Midnight Special

Thanks to an email from Odeon I was well informed as to what this movie was.. Which to be fair I was fine with as Midnight Special was on my 'to see' list.

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

Date night!!

Yes, that's right. What you see there is my wife Liz and we're out together..
This would have been my third film today if my father-in-law hadn't wimped out on 'London Has Fallen' (secretly I was relieved cos the film's pretty lame mind)
Anyhoo Liz and I settled down for the 6.15 showing.
This one is set 20 years after the first MBFGW and centres on Toula family and how now they interfere with her and Ians daughter Paris..
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Zootropolis

Back in Cardiff for the Easter weekend and back in Cineworld..
I had a toss up between BatmanVsuperman (again) or something new and I went for something new.. Zootropolis.
This is your typical, animated kids fare. Set erm... somewhere, we find animals of all shapes and sizes living together in perfect harmony (not unlike the keys on a piano keyboard).. All the animals dress like humans and also have regular jobs. Into this comes a rabbit who wants to be a police officer and against all odds passes through Police Academy and ends up going to Zootropolis..

It had performed well in America and that was one of the reasons I thought I'd give it a go. The animation was superb (to be expected these days) and you really felt like you'd like to visit Zootropolis. As with most animated movies these days they'd thrown in a few jokes and references for the adults. But not enough for my liking. Jason Bateman and Idris Alba were the only two voices I recognised and was surprised to see J.K.Simmons was amongst them too.
The film was a bit too long for my liking but overall it wasn't a struggle..

An entertaining ***.

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Batman V Superman

It's 3.00 am and I've just come out of a 1/2 full showing of Bat V Sup..
Cashing in on the (now) familiar format of good guys fighting each other then joining up to fight bad guys comes the DC gang.. In this one the man of steel (Henry Cavil) is held accountable for his actions (and previous destruction to Metropolis) by a brand, spanking new Batman (Ben Affleck). Throw in a Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenburg) and a Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) and you have the ingredients for a blockbuster..

Unfortunately what it lacks is a decent script and the main tasty ingredient found in all Marvel movies - humor..

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Divergent Series: Allegiant

Thought I'd catch a film before BvS and it was a toss up between Deadpool (which I've already seen twice) or this.. And as I'm a completist I opted for Divergent 3.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (8th viewing)

This was an unexpected treat.. I've already booked my ticket for tonight's midnight showing of Batman V Superman so I figured I'd take the afternoon off and catch the (probably) last showing of SW:TFA.

On the Odeon website it said this was a special showing.. Which I understood to be part of their awards season.. As it turned out it was a Silver Screening and I was entitled to free coffee and biscuits.. Also, unbeknownst to me the Silver screening don't have any adverts or trailers. So, consequently I missed the star trail intro..

Anyhoo, it was still awesome..

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10 Cloverfield Lane

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Disorder

Here I am for what is, quite possibly the last film I'll pay to see (excluding IMAX subsidies of course).

And as it was Screen Unseen I decided to sit in the Premier Seats this evening (why haven't I done this for the previous ones is beyond me...Duh!)

The film turned out to be Disorder. A French thriller about a soldier, Vincent (Matthias Schoenaerts) who is struggling with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. After working as part of the security detail at a posh doo he's asked if he'd stay on and 'babysit' the lady of the house, Jessie (the multi-lingual Diane Kruger) and her son.  As the film progresses it becomes apparent that all is not as it seems and we're not sure if it's down to Vincent's PTSD..

This film was a slow burner.. The mood and tension builds up gradually..

But ultimately at the end of this fuse there just wasn't enough payload in my opinion.. 

I think **1/2 stars is a fair verdict for what is a forgettable film..

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Hail Caesar!

Thought I'd squeeze this one in before tonight's main event..
This is the Coen brothers latest start studded comedy vehicle. Along with George Clooney we have Josh Brolin,  (an excellent) Ralph Fiennes, Channing Tatum and the multi-faced Tilda Swinton.
It all starts when a movie studio's main star Baird Whitlock, (Gorgeous George) disappears.
Eddie Mannix (Old Boy himself) is then called upon to locate him.. Cue musical numbers, multiple conspiracy theories and untold hilarity..

Well, when I say untold hilarity it had it's moments. I think it's another one of those films that has jokes aimed at actors and movie critics.. I'm neither.. That's not to say I didn't laugh.. Just not enough.

I think ***'s is generous.

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Deadpool (2nd viewing)

Second film today, second Limitless and second viewing of Deadpool.

Yep, it was still funny. Only got to see 2/3 of it today though..

Still ****

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London Has Fallen

At last... Odeon have gone Limitless..
London Has Fallen is the sequel to the enjoyable, but ultimately throwaway Olympus Has Fallen and has all the original cast (those that weren't knifed,shot or blown up that is..). Gerard Butler slips easily into Mike Banning, the head of presidential security and his personal trainer.  Aaron Eckhart is Benjamin Asher, US President looking after his (not in this movie) son and America (obviously!)
After the UK Prime minister dies all major world leaders descend on London for the state funeral.. It's during this gathering that all hell breaks loose and one by one the world dignitaries are killed off.. All except the US President..
This film started off pretty lame.  Lame dialogue and equally lame cliques are churned out one after the other and it only picks up when Gerard Butler starts dispatching bad guys and and issuing 'Arnie like' one-liners (he even says "get to the chopper" and "I'll be back")..

This is the first film from Odeon Limitless that I've 'actually' seen after I couldn't make Grimsby earlier this month. It was 'ok'.. It would have Taken 2/3 and Diehard 5 bad if it wasn't for Gerard and the 15 certificate..
Overall it was an entertaining ***.

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