{"id":5797,"date":"2009-06-05T03:04:36","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T02:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=5797"},"modified":"2009-06-05T03:05:21","modified_gmt":"2009-06-05T02:05:21","slug":"uk-cinema-releases-friday-5th-june-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/06\/05\/uk-cinema-releases-friday-5th-june-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Cinema Releases: Friday 5th June 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

Terminator Salvation<\/a><\/strong> (Sony Pictures): The fourth\u00a0Terminator<\/a> film tries to reboot the franchise with a story set in the apocalyptic future only glimpsed at in the first three films. Christian Bale<\/a> stars as future Resistance leader\u00a0John Connor<\/a>,\u00a0Sam Worthington<\/a> plays a\u00a0mysterious man named Marcus Wright and\u00a0Anton Yelchin<\/a> is a young\u00a0Kyle Reese<\/a>, the protagonist from the\u00a0original 1984 film<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Set in 2018, it focuses on the war between humanity and\u00a0Skynet<\/a> and although the action sequences are mostly well done, all the stuff inbetween is pretty ropey (although to be fair Worthington’s role is better than you might think). Hiring\u00a0McG<\/a> as a director was a big mistake, as the basic premise of this new Terminator franchise could have been quite tasty in the hands of a skilled director (like James Cameron) but instead it is pretty formulaic stuff.<\/p>\n

Sony have distribution rights for the UK and can expect a big opening weekend but bad word of mouth might affect the box office in the next week or two. The now infamous Christian Bale rant<\/a> that surfaced earlier this year has probably been one of the most effective (if unintentional) viral ads ever. [London & Nationwide \/ Cert 12A]<\/p>\n

Last Chance Harvey<\/a><\/strong> (Momentum Pictures): A romantic\u00a0film starring\u00a0Dustin Hoffman<\/a> and\u00a0Emma Thompson<\/a> as two people who meet and fall in love in\u00a0London<\/a>. Written and directed by\u00a0Joel Hopkins<\/a>, it also stars\u00a0Kathy Baker<\/a>,\u00a0James Brolin<\/a>,\u00a0Liane Balaban<\/a> and\u00a0Richard Schiff<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Momentum will be hoping to attract the older audience who aren’t going to see Terminator and given the OK reviews it got stateside<\/a>, it might do respectable business.\u00a0[Chelsea Cinema, Curzon Mayfair, Odeon West End & Nationwide \/ Cert\u00a012A]<\/p>\n

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

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

Sugar<\/a><\/strong> (Axiom Films): The second film from\u00a0Anna Boden<\/a> and\u00a0Ryan Fleck<\/a> is\u00a0the story of Miguel Santos\u00a0(Algenis Perez Soto<\/a>)\u00a0nicknamed\u00a0‘Sugar’, a\u00a0Dominican<\/a> pitcher from\u00a0San Pedro de Macor\u00eds<\/a>, who tries to make it to the big leagues of US baseball. After their brilliant debut in 2006 with Half Nelson<\/a>, the filmmakers here deserve a lot of credit for sticking to their artistic guns and not making a formulaic indie movie.<\/p>\n

It wisely eschews the cliches of US sports movies and provides a rare and fascinating glimpse into the business of US sport, as well as being an absorbing immigrant story. Like Half Nelson it is well observed and free of any cheap sentiment. It premiered at Sundance in 2008 and although it did the festival circuit to some critical acclaim struggled to make an impact at the box office. Axiom will be hoping it does OK arthouse business on the back of very good reviews<\/a>, which it deserves as it is the kind of US film that you rarely get to see these days. [Curzon Soho & Key Cities \/ Cert\u00a015]<\/p>\n

Anything For Her<\/a><\/strong> (Metrodome): A French thriller\u00a0about a married couple (Diane Kruger<\/a> and Vincent Lindon<\/a>) whose life takes a turn for the worse whenone of them is arrested on murder charges. Metrodome will be hoping the same audiences who turned out for Tell No One<\/a> in 2007 will be up for this. A US remake is already in the works and I’m guessing more people will revisit this film when that vversion is finally released.\u00a0[Barbican, Cine Lumiere, C’World Haymarket, Curzon Soho & Key Cities\/ Cert\u00a015]<\/p>\n

The Hide<\/a><\/strong> (ICA Cinema): A low budget film about two men\u00a0who form a close bond after news of a police manhunt sets them both on edge. Directed by\u00a0Marek Losey<\/a>, it stars\u00a0Alex MacQueen<\/a> and\u00a0Phil Campbell<\/a>.\u00a0[ICA Cinema]<\/p>\n

Max Manus Man Of War<\/a><\/strong> (Revolver Entertainment): A Norwegian biopic about\u00a0resistance fighter\u00a0Max Manus<\/a>, directed by\u00a0Joachim R\u00f8nning<\/a> and\u00a0Espen Sandberg<\/a>, it stars\u00a0Aksel Hennie<\/a> and\u00a0Nicolai Cleve Broch<\/a>. [Genesis Cinema Mile End \/ Cert\u00a015]<\/p>\n

Shadows In The Sun<\/a><\/strong> (Artificial Eye): Set in the late 1960s, this is the story of how a mysterious loner changes the lives of one family and helps them re-discover their deep affection for one another. Directed by\u00a0David Rocksavage<\/a>, it stars\u00a0Jean Simmons<\/a>,\u00a0Jamie Dornan<\/a>,\u00a0Clemency Burton-Hill<\/a> and\u00a0James Wilby<\/a>.\u00a0[Curzon Mayfair, Renoir & selected Key Cities \/ Cert\u00a012A]<\/p>\n

Accident<\/a><\/strong> (bfi Distribution): A BFI re-issue for this\u00a01967 film, directed by\u00a0Joseph Losey<\/a> and written by\u00a0Harold Pinter<\/a>, based on the novel by\u00a0Nicholas Mosley<\/a>. The story is about the\u00a0complex relationships between an Oxford professor (Dirk Bogarde<\/a>), one of his students and the young woman who captivates both of them. It was the second of three collaborations between Pinter and Losey, preceded by\u00a0The Servant<\/a> and followed by\u00a0The Go-Between<\/a>.\u00a0[London & Key Cities \/ Cert\u00a012A]<\/p>\n

This Sporting Life<\/a><\/strong> (Park Circus): Another re-issue of a 1960s film\u00a0based on a novel of the same name by\u00a0David Storey<\/a> about a\u00a0rugby league<\/a> player (Richard Harris<\/a>) in Wakefield,\u00a0Yorkshire<\/a> whose romantic life is not as successful as his sporting life. Co-starring\u00a0Rachel Roberts<\/a> and\u00a0Alan Badel<\/a>, it was\u00a0directed by\u00a0Lindsay Anderson<\/a> and was one of the last major films of the\u00a0British New Wave<\/a>.\u00a0[ICA Cinema & selected Key Cities \/ Cert\u00a012A]<\/p>\n

>\u00a0UK cinema releases for June 2009<\/a>
\n>\u00a0DVD Picks for this week<\/a> including\u00a0Slumdog Millionaire, The Wrestler and Battlestar Galactica: The Final Season\u00a0(W\/C Monday 1st June)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Including Terminator Salvation, Last Chance Harvey and Sugar.<\/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":[997,359,535],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5797"}],"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=5797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}