Every Wednesday, find our selection of the five most anticipated cinema releases of the week. A selection of must-see films to discover now in theaters.
1. The Battle of de Gaulle – The Iron Age
Genre: Historical, Thriller
Director: Antonin Baudry
Cast: Simon Abkarian, Simon Russell Beale, Florian Lesieur
Synopsis: June 1940. France collapses and signs an armistice. In the midst of chaos, one man refuses to give in. Alone against all, this unknown general escapes to London to save what remains of a dream: freedom.
2. The Zanetti Affair
Genre: Drama
Director: Leonardo Di Costanzo
Cast: Roschdy Zem, Barbara Ronchi, Hippolyte Girardot
Synopsis: Elisa Zanetti was convicted of a crime she claims to barely remember. Ten years later, Professor Alaoui, a renowned criminologist, reopens her case. A tense confrontation unfolds between the two. Gradually, buried memories resurface, and with them, a truth far more complex than it appears. How far can one go to enter the mind of a criminal?
3. Scary Movie
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Director: Michael Tiddes
Cast: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris
Synopsis: Twenty-six years after escaping a strangely familiar masked killer (“Ghostface”), the iconic heroes of the saga are once again in the killer’s sights, and no horror movie franchise is safe.
4. The Amazing Digital Circus: Final Act
Genre: Animation, Adventure
Director: Unknown
Cast: Lizzie Freeman, Michael Kovach, Marissa Lenti
Synopsis: The viral internet phenomenon “The Amazing Digital Circus” finally comes to an end with the theatrical release of a feature film! This “Final Act” includes Episode 8 and Episode 9, never before seen and an hour long, which fans will be able to discover in a worldwide premiere. With Caine gone and the circus plunged into darkness, the members of the troupe are left only with the mistakes and traumas of their past to guide them. As eternity seems to loom, they discover the truth about the Digital Circus and its history. Will they accept these revelations, or will they make… the opposite choice? And then, we imagine that at some point, someone will crack a joke, because this ending can’t be SO depressing, right?
5. The Plague
Genre: Thriller
Director: Charlie Polinger
Cast: Joel Edgerton, Everett Blunck, Elliott Heffernan
Synopsis: At a boys’ water polo camp, a twelve-year-old teenager is marginalized by his peers according to a cruel tradition where one of them is said to carry a disease they call “The Plague.” As the line between game and reality blurs, he begins to fear that this joke might be hiding something very real. Grand Prize and Critics’ Prize at the 2025 Deauville Film Festival—an impressive achievement for a debut film.
