There is a Cold War going on between China and the West in this British sci-fi flick and it has resulted in the deepest recession in history. In other words, shit is looking bleak. Governments are pouring money into a new arms race, trying to create the perfect weapon by turning wounded soldiers into killing machines. Kinda like Universal Soldier but without Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Good Ol’ Freda tells the – until now – untold story of the Beatles’ secretary Freda Kelly. She’s been with the band from the beginning right up until the end and as such she was the envy of thousands of girls, running the Fab Four’s fan club and working for Brian Epstein, the band’s manager.

Roman Polanski’s latest movie is a two-character play set almost entirely in a Parisian theater. A soaked through actress (Emmanuelle Seigner) bursts into a theatre, late for an audition. The director (Mathieu Amalric looking like a young Polanksi) first wants to send her away but then gets sucked/suckered into auditioning the leather-clad Vanda (Emmanuelle Seigner) for the lead female role. They then get drawn into an elaborate role-playing game that blurs the lines between fiction and reality.

Based on the best-selling novel by Jan Guillou, But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter is pretty much the Swedish equivalent of a James Bond movie. Following In the Interest Of The Nation, this is the second time Mikael Persbrandt stars as Carl Hamilton, an agent for the Swedish secret service.