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UK Cinema Releases: Friday 6th May 2011

Including Hanna, Water for Elephants and Priest

NATIONAL RELEASES

Hanna (Universal): Thriller about a 14-year-old (Saoirse Ronan), raised by her father (Eric Bana) to be an assassin, only to be pursued by shadowy government agents. Directed by Joe Wright and co-starring Cate Blanchett. [Nationwide / 12A]

Water For Elephants (20th Century Fox): Period drama about a veterinary student (Robert Pattinson) who abandons his studies after his parents are killed and joins a traveling circus as their vet. Directed by Francis Lawrence, it co-stars Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz. [Nationwide / 12A]

Priest (Sony Pictures): Action film about a warrior priest (Paul Bettany) who disobeys church law by teaming with a young sheriff (Cam Gigandet) and a priestess (Maggie Q) to track down a group of renegade vampires who kidnapped his niece. Directed by Scott Stewart. [Nationwide / 12A]

Something Borrowed (Entertainment): Romantic comedy about a young New York attorney (Ginnifer Goodwin) who ends up falling in love with her best friend’s fiancé. Directed by Luke Greenfield, it co-stars Kate Hudson, John Krasinski and Steve Howey. [Nationwide / 12A]

ALSO OUT

13 Assassins (Artificial Eye): Martial arts epic about a group of assassins who come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord. Directed by Takashi Miike, it stars Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yusuke Iseya, Goro Inagaki and Masachika Ichimura. [Selected cinemas / 15]

Everywhere and Nowhere (Axiom Films): A DJ comes into conflict with his parents in this drama about second-generation British Asians. Directed by Menhaj Huda, it stars James Floyd and Adam Deacon. [Selected cinemas / 15]

My Dog Tulip (Axiom Films): Animated film about a man who rescues a German shepherd and how the two become fast friends. Directed by Paul Fierlinger and Sandra Fierlinger, with the voices of Christopher Plummer, Lynn Redgrave and Isabella Rossellini [Selected cinemas / 12A]

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UK DVD & Blu-ray releases for Monday 2nd May 2011, including Midnight Cowboy and The Twilight Zone Season 1