{"id":5517,"date":"2009-05-01T00:12:31","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T23:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=5517"},"modified":"2009-05-01T00:24:37","modified_gmt":"2009-04-30T23:24:37","slug":"uk-cinema-releases-friday-1st-may-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/05\/01\/uk-cinema-releases-friday-1st-may-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Cinema Releases: Friday 1st May 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

X-Men Origins: Wolverine<\/a><\/strong> (20th Century Fox): A\u00a0prequel to the\u00a0X-Men films<\/a>\u00a0which traces the back story to Wolverine<\/a> (Hugh Jackman<\/a>) and his involvement in the Weapon X<\/a> program. Directed by Gavin Hood (who made Tsotsi<\/a> and Rendition<\/a>) it co-stars\u00a0Liev Schreiber<\/a>, Danny Huston<\/a>\u00a0and Lynn Collins<\/a>, but for various reasons is something of a mess<\/a>. Despite the film’s problems, Fox will expect a huge worldwide opening although it may tail off when bad word of mouth spreads and Star Trek opens next week.\u00a0[Vue West End & Nationwide \/ Cert\u00a012A]<\/p>\n

Hannah Montana The Movie<\/a><\/strong> (Walt Disney): The\u00a0film adaptation\u00a0of th<\/span>e teen sitcom\u00a0Hannah Montana<\/em><\/a>\u00a0stars\u00a0Miley Cyrus<\/a>\u00a0as\u00a0Miley Stewart<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(and her\u00a0alter-ego\u00a0Hannah Montana<\/a><\/span>)\u00a0<\/span>who’s\u00a0life is becoming out of control,<\/span>\u00a0to the point where\u00a0her dad,\u00a0Robby Stewart<\/a>\u00a0(Billy Ray Cyrus<\/a>) takes <\/span>her\u00a0back home to Tennessee.<\/span>\u00a0Disney can expect the tweens<\/a> to lap this up although questions may be asked if counter-programming it against Wolverine was the right move.\u00a0[Vue West End & Nationwide \/ Cert\u00a0U]<\/span><\/p>\n

Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past<\/a><\/strong> (Entertainment): A romantic comedy\u00a0that offers a new take on\u00a0Charles Dickens<\/a>‘\u00a0A Christmas Carol<\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/span>which sees\u00a0Matthew McConaughey<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>play a womaniser haunted by past girlfriends. Directed by\u00a0Mark Waters<\/a>, it stars\u00a0Emma Stone<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jennifer Garner<\/a><\/span>. More counter-programming against Wolverine, Entertainment can expect female audiences to be interested but the lack of awareness for this film seems ominous for its long-term box office. [Vue West End & Nationwide \/ Cert 12A]<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Is Anybody There?<\/a><\/strong> (Optimum Releasing): A British drama about a young boy\u00a0(Bill Milner<\/a>) who lives at an old people’s home run by his parents (David Morrissey<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Anne-Marie Duff<\/a>), who strikes up a friendship with an elderly magician (Michael Caine<\/a>).\u00a0[Clapham P’House, Curzon Mayfair, Screen on\u00a0Baker Street & Nationwide \/ Cert\u00a012A]<\/p>\n

Funuke: Show Some Love, You Losers!<\/a><\/strong> (Third Window Films): Japanese film about\u00a0<\/span>the relationship between\u00a0three <\/span>siblings after their patents die in a road accident.\u00a0[ICA Cinema \/ Cert\u00a015]<\/p>\n

Helen<\/a><\/strong> (New Wave Films): The\u00a0story of a young woman poised on the brink of adult life directed by Christine Molloy<\/a> and Joe Lawlor<\/a>.\u00a0[Apollo Piccadilly Circus, Curzon Soho & Key Cities \/ Cert\u00a0PG]<\/p>\n

The End<\/a><\/strong> (Kaleidoscope Entertainment): A documentary by Nicola Collins<\/a> about East End gangsters. [London & Key Cities]<\/p>\n

Kal Kisne Dekha<\/a><\/strong> <\/span>(Adlabs Films): A Bollywood film directed by\u00a0Vivek Sharma<\/a>\u00a0and starring\u00a0newcomers\u00a0Jackky Bhagnani<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0Vaishali Desai<\/a><\/span>. [C’Worlds Feltham, Ilford, Wandsworth, Wood Green & selected\u00a0Key Cities]<\/span><\/p>\n

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>\u00a0Our latest DVD picks<\/a>\u00a0(W\/C Monday 27th April)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Including X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Hannah Montana The Movie and The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. <\/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":[952,951,535,696],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5517"}],"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=5517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}