CINEWORLD UNLIMITED SECRET SCREENING REVEALED

On Monday 17th June, Cineworld treated their Unlimited Card holders to a screening of a film that isn't out in the UK yet. There was no information given as to what the film was, people just had to go to a cinema, collect their ticket and turn up on the night.

Being the curious cinema-goer that I am, obviously I went along to this event and was excited to find out what the film to be shown was going to be. There were numerous possibilities running through my mind, including everything from Only God Forgives to Despicable Me 2, however when the lights went down and the projector started rolling, we found out that it was Louis Leterrier's new film, Now You See Me.

The film was really good, much better than I had expected it to be, with standout performances from Melanie Laurent and Dave Franco, it was a pleasure to watch and I couldn't be happier with the picture they choose to preview. Although the film is already out in the US, it doesn't premiere in the UK until early July, so the advanced screening was pretty cool in giving people who love cinema enough to pay for an annual pass a little treat to say thank you.

The film's plot was extremely interesting and well carried out. Characters looking directly at the camera whilst performing tricks made the audience feel almost as though they were at the magic show in the diegesis and it added to the excitement of the audience. For a film revolving around a group of normal magicians trying to gain entry into the elite circle of magicians, the action is constant and the tension in some scenes was almost too much, propelling the audience into a world of deceit and illusion.

This film exceeded my hopes, and I am glad for the secrecy of the Secret Screening, allowing people who perhaps wouldn't go out of their way to watch this film view it and perhaps open their mind to genres that they previously haven't payed much attention to.