This week's new films

The Time That Remains (15) (Elia Suleiman, 2009, UK/Ita/Fra/Bel) Elia Suleiman, Saleh Bakri, Samar Tanus, Shafika Bajjali. 110 mins As he did in 2002's Divine Intervention, Suleiman fashions Middle East tensions into something resembling a deadpan arthouse sketch show at times, but the stylised comedy is folded into 60 years of family history this time. The first portion is particularly striking, dealing with the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and Suleiman's father's part in it as a Palestinian resistance fighter. As time and relatives move on, the story becomes more reflective and fragmented, but elegant choreography and tender observation hold it together. Sex And The City 2 (15) (Michael Patrick King, 2010, US) Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon. 146 mins US-Arab relations get a stiletto in the eye, as the foursome descend on Abu Dhabi in this overlong but doubtless unstoppable sequel, adding Islamophobic cultural challenges to their perpetual relationship/ageing/wardrobe issues. The Losers (12A) (Sylvain White, 2010, US) Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Idris Elba. 97 mins Big explosions, macho comedy and one-note characters make for a guilt-inducing ensemble actioner that's too busy working on its swagger to remember we're supposed to actually like these people. Rec 2 (18) (Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza, 2009, Spa) Manuela Velasco, Jonathan Mellor. 85 mins Set mere minutes after the original camcorder horror, this sequel sensibly takes the Aliens route, sending a SWAT team of zombie-fodder into the infested apartments and orchestrating the multi-player shoot-'em-up violence with enthusiasm. The Happiest Girl In The World (15) (Radu Jude, 2009, Neth/Rom/Fra/Jap) Andreea Bosneag, Doru Catanescu. 90 mins Sharp little consumerist satire in which a rural Romanian teen wins a car that becomes a poisoned chalice (or should that be Yaris?) when her parents and the competition organisers advance agendas of their own. Fish Story (NC) (Yoshihiro Nakamura, 2009, Jap) Ito Atsushi, Kora Kengo, Hamada Gaku. 112 mins Agreeably eccentric Japanese yarn in which an obscure punk single has something to do with a giant comet heading for Earth. It takes the entire film to establish exactly what, but it's well worth the watch. Kites: The Remix (12A) (Anurag Basu, 2010, Ind) Hrithik Roshan, Bárbara Mori. 92 mins This recut Bolly/Hollywood adventure, set in the southern US, is custom-built to break into western markets, and with its absurdly lavish action, handsome lovers-on-the-run and unaffected cheesiness, it deserves to succeed. Tooth Fairy (PG) (Michael Lembeck, 2010, US) Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Julie Andrews. 101 mins The Rock fills the family-movie cavity again as an ice hockey pro drafted into fairy duties for a week. Strictly for the dentally challenged. Space Chimps 2 (U) (John H Williams, 2010, US) Zack Shada, Stanley Tucci. 76 mins More half-term family product. The full title – Zartog Strikes Back – probably tells you all you need to know. OUT FROM FRIDAY Kicks Two Liverpool girls kidnap their footie idol. 4.3.2.1 Girls meet diamonds in hip crime caper. Out on Wednesday Brothers Bloom Con-men comedy led by Adrien Brody and Rachel Weisz. Death At A Funeral US remake of a Brit family farce. Out on Wednesday Girl On The Train French drama from André Téchiné. The Killer Inside Me Controversially violent thriller from Michael Winterbottom. She's Out Of My League Jay Baruchel leads a teen loser comedy. Shrink Kevin Spacey plays a celebrity therapist who needs therapy. Videocracy Documentary on Italian celeb culture. COMING SOON In two weeks … Ben Stiller seeks his lost mojo in hip comedy Greenberg … Sean Bean leads medieval thriller Black Death … In three weeks … Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl star in Killers … Harmony Korine wallows with the Trash Humpers … In a month … Russell Brand gets to be a rock star at last in Get Him To The Greek … Francis Ford Coppola revives himself with Tetro …