http://www.filmdates.co.uk UK Cinema Releases - Next Two Weeks (20th May 2012 to 3rd June 2012) en-us rss@filmdates.co.uk phil@filmdates.co.uk http://www.filmdates.co.uk/images/header.png http://www.filmdates.co.uk/ 100 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4023-a-film-with-me-in-it/ Release Date: Friday 25th May 2012. Mark is a wannabe actor, penniless, clueless, and inept. He cares for a brother who's paraplegic, and he has a girlfriend, Sally, who wants out of the relationship. His idea of life is to go to the occasional audition, dodge his landlord (having spent the rent money Sally gave him), give Sally a hang-dog look, and talk with Pearce, who lives upstairs. Mark's flat is in disrepair: the kitchen window slams shut, bits of plaster fall from the ceiling, a bulb fizzes, and the sitting-room chandelier sways. When an awful accident happens, Mark freezes, which precipitates additional accidents; he finally calls Pearce, perhaps the worst decision possible. Will Mark come to his senses.]]> Movie Sun, 13 May 2012 23:40:16 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/054c6b144781ff43101bf65b6b05b078.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4023-a-film-with-me-in-it/ 97 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3288-barbaric-genius/ Movie Mon, 14 May 2012 02:06:33 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4082-beijing-taxi/ Release Date: Wednesday 23rd May 2012. BEIJING TAXI is a feature-length documentary that vividly portrays the ancient capital of China undergoing a profound transformation. The intimate lives of three taxi drivers are seen through a humanistic lens as they navigate a quickly morphing city, confronting modern issues and changing values. The three protagonists radiate a warm sense of humanity despite the struggles that each faces in adapting to new realities of life in the modern city. With stunning imagery of Beijing and a contemporary score rich in atmosphere, BEIJING TAXI communicates a visceral sense of the common citizens' persistent attempts to grasp the elusive. The 2008 Summer Olympic Games serve as the backdrop for BEIJING TAXI's story, a coming out party for a rising nation and a metaphor for Chinese society and its struggles to reconcile enormous contradictions while adjusting to a new capitalist system that can seem foreign to some in the Communist-ruled and educated society. Candid and perceptive in its filming approach and highly cinematic and moody in style, BEIJING TAXI takes us on a lyrical journey through fragments of a society riding the bumpy roads to modernization. Though its destination unknown, the drivers continue to forge ahead.]]> Movie Sun, 13 May 2012 20:11:59 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/73d8ae77cf5e78d9f8f7940273138203.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4082-beijing-taxi/ 96 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3966-chicken-with-plums/ Release Date: Thursday 24th May 2012. Nasser-Ali, a talented musician, loses the will to live after his wife breaks his beloved violin during an argument. He searches for a replacement, and finding none that sounds quite the same, he vows to die. Eight days later, he does. This is the story of his last week of life, where we see flashbacks and flash forwards of his previous life and his children's futures. We also see appearances of a nude Sophia Loren as well as the angel of death, Azarel. As we see his life, we realize exactly why he chose to end it and the profundity of this choice.]]> Movie Sun, 13 May 2012 23:42:06 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/66c30a9a603e964127364234a482b336.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3966-chicken-with-plums/ 105 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4112-closed-circuit-extreme/ Release Date: Thursday 24th May 2012. A young couple break into the house of a suspected serial killer and plant hidden camera's to record his crimes, but when they attempt to retrieve the evidence they are trapped by the killer and forced to fight for their lives.]]> Movie Mon, 21 May 2012 20:21:28 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/625904338c2c60aecacbbb88b9f86336.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4112-closed-circuit-extreme/ 99 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3911-death-watch/ Release Date: Friday 1st June 2012. Roddy has a camera implanted in his brain. He is then hired by a television producer to film a documentary of terminally ill Katherine, without her knowledge. His footage will then be run on the popular TV series, "Death Watch.]]> Movie Sat, 21 April 2012 23:02:13 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/93541882a2538e0f3f91db142d04e6b6.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3911-death-watch/ 88 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3980-ducoboo/ Release Date: Sunday 27th May 2012. Ducoboo, 11, an incorrigible dunce, has to study harder, or he will be sent to boarding school! His adventures form the basis of this family comedy embracing the values of friendship, creativity and the right to be different.]]> Movie Sun, 13 May 2012 23:39:20 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/5fab9d11d85b5ebc9726fed76004f542.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3980-ducoboo/ 94 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4069-falls-the-shadow-the-life-and-times-of-athol-fugard/ Movie Mon, 7 May 2012 20:09:07 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3812-himizu/ Release Date: Friday 1st June 2012. Sumida and his schoolmate Keiko are 14 year old school kids living a dystopian existence where each of their parents' hopes and encourages them to die. Set in tsunami-hit areas of Japan about May 2011, which is used as a backdrop, the story follows roughly that of the manga of the same name wherein Sumida fights frequently with his father, is abandoned by his mother and tends to reject friendly advances of others. Eventually, he kills his father and then, assuming his life is ruined, attempts to improve society by killing "bad" people. Although not immediately obvious, what instead happens is that he attacks psychotic and violent characters, while he instead learns from Keiko and the Yakuza and people who befriended him that he himself has become "sick", eventually breaking free of the cycle of violence, but without a complete resolution of the issues raised during the movie before its end.]]> Movie Sat, 28 April 2012 20:14:26 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/501924786d248e4c261e59dc9f6b7199.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3812-himizu/ 104 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3699-iron-sky/ Release Date: Wednesday 23rd May 2012. The Nazis set up a secret base on the moon in 1945 where they hide out and plan to return to power in 2018.]]> Movie Sun, 13 May 2012 23:42:18 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/fc9ffe8e64e4459513de06cce0460973.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3699-iron-sky/ 94 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4105-kasabian-live-from-the-o2/ Movie Sat, 19 May 2012 19:58:31 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4087-klitschko/ Release Date: Monday 21st May 2012. Klitschko tells the captivating story of the boxing worlds most famous brothers: Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko. From the socialist drill of their childhood in the Ukraine, and their first successes as amateurs, to their move to Germany and subsequent rise as international stars on the verge of holding thechampionship titles of all five boxing federations (Wladimir secured this with his unanimous World Boxing Association win against David Haye on July 2nd, 2011). Along the way they experience defeats and setbacks, low points and triumphant comebacks as well as conflicts with each other. Exciting conversations with companions and opponents, including the very first with the Klitschkos parents, give insight into their personal lives, plus never-before-seen footage of the draining preparations for a fight, and the spectacular boxing matches. Director Sebastian Dehnhardt composes an intimate and fascinating portrait of two exceptional athletes who are, before all else, brothers.]]> Movie Fri, 18 May 2012 20:18:42 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/597367205586516cc3fac9e8068b2da8.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4087-klitschko/ 99 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3807-les-hommes-libres/ Release Date: Friday 25th May 2012. In Paris during WWII, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man.]]> Movie Sat, 19 May 2012 20:18:23 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/2ddd8e1afcd091f79df91723f34a36f5.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3807-les-hommes-libres/ 105 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/2766-lol/ Release Date: Friday 1st June 2012. In a world connected by YouTube iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbearing and confused parents. When Lola's mom, Anne, "accidentally" reads her teenage daughter's racy journal, she realizes just how wide their communication gap has grown. Through hilarious and heartfelt moments between mother and daughter, LOL is a fresh coming-of-age story for modern times.]]> Movie Mon, 14 May 2012 02:07:09 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/aab2749db0ded0ae34f31d21453e1921.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/2766-lol/ 93 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/1585-men-in-black-iii/ Release Date: Friday 25th May 2012. Agents J and K are back in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.]]> Movie Fri, 18 May 2012 04:19:18 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/a5fd2ceddba4c86c67c249de975adb66.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/1585-men-in-black-iii/ 97 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3745-moonrise-kingdom/ Release Date: Friday 25th May 2012. Set on an island off the coast of New England in the 1960s, as a young boy and girl fall in love they are moved to run away together. Various factions of the town mobilize to search for them and the town is turned upside down -- which might not be such a bad thing.]]> Movie Sat, 21 April 2012 23:09:42 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/2c627989f61a2057125dfd2230cfe431.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3745-moonrise-kingdom/ 94 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4051-on-the-sly/ Release Date: Friday 1st June 2012. In a world and in a time not so faraway lived a little girl who had the feeling to be invisible in her parents eyes. To be sure, she decided to disappear.]]> Movie Mon, 30 April 2012 23:14:25 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/3f8d82c152ba1c5f1d690f968588cd24.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4051-on-the-sly/ 98 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4089-personal-best/ Movie Mon, 14 May 2012 22:40:02 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/2417-prometheus/ Release Date: Friday 1st June 2012. A group of scientists working for Weyland-Yutani discover that life on Earth was created by beings from another planet. Based on this information they head into space to discover the key to life and encounter an alien threat.]]> Movie Sat, 28 April 2012 20:34:15 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/c59397916e2b17922cc5e963e3148c59.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/2417-prometheus/ 98 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3376-rowdy-rathore/ Release Date: Friday 1st June 2012. ]]> Movie Sat, 21 April 2012 04:43:34 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/ebe86bbc7e2ce89d1d3244c383c2b2cd.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3376-rowdy-rathore/ 93 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4113-shiver/ Release Date: Thursday 24th May 2012. Wendy Alden, a young secretary in Portland lacking in self- confidence becomes victim of a savage killer who has claimed the lives of a number of other women. Somehow Wendy finds the resources of courage to fight back and escape.]]> Movie Mon, 21 May 2012 20:25:51 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/57e26ae3bdc2848de3c6c09e6078e220.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4113-shiver/ 98 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/2153-snow-white-and-the-huntsman/ Release Date: Wednesday 30th May 2012. In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen.]]> Movie Sun, 6 May 2012 22:38:23 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/22f4a6cee76b3a2e33803de94e681e32.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/2153-snow-white-and-the-huntsman/ 96 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3409-tales-of-the-night/ Release Date: Friday 25th May 2012. Michel Ocelot's animated Les Contes de la Nuit (Tales of the Night) is a charming collection of six short allegorical folk tales revolving around ideas of morality and love. Each night a boy and a girl meet in an old run down cinema where they are joined by an old technician who shows them these colourful fantasies that they would otherwise only get to see in their dreams. This is a magical film from an imaginative and inspirational film-maker.]]> Movie Sun, 13 May 2012 23:40:54 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/384b044c8b18954df78b2421981ea681.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3409-tales-of-the-night/ 94 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3817-the-angels-share/ Movie Sun, 15 April 2012 05:04:31 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4068-the-spin-kid/ Release Date: Thursday 24th May 2012. The story of A-hao, an aspiring young DJ who is raised by his grandfather after his mother's passing. Things take a dramatic turn for the worse when a childhood friend unwittingly implicates him in a drug deal that goes wrong. A police pursuit ensues for A-hao, complicated by the fact that the officer leading the charge is actually his estranged father.]]> Movie Sun, 6 May 2012 19:52:24 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/be4204c6802c5299f1f44fb4724c3c14.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4068-the-spin-kid/ 105 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3420-the-turin-horse/ Release Date: Friday 1st June 2012. 1889. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche witnessed the whipping of a horse while traveling in Turin, Italy. He tossed his arms around the horse's neck to protect it then collapsed to the ground. In less than one month, Nietzsche would be diagnosed with a serious mental illness that would make him bed-ridden and speechless for the next eleven years until his death. But whatever did happen to the horse? This film, which is Tarr's last, follows up this question in a fictionalized story of what occurred. The man who whipped the horse is a rural farmer who makes his living taking on carting jobs into the city with his horse-drawn cart. The horse is old and in very poor health, but does its best to obey its master's commands. The farmer and his daughter must come to the understanding that it will be unable to go on sustaining their livelihoods. The dying of the horse is the foundation of this tragic tale.]]> Movie Mon, 14 May 2012 02:07:36 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/033a90575233a6701fee9a7a6f7f1c47.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3420-the-turin-horse/ 98 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3770-top-cat/ Release Date: Friday 1st June 2012. Top Cat and the gang face a new police chief, who is not at all happy with officer Dibble's performance in trying to prevent Top Cat's scams. Strickland, the new police chief, will test Top Cat and his gang while proving to be the greatest foe Top Cat has ever encountered.]]> Movie Sat, 21 April 2012 23:05:02 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/b682197c8ec4755edc87e2f3c2653ec3.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3770-top-cat/ 187 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4039-tsar/ Release Date: Tuesday 22nd May 2012. In 16th-century Russia in the grip of chaos, Ivan the Terrible strongly believes he is vested with a holy mission. Believing he can understand and interpret the signs, he sees the Last Judgment approaching. He establishes absolute power, cruelly destroying anyone who gets in his way. During this reign of terror, Philip, the superior of the monastery on the Solovetsky Islands, a great scholar and Ivan's close friend, dares to oppose the sovereign's mystical tyranny. What follows is a clash between two completely opposite visions of the world, smashing morality and justice, God and men. A grand-scale film with excellent leading roles by Mamonov and Yankovsky. An allegory of Stalinist Russia.]]> Movie Sun, 13 May 2012 23:42:29 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/38bdfb0edf6016f9f31bebd420361745.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4039-tsar/ 97 140 http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3365-what-to-expect-when-you-re-expecting/ Release Date: Friday 25th May 2012. A look at the lives of five couples as they prepare to become parents.]]> Movie Sun, 13 May 2012 23:00:56 MST http://www.filmdates.co.uk/posters/f325ece0778fa42ccbad428aa73b3991.jpg http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/3365-what-to-expect-when-you-re-expecting/ 95 140