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Three private investigators are recruited to rescue a computer genius from the clutches of a rival. They discover there is more at stake than they thought, as the captive genius has created a dangerous piece of software that must not fall into the wrong hands. Action adventure, based on the TV series, starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu and Bill Murray

A portly Mexican friar working as a cook in an orphanage adopts the guise of a masked wrestler. He teams up with a thief and enters a tournament hoping to win enough money to sort out the monastery's financial problems, feed the kids under his care and impress the nun he is in love with. Comedy, starring Jack Black and Ana de la Reguera

A psychiatrist wakes to find herself confined in the mental hospital where she once worked, accused of her husband's murder. Just when she thinks her situation could not get any worse, the spirit of a dead teenager begins to haunt her. Psychological horror, starring Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr, Penelope Cruz and Bernard Hill

Motorcycle stuntman Johnny Blaze sells his soul to diabolical Mephistopheles to save the life of his father. His bargain dooms him to pass each night as Ghost Rider, a demonic skeletal biker bound to take evil souls to Hell. However, conflict between Mephistopheles and his son offers Johnny the chance to win back his humanity. Fantasy thriller based on the comic-book, starring Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes and Wes Bentley

Retired soldier Benjamin Martin, who turned his back on the military to become a farmer in South Carolina, takes up arms once more to avenge the unprovoked murder of his son at the hands of the British during the American War of Independence. As he seeks vengeance, he finds himself up against a sadistic officer wreaking havoc in the surrounding area. Roland Emmerich's action adventure, starring Mel Gibson, Jason Isaacs, Heath Ledger and Joely Richardson.

The Man of Steel returns to Earth after an absence of several years to find his lost love Lois Lane has moved on with her life. Meanwhile, arch-villain Lex Luthor is out of jail and about to wreak havoc on the world with technology stolen from Superman's home planet of Krypton. Comic-book adventure from X-Men director Bryan Singer, with Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth and Parker Posey

A gigantic monster of unknown origin rises from the sea and attacks New York. As the military throws everything they have at the creature to little effect, five survivors set off on a dangerous journey across the city to rescue a friend. One of the group documents their journey on a video camera, creating a first-hand record of the carnage. Found-footage thriller, starring Michael Stahl-David and Lizzy Caplan

An oil prospector presents the public image of a caring family man while nurturing a murderous ambition to seize control of land and wealth at any cost. But his insatiable greed leads to a violent conflict with a young priest who is also intent on using the people and resources of an oil-rich town for his own ends. Paul Thomas Anderson's historical drama, starring an Oscar-winning Daniel Day-Lewis, with Paul Dano and Dillon Freasier

A journalist investigates several teenage deaths, which are linked to a cursed videotape and the rumour that anyone who watches it will die a week later. Her growing obsession with the tape endangers herself and her family - and to avoid the predicted fate, she has just seven days to find out where the recording came from. Gore Verbinski's remake of the Japanese supernatural horror, starring Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson and Brian Cox

A psychiatrist wakes to find herself confined in the mental hospital where she once worked, accused of her husband's murder. Just when she thinks her situation could not get any worse, the spirit of a dead teenager begins to haunt her. Psychological horror, starring Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr, Penelope Cruz and Bernard Hill