This week's new films

The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn (PG) (Steven Spielberg, 2011, US/NZ) Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost. 107 mins. If you forget Hergé's sacred source material and forgive the occasional creepiness of the animation, there's good fun to be had here. Guided by Spielberg's visual command, it's a boys' adventure with an Indiana Jones/Pirates Of The Caribbean rambunctiousness to it – a fast mix of dazzling action and comedy alcoholism that builds up so much momentum, it barely knows when to stop. The Help (12A) (Tate Taylor, 2011, US) Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard. 146 mins. The feelgood hit of the US summer puts a cheery gloss on the civil rights era, as a Mississippi woman scandalously documents the woes of black maids. The Ides Of March (15) (George Clooney, 2011, US) Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Evan Rachel Wood. 101 mins. Clooney follows the campaign trail into a morass of corruption and compromise in this solid political thriller, with Gosling's slick operator caught between camps and more experienced players. Anonymous (12A) (Roland Emmerich, 2011, UK/Ger) Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave. 130 mins. A bizarre change of direction for the disaster-movie maestro – to Elizabethan London, where he fleshes out the theory that Shakespeare did not write his plays with a twisty, starry historical intrigue. Ra.One (12A) (Anubhav Sinha, 2011, Ind/US) Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor. 157 mins. The most expensive Indian movie ever is under wraps but expect big special effects, London locations, song-and-dance numbers, and a Tron-ish action story. Sket (15) (Nirpal Bhogal, 2011, UK) Ashley Walters, Lily Loveless. 83 mins. A gang of girls fights male violence with, er, female violence in this Brit urban drama. More topical and less far-fetched than it sounds. Miss Bala (15) (Gerardo Naranjo, 2011, Mex) Irene Azuela, Stephanie Sigman, Miguel Couturier. 113 mins. An aspiring beauty queen gets caught in the crossfire of Mexico's drug wars in this stylish thriller, which treads a tricky line between social realism and pacy tension. The Silence (15) (Baran bo Odar, 2010, Ger) Ulrich Thomsen, Wotan Wilke Möhring. 119 mins. Two women's murders, decades apart, prompt a wide-ranging Killing-like investigation. Demons Never Die (15) (Arjun Rose, 2011, UK) Robert Sheehan, Ashley Walters. 93 mins. Shaky Brit slasher horror in the Hollywood mould, stalking a diminishing group of suicidal teens with a killer in their midst. Ghostbusters (12A) (Ivan Reitman, 1984, US) Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver. 105 mins. The seminal supernatural comedy celebrates its 25th anniversary. The effects have dated, but little else. An American In Paris (U) (Vincente Minnelli, 1951, US) Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron. 113 mins. MGM's Gershwin-backed musical extravaganza. Out next week In Time Justin Timberlake calls time on a dystopian future. Out from Tuesday Tower Heist Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller plot a comically-imperfect crime. Out from Wednesday Machine Gun Preacher Gerard Butler's outlaw turns African Christian soldier. Out from Wednesday The Future Eccentric survey of lives in crisis from Miranda July. Weekend A one-night-stand turns to romance in an acclaimed gay drama. Junkhearts Lonely Londoners look for hope in a tender social drama. Jack Goes Boating Philip Seymour Hoffman directs himself as a man looking for love. Oslo, August 31st A fateful day in the life of a Norwegian ex-drug addict. Sound It Out Doc on one of Britain's last "proper" record shops. Straw Dogs Peckinpah's classic relocated to the US. Snow Flower And The Secret Fan Wayne Wang flashes back to a 19th-century Chinese friendship. The Human Centipede 2 Gruesome surgical yarn. Will A British lad runs off to the 2005 Champions' League final in Turkey. Coming soon In two weeks … Andrea Arnold's bold rendition of Wuthering Heights … Johnny Depp is Hunter S Thompson's alter ego in The Rum Diary … In three weeks … Nicolas Cage and Guy Pearce seek vigilante-style Justice … The beginning of the end in Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 … In a month … Terrence Davies returns with The Deep Blue Sea … Joseph Gordon Levitt laughs at cancer in 50/50 …