{"id":5695,"date":"2009-05-22T02:13:08","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T01:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=5695"},"modified":"2009-05-23T02:08:27","modified_gmt":"2009-05-23T01:08:27","slug":"uk-cinema-releases-friday-22nd-may-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/05\/22\/uk-cinema-releases-friday-22nd-may-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Cinema Releases: Friday 22nd May 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

Night At The Museum 2<\/a><\/strong> (20th Century Fox): The sequel to the 2006 hit comedy<\/a> sees the\u00a0museum pieces from the first film (which come to life) attacked by an evil Pharaoh.<\/p>\n

Security guard Larry (Ben Stiller<\/a>) then has to break into the\u00a0Smithsonian Institution<\/a>\u00a0to save the old exhibits from New York (like Theodore Roosevelt) from new exhibits (like General Custer, Napoleon Bonaparte, Al Capone and even Darth Vader).<\/p>\n

Fox are looking to capitalise on the runaway success of the first film (which dominated the 2006 Christmas box office) and turn this into a summer family tent pole movie. Although it has a lot of competition, expect this to get to the top spot.\u00a0[Nationwide \/ Cert\u00a0PG]\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tormented<\/a><\/strong> (Warner Bros\/Pathe): A British horror film about a bullied asthmatic who is driven to suicide and returns from the dead to get revenge on his teenage tormentors. Starring\u00a0Alex Pettyfer<\/a>,\u00a0April Pearson<\/a>\u00a0and directed by\u00a0Jon Wright<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Partly funded by\u00a0BBC Films<\/a>, this will be looking to lure gullible teens in but might struggle to get them in the current crowded marketplace. [Nationwide \/ Cert 15]<\/p>\n

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IN SELECTED RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alice Neel<\/a><\/strong> (Revolver Entertainment):\u00a0A look at the life of portraitist Alice Neel, whose paintings were embraced in the 1970s, some 50 years after she began to work.\u00a0[ICA Cinema]<\/p>\n

Awaydays<\/a><\/strong> (Optimum Releasing):\u00a0Based on the book of the same name by\u00a0Kevin Sampson<\/a>, this explores a bunch of\u00a0thrill seeking young men looking to escape their 9 to 5 lives in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

Blind Loves<\/a><\/strong> (ICA Films): The film debut by\u00a0writer\/director\u00a0Juraj Lehotsky<\/a>\u00a0of Slovakia who cast\u00a0real blind people to play themselves in this blend between fiction and documentary\u00a0about the\u00a0everyday lives of four blind lovers.\u00a0[C’Worlds Fulham, Wandsworth & Nationwide \/ Cert\u00a018][ICA Cinema & Key Cities From June \/ Cert\u00a018]<\/p>\n

Everlasting Moments<\/a><\/strong> (Icon): A\u00a0Swedish<\/a>\u00a0drama<\/a>\u00a0starring\u00a0Maria Heiskanen<\/a>,\u00a0Mikael Persbrandt<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jesper Christensen<\/a>. Directed by\u00a0Jan Troell<\/a>\u00a0it is based on the true story of Maria Larsson, a Swedish working class woman in the early 1900s, who wins a camera in a lottery and goes on to become a\u00a0photographer<\/a>. [Curzon Soho & Key Cities \/ Cert\u00a015]<\/p>\n

The Girl Cut In Two<\/a><\/strong> (Artificial Eye): \u00a0Veteran French director Claude Chabrol<\/a> returns with this tale about\u00a0two men (Beno\u00eet Magimel<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0Fran\u00e7ois Berl\u00e9and<\/a>) who vie for a single young woman (Ludivine Sagnier<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Louise Bourgeois<\/a><\/strong> (Revolver Entertainment): A\u00a0documentary about\u00a0artist\u00a0and\u00a0sculptor\u00a0Louise Bourgeois<\/a>, directed by Marion Cajori and Amei Wallach.\u00a0[ICA Cinema]<\/p>\n

Mark Of An Angel<\/a><\/strong> (Metrodome): A French\u00a0thriller\u00a0about two unusual mothers who both claim kinship\u00a0over the young\u00a0girl.\u00a0[Curzons Mayfair & Renoir, Gate, Screen On The Green & Key Cities \/ Cert\u00a012A]<\/span><\/p>\n

Objectified<\/a><\/strong> (Plexifilm): <\/span>A documentary by director\u00a0Gary Hustwit<\/a> which explores the elusive world of industrial design and the interaction of people with the objects they’ve brought into their lives.\u00a0[Barbican]<\/p>\n

Painters Painting<\/a><\/strong> (Revolver Entertainment): A\u00a01972 documentary directed by\u00a0Emile de Antonio<\/a>\u00a0which\u00a0covers American art movements from\u00a0abstract expressionism<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0pop art<\/a>\u00a0through conversations with artists in their studios. Artists appearing in the film include\u00a0Willem de Kooning<\/a>,\u00a0Jasper Johns<\/a>,\u00a0Andy Warhol<\/a>,\u00a0Robert Rauschenberg<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Kenneth Noland<\/a>.\u00a0[ICA Cinema]<\/p>\n

Pierrot Le Fou<\/a><\/strong> (bfi Distribution): A re-issue of the 1965 film\u00a0by\u00a0Jean-Luc Godard<\/a>, starring\u00a0Anna Karina<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jean-Paul Belmondo<\/a>. It is based on\u00a0Obsession<\/em>, the\u00a0novel by\u00a0Lionel White<\/a>.\u00a0[London & Key Cities \/ Cert\u00a015]<\/p>\n

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>\u00a0UK cinema releases for May 2009<\/a>
\n>\u00a0UK DVD Picks for this week<\/a>\u00a0including Frost\/Nixon and Defiance\u00a0(W\/C Monday 18th May)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Including Night at the Museum 2 and Tormented.<\/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":[975,976,535],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5695"}],"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=5695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}