{"id":11509,"date":"2011-04-08T00:23:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T23:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=11509"},"modified":"2011-04-08T00:23:06","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T23:23:06","slug":"uk-cinema-releases-friday-8th-april-2011-rio-mars-needs-moms-the-roommate-rubber-armadillo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/04\/08\/uk-cinema-releases-friday-8th-april-2011-rio-mars-needs-moms-the-roommate-rubber-armadillo\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Cinema Releases: Friday 8th April 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Rio<\/a><\/strong> (20th Century Fox): An animated comedy-adventure about tropical birds, focusing on Blu, a rare macaw who travels to Rio to find a partner. Directed by Carlos Saldanha, it features the voices Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway and George Lopez. [Nationwide \/ U] [Trailer<\/a>] [Reviews<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Mars Needs Moms<\/a><\/strong> (Walt Disney): One of the biggest flops in recent Hollywood history is this animated film about a young boy who gains a deeper appreciation for his mom after Martians take her away. Directed by Simon Wells, it features the voices of Seth Green and Joan Cusack. [Nationwide \/ PG] [Trailer<\/a>] [Reviews<\/a>]<\/p>\n

The Roommate<\/a><\/strong> (Sony Pictures): Thriller about a college student who finds herself in danger after she’s assigned to a dorm room with a new roommate. Directed by Christian E. Christiansen, it stars Minka Kelly, Leighton Meester and Cam Gigandet. [Nationwide \/ PG] [Trailer<\/a>] [Reviews<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, When the War Began<\/a><\/strong> (Paramount): Action-adventure about a group of teenagers who fight back after their country is invaded. Directed by Stuart Beattie, it stars Caitlin Stasey, Rachel Hurd-Wood and Lincoln Lewis. [Nationwide \/ 12A] [Trailer<\/a>] [Reviews<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Thank You<\/a><\/strong> (UTV Communications): A Bollywood romantic comedy about a pretty, young girl tennis player falls in love with a playboy. Stars Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor and Anees Bazmee. [Selected cinemas]<\/p>\n

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

Rubber<\/a><\/strong> (Optimum Releasing): Cult film about a killer tire, directed by Quentin Dupieux and starring Stephen Spinella, Roxane Mesquida and Jack Plotnick. [Selected cinemas \/ 15]<\/p>\n

Armadillo<\/a><\/strong> (Soda Pictures) Acclaimed documentary from director Janus Metz Pederson about a group of Danish soldiers in Afghanistan. [Selected cinemas \/ 15]<\/p>\n

Before The Revolution<\/a><\/strong> (BFI): Re-release for Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1964 film starring Francesco Barilli and Adriana Asti. [Selected cinemas]<\/p>\n

Cold Fish<\/a><\/strong> (Third Window Films): Japanese film directed by Sion Sono about a muderous fish-breeder. Stars Asuaka Kurosawa, Denden, Hikari Kajiwara and Megumi Kagurazaka. [Key Cities \/ 18]<\/p>\n

> Get local cinema showtimes at Google Movies<\/a> or FindAnyFilm<\/a>
\n> UK DVD & Blu-ray releases for Monday 4th April 2011<\/a>, including The Man Who Fell To Earth, The American and Somewhere<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Including Rio, Mars Needs Moms, The Roommate and Tomorrow, When the War Began<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1977,1976,1978],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11509"}],"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=11509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}