This week's new films

Rampart (15) (Oren Moverman, 2011, US) Woody Harrelson, Robin Wright, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon, Ned Beatty, Sigourney Weaver, Ice Cube. 108 mins Harrelson looks scarily at home as the most corrupt cop in Los Angeles: drinking, smoking, cheating and brutalising his way to notoriety, then stubbornly denying all culpability. It's less a straight cop story than a fragmented study of a – personally as well as professionally – rotten man. There's almost too much in the mix, but it's told with great style and anchored by a fearsomely committed performance. Safe House (15) (Daniel Espinosa, 2012, US) Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga. 115 mins A spy thriller that gives you what you'd expect: Washington as a suave rogue spy; Reynolds as the rookie who brings him in; frenetic action; double crosses; shifting allegiance; and a bit of waterboarding for kicks. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (12A) (John Madden, 2011, UK) Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel. 124 mins Aah, India! It's so terrifically interesting and foreign, isn't it? And if this plummy troupe of Brit pensioners don't think so when they get there, you can bet they will by the end. Think Carry On meets Love Actually. Black Gold (12A) (Jean-Jacques Annaud, 2011, Fra/Ita/Qat) Tahar Rahim, Mark Strong, Antonio Banderas. 130 mins Dodgy orientalism of a different kind, as two tribes of conspicuously non-Arab actors go to war over newly discovered oil in the 1930s. Red Dog (PG) (Kriv Stenders, 2011, Aus) Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, Keisha Castle-Hughes. 92 mins A lovable stray lends a paw to outback community coherence in this warm, earthy tale. One For The Money (12A) (Julie Anne Robinson, 2012, US) Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara. 91 mins Heigl's downward trajectory continues in a "bounty hunter must bring in her ex" romcom that acts like we haven't seen this all this before – in The Bounty Hunter, for example. The Adopted (15) (Mélanie Laurent, 2011, Fra) Mélanie Laurent, Marie Denarnaud, Denis Menochet. 100 mins Emotional family drama revolving around two sisters, a new man in their life, and a tragic accident. Deviation (15) (JK Amalou, 2012, UK) Danny Dyer, Anna Walton. 90 mins Dyer stretches his dramatic range to breaking point, playing an escaped psycho who carjacks a young woman. Blood Car (18) (Alex Orr, 2007, US) Mike Brune, Anna Chlumsky, Katie Rowlett. 76 mins Car action of a trashier kind – as a post-apocalpytic vegan geek discovers a grisly new fuel source. Laura (U) (Otto Preminger, 1944, US) Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb. 88 mins One of the finest, strangest films noirs ever made, unravelling the mystery of a beautiful woman's murder. Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya (PG) (Mandeep Kumar, 2012, Ind) Ritesh Deshmukh, Genelia D'Souza. 133 mins Real-life husband and wife team up for a fluffy kidnap romcom. Out from Friday This Means War CIA agents Chris Pine and Tom Hardy fall out over Reese Witherspoon. Blank City Veterans remember New York's 1970s/80s no wave scene. Wanderlust Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston explore alternative lifestyles. Carancho Argentinian thriller revolving around an ambulance-chasing lawyer. Hunky Dory Minnie Driver helps 1970s Welsh schoolkids put on a musical. Michael Study of a paedophile and his captive. Project X A high-school party gets out of control. Breaking Wind Twilight spoofed (again). Also out from Friday Khodorkovsky, If Not Us, Who? and London, Paris, New York. Coming soon In two weeks … Pixar's epic John Carter … Robert Pattinson sleeps his way through Paris in Bel Ami … In three weeks … Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson and animals in We Bought A Zoo … Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum reboot 21 Jump Street … In a month … Jennifer Lawrence leads futuristic actioner The Hunger Games … The Dardennes return with The Kid With A Bike …