Cinema releases by week

, 1h39
Directed by Peter Medak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about children
Actors Salma Hayek, Mandy Patinkin, Richard Harris, Edward Atterton, Nigel Terry, Jim Dale
Rating60%
The year is 1480 in Paris. Dom Frollo, a highly religious man, adopts an abandoned, deformed baby on the steps of Notre Dame, believing him to be sent by God. He names the child Quasimodo and raises him as his son.

, 1h45
Directed by Jim McBride
Origin USA
Genres War, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Cary Elwes, Timothy Dalton, John Kavanagh, Seán McGinley, Stuart Graham, Ciarán Fitzgerald
Rating62%
It tells the story of Sean Pius McAnally "Gingy" (Anthony Brophy) and the journey he makes on his way to becoming a supergrass. Gingy is reluctantly pulled out of retirement in a caravan in the Republic of Ireland by two IRA men who bring him back to Belfast to perform one last job due to his skill with an RPG. On their way back they are stopped by a British Army patrol led by Lt David Ferris who introduces himself to Gingy. Gingy initially refuses the job but realises he has no choice after the Chief of the Belfast Brigade briefs him and threatens him. The job entails the killing of a judge using an RPG, during the getaway the gang smash through a roadblock and one of the soldiers from the previous patrol recognises Gingy from the previous checkpoint.

Directed by Jerry London
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors Janine Turner, Patrick Bergin, Jean Louisa Kelly, Michael Greyeyes, William Shockley, Rodney Arnold Grant
Rating71%
The story is set on the plains of Kansas in 1868, where General George Custer has destroyed a village of Cheyenne Indians. Seeking revenge, a band of Lakota Indians led by Tokalah (Michael Greyeyes) attack a wagon train headed to Fort Hays, Kansas, where they kill everyone in the wagons. However, strangely, when Tokalah comes to the remaining wagon that is driven by Anna Brewster (Janine Turner), he lets her and her pregnant friend go.

, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Richard Lewis, Amanda Plummer, Spalding Gray, Faye Dunaway, Parker Posey, George Martin
Rating63%
A group of alcoholics meet up one night at a 12-step recovery meeting.

Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Joan Wheeler
Rating60%
Phillip and Dieter nearly suffocate hiding their sexual identity in the face of puritanical small town values. Joined by a mysterious German relative, the three misfits escape to the big city searching for a place to belong.

, 1h48
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Larenz Tate, Nia Long, Bill Bellamy, Isaiah Washington, Khalil Kain, Leonard Roberts
Rating72%
In Chicago, Darius Lovehall (Larenz Tate) is a poet who is giving a reading at the Sanctuary, an upscale nightclub presenting jazz and poetry to a bohemian clientele. Shortly before his set, he meets Nina Mosley (Nia Long), a gifted photographer who recently lost her job. They exchange small talk, and Darius makes his interest clear when he retitles his love poem "A Blues For Nina". A mutual attraction is sparked between them, and Darius invites himself back to her place to ask her out. They have sex on the first date, but neither Darius or Nina are sure what to do next. Nina has just gotten out of a relationship and isn't sure if she still cares for her old boyfriend. Darius isn't sure whether or not to admit that he really cares for Nina.

, 1h37
Directed by Joe Dante
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about immigration, Political films
Actors Beau Bridges, Phil Hartman, James Earl Jones, Denis Leary, Joanna Cassidy, Dan Hedaya
Rating65%
The 1997 film is set in a United States in which foreign immigration has skyrocketed: The mayor of Los Angeles speaks only in Spanish, Rhode Island is populated mostly by Chinese-Americans, and Alabama has a congressman from India. Politics is openly reduced to a matter of catering to various ethnic groups for their votes - the Alabama congressman will only support the president if his state receives more money for Hindu temples. When an atomic weapon is used in Pakistan, an international organization makes plans to bring orphans to Idaho.

, 1h37
Directed by John Irvin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Harvey Keitel, Stephen Dorff, Timothy Hutton, Lucy Liu, Famke Janssen, Michael Jai White
Rating60%
Retired thief, Roy Egan (Harvey Keitel), comes out of retirement to help his youngest brother, Lee (Timothy Hutton), with a jewelry heist in Palm Springs. Along for the job are hired muscle, Jorge Montana (Wade Dominguez), and wheelman, Skip Kovich (Stephen Dorff), but Skip is running late. While they wait for Skip, the three men prepare for the heist by surveying the jewelry store they're planning to rob. Elsewhere, Skip is doing business with gunrunner, Odell Williams (Michael Jai White), who offers Skip his services, in case he needs anything. Once Skip finally arrives to the rendezvous spot, a trailer park, he joins the crew and the heist happens, the next day. Everything went down without a hitch, thanks to Jorge's scrambling of the police monitors and traffic signals.

, 1h43
Directed by Claude Fournier
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Roy Dupuis, Patrick Huard, Arielle Dombasle, Charlotte Laurier, Normand Lévesque, Guy Nadon
Rating59%
In order to make money fast to put his company back on track, Dominique (Roy Dupuis) encouraged by his business partner Pierre Sanchez (Patrick Huard) finds a job as an antique dealer for Victor (Normand Lévesque). But soon he realizes that the only way he will keep his job is by pretending he is gay, slowly breaking his marriage with his wife Maude (Charlotte Laurier) and stirring weird emotions from his mother Elisabeth (France Castel).

, 1h43
Genres Drama, Animation, Romance
Actors Robert Loggia, Debi Derryberry, Sakura Tange, Sean Young, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Brady Bluhm
Rating76%

, 1h32
Directed by Fred Gerber
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Stéphanie Zimbalist, Finola Hughes, Gary Frank, Kimberly Russell, Dan Lauria, Joel Polis
Rating59%
Lynn Schaffer is a loving mother and wife, who gets arrested for a crime she did not realize she had committed. She does not take the arrest seriously at first. Viewing herself as innocent, she goes against the advice of her lawyer to take a plea-bargain. Instead she opts for a trial. Coming as a complete surprise to her, she is convicted, receives the maximum sentence of 10 years and is and sent to a women's prison, leaving behind her husband Larry and daughter Carey. In prison, she has difficulty adjusting to not having any privacy and having to deal with drug addicts and prostitutes but soon finds out that the prison is corrupt, with Sergeant Ed Crang and other prison guards often sexually abusing inmates.