{"id":5383,"date":"2009-04-17T18:09:13","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T17:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=5383"},"modified":"2009-04-17T18:09:13","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T17:09:13","slug":"uk-cinema-releases-friday-17th-april-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/04\/17\/uk-cinema-releases-friday-17th-april-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Cinema Releases: Friday 17th April 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

I Love You Man<\/a><\/strong> (Paramount): Comedy about a newly engaged man (Paul Rudd<\/a>) who realises he has no male friends\u00a0and sets out to find a best man for his wedding. Although he didn’t work on it, this bears all the hallmarks of a Judd Apatow<\/a> comedy as it stars two of his regular actors (Rudd and Jason Segel<\/a>) and is directed by John Hamburg<\/a> who worked on Undeclared<\/a>. Some of it is a little predictable (e.g. pop culture references, geeky men getting in touch with their emotions) but the chemistry from the two leads works nicely and the laughs are fairly consistent throughout.\u00a0[London & Nationwide \/\u00a0Cert 15]<\/p>\n

Crank: High Voltage<\/a><\/strong> (Lionsgate): The sequel to\u00a0the 2006 action film\u00a0Crank<\/a>\u00a0sees Jason Statham<\/a>\u00a0reprise his role as\u00a0Chev Chelios, a British hitman in LA who is forced to keep his adrenaline going after being poisoned. This one picks up straight after and Chelios has his heart stolen (!) by a gang of rougue Chinese medics and\u00a0must keep shocking himself with regular jolts of electricity to keep himself alive. Written and directed by\u00a0Mark Neveldine<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Brian Taylor<\/a>, it is as mindlessly enjoyable as the first one and a cut above the Transporter films.\u00a0[Nationwide \/ Cert 15]<\/p>\n

In The Loop<\/a><\/strong> (Optimum Releasing): A spin off from the\u00a0BBC TV series\u00a0The Thick of It<\/a>, this political satire sees\u00a0the\u00a0US president<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Prime Minister<\/a>\u00a0want to declare another war and\u00a0follows the people behind the scenes who have to spin the message to the public. It stars\u00a0Tom Hollander<\/a>,\u00a0James Gandolfini<\/a>,\u00a0Chris Addison<\/a>,\u00a0Peter Capaldi<\/a>,\u00a0Gina McKee<\/a>,\u00a0Steve Coogan<\/a>\u00a0and was written and directed by\u00a0Armando Iannucci<\/a>.\u00a0[Odeons Camden & Kensington, Vue Shepherds Bush & Nationwide \/ Cert 15]<\/p>\n

Not Easily Broken<\/a><\/strong> (Sony Pictures): The story of couple\u00a0(Morris Chestnut<\/a>\u00a0and Taraji P. Henson<\/a>) whose marriage is tested after one of them is hurt in a car crash. Directed by\u00a0Bill Duke<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0T.D. Jakes<\/a>‘s\u00a0novel\u00a0Not Easily Broken.<\/em>\u00a0[London & Nationwide \/ Cert PG]<\/p>\n

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

Good<\/a><\/strong> (Lionsgate): A film adaptation of the play by\u00a0C. P. Taylor<\/a>, which is the story\u00a0of John Halder (Viggo Mortensen<\/a>), a\u00a0German<\/a>\u00a0literature professor in the 1930s, who slowly accepts the ideas of the\u00a0Nazi Party<\/a>. It co-stars\u00a0\u00a0Jason Isaacs<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jodie Whittaker<\/a>\u00a0and was directed by\u00a0Vicente Amorim<\/a>.\u00a0[Curzon Mayfair & Key Cities \/ Cert 15]<\/p>\n

In Search Of Beethoven<\/a><\/strong> (Seventh Art Productions):\u00a0The first truly comprehensive feature length cinema documentary ever made about Beethoven<\/span>, with over 60 live performances<\/span>. Directed by\u00a0Phil Grabsky<\/a>. [All Saints Arts Ctre, Barbican, Phoenix & Key Cities \/ Cert U]\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before I Forget<\/a><\/strong> <\/span>(Peccadillo Pictures): A 2007 French film directed by\u00a0Jacques Nolot<\/a>\u00a0about\u00a0a 58-year-old man<\/span>\u00a0battling his inner demons on the search for self-discovery<\/span>.\u00a0[ICA Cinema & Key Cities]<\/p>\n

>\u00a0Check out the UK cinema releases for April 2009<\/a>
\n>\u00a0Our latest DVD picks<\/a>\u00a0(W\/C Monday 13th April)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Including I Love You Man, Crank: High Voltage, In the Loop and Good.<\/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":[923,924,922,779,535],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5383"}],"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=5383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}