ODEON Magazine December 2016 | Page 11
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Patriots Day
Denial
A gripping retelling of the
Boston Marathon bombing
A US historian must prove
the Holocaust took place
Brought to you
by Peter Berg, the
JAN
director of Lone
Survivor and Deepwater
Horizon, Patriots Day recalls
the true events that took
place on 15 April 2013, when
two pressure cooker bombs
exploded near the finish
line of the Boston Marathon,
killing three people and
injuring another 265.
The all-star cast includes
Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter)
as Sergeant Tommy Saunders,
Kevin Bacon (Apollo 13) as
FBI special agent Richard
DesLauriers and John
Goodman (The Monuments
Men) as Commissioner
Ed Davis – three men who
played pivotal roles both
that fateful day and during
the subsequent manhunt
for the terrorists responsible.
There were concerns before
the release of Deepwater
Horizon that it was too soon
after the tragedy to be making
a film, but the production
turned out to be a respectable,
thrilling affair that honoured
rather than exploited those
who had lost their lives. Expect
Patriots Day to be just as
heroic and meaningful.
Adapted from the
book History on
JAN
Trial: My Day in
Court With a Holocaust
Denier, this enthralling true
story sees American historian
Deborah Lipstadt (played by
the ever-wonderful Rachel
Weisz – accent-and-all) being
sued for libel by English author
and well-known Holocaust
denier David Irving (a brilliant
Timothy Spall) after she
named and shamed him as
a falsifier of history in her
book Denying the Holocaust.
Incredibly, as the burden
of proof is on the accused
in British courts, Lipstadt
must essentially prove this
mass World War Two slaughter
took place.
Boasting exceptional
performances from Weisz
(The Mercy) and Spall (Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire),
as well as fantastic supporting
turns from Tom Wilkinson
(Batman Begins), Andrew
Scott (Spectre) and Mark
Gatiss (TV’s Sherlock), Denial
is further proof that the most
gripping narratives are almost
always true. Even if you know
the outcome, don’t miss this
one. It’s truly compelling!
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TRAILER
BREAKDOWN
The Bye
Bye Man
0.11
“You hear the stories every
day – violent crimes, countless
victims, unthinkable acts!”
0.26
“You wonder what could
possess a person to do such
terrible things.”
0.33
“But it’s not a matter of what
made them do it…”
0.40
“…it’s a matter of who!”
The Bye Bye Man is in
cinemas from 13 January
• Tom Holland will make his debut as the Webbed Wonder in 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. Michael Keaton co-stars
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