This week's new films

Norwegian Wood (15) (Tran Anh Hung, 2010, Japan) Kenichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara, Tetsuji Tamayama, Kengo Kôra. 133 mins Between its daunting cult status and its decidedly un-romcom themes, it's amazing Haruki Murakami's proto-emo Japanese teen tale ever got made. Coming of age here is a languid, melancholy journey across tragedy, mental illness, sexual frustration and other sorrows, but the tone is beautifully maintained, visually and aurally, and it captures something most youth movies never even attempt to find. Fair Game (12A) (Doug Liman, 2010, US) Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Ty Burrell. 108 mins What Hollywood liberal bias? This dramatisation of the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame over her husband's non-cooperation with Bush's Iraq plans dares to name names and point fingers. True-life political and personal tensions are brought back to the boil. Battle: Los Angeles (12A) (Jonathan Liebesman, 2011, US) Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan. 116 mins This massive-scale action epic launches into its generic alien invasion story like nobody had ever thought of it before. Hall Pass (15) (Bobby & Peter Farrelly, 2011, US) Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Jenna Fischer. 105 mins Dads just wanna have fun but don't know what to do with the freedom handed to them, according to this tired-feeling comedy, buoyed by the Farrellys' usual mix of smut and sympathy. The Company Men (15) (John Wells, 2010, UK/US) Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Chris Cooper. 104 mins More manhood in crisis, as corporate downsizing melodrama brings Affleck and co back down to earth (and proximity to Boston's working class). The Resident (15) (Antti Jokinen, 2011, UK/US) Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Christopher Lee. 91 mins Swank feels like somebody's watching her undressing in her dream Brooklyn apartment and she's right: it's us! (and psycho-voyeur landlord Morgan). Legacy: Black Ops (15) (Thomas Ikimi, 2010, Nig/UK) Idris Elba, William Hope, Monique Gabriele Curnen. 93 mins Elba's big acting leaves little elbow room in this single-apartment drama. His scarred operative deals with the traumas of combat and his politician brother. Life Goes On (12A) (Sangeeta Datta, 2009, UK) Sharmila Tagore, Om Puri. 120 mins A death sharpens the generational and identity issues of an educated Bengali family in Britain in this sensitive, serious drama. His & Hers (U) (Ken Wardrop, 2009, Ire) Ingeniously simple doc in which 70 Irish women of every age talk about their (mostly domestic) lives and the men in them. All American Orgy (18) (Andrew Drazek, 2009, US) Laura Silverman, Adam Busch. 98 mins Fairly pointless indie comedy in which ordinary couples commit to a group-sex weekend. Out next week Anuvahood Lively London comedy following a wannabe bad boy. Chalet Girl British romcom about the Sloaney ski set. Out from Wed Submarine A Welsh teen struggles to come of age in Richard Ayoade's debut. You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger Woody Allen dashes off another starry London ensemble comedy. Route Irish Ken Loach tackles Iraqi private security with his usual passion. The Lincoln Lawyer Matthew McConaughey plays a legal hero with a big case to crack. Ballast Mississippi indie closely modelled on real, damaged life. Benda Bilili! Disabled Congolese street musicians conquer the world. Between The Canals Criminal proceedings in poor, inner-city Dublin. Les Diaboliques Reissue for Clouzot's fiendishly twisty murder thriller. Coming soon In two weeks ... Romans take on the Scots in The Eagle … Werner Herzog visits the Cave Of Forgotten Dreams … In three weeks ... Duncan "Moon" Jones' sci-fi thriller Source Code … Vincent Gallo goes Taliban for Essential Killing … In a month... Interplanetary family animation Mars Needs Moms …