The Month’s Top U.K. Releases: April 2011

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Released 4th April:

The American:

Format: Blu-ray/DVD Classification: 15

Stars: George Clooney (Ocean’s 11), Violante Placido (Moana), Thekla Reuten (Highlander: The Source), Bruce Altman (Matchstick Men)

Constantly alone, and always on the move, Jack; a professional assassin; retreats to the Italian countryside, relishing a life free of death, where he can befriend a local priest and fall for a beautiful woman, until his past and profession begin to threaten his new, danger-free, life.

My Soul to Take:

Format: Blu-ray/DVD Classification: 18

Stars: Max Thieriot (Chloe), Nick Lashway (Last Song), Zena Grey (In Good Company), John Magaro (Assassination of a High School President), Jeremy Chu (Evil Instinct)

Coming from legendary horror master Wes Craven, My Soul to Take tells the tales of the Riverton Ripper; a brutal serial killer who swore he would return to murder the seven children born on the night he supposedly died.

Released 11th April:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1:

Format: Blu-ray (Triple Play)/Steelbook Blu-ray (Triple Play)/DVD Classification: 12

Stars: Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter And The Half -Blood Prince), Emma Watson (Harry Potter And The Half -Blood Prince), Rupert Grint (Harry Potter And The Half -Blood Prince)

The first part in the seventh and final Harry Potter film; which sees Harry, Ron, and Hermione beginning their quest to track down and destroy the secret of Voldermort’s immortality.

Rubber:

Format: Blu-ray/DVD Classification: 15

Stars: Stephen Spinella (Virtuosity), Jack Plotnick (Say It Isn’t So), Wings Hauser (Cold Fire)

Very, very weird and extremely violent, Rubber is like no other film you’ve ever seen; taking place deep within the Californian desert, it’s a film following a merciless killer who leaves a blood soaked trail of chaos and death in his path, and just so happens to be a rubber tyre.

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole:

Format: 3D Blu-ray (Super Play)/Blu-ray (Triple Play)/DVD Classification: PG

Stars: Emile de Ravin (The Hills Have Eyes), Hugo Weaving (The Matrix), Helen Mirren (The Queen), Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech)

Adapted from Kathryn Lasky’s popular series of children’s books, Guardians of Ga’Hoole finds a group of barn owls from a fantastic kingdom, banding together to face an evil that wants to destroy their forest; threatening both their lives and their homes.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest/The Stieg Larsson Trilogy:

Format:Blu-ray/DVD Classification: R

Stars: Noomi Rapace (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), Michael Nyqvist (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo),

In the final chapter of Stieg Larsson’s trilogy, Lisbeth Salander awaits trial for three murders and will have to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court, whilst Mikael attempts to prove her innocence.

Monsters:

Format:Blu-ray/DVD Classification: 12

Stars: Whitney Able (All The Boys Love Mandy Lane), Scoot McNairy (In Search of a Midnight Kiss),

A jaded US journalist agrees to find his boss’ daughter and escort her through the dangerous half of Mexico that was quarantined six years ago; after a NASA space probe crash landed there, and new life forms began to appear, leaving massive destruction in their wake.

Released 18th April:

Tron: Legacy, & Tron/Tron: Legacy Blu-ray Box Set:

Format: 3D Blu-ray (Super Play)/Blu-ray (Double Play)/DVD Classification: PG

Stars: Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), Garrett Hedlund (Death Sentence),  Olivia Wilde (House), Michael Sheen (The Special Relationship)

The sequel to the 1982 classic Tron, Tron: Legacy sees the son of the world’s greatest video games creator entering The Grid; a digital world created by his father, who has been missing, and trapped in the very digital world he created for 20 years.

Little Fockers:

Format: Blu-ray (Double Play)/DVD Classification: 12

Stars: Ben Stiller (Dodgeball), Robert de Niro (Raging Bull),  Owen Wilson (Starsky and Hutch), Jessica Alba (The Killer Inside Me), Teri Polo (Meet the Parents), Dustin Hoffman (Rain)

Greg Focker has finally begun to earn the respect of his ex-CIA father-in-law Jack Byrnes, but can he prove that he has what it takes to become the “Godfocker”, and show Jack that he’s a good husband, and a great father?

Released 25th April:

Burlesque:

Format: Blu-ray/DVD Classification: 12

Stars: Cher (Tea With Mussolini), Christina Aguilera, Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)

Seeing musical legend Cher return to acting, and Christina Aguilera make her acting debut, Burlesque tells the story of a young girl who starts work at a burlesque bar which needs to start drawing in the crowds, or face being foreclosed.


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