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UK Cinema Releases: Friday 7th November 2008

by Ambrose Heron on 07/11/2008

NATIONAL RELEASES W. (Lionsgate): Oliver Stone’s quickly assembled biopic of George W Bush is a much more accomplished and thoughtful film than some UK reviews would have you believe. Starring Josh Brolin as Bush, it explores his life in flashback through the lens of the Iraq War in 2002-2004. An impressive cast includes Elizabeth Banks (Laura Bush), James [...]

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UK Cinema Releases: Friday 31st October 2008

by Ambrose Heron on 31/10/2008

NATIONAL RELEASES Quantum of Solace (Sony): The latets Bond film arrives at UK cinemas on a huge wave of expectation and hype, not least because it’s predecessor Casino Royale was the highest grossing Bond movie ever, but because Daniel Craig helped re-establish the character for a new generation. The plot takes off just minutes after [...]

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UK Cinema Releases: Friday 24th October 2008

by Ambrose Heron on 24/10/2008

NATIONAL RELEASES High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Disney): The third part of the Disney TV movie behemoth is all set to storm the UK. If you are over the age of 15 you might not know that this musical is probably the biggest kids phenomenon since, well, the last thing that was really popular. The [...]

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UK Cinema Releases: Friday 17th October 2008

by Ambrose Heron on 17/10/2008

NATIONAL RELEASES Burn After Reading (Universal): After the Oscar winning triumph of No Country For Old Men, the Coen Brothers return to more comic ground with this tale of a demoted CIA agent (John Malkovich) who loses the manuscript to his memoirs and then gets blackmailed by two clueless gym workers (Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt). [...]

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UK Cinema Releases: Friday 26th September 2008

by Ambrose Heron on 26/09/2008

NATIONAL RELEASES Righteous Kill (Lionsgate UK): Although there will be considerable interest in seeing Robert De Niro and Al Pacino team up for the first time since Heat (1995), I would be surprised if this routine cop thriller does any real business outside of the opening weekend. The two stars play veteran New York cops [...]

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