Flight | Hyde Park On Hudson | Bullet To The Head | Antiviral | Bullhead | Chained | The Punk Syndrome | Do Elephants Pray? | Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away | A Place In The Sun
Flight (15)
(Robert Zemeckis, 2012, US) Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly. 138 mins
A white-knuckle plane crash is just the beginning of Washington's troubles in this unorthodox drama, which finds his hero-pilot status compromised by the fact that he was high on duty. Between the demons of alcoholism and the aviation authority investigation, he goes into a personal tailspin – but it's not your typical rehab story and you'll want to see how he'll get out of it.
Hyde Park On Hudson (12A)
(Roger Michell, 2012, UK) Bill Murray, Laura Linney, 95 mins
Daniel Day-Lewis won't be losing any sleep over Murray's take on Franklin D Roosevelt. This directionless drama deals with the president's special relationships – first with an obliging cousin (Linney), then with Britain, via a visit from George VI.
Bullet To The Head (15)
(Walter Hill, 2012, US) Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, 91 mins
Another week, another over-the-hill action hero, but this straightforward thriller plays to Stallone's weatherproof persona, with violence, one-liners, buddy banter and axe-wielding.
Antiviral (15)
(Brandon Cronenberg, 2012, Can/US) Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, 103 mins
Picking up where dad left off, Cronenberg Jr mounts a sci-fi body-centric thriller in which fans can acquire the illnesses of their favourite celebrities. The health risks should be obvious, but this takes its ridiculous premise admirably far.
Bullhead (15)
(Michaël R Roskam, 2011, Bel) Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, 129 mins
Hormonal issues, masculine and bovine, give a distinctive charge to this Belgian Oscar nominee, a mix of rural crime thriller and traumatised character study, centred on a rage-filled beef farmer.
Chained (18)
(Jennifer Chambers Lynch, 2012, US) Vincent D'Onofrio, Eamon Farren, 90 mins
Nastiness abounds in a brutal study of a serial killer and his long-term hostage/protege. In fact, there's little room for anything apart from nastiness.
The Punk Syndrome (15)
(Jukka Kärkkäinen, Jani-Petteri Passi, 2012, Fin) 85 mins
Four Finns with learning difficulties embody the punk spirit in this raucous rock-doc, which gives you classic band tensions plus an unsentimental angle on disability.
Do Elephants Pray? (15)
(Paul Hills, 2010, UK) Jonnie Hurn, Julie Dray, Marc Warren. 108 mins
The title sounds like a self-help book, which isn't far off with this tale of a stuffy Brit exec "liberated" by a free-spirited French woman.
Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away (PG)
(Andrew Adamson, 2012, US) Erica Linz, Igor Zaripov, Lutz Halbhubner. 91 mins
A James Cameron-backed attempt to fashion circus into cinema, resulting in a hollow showreel of acrobatic spectacle.
A Place In The Sun (U)
(George Stevens, 1951, US) Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters. 133 mins
Melodrama like they used to make, with Clift's social climber burdened by his background and amorous impulses.
Out from Friday
Wreck-It Ralph
A videogame baddie messes with the program in this retro-friendly family animation.
Hitchcock
Anthony Hopkins goes loco over Psycho, in a fanciful "making of" drama.
I Give It A Year
Borat writer Dan Mazer tries to buck the wedding comedy formula.
No
Advertising comes to the aid of democracy in this Chilean drama.
I Wish
Hirokazu Koreeda's child's-eye view of Japanese family strife.
A Liar's Autobiography
Animators unite to tell the story of Graham Chapman.
Warm Bodies
Nicholas Hoult copes as a teenager AND a zombie.
The Fall Of The Essex Boys
Brit gangster flick centred on a 90s shooting.
Coming soon
In two weeks … Bruce Willis and son hit Russia in A Good Day To Die Hard … Judd Apatow brings us up to date with This Is 40 …
In three weeks … The Catholic church's sexual abuses on trial in doc Mea Maxima Culpa … Keanu Reeves and digital film-making in Side By Side …
In a month … Terrence Malick's To The Wonder … Amped-up fairytale action with Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters …
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/feb/02/this-weeks-new-films
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