Friday, April 1, 2011

Coming soon: new film releases


Check out all the new releases in the next four weeks.


Essential Killing (15)
A prisoner escapes and must fight for survival in a snowy forest when his captors’ vehicle crashes.
Game (D)
Bollywood crime thriller about 4 strangers invited to the private island of a reclusive billionaire.

Hop (tbc)
A car accidentally hits the Easter Bunny, and it's up to the offending driver to save Easter.
Killing Bono (15) Watch the trailer
Two brothers attempt to become global rock stars but can only look on as old school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.
Louise-Michel (tbc)
The recently fired female employees of a children's clothing factory pool their funds together to put a ‘hit’ on their callous boss.
Oranges and Sunshine (tbc)
A social worker from Nottingham uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times: the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom.
Passenger Side (D)
Two brothers spend the day driving around Los Angeles county looking for the meaning of their lives, or cheap street drugs, depending on whom you believe.
Source Code (12A) Watch the trailer
An action thriller centered on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.
Sucker Punch (tbc)
A young girl is institutionalised by her wicked stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality, she envisions a plan that will help her escape from the facility.
Young Hearts Run Free (12A)
A coming-of-age drama of romance and teenage angst set against the social and political backdrop of community bonds strained under a crumbling economy.
Friday 8 April
Armadillo (tbc) (documentary)
Director Janus Metz follows the lives of a group of Danish soldiers to Armadillo – an army base in the southern Afghan province of Helmand.
Before the Revolution (tbc)
A re-release of Bernardo Bertolucci's look at an Italian young man's break into adulthood.
Cold Fish (tbc)
A Japanese film directed by Shion Sono about a tropical fish shop owner.
Mars Needs Moms (3D) (PG)
Seth Green voices Milo the boy whose mum is taken away from him by aliens.
Rio (tbc) (3D) Watch the trailer
An animated film about a domesticated macaw from Minnesota who sets off on an adventure.
The Roommate (15)
A dark high-school horror about college student Sara who has an obsessive new roomate.
The Silent House (tbc)
A horror movie based on a true story about a small house in a village in Uruguay which holds some dark secrets.
Tomorrow When the War Began (tbc)
An alien invader movie where a band of teenagers save the day.
Wednesday 13 April
Your Highness (15)
Natalie Portman stars alongside James Franco in this fairy-tale romp through dragons and evil to save a princess.
Friday 15 April
Cold Weather (tbc)
A quirky film about a man who loves mysteries and is thrown into an uexpected detective trail.
The Last Picture Show (15)
Released in 1971, and starring Jeff Bridges, this film tells of a group of 50s high schoolers coming of age in a west Texas town.
Little White Lies (tbc)
Francois Cluzet and Marion Cotillard star in this film about having to reveal painful truths to your close friends.
Meek's Cutoff (tbc)
Stranded in the Oregon desert in 1845, travellers have to fend for themselves. Stars Michelle Williams.
Red Riding Hood (tbc) Watch the trailer
A remake of the classic fairy-tale story. A young girl in a medieval village falls for an orphaned woodcutter. Starring Amanda Seyfried and Gary Oldman.
A Small Act (tbc)
A documentary about a young Kenyan who has his education sponsored by a Swedish stranger.
Also released: Scream 4 (tbc) Watch the trailerCooking With Stella(tbc); Sparrow (tbc); Winnie the Pooh (tbc)
Friday 22 April
Adele Blanc-Sec (12A)
A Parisian adventure story set at the turn of the century about novelist Adele Blanc-Sec based on the Belgian comic books by Jacques Tardi. Directed by Luc Besson.
Apollo 18 (tbc) Watch the trailer
An alien horror movie about a mission to space that waws aborted in the 1970s by NASA.
Arthur (tbc) Watch the trailer
Russell Brand stars as a billionaire who jeopardises his inheritance by falling for the wrong girl. Also starring Helen Mirren.
Beastly (12A) Watch the trailer
Mary Kate Olsen stars in this adaptation of the old Beauty and the Beast fable, brought up to modern day New York city.
Dum Maaro Dum (tbc)
A thriller based in Goa about a man who pledges his soul to a hustler to sort his life out.
How I Ended This Summer (tbc)
A Russian drama based on a polar station in the Arctic Ocean where two men slowly start to be poisoned by lies and suspicion.
Island (tbc)
Nikki Black was abandoned at birth and is trying to find her birth mother. She travels to a Hebredean island to confront her.
Pina (tbc)
Wim Wenders' new 3D documentary of avant-garde choreographer Pina Bausch.
Taxi Zum Klo (18)
Originally released in 1980, this German comedy stars Frank Ripploh a dedicated public school teacher by day and a cruising gay man by night

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