing turn too. Make no mistake, this is a blockbusting effort from the master storyteller, that will have pondering over that timeless question of whether we are alone in the infinite universe, and if ever, or whenever, the truth does eventually come out, will we be prepared for it and what will the consequences be? See it on the big screen, you won't be disappointed, and at a run time of 145 minutes it doesn't outstay its welcome. 

'Disclosure Day' warrants four claps of the Odeon Online clapperboard from a possible five claps. 

-Steve, at Odeon Online-

What's new at Odeon's this week : Thursday 11th June 2026

The 25th Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF) takes place this year from Friday 12th June through until Sunday 21st June, in the capital of Romania - Cluj-Napoca, a modern city with a rich history. Founded in 2002, TIFF is the first and largest international film festival in Romania and one of the most important film events in the region, with over 100,000 participants at each edition. Open to the general public as well as industry professionals, the TIFF showcases over 250 films and its programme includes cine-concerts, concerts, as well as art exhibitions and meeting opportunities between filmmakers and the Romanian audiences. The festival has taken on the mission of discovering new voices in cinema and hosts two international competitions - feature fiction and feature documentary - dedicated to first and second-time Directors, as well as an annual showcase of contemporary Romanian cinema . . . . . so reads the official website.

This years Opening Gala film presentation is '3 Days in September' from Romania and Directed by Tudor Giurgiu, and will have its Romanian Premiere after its World Premiere screening at the recent International Film Festival Rotterdam. Built around a single 65-minute long take, this romantic comedy is laced with dark humour. While vacationing on the coast ahead of their wedding, a couple's plans are upended on the eve of the celebration when a mysterious woman appears and delivers a shocking revelation to the bride-to-be about her partner. What follows is an intense night that forces the protagonist to confront her deepest fears and hardest choices. 

First and second-time Directors are yet again set to compete for top honours at this years festival. Twelve films from around the world will vie for the coveted Transylvania Trophy and other accolades in the Official Competition, while ten works will compete for the top prize in the What's Up, Doc? section. Those films in Official Competition are as given, in brief, below :-

* 'Sicko' - from Kazakhstan and Directed by Aitore Zholdaskali. A cynical, hard-boiled debut from the kazakh Director, already a box-office hit in his home country;
* 'Feels Like Home' - from Hungary and Directed by Gabor Holtai. A claustrophobic debut in which family functions as the amniotic fluid required to force a human being into existence.
* 'Le Roi Soleil' ('No One Will Know') - from France and Directed by Vincent Mael Cardona. A slick, high-concept collision of heist movie and slasher, centred on a winning lottery ticket and driven by the kind of greed that can only end badly.

* 'A Useful Ghost' - from France and Directed by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke. Anarchic and oddly tender, the film uses absurdism to ask serious questions about love and the wrongs we leave unaddressed.

* 'Lionel' - from Spain and Directed by Carlos Saiz. An experiment on both sides of the lens - a road movie built around a script the cast never saw, yet one that arrives at a universal truth about fathers and sons.
* 'The Night is Fading Away' - from Argentina and Directed by Ezequiel Salinas and Ramiro Sonzini. A bittersweet love letter to cinema, in which a displaced projectionist takes a job as a night watchman at a cinema and gradually builds an unlikely community around old films;

* 'Truly Naked' - from the Netherlands and Directed by Muriel d’Ansembourg. The film makes nudity and sex matter-of-fact, then pivots to the harder question - whether shedding your clothes is the same as opening yourself up.
* 'Titanic Ocean' - from Greece and Directed by Konstantina Kotzamani. The film follows young women training to become professional mermaids in a world that never stops demanding reinvention.

* 'Butterfly' - from Norway and Directed by Itonje Soimer Guttormsen. The story tracks two sisters working through the long shadow of a guru mother, with self-knowledge serving as the film’s uneasy currency.

* 'My Father's Shadow' - from the UK and Directed by Akinola Davies Jnr. The film operates as a dream-memory of a political turning point and how it echoes through one family across generations.
* 'Our Father' - from Serbia and Directed by Goran Stankovic. The film examines the cult of a surrogate patriarch at a Serbian monastery for recovering addicts, and the difficulty of dismantling something that can’t be entirely condemned.
* 'The Red Hangar' - from Chile and Directed by Juan Pablo Sallato. A lean, pressure-cooker thriller about honour and duty during the Pinochet coup, remarkable for how much it achieves with limited means.

For a summary of the ten films in the Documentary Official Competition, plus the details of all the other films being showcased, and a whole lot of other good stuff, you can go to the official website at : http://www.tiff.ro/en

Drawing the attention then back to this weeks seven hot new release movies coming to your local big screen Odeon, we kick off with a Sci-Fi offering from a Director who is a master of his craft, and that films tag line is 'If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?' - enough said! Then we have a crime thriller in which a talented piano tuner's meticulous skills for tuning pianos lead him to discover an unexpected aptitude for cracking safes, turning his life upside down. Next up is an Italian adventure drama film in which a young woman travels to Piedmont to care for her ageing grandfather, an expert truffle forager. This is followed by another Italian drama film set in early 18th century Venice, Italy, where the fate of a virtuoso violinist is transferred when her orphanage hires an ambitious composer as the new musical instructor, one Antonio Vivaldi. In a completely different vein, we have next an Aussie comedy in which a group of students and teachers from a Language school in Delhi hit the road to discover Australia and gain first-hand experience of its authentic culture and language. Then we turn to a South Korean action horror film which follows a deadly, rapidly mutating viral outbreak inside a quarantined biotech facility; before closing out the week with an American biographical musical film charting the life and times of this man from surfer to filmmaker to world-renowned musician.

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

'DISCLOSURE DAY' (Rated M) - is an American Science Fiction film that is based on an original story, Co-Produced and Directed by Steven Spielberg, who I'm sure needs no introduction. Spielberg is no stranger to the world of Sci-Fi having helmed 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' in 1977, then 'E.T.' in 1982, 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence' in 2001, 'Minority Report' in 2002, 'War of the Worlds' in 2005 and 'Ready Player One' in 2018. This film is released in the US this week too. 

If you found out we weren’t alone in the infinite universe, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? When cybersecurity expert Daniel Kellner (Josh O’Connor) and Kansas City meteorologist Margaret Fairchild (Emily Blunt) discover proof of alien life simultaneously, they try to reveal the truth to the world all at once, while facing intense government secrecy. Also starring Colin Firth, Colman Domingo, Eve Hewson and Wyatt Russell.

'TUNER' (Rated MA15+) - this USA and Canadian Co-Produced crime thriller film is Co-Written and Directed by Daniel Roher in his debut narrative fiction film following his documentaries 'Once Were Brothers : Robbie Robertson and the Band' in 2019 and the Academy Award winning 'Navalny' in 2022, and 'The AI Doc : Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist' which Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January this year and is scheduled for release later on in 2026. Niki White (Leo Woodall) a gifted young piano tuner whose heightened sense of hearing draws the attention of Israeli criminals, who see his talents as useful for opening safes as well as for tuning Steinways. With his once-promising musical career over, he works across New York with his mentor Harry Horowitz (Dustin Hoffman), encountering a range of characters, including composition student Ruthie (Havana Rose Liu), with whom he forges an unexpected connection. Niki's safecracking work threatens his budding romance with Ruthie and pulls him into increasingly dangerous territory. Also starring Jean Reno, Lior Raz and Tovah Feldshuh. The film had its World Premiere at the Telluride Film Festival in late August last year, was released in the US towards the end of May, has garnered generally positive critical acclaim, and has so far recouped US$5M at the Box Office from its US$7M production budget outlay.

'TRIFOLE' (Rated M) - is an Italian adventure drama film Co-Written and Directed by Gabriele Fabbro in his second feature film outing following 2021's 'The Grand Bolero' although he has helmed numerous short films and the occasional documentary. A modern fable about truffles, sustainability and family. Trifole, set in the Alba, Piedmont White Truffle region of Italy, tells the adventure of a young woman, Dalia (Ydalie Turk) who leaves London looking for her own path, and who reconnects with her ailing, truffle-hunting grandfather Igor (Umberto Orsini) and nature. Eventually, she bonds with her grandfather and learns to value tradition, the territory, and a more sustainable way of life. The film was released in its native Italy in mid-October 2024, in the USA in mid-October 2025 and only now does it get a limited release here in Australia, having so far grossed US$77K from a production budget of US$1.6M, and has generated largely favourable reviews. 

'PRIMAVERA' (Rated M) - this Italian and French drama film is Co-Written and Directed by Damiano Michieletto in his feature filmmaking debut, and is based on the 2008 novel 'Stabat Mater' by Tiziano Scarpa. Early in the 18th century, Ospedale della Pieta is the biggest orphanage in Venice, but it is also where the most talented of the orphans who live there are introduced to the study of music. A talented violinist, Cecilia (Tecla Insolia), confined to the orphanage, meets Antonio Vivaldi (Michele Riondino) who becomes her teacher. Under his mentorship and through his music, she gains courage to break free from the life she was destined for and pursue her passion. The film saw its World Premiere screening at the Toronto International Film Festival in early September last year and was released in Italy on Christmas Day last year, and has generated largely positive critical press.

'HOW TO TALK AUSTRALIANS' (Rated M) - is an Australian comedy film Co-Written and Directed by Tony Rogers who made his feature film debut with 'Rats and Cats' in 2007 and has Directed multiple episodes of TV series in the intervening years. This his second feature, tells the story of a group of Indian students and teachers from The Delhi College of Linguistics who leave the classroom and head Down Under to discover Australia and gain first-hand experience of its authentic language and culture. When their plane is diverted to the country town of Dubbo due to storms, and their tour-leader is detained by customs, the hapless bunch unearth the ‘real’ Australia while never making it to Sydney, Melbourne . . . or even Brisbane. Starring Shane Jacobson, Stephen Curry, Esha Banavali, Rohan Ganju and Udara David. The film cost in the region of US$1.5M to produce. 

'COLONY' (Rated MA15+) - this South Korean action horror film is Co-Written and Directed by Yeon Sang-ho who made his feature length debut with the animated 'The King of Pigs' in 2011, and which he would follow up with another animated feature 'The Fake' in 2013. His first live action feature was the acclaimed 'Train to Busan' in 2016, which was followed by the adult animated zombie horror 'Seoul Station' as a prequel that same year. His second live action film was 'Psychokinesis' in 2018, then 'Peninsula' in 2020, 'JUNG_E' in 2023, 'Revelations' in 2025 and 'The Ugly' also in 2025. A biotechnology professor, Kwon Se-jeong (Jun Ji-hyun), is in attendance at a biotech conference that erupts into chaos with the release of a rapidly mutating virus. The outbreak results in the transformation of infected individuals, prompting authorities to seal off the facility and trap survivors inside with an escalating threat. The film Premiered in the Midnight Screenings section of the Cannes Film Festival in mid-May this year, was released in its native South Korea on 21st May, cost in the region of US$12M to produce having so far grossed US$32M, and has received mixed or average reviews.

'JACK JOHNSON : SURFILMUSIC' (Rated PG) - is an American biographical documentary film Directed by Emmett Malloy who has Directed numerous music videos for acclaimed recording artists, including Jack Johnson, and a number of feature length films including 'Out Cold' in 2001, the musical doco 'Big Easy Express' in 2012, 'The Tribes of Palos Verdes' in 2017, and the music doco 'Biggie : I Got a Story to Tell' in 2021. This film chronicles Jack Johnson’s evolution from surfer to filmmaker to world-renowned musician. It traces how Jack’s early years making surf films with close friends became a foundation for a much broader creative life, capturing moments in and out of the water that later surfaced in his songwriting. Blending rare footage from those formative surf films and Jack’s personal and family archives with present-day reflections, the film weaves together how lived experience, friendship, and exploration shaped the sound and stories behind the music. 

With seven 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 coming week.

-Steve, at Odeon Online-