January Outlook
By Fliss Huckle
It’s been snowing. It’s been raining. It’s been miserable! So, what better to do at than escape the cold and take a trip to the cinema? It’s warm inside and you never know, you might even spot some 10 foot blue aliens...
Here is a pick of some of the best in cinemas from the end of last year and now!
Sherlock Holmes
(Dir. Guy Ritchie)
Rating:12A
Director Guy Ritchie brings a dynamic new portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous character, Sherlock Holmes. Played by the ever-great Robert Downey-Jr, Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson (Jude Law) embark on their latest challenge, revealing fighting skills as lethal as his legendary intellect. Holmes battles like never before to bring down a nemesis and unravel a deadly plot threatening to destroy the country.
Avatar
(Dir. James Cameron)
Rating:12A
Avatar takes us to a spectacular world beyond imagination, where reluctant hero Jake (Sam Worthington) embarks on an epic adventure, ultimately fighting to save the alien world he has learned to call home. James Cameron, the Oscar-winning director of “Titanic”, first conceived the film 15 years ago when the means to realise his vision did not yet exist. Now, after four years of production, the live action film with a fresh generation of special effects, delivers a fully immersive cinematic experience of a new kind. Remember your 3D glasses!
Daybreakers
(Dir. Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig)
Rating:15
Following in the ‘hot vampire’ trend of the moment, two-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019 where an unknown plague has transformed the world's population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race.
Up In The Air
(Dir. Jason Reitman)
Rating:15
From Jason Reitman, the Oscar nominated director of 'Juno' comes 'Up in the Air', a timely odyssey of Ryan Bingham (Oscar winner George Clooney). Bingham is a corporate downsizer and consummate modern business traveller who, after years of staying happily airborne, suddenly finds himself ready to make a real connection.
The Road
(Dir. John Hillcoat)
Rating:15
A father (Viggo Mortensen) and his son are walking towards the coast in an attempt to head south to escape the increasingly cold, endless winter. Tribes of nomadic cannibals rule the land of post-apocalyptic United States and the pair struggle for survival. Charlize Theron co-stars in this adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's thrilling Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ‘The Road’. An absolute must-see!
