This weeks new films

Easy A (15) (Will Gluck, 2010, US) Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Patricia Clarkson. 92 mins There's always room for a smart-mouthed high-school comedy in a Juno/Mean Girls vein – it's just a pity they come along so rarely. This doesn't quite make that grade but it aims for it, tackling issues of virginity and sluttishness through the story of a nice girl who lies about who she's laid and suffers the fallout – especially from the Jesus freaks. Carlos (15) (Olivier Assayas, 2010, Fra/Ger) Edgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer. 159 mins/334 mins The life of the terrorist serves as a thrilling survey of cold war-era geopolitics in Assayas's swift, stylish, serious biopic, which covers a staggering amount of ground. See feature, p10. Red (12A) (Robert Schwentke, 2010, US) Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren. 111 mins Senior-citizen assassin comedy that gets away with a lot thanks to its cast. As a ride, it's more stairmaster than a rollercoaster. Legends Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga'Hoole 3D (PG) (Zack Snyder, 2010, US) Jim Sturgess, Geoffrey Rush, Helen Mirren. 97 mins Children's animation taken to bonkers extremes in a lavish, jargon-heavy fantasy adventure that's like a cross between The Lion King and Star Wars – but with owls. The Arbor (15) (Clio Barnard, 2010, UK) Manjinder Virk, Neil Dudgeon. 94 mins Striking portrait of Yorkshire playwright Andrea Dunbar, with actors lip-synching real-life interviews in surreal council estate settings. Mary & Max (12A) (Adam Elliot, 2009, Aus) Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman. 92 mins Claymation yields real emotion in this bravely bleak tale of a long-distance friendship between a lonely Aussie girl and an Asperger's-suffering New Yorker. Africa United (12A) (Debs Gardner-Paterson, 2010, UK) Eriya Ndayambaje, Roger Nsengiyumva Acceptable feelgood in which a group Rwandan kids trek to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup finals, facing wildlife, disease and other grown up obstacles. Alpha And Omega 3D (U) (Anthony Bell, Ben Gluck, 2010, US) Justin Long, Hayden Panetierre, Dennis Hopper. 88 mins All-too-predictable (for adults, at least) animated romcom about a boy and a girl wolf from opposite ends of the pack. Ramona & Beezus (U) (Elizabeth Allen, 2010, US) Joey King, Selena Gomez, John Corbett. 103 mins Beverly Cleary's wholesome tales of an overimaginative, chaos-prone little girl translated into an equally wholesome family movie. Paranormal Activity 2 (15) (Tod Williams, 2010, US) Katie Featherston. 91 mins Sequel to the low budget hit, whose formula of CCTV shocks is sure to draw in the curious and scare hungry. The Stoning Of Soraya M (18) (Cyrus Nowrasteh, 2008, US) Shohreh Aghdashloo, James Caviezel. 114 mins A true-life Iranian incident in which an innocent woman was stoned to death is retold in broad, graphic strokes. Chasing Legends (15) (Jason Berry, 2010, US) 95 mins Doc taking to the road and the saddle with a team on 2009's Tour De France. Out from Friday Burke And Hare Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis star in John Landis's comedy horror. The Kids Are All Right Lesbian moms Annette Bening and Julianne Moore lead a family drama. Involuntary Seriocomic snapshots of Swedish life. Saw (3D) More horror with torture-happy Jigsaw. Spiderhole Squatting art students in a London haunted house horror. The Hunter Minimalist chase thriller with an angle on modern day Iran. This Prison Where I Live Doc on an imprisoned Burmese comedian. Out Of The Ashes Doc on Afghanistan's fledgling national cricket team. It Happened One Night & Forbidden Reissues of 1930s Frank Capra romances. Coming soon In two weeks ... Child-vampire remake Let Me In … Mike Leigh's middle-age study Another Year … Johnny Knoxville feels new pain in Jackass 3D … In three weeks ... Sigourney Weaver and Jamie Lee Curtis face off in You Again … Rob Reiner returns to the 1950s for teen romance Flipped … In a month ... Half of the final term in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part I …