{"id":6317,"date":"2009-08-14T11:01:15","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T10:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=6317"},"modified":"2009-08-14T17:55:09","modified_gmt":"2009-08-14T16:55:09","slug":"uk-cinema-releases-friday-14th-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/08\/14\/uk-cinema-releases-friday-14th-august-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Cinema Releases: Friday 14th August 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NATIONAL RELEASES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aliens In The Attic<\/a><\/strong> (20th Century Fox): A adventure family film set in Maine, about a group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens. Starring Carter Jenkins, Ashley Tisdale<\/a>, Robert Hoffman, Henri Young, Regan Young and Austin Butler, it was directed by John Schultz<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Timed for the summer holidays, Fox will be hoping tweens and younger cinema goers (plus their parents of course) will make this a bigger hit than it was in the US, where mixed reviews<\/a> meant it never really took off<\/a>. [Vue West End & Nationwide \/ PG \/ Previews from Wednesday 12th]<\/p>\n

Bandslam<\/a><\/strong> (E1 Entertainment): An American musical-romantic comedy film that revolves around different teenagers, who all love music. Previously titled Will and Rock On, it was directed by Todd Graff<\/a> and stars Gaelan Connell, Aly Michalka, Vanessa Hudgens<\/a> (of HSM<\/a> fame) and Lisa Kudrow. <\/p>\n

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Produced by Walden Media and Summit Entertainment, it is getting a simultaneous UK and US release and the soundtrack features the likes of David Bowie<\/a>, Nick Drake<\/a> and The Velvet Underground<\/a>. It has generally earned positive reviews<\/a> so far, so E1 films may have their fingers crossed on it doing respectable business. [Vue West End & Nationwide \/ PG \/ Previews from Wednesday 12th]<\/p>\n

Imagine That<\/a><\/strong> (Paramount): A comedy-drama set in Denver about a workaholic father (Eddie Murphy) and his daughter (Yara Shahidi) whose imaginary world becomes the solution to her father’s success. <\/p>\n

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Directed by Karey Kirkpatrick<\/a>, it co-stars Thomas Haden Church, Martin Sheen and Ronny Cox (who last starred with Eddie Murphy in the Beverly Hills Cop films). It was a major commercial failure<\/a> in the US and is arriving here on a distinct lack of buzz so Paramount probably won’t be expecting it to make huge waves here. [Empire Leicester Square & Nationwide \/ PG]<\/p>\n

The Time Traveler’s Wife<\/a><\/strong> (Entertainment): An adaptation of the best-selling novel<\/a> by Audrey Niffenegger<\/a>, the story is about a Chicago librarian (Eric Bana<\/a>) has a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel when he is stressed, which obviously wreaks havoc with his relationship with an artist (Rachel McAdams<\/a>). <\/p>\n

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Although it isn’t likely to get great reviews the combination of the book’s success and Entertainment’s usual bus poster strategy might see this ensnare the female audience for this weekend. [Vue West End & Nationwide \/ 12A]<\/p>\n

A Perfect Getaway<\/a><\/strong> (Momentum Pictures): A thriller written and directed by David Twohy<\/a> about a Hawaiian honeymoon which turns dangerous for two lovers (Steve Zahn<\/a> and Milla Jovovich<\/a>) when they discover they are being stalked by a pair of killers (Timothy Olyphant<\/a> and Kiele Sanchez<\/a>). <\/p>\n

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It didn’t exactly set alight the US box office a week ago and, given the lack of buzz and star power, Momentum will be expecting only middling returns over here in a busy week. [C’Wlds Fulham Rd\/Haymarket, Vues Finchley Rd\/G’wich & N’wide \/ 15 \/ Previews from Wednesday 12th]<\/p>\n

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IN LIMITED RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sin Nombre<\/a><\/strong> (Revolver Entertainment): An acclaimed drama about immigrants trying to reach the US (the title is Spanish for \u201cwithout name\u201d) directed by Cary Fukunaga<\/a>. The story explores a young Honduran woman (Paulina Gaitan<\/a>) who wants to start a new life with her father and uncle in New Jersey and a Mexican gang member (Edgar Flores<\/a>) and his desire to escape his violent past. <\/p>\n

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The executive producers were Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna and the film is set, and was shot in, Torre\u00f3n<\/a> and Coahuila<\/a>, Mexico. It premiered at Sundance earlier this year where Cary Fukunaga won the Dramatic Directing Award and Adriano Goldman<\/a> won the Excellence in Cinematography Award and when it opened in the US in March it garnered rave reviews<\/a>. Revolver will be hoping the critical buzz translates into respectable art house box office. [Nationwide \/ 15]<\/p>\n

Mid-August Lunch<\/a><\/strong> (Artificial Eye): An unlikely change of pace for the creative team behind Gomorrah<\/a>, which is comedy about caring for the elderly. Written and directed by Gianni Di Gregorio<\/a>, who also stars in the lead role as a dissolute bachelor whose sole occupation is caring for his widowed mother (Valeria De Franciscis<\/a>). <\/p>\n

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Due to financial circumstances he has to look after two other octogenarians and it soon becomes a comic struggle he has to cope with. Positive reviews and good word of mouth could see this do decent art-house business, especially on DVD. <\/span>[Curzons Mayfair, Renoir, Richmond Filmhouse & Key Cities \/ Artificial Eye]<\/p>\n

Les Demoiselles de Rochefort<\/a><\/strong> (bfi Distribution): A BFI re-issue for this 1967 musical directed by Jacques Demy<\/a>, which stars Catherine Deneuve<\/a>, her sister Fran\u00e7oise Dorl\u00e9ac (who was killed in a car accident shortly after filming), Jacques Perrin, Michel Piccoli, Danielle Darrieux, George Chakiris, Grover Dale and Gene Kelly. The choreography was by Norman Maen. [BFI Southbank & Key Cities \/ PG]<\/p>\n

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> UK cinema releases for August 2009<\/a>
\n> DVD Picks for this week including Two Lovers and Californication Season 2<\/a> (W\/C Monday 10th August)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Including Aliens in the Attic, Bandslam, Imagine That, The Time Traveller’s Wife, A Perfect Getaway, Sin Nombre and Mid-August Lunch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1080,1064,1077,1078,1076,1079,535],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}