This week's new films

Ted (15) (Seth MacFarlane, 2012, US) Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane, Joe McHale, Giovanni Ribisi. 106 mins Those unconvinced by MacFarlane's Family Guy cartoon series will be even less convinced by his first feature – basically a routine manchild/bromance story with one novel idea: Wahlberg has a magic talking teddy, which has grown up into an obnoxious party animal – thus creating relationship issues with shrewish girlfriend Kunis. It's all gags and no comedy. And if you're anything other than white, male and pop culture-literate, you'll find the humour at best patchy, at worst, downright nasty. Sound Of My Voice (15) (Zal Batmanglij, 2011, US) Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius, Brit Marling. 85 mins As with Another Earth, co-writer Marling takes an unorthodox line through a familiar genre here. This time she's a spacey/scary cult leader who claims to be from the year 2054. A couple of investigative journalists get out of their depth taking her on. London: The Modern Babylon (15) (Julien Temple, 2012, UK) 128 mins London's modern social history is easily absorbed through this expert tapestry of archive images, music and modern interviews. It's provocative and celebratory. The Flowers Of War (15) (Zhang Yimou, 2011, Chi/HK) Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi. 142 mins Somewhat inappropriately, Zhang gives the story of the Rape of Nanking a glossy, operatic, even romantic treatment, and puts Bale's fake American priest at the centre of a story about prostitutes and convent girls seeking sanctuary. A Simple Life (PG) (Ann Hui, 2011, HK) Andy Lau, Deannie Ip, Qin Hailu. 118 mins An effective dose of realism from Hong Kong, sketching the role-reversing friendship between a film producer and his lifelong family maid, who's now too old to look after him. Leave It On The Floor (15) (Sheldon Larry, 2011, Can/US) Ephraim Sykes, Andre Myers, Phillip Evelyn. 106 mins The gay, black club scene of cult doc Paris Is Burning becomes the setting for a novel musical melodrama here, lifted by music, dance and competitive vogueing. Eames: The Architect & The Painter (12A) (Jason Cohn, Bill Jersey, 2011, US) 85 mins Shining a light on America's top modernists, this admiring documentary celebrates their inventive, curious outlook. The Reverend (18) (Neil Jones, 2011, UK) Stuart Brennan, Tamer Hassan, Rutger Hauer. 93 mins Overambitious/under-resourced horror with biblical overtones, in which a rural priest is infected by vampirism. Undefeated (12A) (Daniel Lindsay, TJ Martin, 2011, US) 113 mins Unlikely winner of the best documentary Oscar last year, effectively finding the drama in an underdog Tennessee school American football team and their inspirational amateur coach. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (U) (David Bowers, 2012, US/Can) Zachary Gordon, Steve Zahn. 94 mins Boyhood anxieties and summer-holiday japes in this summer sequel for kids. Out from Friday Jackpot Norwegian crime caper from the pen of Jo Nesbø. Truth Or Dare British cabin-in-the-woods revenge horror. Out from Mon Harold's Going Stiff Sheffield zombie mock-doc with a Help The Aged spin. Out from Tue Offender Another hard-hitting visit to the juvenile detention centre. Out from Wed 360 Jude Law, Rachel Weisz and Anthony Hopkins figure in this global web of mini-dramas. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry Behind the scenes with China's most confrontational artist. The Dinosaur Project British explorers discover a dinosaur colony in Congo. The Forgiveness Of Blood An Albanian feud leads to a tense stand-off. I Against I A dark night of cat and mouse in this East End crime thriller. The Lodger: A Story Of The London Fog Hitchcock's 1927 thriller gets a new Nitin Sawhney score. Step Up 4: Miami Heat The streetdancing franchise embraces radical politics. In The Dark Half Bristol-made indie dealing with grief, guilt and ghosts. Coming soon In two weeks … Jeremy Renner fills a Matt Damon-shaped hole in The Bourne Legacy … Kelly Macdonald leads Pixar's animated Scots fable Brave … In three weeks … Ben Stiller in The Watch … Andrea Riseborough leads IRA thriller Shadow Dancer … In a month … Colin Farrell recalls Martian life in sci-fi Total Recall … Toby Jones hears the horror in Berberian Sound Studio …