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NATIONAL RELEASES<\/strong><\/p>\n Star Trek<\/a><\/strong> (Paramount): The rebooting of the Star Trek franchise\u00a0takes place in the early years of Captain Kirk (Chris Pine<\/a>) and Mr. Spock (Zachary Quinto<\/a>), during their training at Starfleet Academy and their first mission together.\u00a0Directed by\u00a0J. J. Abrams<\/a>\u00a0it is a smart and highly engaging sci-fi adventure which should please Trek fans and a wider audience. It looks set to dominate the global box office this week and Paramount can expect to crack markets that have traditionally been resistant to their most profitable franchise. An extensive publicity campaign, great reviews and good audience word of mouth should ensure a huge gross and the prospect of sequels.\u00a0[Empire Leicester Square & Nationwide \/ Cert\u00a012A] (Previews 7 May)<\/p>\n Coraline<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Universal): An animated\u00a0stop-motion<\/a>\u00a03-D<\/a>\u00a0fantasy film<\/a>\u00a0based on\u00a0Neil Gaiman<\/a>‘s 2002 novella<\/a>\u00a0about a young girl (Dakota Fanning<\/a>) who finds a portal to an alternate world, which is more sinister than it initially seems. Directed by Henry Selick<\/a>, who made\u00a0The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/a>, it features the voices of\u00a0Dakota Fanning<\/a>, Teri Hatcher<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Keith David<\/a>\u00a0and is a compelling and imaginitavely realised tale.\u00a0[<\/span>Vue West End & Nationwide \/ Cert\u00a0PG] (Previews 2 – 4 May)<\/span><\/p>\n * Listen to our interview with Henry Selick about Coraline<\/a> *<\/span><\/p>\n Cheri<\/a><\/strong> (Warner Bros\/Pathe):\u00a0A romantic drama set in 1920s Paris, where the son of a courtesan (Rupert Friend<\/a>) retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman (Michelle Pfeiffer<\/a>) who educated him in the ways of love. Directed by\u00a0Stephen Frears<\/a>, it is adapted from an adaptation of the novel by\u00a0French<\/a>\u00a0author\u00a0Colette<\/a>. [London & Key Cities \/\u00a0Cert 15]<\/span><\/p>\n [ad]<\/p>\n IN SELECTED RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n Blue Eyelids<\/a><\/strong> <\/span>(Axiom Films):\u00a0The debut feature from director Ernesto Contreras is the story of an introverted woman (Cecilia Su\u00e1rez) who wins a holiday trip for two and – longing for company – invites a stranger (Enrique Arreola<\/a>).\u00a0[<\/span>NFT, Apollo Piccadilly Circus & Key Cities]<\/span><\/p>\n Delta<\/a><\/strong> (ICA Films):\u00a0The tale of disturbing family relationships in a wild Hungarian delta, directed by\u00a0Korn\u00e9l Mundrucz\u00f3<\/a>.\u00a0[ICA Cinema, Renoir & Key Cities \/ Cert\u00a018]<\/span><\/p>\n Little Ashes<\/a><\/strong> (Kaleidoscope Ent):\u00a0The young life and loves of artist Salvador Dal\u00ed, filmmaker Luis Bu\u00f1uel and writer Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca is explored is this film directed by\u00a0Paul Morrison<\/a>\u00a0and starring\u00a0Robert Pattinson<\/a>,\u00a0Javier Beltr\u00e1n<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Matthew McNulty<\/a>. [Apollo Piccadilly Circus & Key Cities \/ Cert\u00a015]<\/span><\/p>\n Momma’s Man<\/a><\/strong> (Diffusion Pictures): The story of a\u00a0man who has avoided his wife and child at home and has a change of heart after an imposed stay in his own parents’ loft, directed by\u00a0Azazel Jacobs<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>[London & Key Cities]<\/span><\/p>\n O’Horten<\/a><\/strong> (Artificial Eye):\u00a0A drama focused on a life-changing moment in 67-year-old train engineer Odd Horten’s existence: the evening of his retirement.\u00a0[Curzon Soho, Ritzy, Screen On The Green & selected Key Cities \/ Cert\u00a012A]<\/p>\n Sounds Like Teen Spirit<\/a><\/strong> (Warner Music Ent.): Documentary\u00a0about the junior version of the annual Eurovision song festival, directed by\u00a0Jamie Jay Johnson<\/a>.\u00a0[<\/span>Curzon Soho, Ritzy, Screen On The Green & Key Cities \/ Cert\u00a012A]<\/p>\n [ad]<\/p>\n > UK cinema releases for May 2009<\/a> Including Star Trek, Coraline and Cheri.<\/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":[957,958,940,535],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5556"}],"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=5556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n> UK DVD releases for this week<\/a> (W\/C Monday 4th May)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"