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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 Hiccup and Toothless are back for another flying Viking adventure!

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In this month’s ODEON Magazine we preview How To Train Your Dragon 2, have a chat with the Jersey Boys and rejoin Jenko and Schmidt in 22 Jump Street. Plus all the latest news and previews!

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The best news, previews and gossip from the world of film, including How To Train Your Dragon 2, Jupiter Ascending, Transformers: Age Of Extinction and Pudsey The Dog: The Movie.

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We have an exclusive chat with the stars of Clint Eastwood’s adaptation of the hit stage play about Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons.

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All the best films showing in ODEON cinemas this month, including Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie, Oculus, Grace Of Monaco, Belle, Devil’s Knot and The Fault In Our Stars.

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Transformers: Age Of Extinction The ’bots are back in what could be their most explosive adventure yet… ith a new cast, a more serious tone and all the bang and bluster you’d expect from director Michael Bay, Transformers: Age Of Extinction could well be the biggest film in the franchise to date. It opens four years after the Earth was last ravaged in the never-ending fight between the Autobots and the Decepticons. Naturally the human race is feeling

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a little bruised and battered, which results in us deciding to tell the good-guy Autobots that they’re just as unwelcome as their nasty robot brethren.

And so, with Transformers about as popular as a dose of the flu, the fact that mechanic Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg) finds the scrap-metal remains of Autobot leader Optimus Prime (voiced by Transformers legend Peter Cullen) makes him a target for government

forces who aren’t happy about the big metal guy being back on the radar…

Add to this the arrival of the Decepticons after they’ve been away to regroup, not to mention the Dinobots – robots shaped like dinosaurs, a staple from the old Transformers cartoons – and the Earth looks as though it’s about to get yet another battering! This will be spectacular entertainment on a grand scale. Don’t miss it!

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A quick look back at some of Michael Bay’s most explosive films…

Did You Know?

Four actors won small roles in the film after beating 70,000 other applicants on a show called Transformers 4 Chinese Actors Talent Search Reality Show.

Armageddon (1998)

Bruce Willis Vs An Asteroid You don’t get much bigger in scope than trying to blow up an asteroid that’s about to collide with Earth.

Bay has a steady hand on the tension-o-meter as he sends Willis, Ben Affleck and a very large bomb into space to destroy it.

BANG FOR YOUR BUCK: 4/5

Bad Boys II (2003)

Maverick Cops Vs A Drug Lord Featuring car chases, explosions, gunfights, fist-fights, more car chases, bromancing between Will Smith and Martin Lawrence and even more car chases. Even Bay must have been tired after this.

BANG FOR YOUR BUCK: 5/5

Transformers: Age Of extinction 3D TBC RELEASED 10 july DIRECTOR Michael Bay STARRING Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Stanley Tucci

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The Island (2005)

Clones Vs Their Makers Ewan McGregor discovers he’s a clone bred to supply spare body parts. Rather annoyed, he goes on the run with Scarlett Johansson – and the chase to recapture them destroys a city. Boom!

BANG FOR YOUR BUCK: 3/5

Transformers (2007)

Big Robots Vs Mean Big Robots The first film in the box-officebusting franchise used cuttingedge CGI to bring the former ’toon robots to life. The result was beyond spectacular, with fighting machines levelling skyscrapers as though they were sandcastles.

BANG FOR YOUR BUCK: 4/5

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Jupiter Ascending 1 Jupiter Ascending is the latest spectacular sci-fi drama from The Matrix maestros Andy and Lana Wachowski. Mila Kunis stars as Jupiter Jones, who discovers she’s part of a galactic royal family.

2 Channing Tatum co-stars as the part-wolf, part-human Caine Wise, who becomes Jupiter’s protector from the nasty King Of The Universe (Eddie Redmayne).

3 It’s an action-heavy role for both of them: “There were a few run-ins,” Tatum says of their stunt-filled performances. “Mila almost had an unfortunate meeting three or four times with a camera or two.”

4 Terry Gilliam – known for building a few epic fantasy worlds himself – will have a small cameo in the film.

5 Other castmembers include Sean Bean, Douglas Booth and Doona Bae, who last worked with the Wachowskis in Cloud Atlas.

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Jupiter Ascending is released on 25 July.

Film gossip Breaking news, direct from Hollywood…

The producers of the X-Men films have hinted that there could be a spin-off starring Jennifer Lawrence’s Mystique… Jeff Wadlow may sign on as director of a new Masters Of The Universe film… Classic ’80s films The Goonies and 6 odeon.co.uk

Gremlins (pictured) are heading for reboots… Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will be playing sisters in comedy The Nest… Matt Damon is circling a role in

sci-fi film The Martian…

Guy Ritchie will direct King Arthur, out in cinemas on 22 July 2016…

The rumour mill claims that Penélope Cruz will star in James Bond 24…

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Did You Know?

Three compositions on the film’s soundtrack will be provided by Sigur Rós vocalist Jón Þór Birgisson.

HOW TO TRAIN your DRAGON 2 3D TBC RELEASED 4 JULY DIRECTOR Dean DeBlois VOICES OF Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Jonah Hill, Cate Blanchett

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The Viking villagers of Berk face a new wave of dragons... t’s not every film that can claim to have received a visit from the President of the United States, but apparently the idea of Vikings riding the backs of dragons can even enchant the White House. During the filming of How To Train Your Dragon 2, President Barack Obama (pictured above) stopped by DreamWorks Animation to chat with director Dean DeBlois, who explained the process of motion capture to him. “Wonderful!” replied Obama, as he watched actors wearing

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a mo-cap suit act out a scene and appear on the screen behind them as Vikings.

Presidential visits aside, How To Train Your Dragon 2 looks set to be just as much fun as the original film from 2010, with a more grown-up Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and his Viking pals accidentally encountering – and then unleashing – a new army of dragons under their mysterious leader, Dragon Rider (Cate Blanchett). Take to the skies with these scaly terrors from 4 July!

Q&A

“Move Over, Tom Cruise!”

How has your life changed since you won Britain’s Got Talent?

Everything has changed, from doing TV interviews, performing on stages, meeting new people and celebrities, going to America and now a film! We are just really grateful to all the people that voted for us.

How does it feel to have your own film?

It feels incredible.

I loved every minute of filming it. I didn’t even need my own stunt double because I was that good. Move over, Tom Cruise! I also loved hanging out

with all my co-stars: two horses, some chickens, a pig, cat and lots of dogs.

Also, because the film was all about me I was allowed first in line at the lunch queue, which is always a bonus.

Tell us about the film...

I don’t want to give too much away, but I am the doggy star! The film starts with me all on my own in London. I am happy with this and I don’t need anyone else, until I meet a family that’s a little broken.

I cause a lot of trouble and mayhem (which I secretly enjoyed), but I save the day in the end.

Does it seem a bit weird, talking with David Walliams’ voice?

Ashleigh says I can be very cheeky and make her laugh a lot, so David seems perfect.

What was the best part about making it?

My favourite part was all the different stunts I got to do. There’s this one stunt where I had to bound off one of the young boys to make him fall over.

I was nervous at first, but once I tried it I wanted to do it again and again. After a few takes, I got a bit carried away and bounded at the boy with a bit too much enthusiasm and accidentally sent him flying... whoops!

What was the worst part about making it?

Sometimes we had to film in really bad weather. Let me tell you, me and rain do not mix! Ashleigh was prepared for the bad weather, though, and dried me with a special doggy hair dryer, so within no time at all I looked gorgeous again.

The Purge: Anarchy A thrilling night of carnage as another purge begins… orror/thriller The Purge was a big hit last year, and no time has been wasted in getting a second instalment into cinemas. In case you missed the first one, it’s the story of a future-America in which, for 12 hours per year, all laws are revoked and citizens can do anything they want to: including murder!

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affects a father (Frank Grillo) who wants to find and kill the murderer of his son, knowing there will be no consequences on this one special night. But as Los Angeles descends into chaos and terror, he meets up with other citizens trying to survive and the night goes from bad to worse…

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With Pudsey The Dog: The Movie hitting screens on 18 July, we talk to Pudsey (with the kind permission of his trainer, Ashleigh Butler) about his first big-screen adventure!

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How to Train Your Dragon Viking Hiccup and his dragon companion Toothless are back for another adrenalinefuelled flight. You’ll be able to catch them in cinemas from 4 July!

et five years after their first adventure together, in the epic How to Train Your Dragon, Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and the coolest-ever dragon to hit the silver screen, Toothless, return for this thrill-ride second instalment.

Having managed to successfully unite both of their kinds, they leave their friends Astrid, Snoutlout and the others to challenge for the dragon-racing crown while they search the uncharted skies.

While exploring new worlds, they stumble upon a secret ice cave that’s home to hundreds of amazing new wild dragons... and the mysterious Dragon Rider. This leaves Hiccup and Toothless in the middle of a battle to not only protect the peace that they’ve built, but to also change the future of men and dragons once more.

Returning with an all-star cast including Gerard Butler, Jonah Hill and Kristen Wiig, How to Train Your Dragon 2 sparkles with wit and is guaranteed to entertain Vikings of all ages!

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WHO ARE THE JERSEY BOYS, THEN?

Clint Eastwood took a chance by casting relative unknowns as his leads, trusting that their talent would shine through. Pictured left to right: Frankie Valli (John Lloyd Young), Bob Gaudio (Erich Bergen), Tommy DeVito (Vincent Piazza, the only actor not to have appeared in the stage version) and Nick Massi (Michael Lomenda).

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MUSICAL FANS WILL KNOW THE SCORE

The stage show features Frankie and the rest each telling the story their way, which the film retains.

“The characters still directly address the audience, just through the camera this time,” says John Lloyd Young.

“Part of the reason I think the musical’s so successful is that each guy engages the audience directly in his point of view.”

STAGE EXPERIENCE REALLY HELPED

Erich Bergen played Seasons songwriter Bob Gaudi thousands of times on stage. “I went in for an audition at the last minute,” he recalls.

“My agent asked me if I’d be okay learning all this material by the morning. I looked at the script, and I’d said those lines every single day of my life for three years.

I think I had it!”

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“A day or two before principal photography, Mr Eastwood walked into one of our rehearsals,” says Piazza.

“As if the choreography wasn’t difficult enough, he walks in! It certainly was another challenge, but he’s such a lovely guy. He’s a powerful presence and a great leader – you sense it when he walks in the room.”

CHRISTOPHER WALKEN CO-STARS

Walken may be playing a mobster, but the noted Hollywood hoofer may still get to dance. “We’d all been elbowing him a little and seeing if we could persuade him,” says Piazza. “I don’t want to give it away, but there’s a wonderful number near the end of the movie where we may or may not have him dancing!”

IT’S SAFE FOR MUMS

Given that he has to warn his mother about nudity or violence whenever she watches him on TV show Boardwalk Empire, Piazza was happy to make a film she can just enjoy.

“My family grew up as fans of the Four Seasons.

I flew my parents out to LA to see us shooting the number Sherry. They got to meet Mr Eastwood and Mr Valli, so my mother’s mind was blown!”

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The buddy-cop sequel we’ve all been waiting for moves across the road to 22 Jump Street… and its stars go back to college!

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“I’d never done a sequel before to any of the movies that I was in, and that was because I thought it couldn’t be as good, or better,” explains Hill, who came up with the story for this film when an idea hit him: “I thought about the premise of the second one going to college, and there 16 odeon.co.uk

hasn’t been a great college movie of our generation yet…”

And so what we have in 22 Jump Street, in which Jenko and Schmidt go undercover in a university to unmask a criminal ring, is an attempt to make cult American classic comedy Animal House for the 21st century.

BUDDY BROMANCE Of course there’s more to it than that; like the first film, in which the two guys teamed up for the first time and pretended to be high school students while sniffing out

some drug dealers, there’s an underlying theme of friendship and a central bromance.

While the first story focused on Jenko and Schmidt meeting and getting to know each other, 22 Jump Street takes it to the next step. “The movie’s really about ‘can you recreate the magic of that first time that you meet somebody, those first dates?’” says codirector Phil Lord. “How do you sustain that over the course of a relationship? Or in our case, a movie.”

As the undercover agents work to find the criminals they

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have to get used to university life, getting the chance to forget about being serious grown-ups for a while as they have fun. Not that they were particularly serious to begin with, mind you, as the film’s propensity for adlibbing reflects; the filmmakers also kept the camera running between some takes to capture the actors goofing around.

HAVING A LAUGH “Sometimes we have to remind ourselves to shoot the thing that’s on the page at all,” laughs Lord. “It’s definitely a free for

all. We’re writers, Jonah’s a writer, Channing’s now a writer. We’re all sitting there and we have a writer on set.

So I would say we pretty quickly diverge from what’s on the page.”

Assuming 22 Jump Street is a hit, what does the future hold for Jenko and Schmidt?

Will there be a 23 Jump Street? “Well, everyone will really expect the third one to suck, so we can only do better than the expectations!” teases Hill. In the meantime, check out their latest case – in cinemas from 6 June! fanatical about film 17

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22 Jump Street hits cinemas on 6 June, and to celebrate the release we’re offering two readers the chance to win a fantastic Sony SRS-X7 wireless speaker with NFC™ Bluetooth.

Loaded with industry-leading innovations and 32W of power, this refined speaker delivers dazzling audio – the perfect accompaniment for your summer holiday! In addition, we’re also offering 22 Jump Street merchandise including a shot glass, t-shirt, barrel bag and 21 Jump Street Blu-ray.

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Mrs Brown’s Boys D’MOVIE TBC RELEASED 27 JUNE DIRECTOR Ben Kellett STARRING Brendan O’Carroll, Jennifer Gibney, Fiona O’Carroll, Eilish O’Carroll

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nlikely sitcom Mrs Brown’s Boys has become a genuine phenomenon over the last few years, romping to the front of the queue when it comes to ratings in its BBC1 time slot and managing to win the hearts of a nation – despite some rather naughty language and situations! It was only a matter of time before Agnes herself (or himself, seeing as she’s played by writer/creator Brendan O’Carroll) made the 20 odeon.co.uk

leap to the big screen. And seeing as the appeal of Mrs Brown is now reaching other countries – Australia is a recent convert, as the stage show has toured there – Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie could even become a global smash!

For those unfamiliar with the television series, Agnes Brown is a no-nonsense Irish mum who spends most of her time meddling in the affairs of her huge family. Confusingly, her daughter is played by

O’Carroll’s real-life wife and the rest of his family also snag roles in the show, which is often ad-libbed and performed without retakes if something goes wrong. The film version promises all the same laughs, shocks and catchphrases, as Mrs Brown and her gang battle to save their market stall from ruthless developers. Craziness ensues – all of it rather rude!

As O’Carroll himself observes, “We’re not the Waltons, that’s for sure...”

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Brendan O’Carroll as the unsinkable Agnes Brown.

Frankie Valli (John Lloyd Young) sings a song.

Jersey Boys TBC RELEASED 20 JUNE

DIRECTOR Clint Eastwood STARRING John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Vincent Piazza, Christopher Walken

Did You Know?

The 2013 Christmas Day episode of Mrs Brown’s Boys was the most-watched programme in the UK with 9.4 million viewers – even beating Doctor Who!

The Hollywood legend that is Clint Eastwood directs this film adaptation of the incredibly successful stage musical (currently playing in London’s West End, as well as on Broadway in New York).

Jersey Boys tells the story of Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons, a group of singers from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey, who managed to find fame and fortune thanks to such songs as Sherry, Who Loves You, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Walk Like A Man and Working My Way Back To You. The story follows the singers as they go from obscurity to national fame, thanks to appearances on such classic old-time shows as American Bandstand.

Keeping the format from the stage show, Jersey Boys features stunning musical numbers, solid performances from a cast of relative unknowns (plus Christopher Walken) and the gimmick of each singer breaking the ‘fourth wall’ to talk directly to the audience. If you like good music, this one’s for you. fanatical about film 21

Karen Gillan stars in this creepy horror.

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OCULUS 15 RELEASED 13 JUNE

DIRECTOR Mike Flanagan STARRING Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff, Rory Cochrane, Annalise Basso

Former Doctor Who star Karen Gillan – soon to be seen as a blue alien in Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy – takes the lead in this creepy horror film designed to shake you up! Oculus is the story of Kaylie Russell (Gillan) and

her brother Tim (Brenton Thwaites), who are separated as teenagers after the brutal death of their parents. Tim is accused of their murder and spends years in jail, while Kaylie struggles to exonerate him against overwhelming evidence. She eventually becomes convinced that a supernatural force was really responsible for the deaths – a force inhabiting an antique mirror, the Lasser

GRACE OF MONACO PG RELEASED 6 JUNE

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DIRECTOR Olivier Dahan STARRING Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, Frank Langella, Paz Vega

It was a fairytale come true – or so it seemed – when Hollywood actress Grace Kelly left her acting career behind to marry Monaco’s Prince Rainier III and become a real-life princess. It wasn’t quite as perfect as legend would make out, however, as Grace Of Monaco explores...

Starring Nicole Kidman, the film is set in the early ’60s and explores the period when the newest member of the royal family is adjusting to life as the wife of the Prince (Tim Roth).

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Glass, that hung in their home during their childhoods. As Kaylie and a newly released Tim investigate this mirror, they realise that their tragic story is not the only one tied to its seemingly innocuous presence. Not only that, the mirror is awake again and about to make their lives into a living nightmare one more time...

Scary, disturbing and just plain surreal at times, Oculus is a chilling horror treat!

Nicole Kidman as Princess Grace of Monaco.

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Matters are complicated by the growing tensions between Prince Rainier and French President Charles De Gaulle (André Penvern): tensions that could well result in the invasion of Monaco by French forces.

Against this historical backdrop, we learn more about the enigmatic Grace and her glamorous new life as Monaco’s new darling, with Kidman giving a sterling performance in the role.

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BELLE 12A RELEASED 13 JUNE

Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars in Belle.

DIRECTOR Amma Asante STARRING Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson, Tom Felton

Inspired by a famous work of art, painted in 1779, which features Lady Elizabeth Murray standing alongside her mixed-race cousin, Dido Elizabeth Belle, this film is a moving exploration of equality in a different age.

Both were real women who grew up together and their story – or to be exact, Dido’s story – is told on screen for the first time in Belle.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays Dido, the illegitimate daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral (Matthew Goode).

Unwilling to abandon her as a child despite the fact that his indiscretions with an African woman would cause a scandal, he takes the child

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to his rich family to be raised by her great-uncle Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) and his wife (Emily Watson). While she is accepted by them, Belle is also denied many things because of her skin colour. As the world

Jon Favreau hard at work in Chef.

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CHEF 15 RELEASED 27 june

DIRECTOR Jon Favreau STARRING Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman

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changes around her, Belle is the catalyst for Lord Mansfield to challenge one of history’s most shameful traditions: English slavery. As the story unfolds, Belle will move you in more ways than one.

who also writes and directs, Chef tells the story of Carl Casper, a chef in an ordinary job who wants to be extraordinary. Luckily for him, he has the talent to achieve this goal: his culinary creations are utterly amazing, although they don’t impress his boss (Dustin Hoffman). After taking advice from a friend (Robert Downey

Jr), Carl leaves his job and finds himself running a new business from a taco truck. And it’s not long before he decides to take a road trip from Miami to LA while getting re-acquainted with his son (Emjay Anthony).

Chef is a fun comedy with a sweet side, but it’s also a film you shouldn’t go in to see on an empty stomach!

One of little T.S. Spivet’s adventures.

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T.S. SPIVET 12A RELEASED 13 JUNE

DIRECTOR Jean-Pierre Jeunet STARRING Kyle Catlett, Helena Bonham-Carter, Callum Keith Rennie, Judy Davis

T.S. Spivet (Kyle Catlett) is a prodigiously clever kid who lives on a lonely ranch in Montana with the rest of his family: cowboy father (Callum Keith Rennie), insect-loving

mother (Helena BonhamCarter) and his two very different siblings. When T.S. is lucky enough to win a science competition, he decides that he must travel to the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC to give his acceptance speech.

Leaving his family an enigmatic goodbye note – which obviously doesn’t go down too well with them – he sets off on a long,

quirky and often dangerous journey across the USA to reach his goal... and learns about the world on the way.

Directed by Amélie’s JeanPierre Jeunet, this charming French/Canadian film is a delightful adventure with all of Jeunet’s renowned charm firmly in place, not to mention a spirited performance from its young star.

Are they ruthless killers or merely misunderstood?

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DEVIL’S KNOT TBC RELEASED 13 JUNE

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DIRECTOR Atom Egoyan starring Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Dane DeHaan, Alessandro Nivola

Based on a real-life case from the ’90s involving three men who became known as the West Memphis Three, Devil’s Knot dramatises the sequence

of events that led up to their arrest, with Colin Firth playing the private investigator who thinks they may actually be innocent. The film also follows Pamela (Reese Witherspoon, giving an Oscar-worthy performance), the mother of one of the three children whose murders sparks the entire affair. Were they killed

as part of a Satanic ritual, as the evidence suggests? And does she really believe that the teenagers arrested for this despicable crime genuinely committed the deed? Her search for the truth is a heartrending one. Solid support is given by a cast including Bruce Greenwood, Mireille Eros and Stephen Moyer. fanatical about film 25

THE ART OF the STEAL TBC RELEASED 20 JUNE

DIRECTOR Jonathan Sobol STARRING Kurt Russell, Jay Baruchel, Terence Stamp, Matt Dillon

This slick heist comedy doesn’t just boast a smooth and punchy plot that will leave you chuckling: it also benefits from a top-notch, charismatic cast.

It’s the story of the wonderfully named Crunch Calhoun, played

by Kurt Russell. He’s a washedup motorbike daredevil who used to be a professional art thief. After reaching the end of his stunt career, he makes the decision to pull off one final theft. So he reassembles his former team, a gang of ne’erdo-wells, alongside his brother Nicky (Matt Dillon), and together they plot to steal the most valuable book in the world:

Kurt Russell and Jay Baruchel ponder The Art Of The Steal.

the Gutenberg Bible. However, the duplicitous Nicky decides to implement another plan on top of Crunch’s, and the two men don’t realise that they’re working to separate agendas until all hell breaks loose... Soon the heist becomes bigger than either

of them could have imagined and their relationships are tested to the extreme. Oh, and could a touch of revenge be on the cards as well?

Funny, sharp and actionpacked, The Art Of The Steal is a buzz!

thriller, directed by McG and co-written by Luc Besson.

He plays a CIA agent working in Paris who is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter (Hailee Steinfeld) while also attempting to leave his dangerous job behind for good. This is rather complicated by the fact that he ends up poisoned by

a substance which will kill him in just three days – and the only way he’ll get the antidote is if he unwillingly completes a mission of murder!

With pulse-pounding action, exciting twists and turns and Costner on fine action form (look out, Neeson...), 3 Days To Kill is a riveting drama you can’t afford to miss!

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Kevin Costner fights for his life in Paris.

3 DAYS TO KILL 12A RELEASED 20 JUNE

DIRECTOR McG starring Kevin Costner, Hailee Steinfeld, Connie Nielsen, Amber Heard

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DIRECTORs Phil Lord, Chris Miller STARRING Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Nick Offerman

After the huge success of their original outing, 21 Jump Street, based on the classic TV show, Jonah Hill’s Schmidt and Channing Tatum’s Jenko are back to work some more undercover mojo. This time

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the two officers have finished cracking cases in high school and are graduating to work at a college, where they need to blend in as ordinary students to unmask the shady leaders of a crime ring.

With laughs aplenty and entertaining performances from Hill and Tatum, 22 Jump Street will delight you just as much as the first film did!

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Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley fall in love...

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS 12A released 19 JUNE

DIRECTOR Josh Boone STARRING Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Willem Dafoe, Laura Dern

Based on the acclaimed New York Times number one bestseller by John Green, The Fault In Our Stars tells the story of Hazel (Divergent’s Shailene Woodley), a teenager with cancer who takes her oxygen tank with her wherever she goes and has only limited

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optimism about the future. She meets Augustus (Ansel Elgort) at a cancer support group. He has a prosthetic leg after having fought off cancer himself. The two fall in love and decide to spend as much time as they have left having as much fun as they can. While everything looks rosy for them at first, some twists are looming on the horizon...

The Fault In Our Stars is a poignant love story with affecting performances.

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The boys are back in 22 Jump Street!

moment in time

Premiere pals Robert Downey Jr and wife Susan have some Iron Man 3 fun... obert Downey Jr seemed to have a great time at the premiere of Iron Man 3, which took place on 18 April 2013 at the ODEON Leicester Square. First he cuddled up to his wife Susan on the red carpet – including smooching for the assembled fans – and then the couple donned a pair of Iron Man gloves and played around for the cameras. He’s still enjoying his job, then! If you need a new Downey Jr fix, he will pop up this month in Chef, which opens on 27 June.

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How To Train Your Dragon 2 and more in the next issue of ODEON Magazine, out in cinemas on 27 June!

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