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10 Aug 26
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Starring Anne Hathaway, Ewan Mcgregor, Christian Convery, Maisy Stella |
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"I think our house, our neighbourhood, our whole street has moved," murmurs an incredulous Denise Platt (Anne Hathaway) to hubby Greg (Ewan McGregor) and kids Audrey and Brian (Maisy Stella, Christian Convery) in the teasing trailer of The End Of Oak Street. "How the hell is that even possible?" replies Greg.
How, indeed? Well, given this enigmatic, awe-inspiring spectacle is produced by maestro of the mysterious J.J. Abrams, who co-created the ultimate mystery box in Lost before directing such wrapped-in-wonder blockbusters as Star Trek, Super 8 and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the only way to find out is to watch it
Abrams rightly guards his cinematic secrets closer than the Platts come to driving off the end of their road and into the massive chasm that has suddenly appeared to hem them in. Even the trailer doesn't show much beyond a flash of white light that fills the Platts' home, and shots of the fearful family navigating the neighbourhood in their car, looking for escape. Meanwhile, glimpses of suburban streets, '80s fashion and kids on bikes might make viewers think of a filmmaker that Abrams has invited comparisons to before: Steven Spielberg, whose own masterful science-fiction movies (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind) perhaps inform The End Of Oak Street. Which brings us to the money shot that ends the trailer. Filmed from inside a house, out of a bedroom window, we witness people fleeing what appears to be a dinosaur. Yes, Spielberg's majestic Jurassic Park is also in the DNA of The End Of Oak Street. What is it that Greg said again? "How the hell is that even possible?"
What is certain is that this looks to be a movie that demands to be seen on a big screen, with an audience. It promises thrills and spills, eye-widening action and neat plot twists, and it's powered by Hathaway and McGregor, stars who are expert at fashioning characters we care for. More important still, it's directed by David Robert Mitchell, the man responsible for such stylish, propulsive, inventive treats as teen horror It Follows and noggin-noodling comedy-cult classic Under The Silver Lake. Expect an intelligent and spectacular genre movie that is intimate yet epic. Cosmic, even. And most of all, expect the unexpected. 
Jamie Graham
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