{"id":5924,"date":"2009-06-26T22:45:56","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T21:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=5924"},"modified":"2009-06-26T22:45:56","modified_gmt":"2009-06-26T21:45:56","slug":"uk-cinema-releases-friday-26th-june-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/06\/26\/uk-cinema-releases-friday-26th-june-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Cinema Releases: Friday 26th June 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

Year One<\/a><\/strong> (Sony Pictures):\u00a0The latest comedy from the Judd Apatow<\/a> stable is set in pre-historic times and sees Jack Black<\/a> and Michael Cera<\/a> play two lazy hunter-gatherers who set off on an epic journey through the ancient world. Directed by Harold Ramis<\/a>, it has so far attracted awful reviews in the US<\/a> and is likely to disappear soon after bad buzz sets in and people go to see The Hangover<\/a> instead.\u00a0[Nationwide \/ Cert\u00a012A]<\/p>\n

Sunshine Cleaning<\/a><\/strong> (Delanic\/Anchor Bay): A US indie that has been sitting on the shelf for a while after premiering at Sundance back in 2008, it pairs Amy Adams<\/a> and Emily Blunt<\/a> as sisters who start their own\u00a0crime scene clean-up service. Despite containing many superficial similarities to Little Miss Sunshine<\/a> (the setting of Albuquerque<\/a>, Alan Arkin<\/a> in a supporting role, producer Marc Turtletaub<\/a> and a quirky sensibility), director Christine Jeffs<\/a> deserves credit for crafting an engaging tale, which has a more mainstream appeal than audiences might think.\u00a0[C’World Haymarket, Curzon Soho, Odeon Cov Gdn, Vue West End & N’wide \/ Cert\u00a015]<\/p>\n

My Sister’s Keeper<\/a><\/strong> (Entertainment): Based on the 2004 novel<\/a> by Jodi Picoult<\/a>, Cameron Diaz<\/a> plays a\u00a0former attorney who returns to the courtroom after a young teen (Abigail Breslin<\/a>) learns the truth behind her conception, and seeks to be emancipated from her parents. Directed by Nick Cassavetes<\/a>, it could very well appeal to female audiences and those wanting to avoid Transformers and Year One, despite having one of the worst posters in recent memory.\u00a0[Odeon West End & Nationwide \/ Cert\u00a012A]<\/p>\n

Blood: The Last Vampire<\/a><\/strong> (Warner Bros\/Pathe): A live action adaptation of the 2000 anime<\/a> about a\u00a0vampire named Saya, who is part of covert government agency that hunts and destroys demons in a post-WWII Japan. Directed by Chris Nahon, it stars\u00a0Gianna Jun, Masiela Lusha, Allison Miller and Liam Cunningham.\u00a0[Nationwide \/ Cert\u00a018]<\/p>\n

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

Blue Tower, The (D) <\/span>ICA Cinema <\/span>ICA Cinema (Previews 23 June)<\/div>\n
Dummy (D) <\/span>Shoreline Entertainment <\/span>ICA Cinema (Previews 24 June)<\/div>\n
Lake Tahoe (D) <\/span>Yume Pictures <\/span>Renoir<\/div>\n
Last Thakur, The (15) (D) <\/span>Artificial Eye <\/span>Cine Lumiere, Genesis Mile End & Key Cities (Previews 21 June – Renoir)<\/div>\n
My Sister’s Keeper (12A) <\/span>Entertainment <\/span>Odeon West End & Nationwide<\/div>\n
Rudo & Cursi (15) <\/span>Optimum Releasing <\/span>C’Words Fulham & Haymarket, Curzon Soho & Nationwide<\/div>\n
Shirin (PG) (D) <\/span>bfi Distribution <\/span>Barbican, BFI Southbank & Key Cities<\/div>\n
Sunshine Cleaning (15) <\/span>Delanic\/Anchor Bay <\/span>C’World Haymarket, Curzon Soho, Odeon Cov Gdn, Vue West End & N’wide<\/div>\n
Tenderness (15) <\/span>Lionsgate UK <\/span>Apollo Piccadilly Circus<\/div>\n
Year One (12A) (D) <\/span>Sony Pictures <\/span>Nationwide<\/div>\n

\"UK<\/p>\n

Rudo & Cursi<\/a><\/strong> (Optimum Releasing):\u00a0Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal<\/a> and Diego Luna<\/a> play two brothers \u00a0in Mexico who end up fueding as they try to carve out a career in professional football. Directed by Carlos Cuaron<\/a> (who co-wrote 2001’s Y Tu Mama Tambien<\/a>, which was directed by his brother Alfonso<\/a>) it was\u00a0produced by Cha Cha Cha Producciones<\/a>, the company created by Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n, Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez I\u00f1\u00e1rritu).\u00a0[C’Words Fulham & Haymarket, Curzon Soho & Nationwide \/ Cert 15]<\/p>\n

Shirin<\/a><\/strong> (bfi Distribution): An experimental film in which\u00a0Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami<\/a> films the faces of 114 Iranian women in a cinema audience as they watch an unseen adaptation of a Persian folk tale.\u00a0[Barbican, BFI Southbank & Key Cities \/ Cert\u00a0PG]<\/p>\n

Tenderness<\/a><\/strong> (Lionsgate UK): A thriller in which\u00a0a policeman (Russell Crowe) works to figure out whether a violent teen (Jon Foster) murdered his family. Directed by\u00a0by John Polson, it co-stars Michael Ahl, Vincent Bagnall and Tayna Clarke. Despite the presence of a major star, it will get a limited release by Lionsgate.\u00a0[Apollo Piccadilly Circus \/ Cert 15]<\/p>\n

Lake Tahoe<\/a><\/strong> (Yume Pictures): A Mexican film directed by\u00a0Fernando Eimbcke\u00a0about\u00a0a teenager and the strange events that take place in his small town. [Renoir]<\/p>\n

The Blue Tower<\/a><\/strong> (ICA Cinema):\u00a0A micro-budget\u00a0contemporary B-movie\u00a0about an illicit romance which leads to betrayal and crime. Directed by Smita Bhide, it stars\u00a0Paul Chowdhry and\u00a0Sonnell Dadral.\u00a0[ICA Cinema]<\/p>\n

The Last Thakur<\/a><\/strong> (Artificial Eye):\u00a0Sadik Ahmed directs this intense contemporary Western, which takes place in a remote town in the marshlands of Bangladesh.\u00a0[Cine Lumiere, Genesis Mile End & Key Cities \/ Cert 15]<\/p>\n

Dummy<\/a><\/strong> (Shoreline Entertainment): A coming-of-age drama\u00a0about an 18-year-old and his younger brother who are given permission to look after themselves by their social worker after their mother’s sudden death. Directed by Matthew Thompson, it stars Emma Catherwood, Thomas Grant and Aaron Johnson.\u00a0[ICA Cinema]<\/p>\n

> UK cinema releases for June 2009<\/a>
\n> DVD Picks for this week including Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Hardware and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist<\/a> (W\/C Monday 22nd June)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Including Year One, Sunshine Cleaning, My Sister’s Keeper, Blood: The Last Vampire and Rudo Y Cursi.<\/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":[1012,1011,992,535,1010],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5924"}],"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=5924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5924\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}