ODEON Magazine Issue 100 - Sept / Oct 2017 | Page 28

My Little Pony: The Movie TBC So it turns out that dying isn’t as much fun as it looks! Watch the trailer Flatliners DIRECTOR Jayson Thiessen VOICES Uzo Aduba, Emily Blunt, Kristin Chenoweth, Taye Diggs TBC When a group of medical students attempts to play God, it’s not long before they’re paying the terrifying price... DIRECTOR Niels Arden Oplev starring Nina Dobrev, Ellen Page, James Norton, kiefer sutherland A sequel rather than a remake of the now-classic 1990 horror flick (which starred Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin and Kevin Bacon), Flatliners (2017) sees a new batch of medical students attempting the same experiment as the ’90s crew: 29 SEP namely, stopping their hearts for a short period of time then restarting them again. Playing God always, always, always backfires in the movies, though, and that’s exactly what happens here. Following an initial period of euphoria, Ellen Page (Juno) and her friends must face the horrifying consequences of journeying to the other side – with horrifying being the operative word! THE CLASS OF 1990 Kevin. Julia. Kiefer. William. The original Flatliners movie had a helluva cast. But what came next for them? Julia Roberts Kevin Bacon Won a Best Made so many movies Actress Oscar for her raw that an entire turn in Erin game was Brockovich. created Can next around him. be seen in Currently Wonder (out selling phones 8 December). for EE. 28 odeon.co.uk A colourful, song-filled adventure for all the family Kiefer Sutherland As Jack Bauer in TV’s 24, Kiefer had us hooked. He’s now POTUS in Netflix’s ace Designated Survivor. William Baldwin Got steamy with Sharon Stone in 1993’s Sliver. Has seven movies out this year and next. Phew! Hasbro’s My Little Pony toyline has been around since 1982, and yet these colourful small horses are as popular now as they were 35 years ago – if not more so. In fact, here’s a fun titbit for you: in 2015, the brand grossed more than $1 billion annually in retail sales, up from $600 million in 2013. That’s a phenomenal increase by any stretch of the imagination and goes someway to explaining how the producers of this film could afford such an incredible vocal cast. Seriously, the line-up includes Emily Blunt, Kristin Chenoweth, Liev Schreiber, Taye Diggs, Uzo Aduba and Zoe Saldana – wow! A magical animated adventure filled with colour and songs, My Little Pony: The Movie introduces us to a different breed of hero. With an evil force threatening the land of Equestria (do you see what they did there?), Twilight Sparkle and her pals must venture far beyond their h ome, where new friends and foes await. 20 OCT Watch the trailer