This week's new films

The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists (U) (Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt, 2012, UK/US) Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton. 88 mins Aardman sets sail on seas of clay, in what feels more like an animated Blackadder than Pirates Of The Caribbean. Grant's inept rogue is good company, falling foul (or rather fowl) of Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin in a nonsensical, if inconsequential, romp that's lifted, as usual, by Aardman's eccentric details and fine craftsmanship. Into The Abyss (12A) (Werner Herzog, 2011, US/UK/Ger) 107 mins Herzog studies a Texas homicide from all angles, building less a polemic against the death penalty than a humane survey of death and loss. This Is Not A Film (U) (Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi, 2010, Ira) 75 mins Panahi boldly defies his own house arrest by "not making" a film within his apartment, the confinement provoking a profound questioning of cinema itself. Wrath Of The Titans (12A) (Jonathan Liebesman, 2012, US) Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Rosamund Pike. 99 mins More shouty, manly Titan-bashing in the Greek mythological sequel, with celeb turns and effects filling the charisma void left by its bemulletted hero. Tiny Furniture (15) (Lena Dunham, 2010, US) Lena Dunham, Laurie Simmons, Alex Karpovsky. 99 mins Dunham skewers the anxieties of the post-college years in an autobiographical comedy that's either bravely self-deprecating or nauseatingly self-absorbed. The Island President (PG) (Jon Shenk, 2011, US) 101 mins Engaging portrait of the Maldives' youthful (now-departed) president Mohamed Nasheed, and his fight to put climate change on the global agenda. StreetDance 2 (PG) (Max Giwa, Dania Pasquini, 2012, UK) Falk Hentschel, George Sampson, Sofia Boutella. 85 mins The sequel to the hit takes a gamble with an American star and a European slant. Otherwise, it's move-bustin' as usual. Switch (15) (Frédéric Schoendoerffer, 2011, Fra) Karine Vanasse, Eric Cantona, Mehdi Nebbou. 104 mins An apartment swap gets an innocent Quebecois into wrong-woman shenanigans in this effective if far-fetched thriller. Cantona plays a sympathetic cop. Corpo Celeste (U) (Alice Rohrwacher, 2011, Ita/Swi/Fra) Yle Vianello, Salvatore Cantalupo. 99 mins An expat Italian teen preparing for her confirmation and the issues of the local priest create an impressive realist drama. Babycall (15) (Pål Sletaune, 2011, Nor/Ger/Swe) Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner. 96 mins The girl without the dragon tattoo picks up horrific screams on her baby monitor, leading to paranoid council-block chills. Bonsái (15) (Cristián Jiménez, 2011, Chi/Arg/Por/Fra) Diego Noguera, Nathalia Galgani. 96 mins Literate romance blurring fact and fiction, as a Chilean man muses on his first love. The Emperor And The White Snake (12A) (Ching Siu-tung, 2011, Chi/HK) Jet Li, Huang Shengyi. 90 mins Martial arts spectacle with overbearing special effects. Hollywoo (15) (Frédéric Berthe, Pascal Serieis, 2011, Fra) Florence Foresti, Jamel Debbouze. 107 mins Foresti is the poisson out of eau in this Franco-goes-to-Hollywood comedy. Out from Friday Mirror Mirror Julia Roberts leads Tarsem's reimagining of the fairytale of Snow White. Out from Mon Housefull 2 Akshay Kumar leads a Bollywood comedy of matrimonial errors. Out from Thu This Must Be The Place Sean Penn plays a bored rock star-turned-Nazi hunter. Headhunters Twisty Nordic crime thriller with a playful touch. Le Havre Aki Kaurismäki sets an immigration drama in France. Coming soon In two weeks … Joss Whedon teaches an old genre new tricks in The Cabin In The Woods … Liam Neeson sets out to sink your Battleship … In three weeks … Ewan McGregor tackles Salmon Fishing In The Yemen … In a month … Glenn Close mans up in Albert Nobbs … Male students saved from manliness in Damsels In Distress …