I'm So Excited | The Eye Of The Storm | Gimme The Loot | Robosapien | Come Out And Play | Shootout At Wadala | 21 & Over | Dead Man Down | Dragon | Chimpanzee | It's Such A Beautiful Day | All Stars
**I'm So Excited** (15) *
*(Pedro Almodóvar, 2012, Spa) Javier Cámara, Raúl Arévalo, Carlos Areces. 90 mins**
Almodóvar responds to his country's economic woes with camp hysteria and Carry On humour. In many ways this airborne disaster farce – anarchic, absurdist, garishly stylish and gleefully debauched – is a return to the Spanish auteur's subversive roots. But there's a serious subtext to the silliness, and the metaphors are brought back down to earth for a satisfying landing.
**The Eye Of The Storm* (15)
(Fred Schepisi, 2011, Aus) Charlotte Rampling, Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis. 119 mins*
The imminent death of Rampling's matriarch throws an aristocratic family's dysfunction into relief in this Aussie drama, whose overstuffed story is redeemed by three watchable leads.
**Gimme The Loot* (15)
(Adam Leon, 2012, US) Tashiana Washington, Ty Hickson. 79 mins*
Bronx graffiti taggers eye the ultimate target in this relaxed drama, with lovable characters and spot-on comedy to recommend.
**Robosapien* (PG)
(Sean McNamara, 2013, US) Jae Head, Penelope Ann Miller, Bobby Coleman. 86 mins*
Formulaic kids' flick designed to market a toy.
**Come Out And Play** *(18)
(Makinov, 2012, Mex) Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Daniel Giménez Cacho. 85 mins*
A couple stumble across some adult-slaying children on a Mexican island, and live to regret it. Or will they?
**Shootout At Wadala* (18)
(Sanjay Gupta, 2013, Ind) John Abraham, Kangna Ranaut. 155 mins*
Mumbai cops v gangsters in a fact-based Indian crime thriller.
**21 & Over* (15)
(Jon Lucas, Scott Moore, 2013, US) Miles Teller, Skylar Astin, Justin Chon. 93 mins*
The Hangover writers try (and fail) to pull a similar trick with a younger demographic, as two fratboys strive to get their comatose buddy home.
**Dead Man Down* (15)
(Niels Arden Oplev, 2013, US) Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace. 118 mins*
The Dragon Tattoo director comes to Hollywood with an oddly meandering but sporadically stirring thriller, centred on Farrell and Rapace's perilous mutual revenge plan.
**Dragon* (15)
(Peter Chan, 2011, HK/Chi) Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro. 98 mins*
A villager's violent past comes to light in this distinctly Chinese variation on A History Of Violence, a mix of detective thriller and kung-fu action.
**Chimpanzee* (U)
(Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield, 2012, US/Tan) 78 mins*
Incredible footage of chimps in the wild clashes with Tim Allen's child-friendly narration, making for a Disney doc that plays more like a Disney cartoon.
**It's Such A Beautiful Day* (NC)
(Don Hertzfeldt, 2012, US) 62 mins*
Stick-figure animation and everyday anxiety characterise Hertzfeldt's uniquely inventive, poignantly witty universe. It's a great place to visit.
**All Stars* (U)
(Ben Gregor, 2013, UK) Theo Stevenson, Akai Osei-Mansfield, Ashley Jensen. 106 mins*
More musical antics from the makers of Streetdance, aimed at viewers too young to know how corny the "let's put on a show" plot is.
*Out from Friday*
*Star Trek Into Darkness*
The crew of the Enterprise get a load of Benedict Cumberbatch.
Out from Thu
*Mud*
Matthew McConaughey plays a child-friendly fugitive.
*Dead Fall*
Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde are on the run.
*The Reluctant Fundamentalist *
Riz Ahmed plays an aspirant Pakistani whose life is changed by 9/11.
*A Hijacking*
Somali pirates create a situation in this tense Danish thriller.
*Our Children*
Tahar Rahim and Emilie Duquenne lead a French family tragedy.
*Vehicle 19*
The wrong choice of rental car sets up a South African chase movie.
*Village At The End Of The World*
Greetings from Niaqornat, north-west Greenland, population: 59.
*Go Goa Gone*
Zombies crash the party in this Indian horror comedy.
*Journey To Italy*
Reissue for Rossellini's 1954 drama, AKA Viaggio In Italia.
*Coming soon*
*In two weeks … *Baz Luhrmann unveils *The Great Gatsby *… More Vin Diesel muscle cars in *Fast And Furious 6 *…
*In three weeks …* The "wolfpack" are back on the loose in *The Hangover Part III *… A fantasy clash of forest-dwellers in animation *Epic *…
*In a month …* Neil Jordan returns to vampirism in *Byzantium *… Robert De Niro smartens up for *The Big Wedding *… Reported by guardian.co.uk 7 hours ago.
**I'm So Excited** (15) *
*(Pedro Almodóvar, 2012, Spa) Javier Cámara, Raúl Arévalo, Carlos Areces. 90 mins**
Almodóvar responds to his country's economic woes with camp hysteria and Carry On humour. In many ways this airborne disaster farce – anarchic, absurdist, garishly stylish and gleefully debauched – is a return to the Spanish auteur's subversive roots. But there's a serious subtext to the silliness, and the metaphors are brought back down to earth for a satisfying landing.
**The Eye Of The Storm* (15)
(Fred Schepisi, 2011, Aus) Charlotte Rampling, Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis. 119 mins*
The imminent death of Rampling's matriarch throws an aristocratic family's dysfunction into relief in this Aussie drama, whose overstuffed story is redeemed by three watchable leads.
**Gimme The Loot* (15)
(Adam Leon, 2012, US) Tashiana Washington, Ty Hickson. 79 mins*
Bronx graffiti taggers eye the ultimate target in this relaxed drama, with lovable characters and spot-on comedy to recommend.
**Robosapien* (PG)
(Sean McNamara, 2013, US) Jae Head, Penelope Ann Miller, Bobby Coleman. 86 mins*
Formulaic kids' flick designed to market a toy.
**Come Out And Play** *(18)
(Makinov, 2012, Mex) Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Daniel Giménez Cacho. 85 mins*
A couple stumble across some adult-slaying children on a Mexican island, and live to regret it. Or will they?
**Shootout At Wadala* (18)
(Sanjay Gupta, 2013, Ind) John Abraham, Kangna Ranaut. 155 mins*
Mumbai cops v gangsters in a fact-based Indian crime thriller.
**21 & Over* (15)
(Jon Lucas, Scott Moore, 2013, US) Miles Teller, Skylar Astin, Justin Chon. 93 mins*
The Hangover writers try (and fail) to pull a similar trick with a younger demographic, as two fratboys strive to get their comatose buddy home.
**Dead Man Down* (15)
(Niels Arden Oplev, 2013, US) Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace. 118 mins*
The Dragon Tattoo director comes to Hollywood with an oddly meandering but sporadically stirring thriller, centred on Farrell and Rapace's perilous mutual revenge plan.
**Dragon* (15)
(Peter Chan, 2011, HK/Chi) Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro. 98 mins*
A villager's violent past comes to light in this distinctly Chinese variation on A History Of Violence, a mix of detective thriller and kung-fu action.
**Chimpanzee* (U)
(Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield, 2012, US/Tan) 78 mins*
Incredible footage of chimps in the wild clashes with Tim Allen's child-friendly narration, making for a Disney doc that plays more like a Disney cartoon.
**It's Such A Beautiful Day* (NC)
(Don Hertzfeldt, 2012, US) 62 mins*
Stick-figure animation and everyday anxiety characterise Hertzfeldt's uniquely inventive, poignantly witty universe. It's a great place to visit.
**All Stars* (U)
(Ben Gregor, 2013, UK) Theo Stevenson, Akai Osei-Mansfield, Ashley Jensen. 106 mins*
More musical antics from the makers of Streetdance, aimed at viewers too young to know how corny the "let's put on a show" plot is.
*Out from Friday*
*Star Trek Into Darkness*
The crew of the Enterprise get a load of Benedict Cumberbatch.
Out from Thu
*Mud*
Matthew McConaughey plays a child-friendly fugitive.
*Dead Fall*
Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde are on the run.
*The Reluctant Fundamentalist *
Riz Ahmed plays an aspirant Pakistani whose life is changed by 9/11.
*A Hijacking*
Somali pirates create a situation in this tense Danish thriller.
*Our Children*
Tahar Rahim and Emilie Duquenne lead a French family tragedy.
*Vehicle 19*
The wrong choice of rental car sets up a South African chase movie.
*Village At The End Of The World*
Greetings from Niaqornat, north-west Greenland, population: 59.
*Go Goa Gone*
Zombies crash the party in this Indian horror comedy.
*Journey To Italy*
Reissue for Rossellini's 1954 drama, AKA Viaggio In Italia.
*Coming soon*
*In two weeks … *Baz Luhrmann unveils *The Great Gatsby *… More Vin Diesel muscle cars in *Fast And Furious 6 *…
*In three weeks …* The "wolfpack" are back on the loose in *The Hangover Part III *… A fantasy clash of forest-dwellers in animation *Epic *…
*In a month …* Neil Jordan returns to vampirism in *Byzantium *… Robert De Niro smartens up for *The Big Wedding *… Reported by guardian.co.uk 7 hours ago.