Cinema releases by week

, 1h55
Directed by Isabel Coixet
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Julie Christie, Javier Cámara, Steven Mackintosh, Eddie Marsan
Rating73%
Taciturn, partially deaf Hanna (Polley) is a Yugoslavian native working in a factory in Northern Ireland. She is forced to take a vacation by her boss, who tells her that her co-workers have been offended by her lack of socializing. After overhearing a conversation about a need for a nurse, she takes on a job as private nurse for burn victim Josef (Robbins). He is bedridden on an offshore oil rig after a fire on the rig, and has severe burns and is temporarily blinded. The rig is not operational awaiting an investigation, and few people remain on board.

, 1h36
Directed by Karen Arthur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Christmas films
Actors Neil Patrick Harris, Rebecca Gayheart, Rob Lowe, Angus T. Jones, Shaun Johnston, Max Morrow
Rating62%
When a doctor, Nathan (Neil Patrick Harris) loses a patient on the operating table, he decides that being a doctor isn't meant for him, and he wants to give it up. He decides to take a vacation to his hometown, and stay with his father (Hugh Thompson). While volunteering at the local grade school, he meets Charlie (Angus T. Jones), a young boy who has also lost his mother, and Meghan (Rebecca Gayheart), Charlie's teacher. Charlie and his father have also just arrived in town, to work at estates doing chores. Nathan, searching for the shoes he gave his mother the Christmas she died (Even though in the "17 years later" epilogue of The Christmas Shoes he left them on her grave and walked away), learns that Charlie now has them. And Meghan, wanting to buy a house for those in need, may not be able to. Soon after his arrival, Nathan learns that Charlie is ailing from an irregular heart defect, and Meghan has cirrhosis of the liver, and will die unless she has a transplant. In the end, it is Charlie who saves her life, by giving her his liver. As a dying wish, he asks Nathan, whom he calls coach, to give her the shoes. And Robert (Rob Lowe), Meghan's friend, buys the house for her. In honor of Charlie, Meghan names the house after him.

, 1h30
Directed by Neill Fearnley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Christmas films
Actors Marla Sokoloff, Patrick J. Adams, Lindy Booth, Jonathan Cherry, Art Hindle, Neill Fearnley
Rating60%
Gina and Seth became penpals when they were in the 6th grade. It is now 13 years later, and they still have been writing to each other but have not yet met. She is a journalist while he is a toy inventor. An opportunity arises when there is a toy convention in Boston. They decide to meet, but the only problem is that they have been exchanging pictures of their better-looking friends. When they actually do meet for the first time, it is not all fireworks. Can they reveal themselves to each other before it is too late?

, 3h7
Directed by Peter Jackson
Origin Nouvelle zelande
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about apes, King Kong films, Giant monster films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Disaster films
Actors Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Jamie Bell
Rating71%
In 1933, at the height of the Great Depression, New York City vaudeville actress Ann Darrow has lost her job and is hired by financially troubled filmmaker Carl Denham to star in his new film. Ann signs on when she learns her favorite playwright, Jack Driscoll, is the screenwriter. As their tramp steamer, the SS Venture, makes the lengthy journey to the remote and mysterious Skull Island, Ann and Jack fall in love. Captain Englehorn begins having second thoughts about the voyage, prompted by crew speculation of trouble ahead.

, 1h14
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about dogs, Children's films
Actors Jeremy Piven, Oded Fehr, Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Mindy Cohn, Grey DeLisle
Rating67%
The gang goes to Egypt to surprise Velma, who has been restoring the famous Sphinx for the past six months with Prince Omar. However, the Mystery Machine runs out of water in the radiator. Scooby and Shaggy try to find water for the Mystery Machine, and find a lake with a water which turns out to be a mirage. The gang meets an Egyptian nomad Amahl Ali Akbar and his hawk Horus. With their help, the gang is able to get to the Sphinx and meets "Fear Facers" host Rock Rivers whose show was recently canceled because he faked some footage. He then tells them of the curse. Scooby smells a familiar smell and leads the gang to Velma. Velma is surprised and introduces Omar to her friends. Velma then shows an ancient necklace which she found with the tomb of Queen Cleopatra. Suddenly, a nasty grave robbing scientist and treasure hunter named Dr. Amelia Von Butch and her minions appear to loot the tomb.

, 1h28
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Actors Alicia Silverstone, Sienna Guillory, Joe Anderson, Leigh Lawson
Rating41%
The film tells the tale of two sisters, Violet and Grace, who live a sheltered life within a secluded New England mansion, inherited from their parents. It is heavily implied that their father abused them during their childhood throughout the film, believing that they were "gifted" and home-schooling them whilst practically forcing them to complete recreational activities, such as painting and playing musical instruments, and hurting them either physically or mentally if he was not pleased with their effort. Because of their gloomy childhood, the two sisters have formed a strong bond and are incredibly close, however have also lost touch with reality and often come up with "evil" schemes together, their most recent being to lure a young traveller, whom Violet encounters in a bar, into their home and seduce him. It is never revealed why they have chosen to do this, however it is suggested that the sisters, especially Grace, want a baby to raise together.

, 2h5
Directed by Ryūhei Kitamura
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Films set in the future, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about spiders, Films about insects, Films about dragons, Films about extraterrestrial life, Les fées, Giant monster films, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Masahiro Matsuoka, Rei Kikukawa, Kane Kosugi, Kazuki Kitamura, Kumi Mizuno, Kenji Sahara
Rating63%
Endless warfare and environmental pollution have resulted in the frequent appearance of monsters. The Earth Defense Force (EDF) is established. Mutant humans with extraordinary physical capabilities are discovered and are organized into an EDF troop called the M-Organization. Their main opponent is Godzilla, first sighted in 1954. After repeated battles, Godzilla is captured in a crevasse at the South Pole and buried under an avalanche of ice. The EDF ship Gotengo, commanded by Captain Gordon, battles and destroys Manda but in the process, the ship is wrecked and Gordon is dismissed from the EDF. At M headquarters, mutants Ozaki and Kazama spar before their next mission.

, 1h43
Directed by Thomas Bezucha
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Christmas films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about disabilities, Children's films, LGBT-related films, Sign-language films, American Sign Language films, Films about language and translation, LGBT-related film
Actors Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker
Rating63%
Set in the fictional town of Thayer, Massachusetts, the story focuses on Meredith Morton (Sarah Jessica Parker), a successful Manhattan executive whose uptight, conservative demeanor is a sharp contrast to that of her boyfriend Everett Stone (Dermot Mulroney) and his liberal and rambunctious family.

, 1h
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion
Actors Talon Ackerman, Nick Whitaker
Rating75%

, 1h29
Directed by Darko Mitrevski
Origin Macedoine
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Vlado Jovanovski, Nikola Kojo, Branko Đurić, Seka Sablić, Toni Mihajlovski, Miodrag Krivokapić
Rating76%
Bal-Can-Can est une comédie relatant les aventures d'un homme recherchant le tapis contenant le corps de sa belle-mère à travers les Balkans.

, 2h25
Directed by Jun'ya Satō
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Takashi Sorimachi, Nakamura Shidō II, Yu Aoi, Kenichi Matsuyama, Tatsuya Nakadai, Jyunichi Haruta
Rating63%
The film begins with footage from Asahi Shimbun's special expedition to the Yamato wreckage in 1999, then to a woman, Makiko Uchida, visiting the Yamato Museum in Kure, Hiroshima on 6 April 2005. She is looking for a boat to take her to the site where the Yamato sank, to honor the crew on the 60th anniversary of the ship's last battle. Katsumi Kamio, a survivor who is now a fisherman, agrees to take her after he discovers she was an adopted daughter of Petty Officer First Class Mamoru Uchida, a crewman and close friend who he thought went down with the ship.

Directed by Antara Mali
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion
Actors Antara Mali, Aftab Shivdasani, Ritesh Deshmukh, Divya Dutta, Ajinkya Dev, Dinesh Lamba
Rating38%
A womaniser is accidentally killed by one of his many girlfriends. He then finds himself reincarnated as a woman. However this is not a second chance but punishment for his behaviour in his past life.

, 1h39
Directed by Charles Sturridge
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jonathan Mason, Peter O'Toole, Samantha Morton, John Lynch, Peter Dinklage, Edward Fox
Rating66%
Sam Carraclough, a miner who struggles to earn enough money to feed his family, sells the family's collie, Lassie, to the Duke of Rudling, leaving his young son heartbroken over the loss of his canine companion. The film follows Lassie on the collie's 500-mile journey from the Duke of Rudling's estate in the Scottish Highlands to the Carraclough home.

Directed by Stephen Poliakoff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Political films
Actors Matthew James Thomas, Miranda Richardson, Tom Hollander, Rollo Weeks, Bill Nighy, Gina McKee
Rating76%
John suffered from epileptic seizures and an autism-like developmental disorder, and the Royal Family tried to shelter him from public view; the script shied away from presenting the Royal Family as unsympathetic, instead showing how much this cost them emotionally (particularly John's mother, Queen Mary). Poliakoff explores the story of John, his relationship with his family and brother Prince George, the political events going on at the time (such as the fall of the House of Romanov in 1917) and the love and devotion of his nanny, Charlotte Bill.

, 1h12
Directed by Elliot M. Bour
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Patrick Warburton, Tracey Ullman, Eartha Kitt, John Goodman, Wendie Malick, John Mahoney
Rating58%
Emperor Kuzco (David Spade) narrates the story about Kronk Pepikrankenitz (Patrick Warburton), now chef and Head Delivery Boy of Mudka's Meat Hut, is fretting over the upcoming visit of his father. Kronk's father always disapproved of young Kronk's culinary interests and wished that Kronk instead would settle down with a wife and a large house on a hill.

, 1h50
Directed by Valérie Lemercier
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Monde imaginaire, Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Valérie Lemercier, Lambert Wilson, Catherine Deneuve, Denis Podalydès, Mathilde Seigner, Michel Aumont
Rating55%
Tragédie : le roi André meurt dans un accident d'hélicoptère. À cause de cela, la vie d'Armelle, orthophoniste, épouse d'Arnaud, fils cadet du roi, homme de vie dissolue, change en intégralité : une ancienne charte retrouvée par la reine Eugénia exclut de la succession le prince héritier Alban, célibataire sans enfants… Arnaud se retrouve prince héritier, et Armelle doit quitter son cabinet et ses habitudes simples pour être à la hauteur de sa nouvelle fonction : la future reine. Son époux doit accéder au trône après la période de deuil de rigueur, elle deviendra alors reine consort.

, 1h59
Directed by Šarūnas Bartas
Origin Lituanie
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Rating66%
Trois hommes et une femme volent une voiture. L'un des hommes quitte le groupe pour aller revendre la voiture et part seul voir sa femme et sa fille dans une ferme isolée. Les trois autres le rejoigne. Une fête a lieu avec des voisins.

, 34minutes
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Children's films
Rating76%
The preschool-age DVD tells the story of a wooden toy train who pretends to be a real train. The main character, Busy Little Engine, appears alternately as a wooden toy train in a playroom and as a full-scale-size train in real-world backgrounds. With its intentionally gentle pacing and static camera work, it has been called "a young child's picture book come-to-life".

, 1h20
Directed by Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards, Tony Leech
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Wolves in film, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, James Belushi, Patrick Warburton, David Ogden Stiers, Anthony Anderson
Rating64%
Little Red Riding Hood discovers that the Big Bad Wolf has disguised himself as Granny, just as the axe-wielding woodsman bursts through the window, startling everyone. The police quickly arrive, and Red, Wolf, Granny and the Woodsman are questioned by detective Nicky Flippers about the events leading up to the incident.

, 1h37
Directed by Sérgio Machado, Sérgio Machado
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Wagner Moura, Lázaro Ramos, Alice Braga, João Miguel, Fernanda de Freitas
Rating64%
Lifelong friends Deco and Naldinho share ownership of an old, rusting boat in Salvador, Brazil. A strong bond exists between the two men, transcending their racial differences. "No woman will come between us," Naldinho tells Deco, and Deco concurs: "All the women in the world couldn't come between us."

, 1h29
Directed by Gregor Jordan
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, Rose Byrne, David Field, Tom Long, Susie Porter
Rating70%
Jimmy, while working at a strip club in Kings Cross, is approached by local mob boss Pando who says he has work for him. Pando gives Jimmy $10,000 to deliver to a woman in Bondi, and when she appears not to be home, he goes for a swim on the beach. Unfortunately the $10,000 is stolen by two street kids while he is swimming, leaving him heavily indebted to the furious Pando and his gang. The street kids, Pete (Evan Sheaves) and Helen (Mariel McClorey), go on a spending spree with their newfound wealth.

, 1h35
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Sean Young, Perry King, John Novak, Paula Shaw
Rating58%
Suite à la mort de leurs parents, trois jeunes enfants sont recueillis par leur tante. Alors que Martha se voit évincée de la maison familiale par la compagnie d'électricité qui souhaite prendre possession du terrain où se trouve la maison, celle-ci devra trouver un nouveau foyer à temps pour les Fêtes.

Directed by Harvey Frost
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Steve Guttenberg, Crystal Bernard, Dominic Scott Kay, Armin Shimerman, Mariette Hartley, Parker McKenna Posey
Rating56%
Nicholas Claus (Steve Guttenberg) and Beth Sawtelle (Crystal Bernard) get ready to marry on Christmas Eve.

, 1h30
Directed by Leigh Slawner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Bruce Boxleitner, Steve Railsback, Leigh Slawner, Eliza Swenson, Andrew Lauer
Rating24%
A plane crashes in a remote jungle. Many survive, but the front end of the plane and the cockpit are nowhere to be found. The only way to seek help is to find the cockpit and radio a message.