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This weeks UK new movie preview 12th January 2024 - Poor Things, The Boys In the Boat, Lord of Misrule and The Beekeeper

Poor Things
Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 12th January 2024, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Wonka from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases
  • Poor Things
  • The Boys In the Boat
  • Lord of Misrule
  • The Beekeeper
Poor Things

Poor Things

  • The movie is directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, it is the directors 10th movie.
  • Yorgos Lanthimos also directed Kinetta in 2007.
  • It stars Emma Stone who also starred in Easy A (2010).
  • The film also stars Willem Dafoe who was last seen in The Boy and the Heron (2023).
  • They also appeared together in Kinds of Kindness in .
  • Yorgos Lanthimos directed Emma Stone in The Favourite
  • Yorgos Lanthimos directed Willem Dafoe in Kinds of Kindness
  • This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is
The Boys In the Boat

The Boys In the Boat

  • The movie is directed by George Clooney, it is the directors 9th movie.
  • George Clooney also directed The Midnight Sky in 2020 and grossed $70K globally.
  • It stars Joel Edgerton who also starred in Black Mass (2015).
  • The film also stars Callum Turner who was last seen in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022).
  • This movie is released in Movie Theatres.

Lord of Misrule

The Beekeeper

  • The movie is directed by David Ayer, it is the directors 9th movie.
  • David Ayer also directed Street Kings in 2008 which grossed £1.1 Mil. in the UK.
  • It stars Jason Statham who also starred in The Expendables (2010).
  • The film also stars Emmy Raver Lampman who was last seen in Dog (2022).
  • This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 4 new movies released

  • Mean Girls - Wednesday, 17th January
  • The End We Start From - Friday, 19th January
  • The Holdovers - Friday, 19th January
  • The Book of Clarence - Friday, 19th January

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