Cinema releases by week

, 1h50
Directed by Jean-François Pouliot
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Lucie Laurier, Raymond Bouchard, Guy-Daniel Tremblay, Roc LaFortune, Bosse, Réal Bossé
Rating72%
The tiny fishing village Ste-Marie-la-Mauderne on the north coast of Quebec is in decline. Every resident collects welfare. To lure a company into building a plastic container factory nearby, they need to double their population of 120, have a resident doctor, and give a $50,000 bribe for the company owner.

, 2h3
Directed by Takashi Miike
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, BDSM in films, Serial killer films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Tadanobu Asano, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Nao Ōmori, Susumu Terajima, Shun Sugata, Suzuki Matsuo
Rating69%
In a flashback, Ichi masturbates on an apartment balcony while watching a pimp assault a prostitute within.

Genres Science fiction, Horror
Rating32%

, 1h30
Directed by Masaaki Ōsumi
Origin Japon
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime, Animation
Actors Yasuo Yamada, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Bruno Magne, Makio Inoue, Eiko Masuyama, Gorō Naya
Rating67%
L'inspecteur Zenigata est retiré de l'affaire Lupin et est chargé de démanteler une organisation criminelle, Shotshell. Lupin et sa bande se joignent à lui, et volent un sous-marin nucléaire afin de d'attirer la Shotshell intéressée par ce sous-marin, et enlève une physicienne nommée Karen Korinsky, qui semble connaitre Jigen.

, 1h26
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Susan Sarandon, Aidan Devine, Carl Marotte, Lorne Cardinal, Kenneth Welsh, Linlyn Lue
Rating61%
Based on the New York Times best-selling book Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole, the movie tells the story of how, in 1999, 46-year-old physician Nielsen decides to leave Ohio and spend a year at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on Antarctica, one of the most remote and perilous places on Earth. Conditions at the station will be far from manageable, with winter temperatures as low as 100 degrees below zero. Joining a team of researchers, construction workers and support staff, Dr. Nielsen is solely responsible for the mental and physical health of all fellow inhabitants stranded at the station through the winter. During the long Antarctic winter, Dr. Nielsen discovers a lump in her breast and is forced to self-administer a biopsy. Communicating via e-mail with doctors in the United States, she learns that the cancer is aggressive and rapid-growing. In order for her to survive several months until conditions will allow planes to land and rescue her from the continent, the doctors concur that she will need to begin chemotherapy treatments immediately.

, 1h30
Directed by Claire Denis
Origin France
Genres Drama, Erotic, Romance
Actors Valérie Lemercier, Vincent Lindon, Hélène de Saint-Père, Hélène Fillières, Florence Loiret-Caille, Grégoire Colin
Rating66%
The night before moving in with her boyfriend Laure (Valérie Lemercier) goes to visit some friends and becomes stuck in traffic due to a Paris transit strike. Inspired by a radio news bulletin which encouraged drivers to car pool and offer rides to strangers, she decides to give a ride to a strange man named Jean (Vincent Lindon) after she spots him in the street and becomes immediately attracted to him.

, 2h
Directed by James Naughton
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Paul Newman, Jayne Atkinson, John Braden, Reathel Bean, Stephen Pinella, Frank Converse
Rating76%

, 1h49
Directed by Richard Loncraine
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Maggie Smith, Ronnie Barker, Chris Cooper, Timothy Spall, Giancarlo Giannini, Emmy Clarke
Rating68%
Emily Delahunty (Maggie Smith) is an eccentric British romance novelist who lives in Umbria in central Italy. Mrs. Delahunty settled in Italy to flee from a somewhat traumatic past which still haunts her, and lives alone apart from her servants, who put up with her eccentricities. One day while travelling, the train she is on is bombed by terrorists. After she wakes up in a hospital, she invites three of the other survivors of the disaster to stay at her Italian villa for recuperation. Of these are The General (Ronnie Barker), a retired British Army veteran, Werner (Benno Fürmann), a young German photographer, and Aimee (Emmy Clarke), a young American girl who has now become mute after her parents were both killed in the explosion.

, 1h41
Directed by Tom Shadyac
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion, Films about television
Actors Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Baker Hall, Lisa Ann Walter, Catherine Bell
Rating67%
Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) is a television field reporter for Eyewitness News at WKBW-TV in Buffalo, New York, but desires to be the news anchorman. He is in a healthy relationship with his girlfriend Grace Connelly (Jennifer Aniston), but also has a mild crush on his co-worker, Susan Ortega (Catherine Bell), who barely seems to notice him. Bruce however continues to suffer unfortunate events and it reaches his breaking point when he is passed over for promotion by his rival, Evan Baxter (Steve Carell), who then steals dialogue from Bruce's segment in accepting the promotion on-air. Bruce becomes furious and aggressively and profanely criticizes the station during his first live report, leading to his dismissal from the station. Following a series of other misfortunes, Bruce complains that God (Morgan Freeman) is "the one that should be fired." Bruce later receives a message on his pager, directing him to an empty warehouse where he meets God, who offers to give Bruce His powers to prove that He is doing the job correctly. God tells Bruce that there are rules to the job he must follow, albeit only two: firstly, Bruce cannot tell anyone else that he has God's powers; and secondly, Bruce cannot use the powers to alter or interfere with free will. Bruce ignores God and is initially jubilant with the powers, using them for personal gain, such as training his dog to use the toilet, chasing away thugs by spewing out a swarm of hornets, and sexually impressing Grace. Bruce also finds ways of using the powers to cause miraculous events to occur at otherwise mundane events that he covers, such as discovering Jimmy Hoffa's body or causing a meteor to harmlessly land near a cook-off, earning him his job back. Bruce then uses his powers to cause Evan to make a fool out of himself on-air, causing Evan to be fired in favor of Bruce as the new anchor. After taking Grace to a fancy dinner and telling her he made anchor (angering her, as she thought he was going to propose), Bruce begins to hear voices in his head. He re-encounters God, who confronts Bruce on using his powers for personal gain and not helping people. He also explains that the voices are prayers to God that Bruce must deal with. Bruce creates a computerized email-like system to receive the prayers and respond, but finds that the influx is far too great for him to handle-- even though God had stated that Bruce is only receiving prayers from the Buffalo area-- and sets the program to automatically answer Yes to every prayer. Bruce attends a party celebrating his promotion. When Grace arrives, she finds Bruce being seduced and kissed by Susan and storms out. Bruce follows Grace, but she is heartbroken and will not listen to him. He tries to use his powers to convince Grace to stay but cannot influence her free will. As Bruce looks around, he realizes that the city has fallen into chaos due to his actions. Bruce returns to God, who explains that despite how chaotic things seem, there is always a way to make things right, and that Bruce must figure out a way to solve it himself. Bruce then begins to solve his problems in life practically, such as helping a man whose car broke down across the street, training his dog normally and allowing Evan to have his job back. Bruce returns to his computer system and goes about answering prayers as best he can. As he reads through them, he finds a prayer from Grace, wishing for Bruce's success and well-being. As he reads it, another prayer from Grace arrives, this one wishing not to be in love with Bruce anymore. Bruce is stunned and walks alone on a highway, asking God to take back His powers and letting his fate be in His hands. Bruce is suddenly struck by a truck and regains consciousness in a white void. God appears and asks Bruce what he really wants; Bruce admits that he only wants to make sure Grace finds a man that would make her happy. God agrees and Bruce finds himself in the hospital, shortly after being revived-- near miraculously-- by the doctors. Grace arrives and the two rekindle their relationship, with Bruce and Grace later becoming engaged. After his recovery, Bruce returns to his field reporting but takes more pleasure in the simple stories. Bruce and Grace announce their engagement on live TV. The film ends with the beggar Bruce previously ran into on various occasions finally revealing himself to be God.

, 2h
Directed by Jason Ensler
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Cybill Shepherd, Tim Matheson, Joanna Cassidy, Jude Ciccolella, Michelle Nolden, Richard Donat
Rating57%

, 12minutes
Directed by Simon J. Smith
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Children's films
Actors Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, Conrad Vernon, Cody Cameron
Rating62%
Shrek et Fiona se préparent pour leur lune de miel. Mais alors que Shrek cherche un raccourci pour arriver plus vite à leur coin de paradis, Fiona est enlevée par Thelonius, envoyé par le spectre de Lord Farquaad. En effet, celui-ci, qui en veut toujours à l'ogre de lui avoir "dérobé" sa princesse, compte la précipiter du haut d'une chute d'eau pour la tuer et l'épouser en enfer...

Origin Hong kong
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Michael Chow, Danny Chan Kwok Kwan, Lam Suet, Anya Wu, Yu Rongguang, Ken Chang Tzu-yao
Rating47%
Au XVII siècle, en Chine, des vampires violents et sanguinaires sèment la terreur, ratissant chaque village. Mao Shan et sa bande, de courageux mercenaires, osent les affronter. Pratiquant les arts martiaux, ces guerriers ont été éduqués depuis la naissance dans un seul but, exterminer ces créatures démoniaques. Leur traque les amène jusqu’à la maison de Maître Jiang, où se sont cachés une horde de vampires, attendant le bon moment pour envahir la Terre. Quatre hommes contre une centaine de mort-vivants, l'affrontement risque d'être sanglant...

Directed by Raj Kanwar
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films
Actors Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta, Aman Yatan Verma, Johnny Lever, Vivek Shauq
Rating52%
Young Raj Malhotra (Akshay Kumar) lives with his elder brother, Rohit his sister-in-law Kiran, and a niece. After an accident fractures his leg, he is unable to walk for some time. Due to psychological reasons, he cannot walk even after the fracture heals. When the Malhotras move to Dehra Dun, Raj befriends their neighbour, young tomboy Kajal (Lara Dutta), as both share a common passion for aeroplanes. Kajal encourages Raj to walk, and he succeeds. Years later the two continue to be fast friends, and everyone expects them to marry soon. Raj secretly loves Kajal and is waiting for the right time to propose her. However, Kajal sees him only as her best friend. Raj is recruited by the Indian Air Force and goes for training for a year and a half. After his training gets over, he rushes to Kajal to propose her, only to find out that she has given her heart to a multimillionaire, Karan Singhania (Aman Verma). Raj tells Kajal that Karan is the best life partner for her, but does not reveal his true feelings. Kajal and Karan get married and during the reception party, Kajal comes to know about Raj's feeling for her. Hurt by the fact that she did not see his feelings for her despite being Raj's best friend, Kajal asks him to move on in his life as now she is a married woman. Thereafter the Malhotras move to Nainital, and Raj relocates to Cape Town for training.

, 1h18
Directed by John Bacchus
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Vampires in film, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Tina Krause, A. J. Khan, John Paul Fedele, Darian Caine, Misty Mundae
Rating36%
Il s'agit d'un film sur l'éveil de la fille de Dracula (Tina Krause). Dracoola est son nom et elle ne désire que des jeux lesbiens pour arriver à ses fins.

, 2h7
Directed by Lou Ye
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Zhang Ziyi, Toru Nakamura, Li Bingbing (李冰冰), Liu Ye, Feng Yuanzheng, Crazybarby Leni Lan Yan
Rating61%
Cynthia (Zhang Ziyi) and a Japanese student, Itami (Tôru Nakamura), have fallen in love in Japanese controlled Manchukuo prior to the war when Itami is forced to return to Japan.

, 1h50
Directed by Dick Maas
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Transport films
Actors James Marshall, Naomi Watts, Michael Ironside, Edward Herrmann, Dan Hedaya, Ron Perlman
Rating47%
The film takes place at the Millennium building in New York City, which has 102 floors and 73 elevators. One evening, lightning strikes the building, which causes the elevators to begin acting strangely, resulting in a guard's flashlight being crushed. The next day, a group of pregnant women are held up between floors 20 and 21. The elevator overheats rapidly, causing two women to give birth and hospitalizing the rest. Reporter Jennifer Evans (Naomi Watts) is called to write a report on the incident. After an investigation by METEOR elevator company technicians Jeff (Eric Thal) and Mark Newman (James Marshall), they determine that nothing is wrong with the elevators, a large part being Jeff's inability to actually admit there is something wrong (he states throughout his scenes that the computer controlling the elevators has absolutely no defects).

, 1h38
Directed by Andrew Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Spy films, Films about marriage
Actors Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, Ryan Reynolds, Candice Bergen, Lindsay Sloane, Robin Tunney
Rating56%
Steve Tobias (Michael Douglas) is an undercover agent of the CIA whose son, Mark (Ryan Reynolds), is getting married to Melissa Peyser (Lindsay Sloane). Her father is mild-mannered foot doctor, Jerry Peyser (Albert Brooks). When the two families meet for dinner, Peyser stumbles on to Steve Tobias' secret operation as Tobias tries to set up a deal to sell a Russian submarine, the Olga, to an arms smuggler in France as a bait. As Peyser's incidental involvement increases, he is suspected by the FBI of being part of a seemingly malicious deal. Dragged kicking and screaming, Peyser decides he does not want to be involved in the deal or with Tobias' family. The two fathers-in-law end up dodging bullets, jumping off buildings, and stealing jets together as they attempt to avoid capture by the FBI.

, 1h42
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors Josh Kornbluth, Michael McKean, Linwood Boomer, Janeane Garofalo, Adam Bernstein, Andy Richter
Rating75%

, 1h35
Origin USA
Rating74%
A student with a learning disability hires a self-centered teacher to make him smart enough to win over the heart of the prettiest girl in school. Whatever Mike lacks in brains, he more than makes up for in heart. But in the eyes of his beautiful classmate he may as well not exist. Desperate to capture the attention of his comely but somewhat shallow dream girl Mike enlists the help of universally disliked teacher Ms Goldwyn to increase his IQ so that he may finally form a blip on Hannah's romantic radar.