{"id":7452,"date":"2010-01-08T03:30:38","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T03:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=7452"},"modified":"2010-01-09T05:59:57","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T05:59:57","slug":"uk-cinema-releases-friday-8th-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2010\/01\/08\/uk-cinema-releases-friday-8th-january-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Cinema Releases: Friday 8th January 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

It\u2019s Complicated<\/a><\/strong> (Universal): A romantic comedy in which a self-reliant divorc\u00e9e (Meryl Streep) with three grown children ends up in a romantic triangle with her ex-husband (Alec Baldwin) and an architect (Steve Martin).<\/p>\n

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Directed by Nancy Meyers<\/a> (The Holiday, Something’s Gotta Give) it is aimed squarely at the female market and Streep has even been pushed for some OScar and BAFTA consideration. Universal will expect healthy business from the expected audiences although adverse weather conditions could impact the box office. [Odeon West End & Nationwide\t \/ 15]<\/p>\n

The Road<\/a> <\/strong>(Icon):\u00a0The film adaptation of\u00a0Cormac McCarthy<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0devastating 2006 novel<\/a> depicts the journey of a father (Viggo Mortensen<\/a>) and son (Kodi Smit-McPhee<\/a>) as they struggle to stay alive in an America which has descended into savagery after an unspecified environmental and social collapse.<\/p>\n

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Given that the story involves suicide, cannibalism and humans acting like savages you have to give credit to\u00a0director\u00a0John Hillcoat<\/a> (who made the wonderfully gritty Australian western The Proposition<\/a> in 2005)\u00a0and screenwriter\u00a0Joe Penhall<\/a> (author of the acclaimed play Blue\/Orange) for properly translating the horrors and emotions of the novel into a film. Icon will be another UK film distributor cursing the weather and the bleak subject matter is another challenge that has dogged this film. That said, it is based on a major bestseller and is a timely and moving drama.\u00a0[Vue West End & Nationwide \/ 15]<\/p>\n

* Listen to our interview with Joe Penhall about adapting The Road<\/a> *<\/p>\n

Daybreakers<\/a><\/strong> (Lionsgate): A sci-fi horror set in the year 2017, after a plague has transformed nearly all humans into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival whilst a researcher (Ethan Hawke<\/a>) works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind.<\/p>\n

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Directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig, it co-stars\u00a0Willem Dafoe<\/a> and\u00a0Sam Neill<\/a>.\u00a0Although DVD is probably where this will make its real cash, the concept could see it do reasonable theatrical business.\u00a0[Vue West End & Nationwide\/ 15]<\/p>\n

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll<\/a><\/strong> (Entertainment): A music biopic of\u00a0Ian Dury<\/a> starring\u00a0Andy Serkis<\/a> in the lead role which follows Dury’s rise to fame and documents his personal battle with\u00a0polio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The title of the film is derived from the classic 1977 hit, “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll<\/a>” and although word of mouth on this hasn’t been stellar, it could appeal to a certain audience (i.e. readers of Mojo<\/a> and Uncut<\/a>).\u00a0[Nationwide \/ 15]<\/p>\n

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ALSO OUT<\/strong><\/p>\n

It Might Get Loud<\/a><\/strong> (Blue Dolphin): A\u00a0documentary<\/a> by\u00a0Davis Guggenheim<\/a> which explores the history of the\u00a0electric guitar<\/a>, focusing on the careers and styles of\u00a0Jimmy Page<\/a>,\u00a0The Edge<\/a>, and\u00a0Jack White<\/a>.\u00a0[Odeon Panton St. & Nationwide \/ PG]<\/p>\n

Exam<\/a> <\/strong>(Hazeldine Films\/Miracle): A British horror film about eight talented candidates for a job interview at a mysterious corporation who have 80 minutes to answer one simple question with three rules.\u00a0[Key Cities \/ 15]<\/p>\n

Mugabe and the White African<\/a><\/strong> (Dogwoof): Documentary directed by Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson\u00a0that explores a white Zimbabwean family’s stand against Robert Mugabe’s land reform campaign.\u00a0[ICA Cinema & selected Key Cities]<\/p>\n

Treeless Mountain<\/a><\/strong> (Soda Pictures): Korean film from director Kim So Yong<\/a> about two young sisters sisters who have to live with their aunt and grandmother after their mother leaves them.\u00a0\u00a0[Renoir & Key Cities \/ 15]<\/p>\n

Fireball<\/a><\/strong> (Premiere Films): Bollywood film directed by Thanakorn Pongsuwan<\/a> and starring\u00a0Preeti Baraneean\u00a0[Key Cities]<\/p>\n

Mitti <\/strong>(Eros): Bollywood film of which there is little information to be found via Google. [Cineworlds Feltham, Ilford & Key Cities \/ 12A]<\/p>\n

>\u00a0Get local cinema showtimes for your area via Google Movies<\/a>
>\u00a0UK DVD & Blu-ray picks including District 9 and The Hurt Locker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Including It’s Complicated, The Road, Daybreakers and Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll<\/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":[1266,1265,1267,1163,535],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7452"}],"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=7452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}