[Film] Film 2024

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Odeon Brighton is shut down for a month due to some kind of emergency repairs. Not surprised judging by the state of the outside of the place.

Due to open again mid-November. No news on what they're doing about those on Limitless.

Just wondering if the Odeon is back open? Last time I went past the site (after seeing Jason Manford at the Brighton Centre) the entire complex that the Odeon is in looked pretty derelict and ripe for demolition. I used to go to the Odeon back in the 1970s (trudging up the external escalator that I don't remember EVER working) and 1980s (along with the ABC) but in the 1990s starting using the MGM (then Virgin, then UGC, then Cineworld) at the Marina, signing up for whatever the first unlimited card was. Think it was Virgin who introduced it. UGC took it over and IIRC was renamed Cineworld, and my card shows I've been a member of the subsequent scheme since December 1999.

Back on the subject of the Odeon, I always think it's quite anonymous and unless you know it is there, you'd miss it. Other cities, the cinemas seem more obvious and prominent? Having said that, at one point Vue were looking possibilities of taking over the Hippodrome site and that building REALLY doesn't get much in the way of passers by!

Have Odeon done anything for unlimited cardholders locally? Suspect not...

 

[herecomesaregular]

Just wondering if the Odeon is back open? Last time I went past the site (after seeing Jason Manford at the Brighton Centre) the entire complex that the Odeon is in looked pretty derelict and ripe for demolition. I used to go to the Odeon back in the 1970s (trudging up the external escalator that I don't remember EVER working) and 1980s (along with the ABC) but in the 1990s starting using the MGM (then Virgin, then UGC, then Cineworld) at the Marina, signing up for whatever the first unlimited card was. Think it was Virgin who introduced it. UGC took it over and IIRC was renamed Cineworld, and my card shows I've been a member of the subsequent scheme since December 1999.

Back on the subject of the Odeon, I always think it's quite anonymous and unless you know it is there, you'd miss it. Other cities, the cinemas seem more obvious and prominent? Having said that, at one point Vue were looking possibilities of taking over the Hippodrome site and that building REALLY doesn't get much in the way of passers by!

Have Odeon done anything for unlimited cardholders locally? Suspect not...

Last time I walked past they don't seem to even have started any work? (Originally said closed for a month). It wouldn't surprise me if the complex closed down.

Annoying as I still have some free Odeon tickets given to me by family, Lloyds bank freebies.

 

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Last time I walked past they don't seem to even have started any work? (Originally said closed for a month). It wouldn't surprise me if the complex closed down.

Annoying as I still have some free Odeon tickets given to me by family, Lloyds bank freebies.

Just been doing a bit of digging - the external walls are at risk of collapse, particularly with any "wind pressure", so that's why it is closed. Quite major then! Or in finest NSC tradition, a five minute job.

Anyway, off to the Marina today for Gladiator II. Expecting a visual spectacle, and as I spent a week in Rome in July, will be fun to see key buildings as the film makers imagined they looked at the time. Not expecting loads from the story though!

 

[Weststander]

Wicked - took my daughter to watch this at Cineworld. It’s great, enjoyed it more than the show, an incredible performance from Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande was excellent too.

Part II is out next November!

 

[Weststander]

Just wondering if the Odeon is back open? Last time I went past the site (after seeing Jason Manford at the Brighton Centre) the entire complex that the Odeon is in looked pretty derelict and ripe for demolition. I used to go to the Odeon back in the 1970s (trudging up the external escalator that I don't remember EVER working) and 1980s (along with the ABC) but in the 1990s starting using the MGM (then Virgin, then UGC, then Cineworld) at the Marina, signing up for whatever the first unlimited card was. Think it was Virgin who introduced it. UGC took it over and IIRC was renamed Cineworld, and my card shows I've been a member of the subsequent scheme since December 1999.

Back on the subject of the Odeon, I always think it's quite anonymous and unless you know it is there, you'd miss it. Other cities, the cinemas seem more obvious and prominent? Having said that, at one point Vue were looking possibilities of taking over the Hippodrome site and that building REALLY doesn't get much in the way of passers by!

Have Odeon done anything for unlimited cardholders locally? Suspect not...

It’s still closed.

 

[dolphins]

Saw Gladiator II this afternoon. Sound for this at the Marina was unusually poor - shrill/almost painfully loud in action sequences, and in stereo, I think. A member of staff did come in and walked around presumably to assess, but no discernible difference.

In brief, fairly decent action, quite a lot of blood in places, some rather, erm... fanciful foes in the Colosseum, and didn't think Paul Mescal had sufficient charisma for the role. Denzel was decent but didn't look like the role particularly stretched him.

3/5 I guess...

 

[jcdenton08]

Off to see Wicked movie this afternoon, seen the show dozens of times both through my theatre work and as a fan, and I actually know four people who are in it that I’ll be looking out for.

Will post thoughts later but I’m pretty sure I’m going to love this, short of catastrophic dislike of the principal cast or real aversion to the aesthetic.

 

[jcdenton08]

Yeah, it was amazing - 5*

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

I was looking forward to seeing Conclave which was supposed to be released at Brighton Cineworld tomorrow but it has now disappeared without trace which seems a bit weird. Must be the subject matter I guess

 

[Hotchilidog]

I was looking forward to seeing Conclave which was supposed to be released at Brighton Cineworld tomorrow but it has now disappeared without trace which seems a bit weird. Must be the subject matter I guess

Duke of Yorks has it, I'll try and see it next week.

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

Duke of Yorks has it, I'll try and see it next week.

Thanks

 

[Professor Plum]

I was looking forward to seeing Conclave which was supposed to be released at Brighton Cineworld tomorrow but it has now disappeared without trace which seems a bit weird. Must be the subject matter I guess

If you’re able to get to Eastbourne, the Towner Cinema in the gallery is showing it a lot in December.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Sugarcane.

Another awful documentary tale about the abuse suffered by indigenous children in many Canadian schools, run largely by the Catholic church.



Garudain review

 

[Easy 10]

Heretic

Well, what a strangely captivating film. Its the very definition of a "slow burner", but well worth the 1hr 50 of your time IMO. Hugh Grant plays a guy who welcomes a couple of young god-bothering Mormon bints into his home, ostensibly to hear out their 'Jesus loves you' mantra and to take their leaflets. What starts unfolding is a theological discussion about religeon(s) and how they impose control. And then things start to get a bit...weird, and nasty.

I know I'm not overly selling it there, but honestly, you have never seen Hugh Grant quite like this. Quietly menacing under his jovial englishman persona, and infinitely odd. There are long, almost Tarantino-esque sequences of dialogue, mainly from Grant, and he truly is absolutely brilliant throughout.

This film is not a thrill-ride, but it is superbly written, very unsettling, and one of those ones that leaves you thinking. Its always refreshing to see Hugh Grant step outside his bumbling buffoon romcom schtick. He's a LONG way from that in this, and he is getting better with age. His performance in this I have to say had me mesmerised.

81%

 

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Heretic

Well, what a strangely captivating film. Its the very definition of a "slow burner", but well worth the 1hr 50 of your time IMO. Hugh Grant plays a guy who welcomes a couple of young god-bothering Mormon bints into his home, ostensibly to hear out their 'Jesus loves you' mantra and to take their leaflets. What starts unfolding is a theological discussion about religeon(s) and how they impose control. And then things start to get a bit...weird, and nasty.

I know I'm not overly selling it there, but honestly, you have never seen Hugh Grant quite like this. Quietly menacing under his jovial englishman persona, and infinitely odd. There are long, almost Tarantino-esque sequences of dialogue, mainly from Grant, and he truly is absolutely brilliant throughout.

This film is not a thrill-ride, but it is superbly written, very unsettling, and one of those ones that leaves you thinking. Its always refreshing to see Hugh Grant step outside his bumbling buffoon romcom schtick. He's a LONG way from that in this, and he is getting better with age. His performance in this I have to say had me mesmerised.

81%

Agreed. And he seemed to be having SO MUCH fun in the role!

Just "dropped" on Netflix is the new Taron Egerton/Jason Bateman film, Carry-On. Unfortunately/thankfully* it isn't part of the much cherished comedy series, but a thriller set in LAX airport, with Egerton as a TSA officer on one of the scanning lines, who gets embroiled in a plot to get a carry-on case passed through security so it can go on its intended flight.

Really enjoyed it; there's elements of the equally good Phone Booth, and has a well paced (and acted) storyline that kept us all watching, to see how it all panned out.

* delete as desired

 

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Another new film - Astronaut - on Netflix. It's Adam Sandler's new one, and he seems to have turned his back on comedic films these days, instead showing off his acting chops which seem pretty good. It's the story of the titular spaceman, who is on a solo mission to the edge of the solar system, and who finds that (surprise, surprise) his flying off into space for an extended time has put a strain on the relationship with his wife (Carey Mulligan). An unexpected thing during the flight brings this relationship into sharp focus.

Don't expect much action in this - it's an introspective, and very well shot visually, piece. It's pretty slow paced (maybe to replicate the journey?) but if you stick with it, you may find a contemplative film with some interesting (if probably obvious in places) messages at its heart.

 

[Triggaaar]

Agreed. And he seemed to be having SO MUCH fun in the role!

Just "dropped" on Netflix is the new Taron Egerton/Jason Bateman film, Carry-On. Unfortunately/thankfully* it isn't part of the much cherished comedy series, but a thriller set in LAX airport, with Egerton as a TSA officer on one of the scanning lines, who gets embroiled in a plot to get a carry-on case passed through security so it can go on its intended flight.

Really enjoyed it; there's elements of the equally good Phone Booth, and has a well paced (and acted) storyline that kept us all watching, to see how it all panned out.

* delete as desired

Just make sure to leave your brain in another room.

 

[SpongebobSquarepants]

Just make sure to leave your brain in another room.

Yeah. I particularly enjoyed the sniper who managed to park his van directly outside airport with a clear view inside of his targets.

 

[HalfaSeatOn]

Another new film - Astronaut - on Netflix. It's Adam Sandler's new one, and he seems to have turned his back on comedic films these days, instead showing off his acting chops which seem pretty good. It's the story of the titular spaceman, who is on a solo mission to the edge of the solar system, and who finds that (surprise, surprise) his flying off into space for an extended time has put a strain on the relationship with his wife (Carey Mulligan). An unexpected thing during the flight brings this relationship into sharp focus.

Don't expect much action in this - it's an introspective, and very well shot visually, piece. It's pretty slow paced (maybe to replicate the journey?) but if you stick with it, you may find a contemplative film with some interesting (if probably obvious in places) messages at its heart.

Believe he’s starring in Happy Gilmore 2, golfing comedy. Looking forward to it, should be a laugh.

 

[Triggaaar]

Yeah. I particularly enjoyed the sniper who managed to park his van directly outside airport with a clear view inside of his targets.

Spoliers:

The sniper was my main bugbear. Firstly, as you say, he's on ground level but has a clear sight on someone he wasn't even expecting to be linked with that day, who wouldn't have been on the ground floor. Then when he's got his red dot out, Taron pisses his pants rather than just casually walking her behind something solid. Then when our sniper decides to come and chat to Taron's bird (the film didn't justify me remembering character names) she was right there as he walked in, and after a long chase they basically hadn't gone anywhere because he went outside and his van was sitting their waiting. After a brief van vs foot chase, he's back on foot for more chasing which, surprise surprise, serendipitously ends up back in front the van.

We can presumably ignore Bateman having no issue getting his gun through security. I mean they are pretty lax about these things.

Having watched it with my family, I told them if it was a choice of letting them die (which they inevitably would anyway, as those guys aren't leaving witnesses) or letting that shit on a plane, I'd be letting them die.