Tag: 2010

Interesting Links of 2010

Post author By Ambrose Heron
Post date 31/12/2010

As an alternative to the current end-of-year lists here is a collection of film-related links to things that caught my eye during 2010.

The spectrum is pretty broad but ranges from the location of the crop-dusting sequence in North By Northwest, James Dean punching Ronald Regan, an unaired Orson Welles TV pilot (genius) and a graphic explaining Inception.

iPad discussion on Charlie Rose: A roundtable talk with Walt Mossberg of the WSJ, David Carr of the NYT and Michael Arrington of TechCrunch about one of the gadgets of the year.
Sam Neill as James Bond: Footage of the Australian actor doing a screen test for 007 back in the mid-1980s.
Location of the Crop Dusting Sequence in North By Northwest: Check out where Hitchcock filmed one of his most famous sequences of Google Maps.
Esquire’s profile of Roger Ebert: Chris Jones profiled the veteran film critic as he battles with cancer and connects with a new audience online.
Steve Jobs and John Lasseter discuss Pixar in 1996: A Charlie Rose roundtable which makes for fascinating viewing in light of their subsequent success.
Gordon Willis talks about The Godfather: The legendary cinematographer talks about his landmark work on The Godfather films.
Alfred Hitchcock on Editing: Some wise words from Hitchon the art of film editing with special reference to Psycho (1960)
Bernard Herrmann Radio Interview: An interesting radio interview with the man who scored Citizen Kane, Psycho and Taxi Driver.
Why Letterbox is preferred over Fullscreen: A short video explaining why maintaining the original aspect ratio of a film is important.
Francis Ford Coppola’s notebook for The Godfather: The director’s insanely detailed notebook is revealing of his passion for the film and maybe a key reason it turned out so well.
YouTube Five Years On: A birthday promo which reminds us of the extraordinary journey the site has been on in the last five years.
James Dean and Ronald Reagan in The Dark, Dark Hours: Video of James Dean and Ronald Reagan acting together in a live 1954 TV drama.
Alfred Hitchcock Cameos: A montage of the director’s famous cameos.
Henry Murals: Inspiring short documentary about artist Ryan Henry Ward painting a mural for an elementary school in Seattle
Oliver Stone’s Last Year in Vietnam: The director talks about his 1971 student film.
Write the Future: Three-minute ad for the World Cup directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu
David Lynch’s Lady Blue Shanghai: A handbag advert for Dior directed by Lynch, starring Marion Cotillard.
People of the Exodus: Adam Curtis posts a fascinating documentary which had striking parallels with current events in the Middle East.
James Cameron talks at D8: The director talks with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher about the BP oil spill, the movie release window and re-releasing Titanic in 3D.
Meet Marlon Brando: Hilarious footage of Brando doing a press junket in 1965 for Morituri.
The Orson Welles Show: Hilarious clips from the unaired Orson Welles TV show from 1979, featuring Burt Reynolds, The Muppets and Angie Dickinson.
Inception Timeline Graphic: A graphic by dehahs at DeviantART that visualises Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster.
Batman logos in early Christopher Nolan films: Eeerie early glimpses of Batman in Following (1998) and Memento (2000).
John Ford BBC interview from 1968: The famous director is hilariously grumpy and the interviewer is exceedingly posh.
Ingmar Bergman on The Dick Cavett Show: An interview with the Swedish director from 1971
Blade Runner Revisited >3.6 Gigapixels: An amazing short film from François Vautier inspired by Ridley Scott’s 1982 classic.
The Atomic Studio: The story of the men who filmed atomic explosions during the Cold War.
The Opening Titles of Seven: Matt Zoller Seitz and Aaron Aradillas have taken an in-depth look at the opening credits of Seven.
Eric Stolz in Back to the Future: Video of the original Marty McFly in Back to the Future.
Matthew Weiner talks Mad Men on KCRW: Lengthy interview with the creator of the best show on television.
31 Facts About Halloween: 31 facts about John Carpenter’s classic 1978 horror film
Fear on Film Roundtable Discussion: A roundtable interview featuring John Landis, John Carpenter and David Cronenberg talking about horror films in 1982
Charles Ferguson on CBS: The director of Inside Job discusses his documentary about the financial crisis with Katie Couric.
Robert Downey Jr’s Volvo Ad: The Iron Man star appeared in a long form Volvo commercial directed by Stephen Frears.
Anatomy of a Movie Poster: The different influences on the retro poster for The American.
Memento Visualisations: Some interesting graphic visualisations of Christopher Nolan’s film by Density Design.
Inception in Real-Time: Someone has edited together the heist in Inception so that it plays in real time.
The Death of John Lennon: Archive footage of John Lennon’s death being reported on December 8th 1980
Kinect meets Minority Report: A group at MIT has created a hand-detection system using Microsoft’s Kinect sensor device.
The Sound of Black Swan: Soundworks reveal how the sounds of Black Swan were achieved.
iSPEC by Joseph Kosinski: An incredible short film based on The Shining that demonstrated Joseph Kosinski’s early talent.
The Legacy of Tron: How the New York Times saw the original Tron in 1982.

Any interesting links you’d like to share? Leave them below.

> The Best Films of 2010
> 2010 in Film at Wikipedia

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Viral Video

Cinema 2010

Post author By Ambrose Heron
Post date 28/12/2010

It is that time of year when film compilations start cropping up on YouTube and this one by Kees van Dijkhuizen does a good job of distilling the year in movies down to 5 minutes and 38 seconds.

> 2010 in Film at Wikipedia
> The Best Films of 2010

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The Way Back

Post author By Ambrose Heron
Post date 23/12/2010

An epic escape from a Russian gulag during World War II forms the backdrop for Peter Weir’s first film in seven years.

Loosely based on Slavomir Rawicz’s book “The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom” (more of which later), The Way Back begins with an soldier named Janusz (Jim Sturgess) being sent to a remote Siberian prison camp on trumped up charges of spying.

After enlisting the help of inmates to escape, including an ex-pat American (Ed Harris) and a tough gang member (Colin Farrell), the group venture on a massive trek across Asia where they meet an orphan (Saoirse Ronan), struggle to survive and attempt to reach the safety of India.

Weir shoots everything with convincing detail: the prison camp is believably hellish and the landscapes form a frequently stunning backdrop as the prisoners venture across sub-zero Russia, the Gobi Desert and the Himalayas on their way to India.

Visually, the film feels grittier than one might expect, with D.P. Russell Boyd appearing to use a lot of natural light and the splendour of the landscapes are frequently intercut with shots of blisters and the physical cost of the journey.

The performances all round are solid: Sturgess and Harris stand out as the two lynchpins of the group; Farrell is charmingly gruff; Ronan has presence and depth and Mark Strong is believably seductive as a prison camp veteran with his own agenda.

As a narrative experience, the initial tension of the prison break quickly becomes a fight for survival as the group struggle to eat, stay warm and avoid all manner of hardships involving the harsh landscape.

This means that it lacks conventional tension, but there is a certain pleasure in the gruelling sprawl of the story as they keep moving across a bewildering variety of landscapes and adverse weather conditions on their 4,000-mile trek.

Sequences that particularly stand out are the initial prison break in a blizzard, a lake infested with mosquitoes, a harsh desert which drives them to the brink and the latter stages which involve some famous Asian landmarks.

For the most part it is absorbing and features well drawn characters, even though it occasionally suffers from the problem of mixing English and native dialogue, which in the modern era diminishes the overall authenticity of the film.

The film hinges on the central character’s desire to get back home (hence the title) to see his wife, which we see in a recurring vision, and it is hard not to be moved by the climactic depiction of the personal set against the historical.

But although The Way Back is an undeniably powerful experience, there is a problem at the very heart of the adaptation which directly relates to the original book that inspired it.

Although Rawicz’s account was acclaimed for a number of years, in 2006 the BBC discovered records that essentially debunked his version of events, even though there is evidence to suggest that the journey may have been undertaken by other people.

Peter Weir was fully aware of the controversy surrounding the book when he made the film, hence certain key changes, and overall it demonstrates the taste, tact and intelligence that has informed his career.

But given the extraordinary nature of the journey there is something dispiriting about finding out the truth about Rawicz, even if the actual trek may have been done by someone else.

It remains a powerful and handsomely constructed piece of cinema but also suffers from the shady origins of its source material.

> Official site
> The Way Back at the IMDb
> BBC News story on the controversy surrounding the book and its road to the screen

Tags 2010, another year, best films of 2010, black swan, carlos, enter the void, exit through the gift shop, inception, inside job, the fighter, the kids are alright, the king's speech, the social network, toy story 3

Cinema Lists

The Best Films of 2010

Post author By Ambrose Heron
Post date 18/12/2010

As usual these are my favourite films of the year in alphabetical order (just click on each title for more information).

THE BEST FILMS OF 2010

Animal Kingdom (Dir. David Michôd): The outstanding debut feature from director David Michôd is a riveting depiction of a Melbourne crime family headed by a sinister matriarch.

Another Year (Dir. Mike Leigh): A moving, bitter-sweet drama about relationships, filled with great acting, is arguably the peak of Mike Leigh’s career.

Biutiful (Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu): Searing exploration of life and death in a modern European city, featuring a tremendous central performance from Javier Bardem.

Black Swan (Dir. Darren Aronofsky): Swan Lake is retold with glorious intensity, channelling Polanski and Cronenberg whilst giving Natalie Portman the role of a lifetime.

Carlos (Dir. Olivier Assayas): Scintillating and immersive depiction of a 1970s terrorist with a tremendous performance by Edgar Ramirez.

Enter the Void (Dir. Gaspar Noé): Technically dazzling depiction of a dead drug dealer that also features what is possibly the greatest opening title sequence of all time.

Exit Through The Gift Shop (Dir. Banksy): An ingenious and hilarious hall of mirrors which is brilliantly executed and so much more than a ‘Banksy documentary’.

Inception (Dir. Christopher Nolan): The ingenious puzzles of Christopher Nolan’s early films were given the scale of his blockbusters in this hugely ambitious sci-fi actioner.

Inside Job (Dir. Charles Ferguson): Devastating documentary about the financial crisis which plays like a heist movie, only this time it is the banks robbing the people.

Tabloid (Dir. Errol Morris): The media feeding frenzy surrounding a bizarre 1970s sex scandal provided Errol Morris with the raw material for one of the most entertaining documentaries in years.

The Fighter (Dir. David O’Russell): A boxing story which follows a familiar path but remains energetic, inspirational and funny, with Christian Bale on career-best form.

The Kids Are Alright (Dir. Lisa Cholodenko): A perfectly pitched comedy-drama that explores modern family life with genuine heart and humour.

The King’s Speech (Dir. Tom Hooper): Wonderfully crafted period drama with two brilliant lead performances and a moving story filled with hilarious one liners.

The Social Network (Dir. David Fincher): The inside story of Facebook is a riveting tale of ambition and betrayal, which sees Fincher, Sorkin and a young cast firing on all cylinders.

Toy Story 3 (Dir. Lee Unkrich): The ground breaking animated series gets a worthy final chapter whilst maintaining Pixar’s impeccable standards of story and animation.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

127 Hours (Dir. Danny Boyle)
Blue Valentine (Dir. Derek Cianfrance)
Catfish (Dir. Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost)
Four Lions (Dir. Chris Morris)
Let Me In (Dir. Matt Reeves)
Restrepo (Dir. Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger)
Somewhere (Dir. Sofia Coppola)
The American (Dir. Anton Corbijn)
The Ghost Writer (Dir. Roman Polanski)
The Illusionist (Dir. Sylvain Chomet)
Winter’s Bone (Dir. Debra Granik)

> Find out more about the films of 2010 at Wikipedia
> End of year lists at Metacritic
> The Best DVD and Blu-ray Releases of 2010

Tags 2010, another year, best films of 2010, biutiful, black swan, carlos, enter the void, exit through the gift shop, inception, inside job, tabloid, the fighter, the kids are alright, the king's speech, the social network, toy story 3

Viral Video

Filmography 2010

Post author By Ambrose Heron
Post date 14/12/2010

270 films released in 2010 have been edited to form this extended six minute montage.

YouTube user Gen I has cut them to six music tracks and the result is impressive:

Music Used

1. Ratatat – Nostrand [Link]
2. Kanye West – Power [Link]
3. Rooney – Not In My House [Link]
4. Apartment – Fall Into Place [Link]
5. Civil Twilight – Letters from the Sky [Link]
6. SUNBEARS! – Little Baby Pines [Link]

Full list of films (in order of appearance)

01. Iron Man 2
02. The Social Network
03. Saw 3D
04. TRON: Legacy
05. Never Let Me Go
06. Legion
07. The Book of Eli
08. Easy A
09. The Runaways
10. Farewell
11. Kick-Ass
12. Jonah Hex
13. Harry Brown
14. The Sorceror’s Apprentice
15. Percy Jackson & The Olympics: The Lightning Thief
16. Despicable Me
17. Stone
18. Dinner For Schmucks
19. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
20. Hereafter
21. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
22. Black Swan
23. Howl
24. Faster
25. Casino Jack
26. Casino Jack and the United States of Money
27. Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, and Rebel
28. Waiting for Superman
29. Inception
30. Resident Evil: Afterlife
31. The Town
32. The Expendables
33. The A-Team
34. The American
35. The Concert
36. The Tempest
37. Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
38. The Tourist
39. Metropia
40. Burlesque
41. Love Ranch
42. Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
43. The Warrior’s Way
44. Twelve
45. Going The Distance
46. Chain Letter
47. Catfish
48. Machete
49. Step Up 3D
50. Devil
51. Clash of the Titans
52. Countdown to Zero
53. Jackass 3D
54. Alice in Wonderland
55. Buried
56. Red
57. Mesrine
58. Predators
59. MacGruber
60. Robin Hood
61. Green Zone
62. The Way Back
63. Due Date
64. Daybreakers
65. Knight and Day
66. Heartbreaker
67. The Karate Kid
68. Secretariat
69. Middle Men
70. Repo Men
71. Hot Tub Time Machine
72. All Good Things
73. Skyline
74. Animal Kingdom
75. Fair Game
76. Paper Man
77. Eclipse
78. Megamind
79. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
80. True Grit
81. Accidents Happen
82. Date Night
83. Perrier’s Bounty
84. Killers
85. How To Train Your Dragon
86. The Other Guys
87. Unstoppable
88. Leap Year
89. Cop Out
90. When In Rome
91. Centurion
92. Salt
93. Takers
94. Barney’s Version
95. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
96. The Winning Season
97. Just Wright
98. Legendary
99. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
100. Ong Bak 3
101. Rogues Gallery
102. Defendor
103. District 13: Ultimatum
104. Conviction
105. The Losers
106. The Disappearance of Alice Creed
107. Brooklyn’s Finest
108. Wild Target
109. Four Lions
110. The King’s Speech
111. Boogie Woogie
112. 127 Hours
113. Somewhere
114. Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll
115. Letters to Juliet
116. The Kids are All Right
117. Sex and the City 2
118. Vampires Suck
119. Love and Other Drugs
120. Life As We Know It
121. Blue Valentine
122. Jolene
123. The Extra Man
124. The Last Song
125. Our Family Wedding
126. Morning Glory
127. Greenberg
128. Remember Me
129. Please Give
130. Certified Copy
131. The Last Exorcism
132. Peacock
133. Flipped
134. Cemetery Junction
135. I Love You Phillip Morris
136. Toy Story 3
137. The Romantics
138. Welcome to the Rileys
139. I’m Still Here
140. Get Him To The Greek
141. The Yellow Handkerchief
142. The Greatest
143. The Virginity Hit
144. Furry Vengeance
145. Eat Pray Love
146. Don McKay
147. Solitary Man
148. Cyrus
149. Case 39
150. Dear John
151. The Good Guy
152. Jack Goes Boating
153. You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger
154. Leaves of Grass
155. How Do You Know
156. Death at a Funeral
157. Tamara Drewe
158. The Killer Inside Me
159. The Back-Up Plan
160. Another Year
161. Great Directors
162. The Ghost Writer
163. Splice
164. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
165. The Wolfman
166. Piranha
167. A Nightmare on Elm Street
168. Charlie St. Cloud
169. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
170. Biutiful
171. The Lovely Bones
172. Monsters
173. Cairo Time
174. The Crazies
175. Valhalla Rising
176. Ondine
177. It’s Kind Of A Funny Story
178. Stolen Lives
179. Creation
180. Chloe
181. The Debt
182. Princess Ka’iulani
183. Like Dandelion Dust
184. Shutter Island
185. Inhale
186. Heartless
187. Rabbit Hole
188. Let Me In
189. Hemingway’s Garden of Eden
190. The Fighter
191. From Paris With Love
192. Shrek Forever After
193. The Next Three Days
194. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole
195. Spring Fever
196. Stonewall Uprising
197. Smash His Camera
198. My Soul To Take
199. Life During Wartime
200. The Joneses
201. Mr. Nobody
202. The Good Heart
203. The Lottery
204. Leaving
205. Night Catches Us
206. Nowhere Boy
207. Babies
208. Barry Munday
209. Tooth Fairy
210. Yogi Bear
211. The Borrowers
212. You Again
213. Standing Ovation
214. Soul Kitchen
215. Multiple Sarcasms
216. The Nutcracker in 3D
217. The Last Airbender
218. Youth in Revolt
219. Edge of Darkness
220. Last Night
221. Extraordinary Measures
222. Ramona and Beezus
223. Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
224. Alpha and Omega
225. Tangled
226. Marmaduke
227. Grown Ups
228. Inside Job
229. Gulliver’s Travels
230. The Spy Next Door
231. The Dry Land
232. Tiny Furniture
233. La mission
234. City Island
235. Letters to God
236. She’s Out of My League
237. Lottery Ticket
238. Wonderful World
239. The Infidel
240. Holy Rollers
241. Why Did I Get Married Too?
242. Paranormal Activity 2
243. Frozen
244. The Switch
245. Finding Bliss
246. Made in Dagenham
247. For Colored Girls
248. Crazy on the Outside
249. The Last Station
250. The Bounty Hunter
251. I’m Here
252. I Am Love
253. Red Hill
254. Country Strong
255. Peepli Live
256. Oceans
257. Sanctum
258. Little Fockers
259. Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
260. Exit Through The Gift Shop
261. Winter’s Bone
262. Get Low
263. Fish Tank
264. Valentine’s Day
265. The Tillman Story
266. The Company Men
267. Tales from Earthsea
268. Spoken Word
269. To Save A Life
270. Hubble 3D

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UK Cinema Releases: 2010

Post author By Ambrose Heron
Post date 14/01/2010

Here is the schedule for UK cinema releases in 2010.

The information is subject to change but hopefully this will be a useful guide to what’s out in the coming months.

The format is the film’s title in bold, followed by the certificate, distributor and then the cinema release it will get.

N.B. As a lot of these haven’t been certified by the BBFC yet, ‘TBC’ denotes that it is To Be Certified, whilst D denotes that it will be screened via digital projection at certain cinemas.

JANUARY 2010

FRIDAY 1st JANUARY

Did You Hear About The Morgans? (PG) / Sony Pictures
Post Grad (12A) / 20th Century Fox
Spread (15) / Optimum
I’m Gonna Explode (15) / Artificial Eye
Tokyo Story (U) (R/I) / BFI

TUESDAY 5th JANUARY

It Might Get Loud (PG) / Blue Dolphin

FRIDAY 8th JANUARY

Daybreakers (15) / Lionsgate UK
Exam (15) / Hazeldine Films/Miracle
It’s Complicated (15) / Universal
Mugabe and the White African / Dogwoof
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (15) / Entertainment
The Road (15) / Icon

FRIDAY 15th JANUARY

44 Inch Chest (18) / Momentum Pictures
All About Steve (12A) / 20th Century Fox
Crude / Dogwoof
The Book of Eli (15) / Entertainment
Up In The Air (15) / Paramount
Still Walking (U) / New Wave Films

FRIDAY 22nd JANUARY

A Prophet (18) / Optimum
Armored (12A) / Sony
Brothers (15) / Lionsgate UK
The Boys Are Back (12A) / Walt Disney
Toy Story 2 3D (U) / Walt Disney
Blur: No Distance Left To Run / Arts Alliance
Burlesque Undressed (15) / More2Screen
Ninja Assassin (18) / Warner Bros.
Veer / Eros

FRIDAY 29th JANUARY

Adoration (15) / New Wave Films
Edge of Darkness / Icon
Precious: A Novel by Sapphire (15) / Icon
The Princess And The Frog (U) / Walt Disney
Breathless / Terracotta Distribution
Late Autumn (PG) / bfi Distribution

FEBRUARY 2010

FRIDAY 5th FEBRUARY

Astro Boy (PG) (D) / E1 Entertainment / Empire Leicester Square & Natiowide (Previews 30/31 Jan)
Holy Water (D) / Kaleidoscope/Centurion / Key Cities
Invictus (12A) / Warner Bros. / Nationwide
The Island / Artificial Eye / Curzon Renoir & selected Key Cities (fm 19 Feb)
Oil City Confidential (15) (D) / Arts Alliance / London & Nationwide (Previews 2 Feb)
Tony (18) / Revolver Entertainment / London & Key Cities
Youth In Revolt (15) / Paramount/Momentum / Vues Fulham Broadway, Islington, West End & Nationwide
Malice In Wonderland / Kaleidoscope Entertainment (Key Cities)

FRIDAY 12th FEBRUARY

Anonyma: A Woman In Berlin / Metrodome
Battle For Terra (3D) / The Works / Empire Leicester Square & Nationwide
Beyond The Pole (D) / Shooting Pictures / ICA Cinema (Key Cities from March TBC)
Food, Inc / Dogwoof
Letter From An Unknown Woman (R/I) (U) / bfi Distribution / BFI Southbank, Everyman Hampstead & Key Cities
Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief / 20th Century Fox
Ponyo (U) / Optimum Releasing
Pretty Woman (R/I)(15) / Park Circus / Cineworld Haymarket & Nationwide
A Single Man (12A) / Icon
Takeshis / Artificial Eye / Curzon Renoir
Valentine’s Day / Warner Bros.
Winter In Wartime (D) / Kaleidoscope Entertainment / Key Cities
The Wolfman / Universal

FRIDAY 19th FEBRUARY

A Closed Book (15) / Eyeline Ent/ Atlantic Film
Black Death / Revolver Entertainment
Crazy Heart (15) / 20th Century Fox
Everybody’s Fine / Walt Disney / West End (Nationwide from 26 Feb)
The Headless Woman / New Wave Films
The Last Station (15) / Optimum Releasing
The Lovely Bones (12A) (D) / Paramount / Odeon Leicester Square & Nationwide
Solomon Kane / Entertainment
The Unloved / ICA Films / ICA Cinema & selected Key Cities

FRIDAY 26th FEBRUARY

Capitalism: A Love Story (12A) / Paramount
The Crazies / Paramount/Momentum
Extraordinary Measures (PG) / Sony Pictures
Freestyle / Revolver Entertainment
From Paris With Love / Warner Bros.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (R/I) Park Circus / BFI Southbank & Key Cities
Leap Year (PG) / Optimum Releasing
Micmacs (12A) (D) / E1 Entertainment / Cineworld Haymarket, Curzons Mayfair, Soho & Nationwide
Milenge Milenge / Eros
A Chinese She / Optimum Releasing

MARCH 2010

FRIDAY 5th MARCH

Alice In Wonderland In (3D) & IMAX / Walt Disney
Case 39 (15) / Paramount / Nationwide
Chloe / Optimum Releasing
Father Of My Children / Artificial Eye
Legion / Sony Pictures
Motherhood (15) / Metrodome
Ondine / Paramount
The Shouting Men (D) / Kaleidoscope Entertainment Key Cities

FRIDAY 12th MARCH

The Blind Side (12A) / Warner Bros.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo / Momentum Pictures
Green Zone / Universal
The Kreutzer Sonata / Axiom Films / Key Cities
Shutter Island / Paramount

WEDNESDAY 17th MARCH

The Bounty Hunter / Sony Pictures
I Love You Phillip Morris / E1 Entertainment

FRIDAY 19th MARCH

Dirty Oil (D) / Dogwoof / Key Cities
The Ghost / Optimum Releasing
My Last Five Girlfriends / Paramount
Old Dogs (PG) / Walt Disney
The Scouting Book For Boys / WarnerBros/Pathe
Valhalla Rising / Vertigo Films

FRIDAY 26th MARCH

Clash Of The Titans / Warner Bros.
Extract / Paramount
Lion’s Den / Axiom Films / Key Cities
Nanny Mcphee 2 / Universal
No One Knows About Persian Cats / Network Releasing / Curzon Soho & Key Cities
Perrier’s Bounty (15) / Optimum Releasing
Shank / Revolver Entertainment

WEDNESDAY 31ST MARCH

How To Train Your Dragon 3D / Paramount

APRIL 2010

FRIDAY 2nd APRIL

City Of War / Metrodome
Double Take / Soda Pictures
Kick-Ass / Universal
L’Affaire Farewell / The Works
Lourdes / Artificial Eye
Paathshala / Eros
Psycho (R/I) / Universal
Remember Me / E1 Entertainment
Samson & Delilah / Trinity Filmed Entertainment
The Spy Next Door / Momentum Pictures

FRIDAY 9th APRIL

Date Night / 20th Century Fox
I Am Love / Metrodome
I Know You Know / Network Releasing / Apollo Piccadilly Circus & Key Cities (Previews fm 5 Apl)
Shelter / Icon
Whip It! / Lionsgate UK

FRIDAY 16TH APRIL

Alpha And Omega / Lionsgate UK
Boogie Woogie / Vertigo Films
City Of Life And Death (D) / High Fliers Films / Curzon Mayfair, Gate & Key Cities
Cop Out / Warner Bros.
Dear John / Paramount/Momentum
Kicks / New Wave Films
The Losers / Optimum Releasing
Mardi Gras / Sony Pictures
New York, I Love You / The Works
Cemetery Junction / Sony Pictures

FRIDAY 23rd APRIL

Centurion / Warner Bros/Pathe
Dogtooth (18) / Verve Pictures
Housefull / Eros
The Infidel / Revolver Entertainment
It’s A Wonderful Afterlife / Icon
La Danse / Soda Pictures
Life During Wartime / Artificial Eye
Repo Men / Universal

FRIDAY 30th APRIL

The Disappearance Of Alice Creed (18) / CinemaNX Distribution / Nationwide
Greenberg / Universal
Iron Man 2 / Paramount
John Rabe / Metrodome
The Last Song / Walt Disney
Vincere / Artificial Eye

MAY 2010

FRIDAY 7th MAY

The Back-Up Plan / Sony Pictures
The Bad Lieutenant / Lionsgate UK
Furry Vengeance / E1 Entertainment
Gentlemen Broncos / 20th Century Fox
Nightmare On Elm Street / Warner Bros.
The Rebound (15) / Paramount/Momentum

FRIDAY 14th MAY

Last Night / Walt Disney
Revanche / Artificial Eye
Robin Hood / Universal

FRIDAY 21st MAY

Hippie Hippie Shake / Universal
The Killer Inside Me / Icon
Lebanon / Metrodome
Letters To Juliet / E1 Entertainment
Prince Of Persia / Walt Disney
Streetdance (3D) / Vertigo Films

FRIDAY 28th MAY

The Happiest Girl In The World / Soda Pictures
Rec 2 / E1 Entertainment
Sex And The City 2 / Warner Bros.
The Tooth Fairy / 20th Century Fox

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JUNE 2010

WEDNESDAY 2nd JUNE

4.3.2.1 (15) / The Works
Death At A Funeral (15) / Sony Pictures

FRIDAY 4th JUNE

Bear (15) / Metrodome Distribution
The Brothers Bloom (12A) / Optimum Releasing
Girl On The Train / Soda Pictures
Kicks (15) / New Wave Films
The Killer Inside Me (18) / Icon
She’s Out Of My League (15) / Paramount
Shrink (15) / Lionsgate UK
Videocracy (15) / Dogwoof

MONDAY 7th JUNE

Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage (15) / Arts Alliance

WEDNESDAY 9th JUNE

Brooklyn’s Finest (18) / Momentum Pictures
Letters To Juliet (PG) / E1 Entertainment

FRIDAY 11th JUNE

Black Death (15) / Revolver Entertainment
Bronco Bullfrog (15) (R/I) / bfi Distribution
Greenberg (15) / Universal
H2Oil (12A) / Dogwoof
Shed Your Tears And Walk Away / ICO/Bungalow Town
Women Without Men (15) / Artificial Eye

FRIDAY 18th JUNE

Ajami (15) / Vertigo Films
Hierro (12A) / Optimum Releasing
Journey To Mecca (PG) / SK Films
Killers (12A) / Lionsgate UK
MacGruber (15) / Universal
Our Family Wedding (12A) / 20th Century Fox

Please Give (15) / Sony Pictures
Raavan (12A) / Ayngaran
Rashomon (12A) (R/I) / bfi Distribution
Trash Humpers / Warp Films/Alcove Entertainment
Wild Grass / New Wave Films
Wild Target (12A) / Entertainment

FRIDAY 25th JUNE

Breathless: 50th Anniversary (PG)(R/I) / Optimum Releasing
The Collector (18) / Icon
Get Him To The Greek (15) / Universal
Good Hair (12A) / Icon
Tetro (15) / Soda Pictures
Villa Amalia (PG) / Peccadillo Pictures
Whatever Works (12A) / Warner Bros.
When In Rome (PG) / Walt Disney

JULY 2010

FRIDAY 2nd JULY

The Ballroom (15) / Matchbox Films
Crimefighters / Picturehouse Cinemas
Gay Sex In The 70’s (18) / Peccadillo Pictures
Heartbreaker (15) / Revolver Entertainment
I Hate Luv Stories / UTV M.PIC
Lymelife (15) / Network Releasing
Shrek Forever After (U) (3D) / Paramount
Skeletons (D) / Soda Pictures
When You’re Strange: A Film About The Doors (15) / The Works
White Material (15) / Artificial Eye

THURSDAY 8th JULY

Predators (15) / 20th Century Fox

FRIDAY 9th JULY

The 7th Dimension (15) / Kaleidoscope Entertainment
Frownland / ICA Cinema
Gangster’s Paradise: Jerusalema (15) / Anchor Bay Films
Leaving (15) / Metrodome Distribution
London River (12A) / Trinity Filmed Entertainment
Milenge Milenge / Eros
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse / E1 Entertainment
Went The Day Well (PG)(R/I) / bfi Distribution

FRIDAY 16th JULY

Bluebeard / New Wave Films
The Concert (15) / Optimum Releasing
Inception (12A) / Warner Bros.
Mega Piranha (15) / Metrodome Distribution
Mel Karade Rabba / B4U
Rapt (15) / Artificial Eye
Rough Aunties / ICA Cinema

MONDAY 19th JULY

Toy Story 3 (U) / Walt Disney

FRIDAY 23rd JULY

Baaria (15) / E1 Entertainment
City Island (12A) / Anchor Bay Films
Ivul (15) / Artificial Eye
Khatta Meetha / Eros
My Night With Maud (R/I) / bfi Distribution
The Rebound (15) / Paramount/Momentum
Splice (15) / Optimum Releasing

WEDNESDAY 28th JULY

The A-Team (12A) / 20th Century Fox
Karate Kid (PG) / Sony Pictures

FRIDAY 30th JULY

Beautiful Kate (15) / Matchbox Films
Down Terrace (15) / Metrodome Distribution
Frontier Blues (12A) / Artificial Eye
Gainsbourg (15) / Optimum Releasing
Once Upon A Time In Mumbai / B4U
Separado! / Soda Pictures
South Of The Border (15) / Dogwoof

AUGUST 2010

WEDNESDAY4th AUGUST

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore (U) / Warner Bros.

FRIDAY 6th AUGUST

Aisha / DI5
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (15) / Soda Pictures
Eccentricities Of A Blonde-Haired Girl (U) / New Wave Films
Knight & Day (12A) / 20th Century Fox
Step Up 3D (12A) / Universal
Undertow (15) / Axiom Films

WEDNESDAY 11th AUGUST

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (PG) / Walt Disney

FRIDAY 13th AUGUST

Black Dynamite (15) / Icon
The Final (18) / Chelsea Films
Five Easy Pieces (15) (R/I) / Park Circus
The Last Airbender (PG) (3D) / Paramount
Le Refuge (15) / Artificial Eye
The Secret In Their Eyes (18) / Metrodome Distribution
Tinkerbell & The Great Fairy Rescue (U) / Walt Disney

WEDNESDAY 18th AUGUST

Marmaduke (U) / 20th Century Fox

THURSDAY 19th AUGUST

The Expendables (15) / Lionsgate UK

FRIDAY 20th AUGUST

The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (18) / Bounty Films
The Illusionist (PG) / Warmer Bros/Pathe
Mother (15) / ICO/ Optimum Releasing
Pianomania / More2Screen
Piranha (3D) (18) / Entertainment
Salt (12A) / Sony Pictures

WEDNESDAY 25th AUGUST

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (PG) / 20th Century Fox
Grown Ups (12A) / Sony Pictures
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (12A) / Universal

FRIDAY 27th AUGUST

Avatar (Special Edition) (3D) / 20th Century Fox
Dog Pound (18) / Optimum Releasing
The Girl Who Played With Fire (15) / Momentum Pictures
The Last Seven (18) / Metrodome Distribution
The Leopard (R/I) / bfi Distribution
The Maid (15) / Artificial Eye
Wah Do Dem (15) / Picturehouse

SEPTEMBER 2010

WEDNESDAY 1st SEPTEMBER

Perestroika / ICA Cinema
The Switch (12A) / Lionsgate UK

FRIDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER

22 Bullets (18) / Anchor Bay UK
Bonded By Blood / Revolver Entertainment
Certified Copy (12A) / Artificial Eye
Cherry Tree Lane (18) / Metrodome Distribution
Dinner For Schmucks (12A) / Paramount
Jonah Hex (15) / Warner Bros.
The Last Exorcism (15) / Optimum Releasing
No Impact Man (15) / Dogwoof
SoulBoy / Soda Pictures
Splintered (18) / Kaleidoscope Entertainment
Why Did I Get Married Too? (12A) / Lionsgate UK

FRIDAY 10th SEPTEMBER

Alamar / New Wave Films
Cyrus (15) / 20th Century Fox
Dabangg / Eros
Going The Distance (15) / Warner Bros.
Metropolis (PG) (R/I) / Eureka Entertainment
My Son, My Son, What Have You Done / Scanbox Entertainment
Resident Evil: Afterlife (3D) / Sony Pictures
The Runaways (15) / E1 Entertainment
Tamara Drewe (15) / Momentum Pictures

WEDNESDAY 15th SEPTEMBER

Night Of The Demons / Kaleidoscope Entertainment

FRIDAY 17th SEPTEMBER

Devil / Universal
F / Optimum Releasing
Grease Sing-A-Long (PG) (R/I) / Paramount
The Horde / Momentum Pictures
Ik Kudi Panjab Di / Kornerstone Films Ltd
Just Wright (PG) / 20th Century Fox
The Kid / Revolver Entertainment
The Other Guys (12A) / Sony Pictures
Release / Parasol Pictures
Winter’s Bone (15) / Artificial Eye

WEDNESDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER

The Hole (3D) / E1 Entertainment

FRIDAY 24th SEPTEMBER

Anjaana Anjaani / Eros
Budrus / Dogwoof
Eat, Pray, Love (PG) / Sony Pictures
Enter The Void (18) / Trinity Filmed Entertainment
From Here To Eternity (R/I) / Park Circus
Frozen (15) / Momentum Pictures
Peepli Live (15) / Artificial Eye
The Town (15) / Warner Bros.
The Wildest Dream (PG) / Serengeti Ent/National Geographic
World’s Greatest Dad / The Works

WEDNESDAY 29th SEPTEMBER

Buried / Icon

OCTOBER 2010

FRIDAY 1st OCTOBER

Back To The Future (R/I) / Universal
Bella / Kaleidoscope Entertainment
Collapse / Dogwoof
Made In Dagenham (15) / Paramount
Police, Adjective / Artificial Eye
The Secret Of Kells (PG) / Optimum Releasing
Takers (12A) / Sony Pictures

WEDNESDAY 6th OCTOBER

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps / 20th Century Fox

FRIDAY 8th OCTOBER

Involuntary (15) / Trinity Filmed Entertainment
Jackboots In Whitehall / Vertigo Films
The Life And Death Of Charlie St. Cloud (12A) / Universal
Life As We Know It / Warner Bros.
Mr Nice (18) / E1 Entertainment
New York, I Love You / The Works
Restrepo / Dogwoof
A Town Called Panic / Optimum Releasing

FRIDAY 15th OCTOBER

Despicable Me (U) (3D) / Universal
London Boulevard / Entertainment
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow / Artificial Eye
The Social Network / Sony Pictures
Vampires Suck / 20th Century Fox

WEDNESDAY 20th OCTOBER

Alpha & Omega / Lionsgate UK

FRIDAY 22nd OCTOBER

Africa United / Warner Bros/Pathe
The Arbor / Verve Pictures
Carlos (15) / Optimum Releasing
Easy A (15) / Sony Pictures
Legend Of The Guardians 3D (previously Guardians Of Ga’hoole) / Warner Bros.
Mary & Max / Soda Pictures
Ramona And Beezus (U) / 20th Century Fox
Red / E1 Entertainment
Sequel To Paranormal Activity / Paramount

FRIDAY 29th OCTOBER

Burke And Hare / Entertainment
Enemies Of The People (D) / Dogwoof
Forbidden (R/I) / Park Circus
The Hunter (15) / Artificial Eye
It Happened One Night (R/I) / Park Circus
The Kids Are All Right (15) / Universal
Peeping Tom: 50th Anniversary / Optimum Releasing
Saw VII (3D) / Lionsgate UK

FRIDAY 5th NOVEMBER

Another Year (12A) / Momentum Pictures [Cineworld Haymarket, Curzon Soho, Everyman, Screen On Baker St. & N’wide]
Due Date (15) / Warner Bros. [Nationwide]
Fit / Peccadillo Pictures [Shortwave, Tricycle & Key Cities]
Golmaal 3 (Eros) [C’Worlds Feltham, Ilford, Wood Green, Vue Acton & Key Cities]
Jackass 3D (18) / Paramount [Vue West End & Nationwide]
Let Me In (12A) / Paramount/Icon [Odeon West End & Nationwide]
Mammoth (15) / Soda Pictures [Odeon Panton Street & Key Cities]
Red & White (Kaleidoscope Entertainment) [Key Cities]

FRIDAY 12th NOVEMBER

Aftershock / Metrodome Distribution [Apollo Piccadilly Circus]
brilliantlove / Soda Pictures [Curzon Renoir & Key Cities]
A Day In the Life – Four Portraits Of Post-War Britain (U) / bfi Distribution [BFI Southbank & Key Cities]
The Edge Of Dreaming / Cinefile
Into Eternity / Dogwoof (ICA Cinema & Key Cities)
My Afternoons With Margueritte (15) / Picturehouse Entertainment [Cine Lumiere, Curzon Mayfair, Everyman, Gate & Nationwide]
Skyline / Paramount/Momentum [Cineworld Shaftesbury Ave., Vue West End & Nationwide]
We Are What We Are (15) / Artificial Eye [Curzon Soho, Odeon Covent Gdn., Screen On The Green, Vue Islington & Nationwide]
You Again (U) / Walt Disney [Empire Leicester Square & Nationwide]

FRIDAY 19th NOVEMBER

Adrift (12A) / Revolver Entertainment [Key Cities]
Broken Sun (15) / Metrodome Distribution [Selected Key Cities]
Chico And Rita (15) / CinemaNX [Picurehouse Clapham, Gate, Greenwich, Ritzy & Key Cities]
Dream Home (18) / Network Releasing [Cineworld Shaftesbury Ave., Showcase Newham, Vue Shepherds Bush & Key Cities]
Fathers Of Girls / Soda Pictures [Empire Leicester Square, Genesis Mile End & Key Cities]
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part I (12A) / Warner Bros. [Empire Leicester Square, Vue West End & Nationwide]
Peeping Tom: 50th Anniversary (15) / Optimum Releasing [Curzon Mayfair & Key Cities]
Robinson In Ruins (U) / bfi Distribution [BFI Southbank & Key Cities]
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (12A) / New Wave Films [Key Cities]

FRIDAY 26th NOVEMBER

Unstoppable (12A) / 20th Century Fox [Vue West End & Nationwide]
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (15) / Momentum Pictures
The American (15) / Universal [Empire Leicester Square & Nationwide]
Break Ke Baad / Reliance Big Entertainment [Cineworlds Feltham, Ilford, Wandsworth, Woodgreen & Nationwide]
Leap Year / Axiom Films [Key Cities]
London Boulevard / Entertainment [Nationwide]
Machete (18) / Sony Pictures [Nationwide]
An Ordinary Execution / Arrow Films [Cine Lumiere, Clapham Picturehouse & Nationwide]
The Scar Crow (18) / Metrodome Distribution [Selected Key Cities]
Tere Ishq Nachaya / Eros [Cineworlds Feltham, Ilford, Wood Green & Key Cities]
Waiting For Superman (PG) / Paramount/Vantage [Curzon Soho & Picturehouse Clapham]

DECEMBER 2010

FRIDAY 3rd DECEMBER

A Christmas Tale – Rare Exports / Icon
Megamind (formerly Master Mind) / Paramount
Of Gods And Men / Artificial Eye
The Warrior’s Way / Entertainment

FRIDAY 10th DECEMBER

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader / 20th Century Fox
On Tour / Artificial Eye
Secretariat / Walt Disney
The Shop Around The Corner (R/I) / bfi Distribution

FRIDAY 17th DECEMBER

Animals United (3D) / Entertainment
Burlesque / Sony Pictures
Toonpur Ka Superhero / Eros
Tron: Legacy (3D & IMAX) / Walt Disney

WEDNESDAY 22nd DECEMBER

Gulliver’s Travels / 20th Century Fox
Little Fockers / Paramount

WEDNESDAY 29th DECEMBER

Love And Other Drugs / 20th Century Fox

FRIDAY 31st DECEMBER

The Big Sleep (R/I) / bfi Distribution

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