{"id":8182,"date":"2010-04-02T07:44:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T06:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=8182"},"modified":"2010-04-02T07:44:26","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T06:44:26","slug":"uk-cinema-releases-friday-2nd-april-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2010\/04\/02\/uk-cinema-releases-friday-2nd-april-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Cinema Releases: Friday 2nd April 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Clash Of The Titans<\/a><\/strong> (Warner Bros.): A big budget remake of the\u00a01981 film<\/a>, loosely based on the Greek myth of\u00a0Perseus<\/a> (Sam Worthington<\/a>), who ventures on a dangerous mission to defeat the evil god Hades (Ralph Fiennes<\/a>),\u00a0before he can seize power from the all powerful Zeus (Liam Neeson<\/a>) enslave earth. Directed by\u00a0Louis Leterrier<\/a>, it features lots of battles against creatures and demons and has been converted to 3D quite recently although it was shot on regular 2D cameras. Warner Bros will expect bad reviews but given the massive marketing push can expect a decent opening weekend before bad word of mouth spreads.\u00a0[Empire Leicester\u00a0Square & Nationwide \/ 12A]<\/p>\n

How To Train Your Dragon<\/a><\/strong> (Paramount): The latest film from\u00a0DreamWorks Animation<\/a> is based on the\u00a02003 book<\/a> and\u00a0is the mythical story of a young\u00a0Viking<\/a> named Hiccup\u00a0(Jay Baruchel<\/a>) who learns how to fight the dragons that plague his village by befriending and taming a smaller one.\u00a0Featuring the voices of\u00a0Gerard Butler<\/a>,\u00a0Christopher Mintz-Plasse<\/a>,\u00a0Craig Ferguson<\/a>, and\u00a0David Tennant<\/a>. Directed by Chris Sanders<\/a> and\u00a0Dean DeBlois<\/a>, the writing and visuals are very solid, whilst the 3D (especially in the flying sequences) achieves a pleasing sense of\u00a0exhilaration. Decent reviews plus the Easter holiday weekend will mean a high family turnout and it will be a major surprise if this doesn’t take the number one spot.\u00a0[Vue West End & Nationwide \/ PG]<\/p>\n

Kick-Ass<\/a><\/strong> (Universal): Perhaps the most interesting release of the week is this post-modern\u00a0superhero<\/a> film based on the\u00a0comic book<\/a> by\u00a0Mark Millar<\/a> and\u00a0John Romita, Jr<\/a>. It tells the story of teenager (Aaron Johnson) who\u00a0decides to become a super-hero named Kick-Ass after purchasing a costume (even though he has no powers or training) and soon finds himself involved with a local gangster (Mark Strong<\/a>); his son (Christopher Mintz-Plasse); and a highly trained father and daughter vigilante duo (Nicolas Cage<\/a> and\u00a0Chloe Moretz<\/a>).\u00a0Directed by\u00a0Matthew Vaughn<\/a>,\u00a0produced by\u00a0Brad Pitt<\/a>, and written by Vaughn and\u00a0Jane Goldman<\/a>, the film was independently financed – at a budget of $28 million dollars – and gleefully subverts the superhero genre whilst also paying homage to it. Internet fanboys will lap this up but whether it can break through to a mainstream audience is a big question. The violence (although comic in tone) and fruity language will likely alienate older audiences, but if it can hold its own in a very\u00a0competitive weekend then it could turn out to be very profitable indeed.\u00a0[Vue West End & Nationwide \/ 15] (Previews 26-28\u00a0March)<\/p>\n

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The Railway Children: 40th Anniversary<\/a><\/strong> (Optimum): A re-release for this charming 1970 adaptation of E Nesbit’s enduring tale of\u00a0three children (Jenny Agutter<\/a>,\u00a0Gary Warren<\/a> and\u00a0Sally Thomsett<\/a>) ho move to a Yorkshire village and become entranced by the local railway line and make friends with the locals (such as\u00a0Bernard Cribbins<\/a> and\u00a0William Mervyn<\/a>).\u00a0Written and directed by\u00a0Lionel Jeffries<\/a>, it is being presented on a newly restored digital print.\u00a0[Key Cities \/ U]<\/p>\n

* Listen to my interview with Jenny Agutter about The Railway Children<\/a> *<\/p>\n

Psycho<\/a><\/strong> (Universal): A re-release for the classic thriller from Alfred Hitchcock about a woman (Janet Leigh) who ends up at an isolated motel run by the enigmatic Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) [BFI Southbank & Key Cities \/ 15]<\/p>\n

City Of War: The Story Of John Rabe<\/a><\/strong> (Metrodome Distribution): A drama starring Steve Buscemi in the real-life tale of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.\u00a0[Empire\u00a0Leicester Square \/ 15]<\/p>\n

Double Take<\/a><\/strong> (Soda Pictures): A film by director Johan Grimonprez that uses footage of\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock<\/a> from 1962 and 1980 to paint a surreal picture of his life.\u00a0[BFI Southbank, Curzons Mayfair,\u00a0Wimbledon & Key Cities]<\/p>\n

Kakera – A Piece Of Our Life<\/a><\/strong> (Third Window Films): A Japanese drama from director\u00a0Momoko And\u00f4<\/a> about a college student, her boyfriend and medical artist who makes prosthetic body parts. [ICA Cinema]<\/p>\n

Remember Me<\/a><\/strong> (E1 Entertainment): A romantic drama about two lovers (Robert Pattinson<\/a> and\u00a0Emilie de Ravin<\/a>) in New York on the eve of the 9\/11 attacks.\u00a0[Odeon West End & Nationwide \/ 12A]<\/p>\n

Samson & Delilah<\/a><\/strong> (Trinity Filmed Entertainment): Australian film about a couple living in a remote community in the Central Australian desert.\u00a0[Apollo Piccadilly\u00a0Circus, Barbican, Empire Leic Sq., Renoir, Tricycle & Key Cities \/ 12A]<\/p>\n

>\u00a0DVD and Blu-ray Picks for Monday 29th March including 2012, Stargate, The Informant! and Homicide<\/a>
>\u00a0Get local cinema showtimes for your area via Google Movies<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Including Clash of the Titans, How To Train Your Dragon and Kick-Ass<\/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":[1209,1370,1371,535],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8182"}],"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=8182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}