{"id":5109,"date":"2009-03-13T09:27:03","date_gmt":"2009-03-13T09:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=5109"},"modified":"2009-03-16T21:34:36","modified_gmt":"2009-03-16T21:34:36","slug":"uk-cinema-releases-friday-13th-march-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/03\/13\/uk-cinema-releases-friday-13th-march-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Cinema Releases: Friday 13th March 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Marley And Me<\/a><\/strong> (20th Century Fox):\u00a0Owen Wilson<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jennifer Aniston<\/a> star as two journalists who adopt a dog named Marley in this story adapted from the bestselling memoir of the same name<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0John Grogan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Directed by\u00a0David Frankel<\/a>, it did stellar business at the US box office around Christmas and looks set to have similar success over here, powered by dog lovers and less discerning audiences.\u00a0[Vue West End & Nationwide \/ Cert PG]<\/p>\n

Bronson<\/a><\/strong> (Vertigo Films): A biopic of the criminal Charles Bronson<\/a> – one Britain’s most notorious prisoners. Tom Hardy<\/a> takes on the central role and it is directed by\u00a0Nicolas Winding Refn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Vertigo will be hoping for good word of mouth, mostly based around Hardy’s acclaimed performance<\/a>, although the 18 certificate may limit its overall box office.\u00a0[<\/span>C’World Haymarket, Empire Leicester Sq., Odeon Covent Gdn & Nationwide \/ Cert\u00a018]<\/p>\n

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

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

The Burning Plain<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Paramount):\u00a0\u00a0The latest film from writer\u00a0Guillermo Arriaga<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0sees him make his debut behind the camera. <\/span><\/p>\n

Like his previous work (Amores Perros<\/a>,\u00a021 Grams<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Babel<\/a>) this has a fractured narrative and\u00a0stars\u00a0Charlize Theron<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Kim Basinger<\/a>\u00a0as two women in different parts of America struggling to deal with their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

It also stars\u00a0Danny Pino<\/a>,\u00a0Jennifer Lawrence<\/a>,\u00a0Joaquim de Almeida<\/a>,\u00a0J.D. Pardo<\/a>,\u00a0Robin Tunney<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Brett Cullen<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Although some critics are going to take the predictable ‘why can’t he tell a straight story’ line, it is actually an involving and well crafted tale with some fine visuals from DP’s\u00a0Robert Elswit<\/a>\u00a0and John Toll<\/a>.\u00a0[<\/span>Key Cities \/ Cert\u00a015]<\/p>\n

Hush<\/a><\/strong> (Optimum Releasing): A low budget British horror film about a\u00a0young couple on a motorway journey are drawn into a game of cat and mouse with a truck driver following a near accident. Written and directed by\u00a0Mark Tonderai<\/a>.\u00a0[<\/span>C’Worlds Enfield, Shaftesbury Ave., Wandsworth & Nationwide \/ Cert 15]<\/span><\/p>\n

Alone<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0aka Issiz Adam (Most Production): A\u00a0Turkish\u00a0film written and directed by\u00a0\u00c7a\u011fan Irmak<\/a>\u00a0which explores\u00a0the lives of two people who live in\u00a0Istanbul<\/a>\u00a0who happen to meet each other in a second-hand book shop.\u00a0[<\/span>Odeons Greenwich, Holloway Rd, Lee Valley & Panton St. Only \/ Cert 15]<\/p>\n

In The City Of Sylvia<\/a><\/strong> (Axiom Films): A 2007 Spanish film – almost\u00a0entirely devoid of\u00a0dialogue<\/a>\u00a0– which follows a young man (credited only as ‘El’) as he scours suburban\u00a0Strasbourg<\/a>\u00a0in search of Sylvia, a woman he asked for directions in a bar several years before.<\/p>\n

Directed by\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Luis Guer\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0and starring\u00a0Xavier Lafitte<\/a>\u00a0and Pilar L\u00f3pez de Ayala<\/a>. [<\/span>BFI Southbank, Curzon Soho & Key Cities \/ Cert PG]<\/span><\/p>\n

Not Quite Hollywood<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Optimum Releasing): A\u00a0new documentary exploring the world of Australian exploitation cinema that began in the early 1970s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Directed by\u00a0Mark Hartley<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0it shows how a new generation of maverick filmmakers capitalised on the relaxing of censorship laws to create wilder films on smaller budgets.\u00a0[<\/span>ICA Cinema only \/ Cert 18]<\/span><\/p>\n

* Listen to our interview with director Mark Hartley<\/a> *<\/span><\/p>\n

Wonderful Town<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(<\/span>Soda Pictures):\u00a0\u00a0Set in\u00a0post-tsunami<\/a>\u00a0Thailand, the story deals with an architect (Anchalee Saisoontorn<\/a>) who moves into a town to develop a construction project and begins an affair with a sensitive local girl (Supphasit Kansen<\/a>).\u00a0[<\/span>ICA Cinema & Key Cities]<\/span><\/p>\n

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>\u00a0Get the latest showtimes for your local cinema via Google Movies<\/a>
\n>\u00a0Check out our latest DVD picks<\/a>\u00a0(W\/C Monday 9th March)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NATIONAL RELEASES Marley And Me (20th Century Fox):\u00a0Owen Wilson\u00a0and\u00a0Jennifer Aniston star as two journalists who adopt a dog named Marley in this story adapted from the bestselling memoir of the same name\u00a0by\u00a0John Grogan. Directed by\u00a0David Frankel, it did stellar business at the US box office around Christmas and looks set to have similar success over […]<\/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":[866,867,865,862,535],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5109"}],"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=5109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}