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NATIONAL RELEASES<\/strong><\/p>\n 12 Rounds<\/a><\/strong> (20th Century Fox): <\/span>A thriller about a New Orleans detective Danny Baxter (John Cena<\/a>) discovers his girlfriend (Ashley Scott<\/a>) has been kidnapped by a ex-con (Aidan Gillen<\/a>) tied to Baxter’s past, who then forces him to complete 12 challenges in order to secure her safe release. Directed by Renny Harlin<\/a> (whose career has been on autopilot for the best part of a decade) and scripted by Shane Black<\/a> under the\u00a0pseudonym\u00a0Daniel Kunka, it has got negative reviews<\/a> in the US and generally looks like a cross between Die Hard with a Vengeance<\/a> and Speed<\/a> …with a wrestler<\/a> in the lead role. Fox will be hoping for reasonable box office in a week without any major blockbuster rivals, but the lack of star power could hamper it.\u00a0[Vue West End & Nationwide \/ Cert\u00a012A]<\/p>\n Drag Me To Hell<\/a><\/strong> (Lionsgate UK): A horror movie involving an unsuspecting young woman (Alison Lohman<\/a>) becomes the recipient of a supernatural curse cast upon her by an older Eastern European woman (Lorna Raver<\/a>). It marks a return to the horror genre for director\u00a0Sam Raimi<\/a> and early buzz and reviews<\/a> have been very good indeed. Lionsgate (distributing in the UK whilst Universal have US rights) have done a good job marketing the film and word of mouth may see this score a better than expected opening weekend. [Odeon West End & Nationwide \/ Cert\u00a015]<\/p>\n Obsessed<\/a><\/strong> (Sony Pictures): A modern day take on Fatal Attraction, which sees a\u00a0successful professional man (Idris Elba<\/a>) with a beautiful wife (Beyonc\u00e9 Knowles<\/a>) threatened by a temp in his office (Ali Larter<\/a>) who turns out to be a stalker. Last month the film topped the US box office despite some horrendous reviews<\/a> and may do OK business here amongst undemanding audiences. N.B. Fans of The Wire<\/a> (currently airing on BBC2) might note that Elba played Stringer Bell<\/a> in the critically acclaimed HBO show.\u00a0[London & Nationwide \/ Cert\u00a012A]<\/p>\n [ad]<\/p>\n IN SELECTED RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n Fermat’s Room<\/a><\/strong> <\/span>(Revolver Entertainment): A\u00a02007 Spanish horror film about four mathematicians who are invited to a house, where they are trapped in a room and must solve puzzles given by the host in order to survive.\u00a0[Odeon Covent Garden & Key Cities]<\/p>\n Fireflies In The Garden<\/a><\/strong> (The Works):\u00a0A semi-autobiographical story which centres on the complexities of love and commitment in a family torn apart when faced by an unexpected tragedy. Directed by\u00a0Dennis Lee<\/a>, it features an unusually starry cast which includes\u00a0Willem Dafoe<\/a>, Julia Roberts<\/a>,\u00a0Ryan Reynolds<\/a>,\u00a0Hayden Panettiere<\/a>,\u00a0Emily Watson<\/a> and\u00a0Carrie-Anne Moss<\/a>.\u00a0Despite the people in it, the lack of a major distributor points to a film that is just going to come and go.\u00a0[C’World Haymarket, Odeon Covent Gdn., P’House Chelsea & Key Cities \/ Cert\u00a015]<\/p>\n Fugitive Pieces<\/a><\/strong> (Soda Pictures): An\u00a0adaptation of the\u00a0novel of the same name<\/a> by\u00a0Anne Michaels<\/a>, which is the story of Jakob Beer, a boy orphaned\u00a0in\u00a0Poland<\/a> during\u00a0World War II<\/a> who is saved by a Greek\u00a0archeologist<\/a>. Directed by\u00a0by\u00a0Jeremy Podeswa<\/a>, it stars\u00a0Stephen Dillane<\/a>,\u00a0Rade \u0160erbed\u017eija<\/a> and\u00a0Rosamund Pike<\/a>, but the fact that it is only getting a UK release two years after premiering at the \u00a0Toronto Film Festival suggests the audience is limited.\u00a0[London & Key Cities \/ Cert\u00a015]<\/p>\n Jonas Brothers: The 3DConcert Experience<\/a><\/strong> (Walt Disney): A\u00a03-D<\/a> concert film<\/a> starring the\u00a0Jonas Brothers<\/a> trio. <\/span>[Cineworld Haymarket & Nationwide \/ Cert\u00a0U]<\/p>\n Sleep Furiously<\/a><\/strong> (New Wave Films): A documentary\u00a0directed by\u00a0Gideon Koppel<\/a>, explores Trefeurig<\/a>, the Welsh farming community in Ceredigion where he grew up, and where his parents found refuge from Nazi Germany during the Second World War. [Curzon Soho, Apollo Piccadilly Circus & Key Cities \/ Cert\u00a0U]<\/p>\n >\u00a0UK cinema releases for May 2009<\/a> Including 12 Rounds, Drag Me To Hell and Obsessed.<\/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":[980,981,982,535],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5731"}],"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=5731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n>\u00a0DVD Picks for this week<\/a> including The Reader and 30 Rock: Season 2 (W\/C Monday 25th May)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"