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Film title: Knowing

Director: Alex Proyas

Screenplay: Alex Proyas and others

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury, Lara Robinson, Ben Mendelsohn

Distributor: Summit Entertainment (USA); Icon Film Distribution (UK)

Cinema Release Date: 20 March 2009 (USA); 25 March 2009 (UK)

DVD Release date: 7 July 2009 (USA); 3 August 2009 (UK)

Certificate: PG-13 (USA); 15 (UK) Contains strong threat and intense disaster scenes

Film title: The Proposal

Director: Anne Fletcher

Screenplay: Pete Chiarelli

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Malin Akerman, Mary Steenburgen

Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures

Cinema Release Date: 19 June 2009 (USA); 22 July 2009 (UK)

DVD Release date: 13 October 2009 (USA); 30 November 2009 (UK)

Certificate: PG-13 (USA); 12A (UK) Contains moderate language and sex references

Film title: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Director: Tony Scott

Screenplay: Brian Helgeland, based on the novel by Morton Freedgood

Starring: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Luis Guzmán, John Turturro

Distributor: Columbia Pictures (USA); Sony Pictures Entertainment (UK)

Cinema Release Date: 12 June 2009 (USA); 31 July 2009 (UK)

Certificate: R (USA); 15 (UK) Contains strong language and violence

Film title: Flash of Genius

Director: Marc Abraham

Screenplay: Philip Railsback

Starring: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney, Alan Alda

Distributor: Universal Pictures (USA); Optimum (UK)

Cinema Release Date: 3 October 2008 (USA); 20 March 2009 (UK)

DVD Release date: 17 February 2009 (USA); 20 July 2009 (UK)

Certificate: PG-13 (USA); 12A (UK) Contains one use of strong language

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Every Monday morning, Paul Hammond of UCB UK radio talks to Culturewatch Managing Editor Tony Watkins about new film and DVD releases.

You can listen live at just after 10.30 am on DAB radio (in some areas), cable channel 914, satellite channel 0125 or online.

This week, Paul and Tony discuss The Proposal, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Knowing and Flash of Genius.

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