Posts Tagged ‘Odeon’

Australia premiere

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Last night I went to the UK premiere of the new Baz Luhrmann film Australia at the Odeon in Leicester Square. Not usually my type of movie – and one you definitely can’t analyse too deeply – but I enjoyed it. It’s a very easy film to criticise and there are certainly flaws, but it’s a Hollywood epic so you can’t expect too much. It’s fun for all the family, and certainly better than most of the reviews would have you believe.

And I got to have another look at the lovely Compton Organ before the film began.

Odeon Cinema – Compton Organ

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

On Thursday I went to the premiere of the new Danny Boyle movie “Slumdog Millionaire“.

It was held at the Odeon cinema, Leicester Square, and one of the highlights of going to events there is the little guy who rises out of the stage prior to the film to give you a tune or two on his trusty Compton Organ. You can find more info on the organ here, and the current organist at the Odeon has his own website here.

The film was pretty good too.