This week's new films

Magic Mike (15) (Steven Soderbergh, 2012, US) Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Cody Horn, Matthew McConaughey, Olivia Munn. 110 mins The roles are reversed but the themes are familiar in this rise-and-fall tale of male strippers, making and losing their way in a (sort of) woman's world. It's like a cross between The Full Monty, Boogie Nights and Showgirls, sketching a landscape of exploitation and desperation – even as it participates in it by serving up the barely clad Tatum and other beef products. Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World (15) (Lorene Scafaria, 2012, US) Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Patton Oswalt. 101 mins Do passion and the apocalypse mix? Or Carell and Knightley? This faltering effort tries anyway. Detachment (15) (Tony Kaye, 2011, US) Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden. 98 mins No provocation left behind in this scathing schoolroom drama with a starry cast. Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (U) (Steve Martino, Mark Thurmeier, 2012, US) Ray Romano, Denis Leary. 93 mins Prehistoric franchise adds subplots and celeb voices but it's business as usual. Nostalgia For The Light (12A) (Patricio Guzmán, Fra/Ger/Chi/Spa/US) 94 mins Atacama desert doc mixing astronomy, archaeology, memory and Chile's history. The Giants (15) (Bouli Lanners, 2011, Bel) Zacharie Chasseriaud, Martin Nissen, Paul Bartel. 84 mins A trio of boys bond in a rural summer coming-of-ager. Electrick Children (15) (Rebecca Thomas, 2012, US) Julia Garner, Rory Culkin, Liam Aiken. 95 mins Youth-friendly indie in which a naive, pregnant Mormon girl falls in with Las Vegas skater punks. Le Petit Nicolas (PG) (Laurent Tirard, 2009, Fra/Bel) Maxime Godart, Valérie Lemercier. 91 mins French family fun with a mischievous schoolkid and his imaginary anxieties. The Prey (15) (Eric Valette, 2011, Fra) Albert Dupontel, Alice Taglioni, Stéphane Debac. 105 mins Hollywood-style chase as a convict escapes to stop his serial-killer ex-cellmate. Salute (PG) (Matt Norman, 2008, Aus/US) 92 mins Doc putting the 1968 Olympic "black power" podium salute into context. Comes A Bright Day (15) (Simon Aboud, 2012, UK) Craig Roberts, Imogen Poots. 91 mins A bell boy gets caught up in a London jewellery store heist/hostage situation. The Soul Of Flies (NC) (Jonathan Cenzual Burley, 2010, Spa) Andrea Calabrese, Javier Sáez, Feliz Cenzual. 80 mins Estranged brothers take an absurdist road trip to their father's funeral. Tortoise In Love (12A) (Guy Browning, 2012, UK) Tom Mitchelson, Alice Zawadzki. 84 mins Village comedy in which a shy gardener woos the Polish au pair – with help. Chariots Of Fire (U) (Hugh Hudson, 1981, UK) Ben Cross, Ian Charleson. 123 mins Perfectly timed rerelease. Cocktail (12A) (Homi Adajania, 2012, Ind) Deepika Padukone, Saif Ali Khan, Diana Penty. 145 mins A three-way London friendship goes from carefree to complicated. Out from Friday In Your Hands Kristin Scott Thomas bonds with her kidnapper. The Dark Knight Rises Can Batman vanquish Tom Hardy's Gotham terrorist? Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap Ice-T talks to the top MCs about their lives. Lola Versus Jilted Greta Gerwig picks herself up for a New York comedy. The Brooklyn Brothers Beat The Best On the road with two indie wannabes. I Am Bruce Lee Film and fight stars pay tribute to the kung-fu king. Revenge Of The Electric Car Documentary sequel about the motor industry's green conversion. Swandown Andrew Kötting and Iain Sinclair take a pedalo to the Olympics. Coming soon In two weeks … Dr Seuss eco tale The Lorax … A lost 1960s legend is found in documentary Searching For Sugar Man … In three weeks … Mark Wahlberg and his cuddly buddy, Ted ... Christian Bale leads Chinese epic The Flowers Of War … In a month … Rachel Weisz and Jude Law in globe-trotting drama 360 … Nitin Sawhney rescores Hitchcock's The Lodger …