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Great movies over the school holidays The holidays are almost here and Christmas is only weeks away. The Rising Sun in Mareeba is into the mood of the season, with two great family holiday movies starting this week . New on screen is the HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 and a delightful Christmas family film LOVE THE COOPERS. Staring a great cast which includes John Goodman and Diane Keaton – both rated PG and great family viewing. Continuing for a second fantastic week is the sci-fi fantasy ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING. It's excellent fun leading into the holidays and has had terrific reviews.
The Drac pack is back for an all-new monster comedy adventure in Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania 2. Everything seems to be changing for the better at Hotel Transylvania... Dracula’s rigid monster-only hotel policy has finally relaxed, opening up its doors to human guests. But behind closed coffins, Drac is worried that his adorable half-human, half-vampire grandson, Dennis, isn’t showing signs of being a vampire. So while Mavis is busy visiting her human in-laws with Johnny - and in for a major cultural shock of her own “Vampa” Drac enlists his friends Frank, Murray, Wayne and Griffin to put Dennis through a “monster-in-training” boot camp. But little do they know that Drac’s grumpy and very old, old, old school dad Vlad is about to pay a family visit to the hotel. And when Vlad finds out that his great-grandson is not a pure blood - and humans are now welcome at Hotel Transylvania - things are going to get batty.
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ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING
In order to determine if they should destroy the Earth or not, eccentric aliens endow Neil Clarke (Simon Pegg), an unassuming teacher in North London, with the ability to make absolutely anything he wishes for happen. Once Neil realizes he has these new special powers, it takes him a few goes to get the hang of it, while the aliens are watching. Review by Louise Keller: Some wonderfully madcap ideas are wasted in this jumbled mess of a film that plays a bit like a sitcom at which everything except the kitchen sink is thrown. It's a real shame because I love the sense of ridiculous that Terry Jones' Monty Python brand of humour offers - a mix of puerile and black. The film plays out like a series of skits that offers a few chuckles here and there, but in the final analysis falls faultily flat and is frightfully forgettable. Everything hangs around Simon Pegg's sweet but hapless school teacher and would-be writer Neil, who cannot score on any level - at work or at play. He is unable to control his unruly students, get on the right side of his headmaster, get his book written and most importantly, get the girl. The girl is Neil's downstairs neighbor Catherine (Kate Beckinsale) who is seemingly fielding potential suitors from all directions. Grant, the gun-crazy American colonel played by Rob Riggle is the most visible and irritating, while Beckinsale lacks the comedic flair that would make her presence soar. By contrast, Joanna Lumley knows all about comedy and her cameo is far too short. The action flits back and forth between colourful, lumpy aliens in outer space (voiced by the Monty Python team), and a series of unlikely mishaps by Neil's clueless random earthling, as selected by the aliens.
LOVE THE COOPERS
Four generations of the Cooper family come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration. As the evening unfolds, a series of unexpected visitors and surprising revelations turn the night upside down, leading to a rediscovery of family bonds and the spirit of holiday.
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