THE BOX 10 OFFICE TOP
(15)
Style confidently trumps substance in Drew Pearce’s intriguing dystopian thriller about a secret membership-only hospital for the criminal fraternity.
Set during a sweltering summer of civil unrest in futuristic los Angeles, Hotel Artemis dazzles with expertly choreographed fight sequences and pithy one-liners.
the writer-director is aided by a mesmerising lead performance from
MOre than 70 years after thomas the tank engine chugged out of the sidings in the railway Series penned by reverend Wilbert Awbry, the plucky blue locomotive embarks on his first round-the-world expedition in a gently paced computer-animated adventure.
the cast of cute, vehicles will be instantly familiar to pint-sized Jodie Foster as the agoraphobic clinician in charge of the hospital.
Shuffling down dimly lit corridors or staring forlornly into the camera with haunted, sunken eyes, the two-time Oscar-winner captures the desolation of a broken woman who is at the beck and call of her members, but seldom permits herself to forge lasting connections.
Hotel Artemis is a blood-smeared bauble, polished to a deceptive lustre by an excellent ensemble cast. fans (and their parents) of thomas’s small screen escapades and Stoten’s film retains the tV voice cast with the starry addition of Peter Andre as a selfabsorbed Australian racing car called Ace, whose careless actions threaten the safety of others.
thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! the Movie achieves its modest ambitions with colourful animation and occasional toots of humour.
All aboard for 85 minutes of undemanding entertainment.
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