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This spring is a big time for British cinema. April begins with Richard Curtis’s ‘The Boat that Rocked’ (April 1, right), his farce about offshore pirate radio DJs in the 1960s. Meanwhile, Armando Iannucci, the man behind Alan Partridge and ‘The Day Today’, makes his first journey into cinema with ‘In the Loop’ (April 17, above), a feature version of the TV series ‘The Thick of It’, in which ineffective Whitehall aides go to Washington on the eve of an impending war.

Also British-made, though rather less funny, are Stephen Frears’s ‘Cheri’ (May 8, below right), his luscious adaptation of a Colette novel set in pre-World War I Paris which has Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Friend in a cross-generational clinch, and ‘Shifty’ (April 24), a sparky first-time feature about two old friends – one a drug dealer, one who’s been absent for a long time – who meet again in their home town.

The first salvo in the summer blockbuster season will be fired by ‘X Men Origins: Wolverine’ (May 1), in which Hugh Jackman plays the mutant superhero Wolverine for the fourth time – this time focusing on his background and creation. The big-budget action continues with ‘Angels and Demons’ (May 14), the sequel to ‘The Da Vinci Code’, with Tom Hanks returning to the lead role, and ‘Night at the Museum 2’ (May 22), with Ben Stiller surely hoping the second instalment will be as big a hit as the first.
Finally, April and May will be a treat for French film fans. This spring marks 50 years since the beginning of the Nouvelle Vague, and to celebrate, François Truffaut’s ‘The 400 Blows’ will be on re-release at several screens across town.

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Five great dvds

Our pick of the latest television releases

Mike Leigh: The BBC Collection

All the films made for TV by this great British director, including ‘Abigail’s Party’, ‘Nuts in May’ and some rarely seen short films.

Red Riding Trilogy

Hot from our TV screens comes this three-part adaptation of David Peace’s novels, starring Andrew Garfield and David Morrissey. It’s never been grimmer up north.

Minder: The Complete Collection

To mark the transmission of the new version of ‘Minder” with Shane Richie in the old George Cole role, you can now get hold of every single one of the original episodes featuring Cole and Dennis Waterman.

The Thick of It: The Specials

To celebrate the release of ‘In the Loop’, these two ‘The Thick of It’ specials have been released on DVD for the first time. Warning: Peter Capaldi’s swearing is not kid-friendly, but brilliantly brash.

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

Leonard Rossiter is a man on the verge of a nervous breakdown in this classic 1970s British TV sitcom. The premise is as dark as they come: a blackly comic everyman, frustrated by life, is teetering on the edge of suicide.

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