Your weekend cinema guide at a glance

NEW RELEASES

(7) SILENCE: Two 17th-century Portuguese missionaries embark on a perilous journey to Japan to find their missing mentor in this film by Martin Scorsese. (Walmer Park)

(6) IN DUBIOUS BATTLE: In California apple country 900 migrant workers rise up against the landowners. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan (Nat Wolff), the strike is founded on his tragic idealism and the philosophy to never submit or yield. (Walmer Park)

(NO RATING AVAILABLE) ASTERIX & OBELIX: In order to wipe out the Gaulish village by any means necessary, Caesar plans to absorb the villagers into Roman culture by having an estate built next to the village to start a new Roman colony. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Walmer Park)

ALSO SHOWING

(8) FAST & FURIOUS: See review on this page. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Hemingways, Walmer Park) (8) GET OUT: Now that Chris and his girlfriend, Rose, have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway upstate with Missy and Dean in this comedy-horror.

(8) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Disney’s live-action re-telling of the animated classic refashions the characters for a contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the score with several new songs. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Hemingways, Walmer Park)

(2) THE LAST FACE: Miguel (Javier Bardem), a Spanish doctor, begins a torrid affair in Liberia with Wren (Charlize Theron), spokeswoman for an organisation that funds medical assistance for impoverished nations in this dud of a film by Sean Penn. (Walmer Park)

(6) THE BOSS BABY: A suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying baby pairs up with his brother to stop the dastardly plot of the chief executive of Puppy Co in this DreamWorks Animation film. (Boardwalk, Baywest, Hemingways, Walmer Park)

(8) GHOST IN THE SHELL: It’s the near future and Major (Scarlett Johansson) is the first of her kind: a human who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals. (Baywest, Hemingways, Walmer Park)

(4) THE BYE BYE MAN: When three college friends stumble upon the horrific origins of the Bye Bye Man, they discover there is only one way to avoid his curse. (Baywest)

(6) SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE: Best friends Smurfette, Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty use a special map that guides them through the Forbidden Forest that's filled with magical creatures. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Hemingways, Walmer Park)

(7) THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE: When Poland is invaded by the Nazis the Zabinskis, keepers of the Warsaw zoo, covertly begin working with the underground resistance to save the lives of hundreds of Jews. (Walmer Park)

(7) POWER RANGERS: Five ordinary teens must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town – and the world – is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. (Baywest)

(8) JOHN WICK 2: Legendary hitman John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. (Boardwalk, Walmer Park)

(8) KONG: SKULL ISLAND: This film immerses audiences in the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers venture deep inside a treacherous, primordial island. (Baywest) (Ratings are out of 10)