ODEON Magazine January 2017 | Page 8

Star Turns:

Matthew
McConaughey

Arrival

Best Picture, Director,
Actress, Actor,
Cinematography,
Original Score – Denis
Villeneuve’s wondrous
sci-fi drama could
take home the lot.

1. Dallas Buyers Club
2. Interstellar
3. The Lincoln Lawyer

Watch the trailer

Gold
The Jungle Jaunt

Hidden Figures

The Courtroom Showdown

The Smile Generator

Directed by Shakespeare
In Love’s John Madden,
this tense thriller sees Jessica
Chastain on electrifying form
as Elizabeth Sloane, a brilliant
and ambitious lobbyist
battling to push through
gun control legislation in
America. No easy task...
Awards potential:
Best Director, Actress.

NASA enlists the help of a trio
of brainy African-American
women in order to win the
Space Race with the Russians.
As the tagline puts it: “Meet
the women you don’t know.
Behind the mission you do!”
An absolute gem of a film
based on a true story.
Awards potential: Best
Picture, Adapted Screenplay.

See it from 10 February

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Hell or
High Water

See it from 3 February

Watch the trailer

Miss Sloane

Sully

A third Best Director
gong for Clint
Eastwood? He’s
certainly in the running.

with Edgar Ramírez’s zealous
geologist to hunt for gold in
the Indonesian wilderness.
Awards potential: Best
Actor, Supporting Actor.

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Photo: © 2016 EuropaCorp - France 2 Cinema

Inspired by gripping true
events, this rip-roaring
adventure thriller sees
hard-up businessman Matthew
McConaughey (an Oscar
winn er in 2014 for Dallas
Buyers Club) joining forces

Expect Best Actor
and Original Screenplay
nominations for this
excellent crime drama.

The Birth of
a Nation

If Nate Parker doesn’t
receive a Best
Director nomination
for this tale of a Deep
South slave waging
war against his
oppressors then it’ll
be a huge surprise.

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