{"id":5137,"date":"2009-03-20T20:54:55","date_gmt":"2009-03-20T20:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=5137"},"modified":"2009-03-23T02:14:32","modified_gmt":"2009-03-23T02:14:32","slug":"uk-cinema-releases-friday-20th-march-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/03\/20\/uk-cinema-releases-friday-20th-march-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Cinema Releases: Friday 20th March 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"UK<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Duplicity<\/a><\/strong> (Universal): The big release of the week sees Clive Owen<\/a> and Julia Roberts<\/a> in a caper where they play a pair of corporate spies who hook up to con their respective bosses.<\/span><\/p>\n

Written and directed by Tony Gilroy<\/a> (who made a highly impressive directorial debut last year with Michael Clayton<\/a>) this has a number of things going for it: two charismatic A-list stars, a superb supporting cast (featuring Tom Wilkinson<\/a> and Paul Giamatti<\/a>) and some wonderful cinematography from Robert Elswit<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the narrative twists and turns are often hard to follow and it will be interesting to see how they go down with a mainstream audience. At times it is like a game of cinematic sudoko<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Universal (who open the film in the US today as well as here) can expect a strong opening weekend but it may fall off next week as audiences scratch their collective heads and don’t enthuse about it to their friends. <\/span><\/p>\n

That said, it is heartening to see a major studio take risks like on a project like this and it may prove more of a favourite in years to come when people get to see it a second and third time. [Empire Leicester Square & Nationwide \/ Cert 12A]<\/span><\/p>\n

Lesbian Vampire Killers<\/a><\/strong> (Momentum Pictures): A British comedy horror which stars James Corden<\/a> and Mathew Horne<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Directed by Phil Claydon<\/a>, the plot revolves around two slackers who go on holiday to a remote village, only to find that all of its women have been enslaved by lesbian vampires<\/a> due to an ancient curse. [C’World Shaftesbury Ave., Odeon Tottenham Ct Rd., Vue West End & N’wide \/ Cert 15]<\/p>\n

Paul Blart: Mall Cop<\/a><\/strong> (Sony Pictures): This relatively low budget ($26 million) comedy vehicle for Kevin James<\/a> sees him play a goofy security guard at a shopping mall which gets overtaken by a gang of organized crooks.<\/span><\/p>\n

A sleeper hit in the US, it may do similarly depressing business here. <\/span>[London & Nationwide \/ Cert PG]<\/p>\n

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\"UK<\/a><\/p>\n

Il Divo<\/a><\/strong> (Artificial Eye): A stylish and fascinating film that explores the extraordinary career former Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It spans the period since the seventh election of Andreotti (played by Toni Servillo<\/a>) as Prime Minister of Italy<\/a> in 1992, until the trial in which he was accused of collusion with the Mafia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although at times the action moves so fast that you need a PhD in modern Italian politics, it is brilliantly shot, features a terrific central performance by Servillo and is directed with real panache by Paolo Sorrentino<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was favourite on the festival circuit in the past year and was nominated for the Palme D\u2019Or<\/a> at the Cannes Film Festival<\/a> last May, where it was awarded the Prix du Jury<\/a>. <\/span>[Curzons Mayfair & Soho, Gate, Renoir & Key Cities \/ Cert 15]<\/p>\n

* Listen to our interview with Paolo Sorrentino<\/a> *<\/p>\n

Diminished Capacity<\/a><\/strong> (Paramount): Matthew Broderick<\/a> plays a Chicago journalist suffering from memory loss who takes leaves from his job and returns to his rural hometown, where he bonds with his Alzheimer’s-impaired uncle Rollie (Alan Alda<\/a>) and his old flame (Virginia Madsen<\/a>). [Odeon Leicester Square & Key Cities \/ Cert 15]<\/span><\/p>\n

Flash Of Genius<\/a><\/strong> (Optimum Releasing): A film about the life of Robert Kearns<\/a> (played by Greg Kinnear<\/a>), the man who fought a patent infringement<\/a> case against Ford in the 1960s.\u00a0Directed by Marc Abraham<\/a>, it also stars Lauren Graham<\/a> and Dermot Mulroney<\/a> and is based on a 1993 New Yorker<\/a> magazine article by John Seabrook<\/a>. <\/span>[C’Worlds Haymarket, W’worth, Odeon Swiss Cottage, Greenwich & Nationwide \/ Cert 12A]<\/p>\n

Bottle Shock<\/a><\/strong> (Paramount): A film about the events that led up to the Judgment of Paris<\/a> in 1976, when California wine<\/a> beat French wine<\/a> in a blind taste test. It stars Alan Rickman<\/a>, Bill Pullman<\/a>, Chris Pine<\/a> and Rachael Taylor<\/a> and was directed by Randall Miller. [Key Cities \/ Cert 12A]<\/span><\/p>\n

The Age Of Stupid<\/a><\/strong> (Dogwoof Indie): A drama-documentary-animation hybrid which stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite<\/a> as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching archive footage from 2008 and asking why humans didn’t do more about the environment. [Odeon Panton St., Rich Mix, Tricycle & Key Cities \/ Cert 12A]> Get the latest showtimes for your local cinema via Google Movies<\/a>
\n> See what other films are out in March 2009<\/a>
\n> Check out our latest DVD picks<\/a> (W\/C Monday 16th March)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NATIONAL RELEASES Duplicity (Universal): The big release of the week sees Clive Owen and Julia Roberts in a caper where they play a pair of corporate spies who hook up to con their respective bosses. Written and directed by Tony Gilroy (who made a highly impressive directorial debut last year with Michael Clayton) this has […]<\/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":[877,879,878,535],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5137"}],"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=5137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}