Cinema releases by week

Directed by Jeff Bleckner
Genres Drama
Actors Emily VanCamp Bowman, Steve Talley, Willow Shields, Timothy Busfield, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Nicki Aycox
Rating75%
Pour son premier poste d'enseignante, Stacey Bess, âgée de 24 ans, est affectée à une classe dans "L'école sans nom". C'est un espace, censé être une salle de classe, et situé dans un centre pour les sans-abris. Les enfants sont de tous les âges, la salle de classe est piteuse, sale et dépourvue de l'essentiel comme des bureaux et des livres. D'abord dépassée par les événements, Stacey relève ses manches et transforme sa classe en un environnement chaleureux et confortable où les enfants acquièrent des connaissances, mais aussi le respect de soi et de la dignité.

, 1h29
Directed by Terry George
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Brendan Fraser, Colm Meaney, David O'Hara, Yaya DaCosta, Martin McCann, Conor MacNeill
Rating54%
Hoping to pay back some of the gambling debt he owes to local mobster Mad Dog Flynn (David O'Hara), Jim (Martin McCann) robs the local fishmongers, only to discover that it's actually a front for the mobster's business. Now on the run and pursued by police detective Weller (Colm Meaney), Jim is cornered in an antique shop where he takes hostage a collection of colourful characters, including American Joe Maguire (Brendan Fraser), the owner who may be his illegitimate father, and his girlfriend Sophie (Yaya DaCosta). Caught between the mobster's gang and the police, the unfortunate young Jim must find a way out of this tricky situation with help from his hostages.

, 1h46
Directed by Tyler Perry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Tyler Perry, Loretta Devine, Shad Moss, David Mann, Cassi Davis, Tamela Mann
Rating48%
Shirley goes to visit Dr. Evans with Aunt Bam about her cancer and finds out that it has gotten worse. She asks Aunt Bam to call her children so she can tell them. Cora and Mr. Brown are at the hospital, to get Mr. Brown a check-up. Dr. Evans tells them he has to do a colonoscopy on Mr. Brown, and they find a growth that needs to be removed surgically. Meanwhile, Madea drives her car through a restaurant because they stopped serving breakfast for the day when she wanted a biscuit sandwich.

, 1h32
Directed by Chris Fisher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Ray Liotta, Kevin Chapman, Shawn Hatosy, Charlotte Ross, Clifton Powell, Jack D. Moore
Rating47%
Detroit narcotics detective Marty Kingston (Ray Liotta) teamed up with new, young hot shot homicide detective Dan Sullivan (Shawn Hatosy) to find a ruthless cop killer. As the pair investigate, the junior of the two uncovers damning evidence, conspiracy, and corruption, dimming the last rays of hope in a once proud city.

, 1h46
Origin South africa
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about journalists, Films about racism
Actors Taylor Kitsch, Ryan Phillippe, Malin Åkerman, Ashley Mulheron, Jessica Haines, Vusi Kunene
Rating68%
The film tells the remarkable and sometimes harrowing story of four young men and the extremes they went to in order to capture their pictures in the days prior to the downfall of Apartheid in South Africa.

, 1h44
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Documentary films about sports, Road movies
Actors Jared Leto
Rating78%
The film charts the build up to the 2010 races, and then documents each of the races and their results. These take place along public roads through the Isle of Man, covering 37.73 miles of terrain, and packed with thousands of spectators who have come from all over the world. Using 3D technology, Closer to the Edge captures the 2010 races and attempts to show what motivates the racers.

Directed by Michael Gleissner
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Bebe Phạm, Michael Gleissner, Joel Torre
Rating33%
Amy Sanchez (Bebe Pham) is a champion free diver who breaks a crucial free diving record. Her boyfriend, Tony dela Cruz (Jack Prinya), an Air Force Pilot, mysteriously disappears along with his plane that carries gold worth millions of dollars that was to be taken to the Central Bank.

, 22minutes
Directed by James Spione
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films
Rating65%

, 1h27
Directed by Shinji Imaoka
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Pornographic
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
Rating55%
Asuka, a woman in her thirties, works in a lakeside fish factory. She’s about to be married to her boss, Taki. But one day, she encounters a kappa – a water sprite found in Japanese folklore – and learns that the creature is in fact the reborn form of Aoki, an old crush who’d drowned to death when they were 17.

, 2h4
Directed by Peter Mullan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Gangster films
Actors Peter Mullan, Marcus Nash, Gary Lewis, David McKay, Marianna Palka, Steven Robertson
Rating68%
Neds is a dark coming-of-age film that follows the story of John McGill, a young boy growing up in 1970s Glasgow. John is a brilliant student who excels in his studies at school, but his studious nature often comes into conflict with his family's working-class background and gang-riddled neighbourhood. John's mother is a part-time hospital worker and his father is an abusive alcoholic who works as a tool maker. His older brother, Benny, is the leader of a neighbourhood gang called the Young Car-D. On a visit his Auntie Beth, who now lives in New York, encourages John to leave Scotland to pursue opportunities there when he is older.

, 1h46
Directed by Andrew Lau
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Historical, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Superhero films, Kung fu films
Actors Donnie Yen, Shu Qi, Anthony Wong, Karl Dominik, Zhou Yang, Shawn Yue Man Lok
Rating62%
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen is set in the period before the Second Sino-Japanese War. Chen joins a group of Chinese men who help the Allies fight the Germans in France during World War I. He returns to China after the war and takes on the identity of Qi Tianyuan, a comrade who was killed in action.

, 1h20
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Boomer Phillips, Emily Alatalo
Rating37%
A group of people go around catching people who have skipped out on paying bail or have a bounty on their heads. One night the group, consisting of Jules (Trish Stratus), Chase (Boomer Phillips), and Ridley (Frank J. Zupancic), catches an informant with a $100,000 bounty. A mobster who wants this man more, offers the group a million dollars to turn the informant over to him.

, 2h25
Directed by Dasaradh
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Prabhas, Kajal Agarwal, Taapsee Pannu, K. Viswanath, Prakash Raj, Sayaji Shinde
Rating69%
Vicky (Prabhas), an expert in gaming software, lives in Australia and never compromises in his life, a principle he adheres to since his childhood. He believes that one should be oneself in a relationship and one shouldn't change one's orientation for the sake of the partner. He also encourages his friends to follow his principle of life. But Vicky's principles and attitude leads to a clash of interests with his father (Nassar), who constantly advises him to adjust his character for his and other's happiness but to no avail.

, 2h
Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children
Actors Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench, Jamie Bell, Su Elliott, Sally Hawkins
Rating72%
The film begins with Jane Eyre running away from Thornfield Hall in the middle of the night and finding herself alone on the moors, in the pouring rain. She manages to reach the doorstep of Moor House, the home of Mr. St. John Rivers, a clergyman, and his two sisters. They take Jane in, saving her life.

, 2h26
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Kristína Farkašová, Lukáš Latinák
Rating69%
The story revolves around Antonín Rusnák who is an StB agent. He feels rage towards the world. He feels sick and bored from his family and work. His psychological issues cause him breathing problems and his doctor advises him to breathe into a bag if he gets a fit.

, 1h29
Directed by Michael Lembeck
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Téléfilm musical, Children's films, Teen movie
Actors Ashley Tisdale, Austin Butler, Bradley Steven Perry, Lauren Collins, Cameron Goodman, Jack Plotnick
Rating48%
Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale) performs a dance number at the Lava Springs Country Club ("Gonna Shine"). There she meets a famous producer Jerry Taylor (Pat Mastroianni) who offers her a chance to star in his newest show on Broadway. Sharpay thinks the audition is for her, but it's actually for Boi, her dog. Sharpay later convinces her father Vance (Robert Curtis Brown) to let her move to New York City on her own. He hesitantly accepts, but he has a condition: if the plan backfires, Sharpay is forced to move back with her parents and work at Lava Springs. While in New York, Sharpay is kicked out of her penthouse because they don't allow dogs. While in despair, she meets Peyton Leverett (Austin Butler), an aspiring film director, who offers her a studio apartment. Sharpay accepts but is disgusted to find out what it is. Sharpay, Peyton, and Boi go shopping to give her studio a make over.

, 2h10
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Actors Sun Honglei, Kim Hee-sun김희선, Francis Ng, Kiichi Nakai, Jing Tian, Xu Jiao
Rating46%

Directed by Nayan Padrai
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Freishia Bomanbehram
Rating46%

, 1h16
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about health care
Rating73%
German American Jerry Ensminger was a devoted Marine Corps Master Sgt. for nearly twenty-five years. As a drill instructor he lived and breathed the "Corps" and was responsible for indoctrinating thousands of new recruits with its motto Semper Fidelis or "Always Faithful." When Jerry's nine-year-old daughter Janey died of a rare type of leukemia, his world collapsed. As a grief-stricken father, he struggled for years to make sense of what happened. His search for answers led to the shocking discovery of a Marine Corps cover-up of one of the largest water contamination incidents in U.S. history. Semper Fi: Always Faithful follows Jerry's mission to expose the Marine Corps and force them to live up to their motto to the thousands of Marines and their families exposed to toxic chemicals. His fight reveals a grave injustice at North Carolina's Camp Lejeune and a looming environmental crisis at military sites across the country.

, 2h2
Directed by Francis Lawrence
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Circus films
Actors Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz, Hal Holbrook, Jim Norton, Paul Schneider
Rating68%
In 2011, Charlie O'Brien, the proprietor of a small traveling circus encounters an elderly Polish American man named Jacob Jankowski, who has apparently become separated from his nursing home group, which attended the circus earlier that day. The two strike up a conversation and Jacob reveals that he had a career in the circus business and was present during one of the most infamous circus disasters of all time and the circus owner asks him to share his story.

Directed by Michael Dowse
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy
Actors Paul Spence, Mark Meer
Rating64%
In Calgary, Terry (David Lawrence) and Dean (Paul Spence) are tired of barely scraping by on menial jobs. Recently evicted from their rented house, they are out of options until their old buddy and "party leader", Troy (better known as Tron) (Andrew Sparacino) gets them high-paying jobs laying oil pipeline in Fort McMurray.

, 1h40
Directed by Jeff Bleckner
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Emily VanCamp Bowman, Timothy Busfield, Steve Talley, Willow Shields, Treat Williams, Julio Oscar Mechoso
Rating75%
The story takes place in 1987 and follows a young teacher and mother of two who, fresh from college, ends up teaching homeless children at a school without a name. With the support of her husband, she overcomes fears and prejudice to give these children the education they deserve.

, 1h26
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Diane Lane, Tim Robbins, James Gandolfini, Kathleen Denise Quinlan, Thomas Dekker, Kaitlyn Dever
Rating64%
Au début des années 1970, le récit de la création et de la diffusion de An American Family, première émission de télé-réalité, et de ses protagonistes, la famille Loud.

, 2h2
Directed by Otar Iosseliani
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Pierre Étaix, Bulle Ogier, Bohdan Stupka, Pascal Bonitzer
Rating61%
Nicolas est un cinéaste géorgien. Lassé d'être en but aux pressions des "idéologues" qui cherchent à l'empêcher de s'exprimer, Nicolas quitte son pays d’origine pour la France qu'il perçoit comme une terre de liberté et de démocratie. Mais il fera connaissance avec une autre forme de censure, moins tonitruante mais tout aussi efficace : celle de la finance et de la rentabilité.

, 1h26
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Alexandra Chando, Patrick Breen, Richard Bekins, Nina Lisandrello
Rating51%
The Smith family with a secret past is visited by a sweet-talking southern gentleman who is looking for small town humanity. But they will soon find out kindness towards strangers is not always rewarded and the secretive stranger will find redemption does not always come easy.

, 2h10
Directed by Rohan Sippy
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Rana Daggubati, Aditya Pancholi, Prateik Babbar, Govind Namdev
Rating61%
The film starts with a footballer, Lorry (Prateik Babbar), who gets admission into an American college. Due to insufficient funds, he is unable to fulfill his dream. On the other hand his girlfriend Tani (Anaitha Nair) got a scholarship to US. Though he is happy for his girlfriend's achievement, he becomes depressed for not fulfilling his own dream. His friend, Ricky (Gulshan Devaiah), tells him that he can get him into the college, but Lorry will have to smuggle drugs along with him. Lorry agrees and at the airport, successfully passes the X-ray machine.

, 1h9
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about education
Rating67%
The movie follows the thoughts and emotions of various teenagers as they prepare to take their Baccalauréat by reading the classic 17th century French novel, La Princesse de Clèves. The film highlights the differences and connections between the lives of the students, many of which are from immigrant and working-class families, and the passions and plots of the 17th century French court.

Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Horror
Themes Films about television, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Autobiographical documentary films
Actors Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Wes Craven
Rating63%
Actress Heather Langenkamp explores her role as Nancy in A Nightmare on Elm Street, the fandom that surrounds the franchise, and why most of it focuses on Freddy Krueger, rather than Nancy.

, 1h30
Directed by Johannes Roberts
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Actors Kacey Barnfield, Stephen Rea, Oliver James, Eliza Hope Bennett, Diarmuid Noyes, Ned Dennehy
Rating39%
Kate (Kacey Barnfield) is traveling around Ireland in an R.V. with her ex-boyfriend Ryan (Oliver James), brother Joel (Colin Maher) and friends Hailey (Eliza Bennett), Chuck (Diarmuid Noyes), Tommy (Kobna Holdbrook-Smith) and Anita (Róisín Murphy). After driving into the countryside, the group stop off at a small shop, where they encounter Luca (Ned Dennehy) who attempts to scam them from buying a medallion, and warns them it is dangerous before Chuck steals the medallion and the group attempt to make a quick get-away. However, as they drive away in their R.V. they hit an old woman, who puts a curse on the group, telling them the mythical bird the roc will take vengeance on them, before dying. The group quickly drive away in their R.V. but hit a patch of thick fog and become lost, as fears of the curse heighten. Stopping the R.V. they encounter a young boy in the road. Anita leaves the R.V. to talk to the boy, but he runs away before the roc grabs Anita and drags her into the air. Her body is dropped in front of the R.V., with half of her face mauled off before the roc returns and flies away with her.

Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Documentary films about environmental issues
Actors Bernard Giraudeau
Rating73%
Le film est tiré des photos du livre de Yann Arthus-Bertrand La Terre vue du ciel. Avec comme prétexte les histoires qu’un homme raconte à un enfant avant qu’il ne s’endorme, Renaud Delourme met en exergue le paradoxe entre la nature et l’humanité, et comment l'homme bouleverse cet équilibre : avancée du désert sur les villes, agriculture et élevage intensifs, entraînant pollution et déforestation .

, 1h29
Directed by Alastair Fothergill
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Environmental films, Documentary films about environmental issues, Films about cats, Films about lions, Documentary films about nature, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Stewart
Rating74%
African Cats, referred to as a "true life adventure," tells the true story of two animal families living in the wild by using real-life footage. The film focuses on a young lion cub named Mara raised by her mother Layla, a mother cheetah named Sita who is raising five newborns, and Fang, the leader of Mara and Layla′s pride, defending his family from a banished lion named Kali.

, 1h52
Directed by Dante Lam
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Nicholas Tse, Kwai Lun-mei, Nick Cheung, Liu Kai-chi, Lu Yi, Lawrence Cheng
Rating66%
Don Lee (Nick Cheung), a police detective in Kowloon whose reliance on informants leaves him struggling with a guilty conscience. Lee's previous stool pigeon's cover was blown and was attacked, leading him paranoid and driven from his wife and home. Lee begins to doubt his own methods. Lee recruits a street racer named Ghost (Nicholas Tse) as his latest stool pigeon who is assigned to infiltrate a gang led by the notorious armed robber Barbarian (Lu Yi). Ghost accepts Lee's offer so he can rescue his sister from a life of prostitution as well as help his father's one-million dollar debt. Ghost joins an illegal street race to gain acceptance into Barbarian's gang. Lee also has personal problems of his own, as wife Cher (Miao Pu) who he is separated with tried to commit suicide a few months previously and has since had amnesia. Lee begins to realize how wrong he is by exploiting his informants and desperately tries to right his wrongs before Ghost is in serious trouble.

, 1h27
Directed by Mark Rosman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ben Cross, Camilla Luddington, Calvin Goldspink, Charles Shaughnessy, Richard Reid, Christopher Cousins
Rating49%
Pour la première fois en Angleterre, la tradition est rompue : un membre de la famille royale part faire ses études en Écosse. En effet, le prince William part étudier à l'Université de St Andrews. Sur le campus, il rencontre Kate Middleton qui fait partie de son groupe de travail. Ils deviennent vite complices, et en deuxième année, ils flirtent en secret. Mais le protocole interrompt leur relation. Dans un premier temps, William veut garder leur relation secrète pour la préserver des paparazzis mais finalement, il lui donne un baiser devant ceux-ci. Les médias trouvent alors en leur amour une source d'écriture.

, 1h39
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Films about school violence
Rating72%
This documentary is about five teenagers and the varieties of bullying or harassment that they went through. The film jumps back and forth between the teens to describe their lives. The film starts off by telling the story of Tyler Long and how he died. Tyler’s father speaks to us about his son’s social issues and how he knew early on that Tyler might become a victim of bullying. Mr. Long mentions that kids took his clothes when he showered, forcing him to leave naked. They shoved him into lockers and demoralized him vocally as well.

, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Riley Keough, Orlando Bloom, Taraji P. Henson, Rob Morrow, Michael Peña, Troy Garity
Rating55%
British medical student Martin E. Blake transfers to a Southern California hospital to start his residency. Outwardly charming, Martin is in reality an arrogant and egocentric individual who longs to wield power over others. This attitude quickly alienates him from the nurses, whom he perceives as not respecting him to the extent he deserves. After Martin fails to endear himself to his first few patients and ends up on thin ice with his superiors, 18-year-old Diane Nixon comes in suffering from a kidney infection, which Martin treats. Diane and her family hail Martin as a hero, inflating his self-esteem. As Diane's health begins to improve, Martin begins tampering with her medications and intentionally botching her treatment while maintaining the illusion that he is doing everything within his power to nurse her back to health. Ultimately, he goes too far and accidentally kills Diane when he falls asleep during the night while watching her, after she becomes in critical condition.

, 1h22
Genres Drama
Actors Arno Frisch, Eva Habermann, Laura Tonke, Wilfried Hochholdinger, Barnaby Metschurat, Doreen Jacobi
Rating53%

Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films, Political films
Rating69%

, 1h28
Directed by Morgan Spurlock
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors J. J. Abrams, Peter Berg, Morgan Spurlock, Jimmy Kimmel, Big Boi, Brett Ratner
Rating65%
Super Cash Me est un film documentaire qui explique le fonctionnement des marques et du placement de produit dans les films entièrement financés par le placement de produit. Il montre notamment les démarches entreprises par le réalisateur pour obtenir des sponsors, ainsi que la mise en place de la publicité pour le documentaire.

, 1h50
Directed by Kivu Ruhorahoza
Genres Drama
Actors Miss Shanel
Rating62%
The film tells three stories which are separate and at times connected. In the first one, the young filmmaker Balthazar is looking for money in Kigali to produce his debut film, Le cycle du cafard, but the government refuses to finance a film based on the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda. In the second, Balthazar’s film takes shape and portrays a man, locked up in an asylum, who was an assassin during the war. In the third story, Yvan and Justine, brother and sister, are two young survivors who are trying to rebuild their lives.

, 1h22
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about terrorism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about terrorism, Political films
Rating71%
Told mostly from the young men's point of view, the film highlights on their political past growing up in a conservative town while they held more liberal, anti-war beliefs. These beliefs led them down a path towards a well-known activist, Brandon Darby, who made a name for himself for his work with hurricane Katrina victims. Known as an aggressive and no-nonsense activist, Darby had credibility from his affiliation with theCommon Ground Collective or Common Ground Relief which worked to secure aid for hurricane victims.

, 1h10
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about writers, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Rating63%

, 1h55
Directed by Hong Sang-soo
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Kim Sang-kyung, Yoo Jun-sang, Moon So-ri, Ye Ji-won, Kim Kang-woo, Kim Q-ri
Rating66%
The filmmaker Jo Moon-kyung (Kim Sang-kyung) and his friend Bang Joong-sik (Yoo Jun-sang) swap memories about the trips they both made to the same town (Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province), where, as it turns out, they had met and befriended the same people.