{"id":7337,"date":"2009-12-26T23:21:20","date_gmt":"2009-12-26T23:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=7337"},"modified":"2009-12-26T23:42:49","modified_gmt":"2009-12-26T23:42:49","slug":"uk-cinema-releases-saturday-26th-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/12\/26\/uk-cinema-releases-saturday-26th-december-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Cinema Releases: Saturday 26th December 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Sherlock Holmes<\/a><\/strong> (Warner Bros.): After the copyright expired on the famous detective<\/a>, Hollywood studios scrambled<\/a> to make a big screen adaptation and this version sees Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his stalwart partner Watson (Jude Law) engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis (Mark Strong) whose has a fiendish plot.<\/p>\n

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Although the words ‘directed by Guy Ritchie’ can strike fear into the heart of any self-respecting film lover, box office prospects for this look pretty good, despite competition from Avatar and mixed reviews<\/a>. [Nationwide \/ 12A]<\/p>\n

Nowhere Boy<\/a><\/strong> (Icon): The feature film debut of artist Sam Taylor Wood<\/a> explores the teenage years of John Lennon<\/a> (Aaron Johnson<\/a>) and how they laid the groundwork for his future career as one of The Beatles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Although by no means flawless, the film does a good job of laying out the drama in Lennon’s early life and Johnson does a decent job filling the daunting shoes of Lennon. Supporting performances (especially Kristin Scott-Thomas and Anne Marie-Duff) are very good and the period detail is nicely evoked. [Nationwide \/ 15]<\/p>\n

Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakuel<\/a><\/strong> (20th Century Fox): The sequel to\u00a0the 2007 live-action\/CGI comedy<\/a> and\u00a0featurs the voices of Zachary Levi<\/a>,\u00a0David Cross<\/a>,\u00a0Wendie Malick<\/a>, and\u00a0Jason Lee<\/a>. This film features\u00a0Alvin and the Chipmunks<\/a> and their female counterparts,\u00a0The Chipettes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Directed by\u00a0Betty Thomas<\/a>, it should take a healthy bite out of the Christmas box office as it was released a few days ago and is one of the most family friendly films on release. [Nationwide \/ PG]<\/p>\n

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ALSO OUT<\/strong><\/p>\n

My Father My Lord<\/a><\/strong> (Artificial Eye): A belated UK release for this 2007 Israeli film about a rabbi, his wife and their child. Directed by\u00a0David Volach, it stars\u00a0Nitsam Bar, Assi Dayan and IIan Griff.\u00a0[Renoir & selected Key Cities \/ PG]<\/p>\n

The Queen Of Spades<\/a><\/strong> (Optimum Releasing\/ICO): A digital reissue for this classic supernatural drama directed by Thorold Dickinson (best known for directing Gaslight). Not seen in British cinemas since its original release in 1949, it is a theatrical taster for its release on DVD in the new year. [Curzon Mayfair, Phoenix East Finchley & Key Cities \/ PG]<\/p>\n

Dogging: A Love Story<\/a><\/strong> (Vertigo Films): A British drama about Geordies having anonymous sex in car parks. Directed by Simon Ellis, it stars Luke Treadaway and Kate Heppell.\u00a0\u00a0[Key Cities \/ 18]<\/p>\n

3 Idiots<\/a><\/strong> (Reliance MediaWorks): An\u00a0Indian<\/a> Bollywood<\/a> film directed by\u00a0Rajkumar Hirani<\/a>, starring\u00a0Aamir Khan<\/a>,\u00a0R. Madhavan<\/a>,\u00a0Sharman Joshi<\/a>,\u00a0Kareena Kapoor<\/a>, and\u00a0Boman Irani<\/a>.\u00a0Intriguingly it will also get released on\u00a0YouTube<\/a> three months after its theatrical release. [Cineworlds Feltham, Shaftesbury Ave, Vue G \/ 12A]<\/p>\n

>\u00a0Get local cinema showtimes for your area via Google Movies<\/a>
>\u00a0UK cinema releases for December 2009<\/a>
>\u00a0UK DVD & Blu-ray picks for 2009<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Including Sherlock Holmes, Nowhere Boy and Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakuel<\/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":[1252,1180,567],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337"}],"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=7337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}