Cinema releases by week

, 1h40
Directed by Aaron Russo, David Greenwalt
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Eric Roberts, Cheech Marin, Julie Hagerty, Robert Carradine, Tom Sizemore, Andrea Martin
Rating48%
In 1969 New York City, two hippies, Fred Wook (Eric Roberts) and Jesus Monteya (Cheech Marin), flee the US to avoid arrest by the FBI and hide out in the jungles of Central America. Fred is an idealist, working on an underground newspaper with his friend Sammy (Robert Carradine), while Jesus is a stoner whose brain has been fried after being given huge amounts of LSD by researchers (the theory being that acid and appropriate visual stimulation can turn pacifist hippies into committed soldiers; Jesus proves their failure by wishing them 'peace' as he leaves the lab.) The two flee the inner-city commune they are living in, leaving behind Sammy who feels it is important that he keep writing and publishing their message, and Fred's girlfriend, artist Petra (Julie Hagerty).

Directed by Michael Miner
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about school violence
Actors Rodney Eastman, Kim Walker, Joe Regalbuto, Gary Frank, William Sanderson, Michael Horse
Rating44%
Une arme ultra-sophistiquée développée par l'armée, un pistolet contenant un mini réacteur nucléaire, est perdue dans la nature à la suite de l'accident du camion qui la transportait, tombé dans une rivière. Un jeune adolescent, souffre-douleur de ses camarades, Zeke s'en empare et l'utilise alors pour se venger de tous ceux qui le persécutaient. Dans le même temps, l'armée envoie un commando, mené par l'ultra-zélé Lieutenant Dalton, pour retrouver cette arme avant que son réacteur nucléaire n'explose…

, 1h29
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Ian Bannen, Sheila McCarthy, Maury Chaykin, Brian Downey, Gary Reineke
Rating52%
Ten-year-old George (Nathaniel Moreau) lives in a dilapidated home near the Halifax Harbour with his grandfather Captain Waters (Ian Bannen). Captain Waters is a wheelchair-bound former sailor. He is fond of telling George ghost stories. He volunteers an old story about the time he saw Captain Kidd's ghost out in Halifax Harbour. When George learns in school about Kidd's supposed buried treasure out on nearby George's Island, he volunteers the story, and is punished by nosy school teacher Miss Birdwood (Sheila McCarthy). Miss Birdwood believes that the root of George's outburst is "trouble at home." She launches her own sneaky investigation to find out the truth. When she discovers that Captain Waters has a fondness for grog, she reports the family to Mr. Droonfield (Maury Chaykin) at Child Services. While Mr. Droonfield determines a course of action, George is temporarily placed with a foster family, the Beanes (portrayed by Brian Downey and Irene Hogan) who keep him locked up in a basement cell. On Halloween night, George and the Beanes' other adoptee, Bonnie (Vickie Ridler), escape with Captain Waters and head for safety on George's Island. Miss Birdwood and Mr. Droonfield give chase, but they accidentally awaken the ghosts of Captain Kidd (Gary Reineke) and his men, who think that the intruders are after their chest of gold.

, 1h31
Directed by Peter Masterson
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Eric Roberts, Giancarlo Giannini, Dennis Hopper, Burt Young, Lara Harris, Susan Anspach
Rating40%
Set in the 1890s, the story centers around the life of a Sicilian family, the Collogeros, living in California and working in the winemaking business, and their confrontation with a powerful railroad and land baron named William Bradford Berrigan (Hopper), who is after their lands and the ones that belong to the other families in the area. Berrigan's plan is to get control of the properties in order to build a new railroad. When the conflict escalates, he murders the patriarch of the family, Sebastian Collogero (Giannini), and in response, his son Marco (Roberts) claims for justice. With the help of his family and others, Marco starts an open guerrilla war against Berrigan.

, 1h23
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa, Children's films
Actors Keith Coogan, Lucy Deakins, Jim Ward
Rating59%
An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents, adopt a female cheetah they call Duma, only to realize that they must set her free so that she can learn to hunt and be free. However, when she is captured by poachers planning to race her against greyhounds, the two city kids, together with a young African goat herder they befriended, head off into the wild to rescue her.

, 1h53
Directed by Brian De Palma, Brian W. Cook
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Politique, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Political films
Actors Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, John C. Reilly, John Leguizamo, Dale Dye, Thuy Thu Le
Rating71%
The story is presented as a flashback of Max Eriksson, a Vietnam veteran. In November 1966, a squad of American soldiers is on patrol when they are suddenly attacked by the Viet Cong. The ground cracks under Eriksson while he walks above a Viet Cong tunnel. Sergeant Tony Meserve pulls Eriksson out of the hole and eventually, the Americans stave off the attack.

, 1h32
Directed by Farhad Mann
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime
Themes Vampires in film
Actors Rick Springfield, Cec Verrell, Craig Richard Nelson, John Kapelos, Laura Johnson, Robert Harper
Rating61%

, 1h40
Directed by John Hughes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors John Candy, Jean Louisa Kelly, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann, Macaulay Culkin, Laurie Metcalf
Rating70%
Bob and Cindy Russell and their three kids, 15-year-old Tia, 10-year-old Miles, and 6-year-old Maizy, have recently moved from Indianapolis, Indiana to the Chicago, Illinois suburbs because of Bob's promotion. Tia resents her parents for the move. Late one night, they receive a phone call from Indianapolis informing them that Cindy's father has suffered a heart attack. They make plans to leave immediately to be with him. After hearing the news, Tia accuses Cindy of abandoning her.

, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Richard Dreyfuss, David Johansen, Teri Garr, Jennifer Tilly, Allen Garfield, Robbie Coltrane
Rating67%
Jay Trotter drives a cab. His friend Looney, also a cab driver, has a secret microphone in his taxi to record his passengers' conversations. Looney has a tape of two men talking about a horse race and how one of the horses, due to some unethical practice by its owner, is a sure thing to win big. Jay goes to the track to place a bet—despite the fact that the day before, he told his wife Pam that he would quit betting and be home to "start their marriage over" at noon. In the restroom of the bar next door, he prays to God, "Just one day, that's all I'm asking for, one day, I'm due." A man exiting the bathrooms says "Ya? So's Jesus. Let it ride." Jay promptly places a $50 bet. The horse wins in a photo finish and pays $28.40 to win (earning him $710).

, 1h44
Directed by Jean-Claude Lord
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Michael Paré, Bernie Coulson, Michael Antunes, Marina Orsini, Matthew Laurance, Harvey Atkin
Rating62%
Satin Records, which twenty years prior had rejected rock and roll band Eddie and the Cruisers last album A Season in Hell, launches an "Eddie Lives!" campaign to make more money from his image in a publicity stunt, despite them not believing he is alive. The record label re-releases the band's first album, which becomes an even bigger hit than it had on its first release. As seen in the first film, the "lost recordings" from Season in Hell are released and become yet another hit album. In fact, Eddie Wilson is living, and he had simply slipped away following the car crash in which he was believed killed. By that stage in his life, he simply wanted to leave music behind him. The newly generated constant spotlight surrounding his supposed death angers the reclusive rocker, by now living in Canada as a construction worker under the name Joe West.

, 1h30
Directed by Lisandro Duque Naranjo
Actors Frank Ramírez, Lisandro Duque Naranjo
Rating67%
Margarito Duarte is a modest employee of the local court in Filandia, a small Colombian town on the slopes of the Andes. Abandoned by his wife, Margarito is devoted to his only child, Evelia, his seven-year-old daughter. One day, after Evelia’s school day is over, Margarito waits for his daughter at home with a present, an acrobatic flipping monkey. Evelia barely has time to give a kiss and hug her father in gratitude for the present when she dies, suddenly, for no apparent reason.

, 1h45
Directed by Michael Winner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Jeremy Irons, Anthony Hopkins, Prunella Scales, Jenny Seagrove, Sylvia Syms, Gareth Hunt
Rating56%