This week's new films

Weekend (18) (Andrew Haigh, 2011, UK) Tom Cullen, Chris New. 97 mins You could easily label this a gay Before Sunrise or suchlike, with its 48-hour, boy-meets-boy premise, but it deserves to be judged on its own merits. There's a beautiful naturalism to the way these two Londoners progress from random one-night stand to something deeper, through sex, drugs and revealing conversation. Despite the narrow focus, it speaks volumes about love, art and gay identity. Tower Heist (12A) (Brett Ratner, 2011, US) Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Alan Alda. 104 mins With Murphy's coaching, an all-star cast storms the high-rise fortress of Ponzi tyrant Alda in what could have been a great comedy for our times, but ends up just a mildly enjoyable one. In Time (12A) (Andrew Niccol, 2011, US) Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy. 109 mins Stylish, if logic-stretching, adventure set in a future where time is money and nobody looks older than 25. The Future (12A) (Miranda July, 2011, Ger/US) Miranda July, Hamish Linklater, David Warshofsky. 91 mins With a talking cat and a walking T-shirt among its quirks, at heart this is a smart study of technology, responsibility and mortality. Machine Gun Preacher (15) (Marc Forster, 2011, US) Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan. 129 mins A reformed criminal missionary gets a lesson in east African politics in this true-life drama. Jack Goes Boating (15) (Philip Seymour Hoffman, 2010, US) Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan. 91 mins Hoffman does well enough with this actorly character drama, as a shy chauffeur who forms a bond with the equally timid Ryan. Sound It Out (12A) (Jeanie Finlay, 2011, UK) 78 mins The British vinyl addiction is celebrated in this lovely doc, looking at the last record shop in Teesside. Oslo, August 31st (15) (Joachim Trier, 2011, Nor) Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner. 94 mins Well-crafted study of a recovering addict's 24 hours in the city, visiting friends and facing up to his future. Junkhearts (15) (Tinge Krishnan, 2011, UK) Eddie Marsan, Candese Reid, Romola Garai. 99 mins Marsan and newcomer Reid give strong performances in a disjointed, perhaps over-gritty drama of lonely Londoners coming together. Straw Dogs (18) (Rod Lurie, 2011, US) James Marsden, Kate Bosworth. 110 mins This supposedly sacrilegious remake sticks closely to Peckinpah's "nerd gets in touch with his brutal side" original plotwise, but sands down its spikier aspects. Snow Flower And The Secret Fan (12A) (Wayne Wang, 2011, Chi/US) Gianna Jun, Li Bingbing. 104 mins Lush paean to female friendship contrasting two modern-day Shanghai friends with their oppressed 19th-century forebears. Will (PG) (Ellen Perry, 2011, UK) Perry Eggleton, Damian Lewis, Bob Hoskins. 102 mins Family feelgood film in which a Liverpool runaway heads to the Champions League final in Turkey. The Human Centipede 2 (18) (Tom Six, 2011, Neth/UK/US) Laurence R Harvey, Ashlynn Yennie. 84 mins The shock value of the first movie encourages a copycat protagonist to perform disgusting amateur surgery. Out next week Immortals Effects-laden mythological fantasy in a 300 vein. Yves Saint Laurent: L'Amour Fou The late designer as remembered by his partner. Out from Mon Wuthering Heights Andrea Arnold takes liberties with Emily Brontë's classic. The Rum Diary Johnny Depp on a different kind of Caribbean adventure. The Awakening Rebecca Hall is a 1920s ghostbuster in for a supernatural shock. The British Guide To Showing Off Documentary on Andrew Logan's Alternative Miss World. Trespass Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman in a home-invasion thriller. Black Pond Murder comedy led by Simon Amstell and Chris Langham. Arthur Christmas Brit festive animation. Yes, it's that time already. Rockstar Ranbir Khan dreams of the big time, Bollywood-style. Les Enfants Du Paradis Restored version of Marcel Carné's 1940s French classic. Coming soon In two weeks .… Murder comes to Snowtown … The end begins in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 … In three weeks … Terence Davies dips into The Deep Blue Sea … Joseph Gordon Levitt laughs at fate in 50/50 … In a month … Martin Scorsese turns family entertainer with Hugo … The Vatican needs therapy in We Have A Pope …