This week at the movies

Futuristic trials of human strength make their way onto our cinema screens as the film adaptation of Suzanne Collin’s best-selling trio of novels ‘The Hunger Games’ makes it’s debut this week. Starring acclaimed actress Jennifer Lawrence in the lead role, critics so far are giving the thumbs-up. Other highlights this week include 'Schlafkrankheit (Sleeping sickness)' and 'Safe House.'

Denzel Washington makes a comeback this week in ‘Safe House’ starring alongside Ryan Renolds, in an FBI action-packed thriller.

Meanwhile, coming from the other side of the Atlantic, Don Cheadle takes on a slightly different role as an FBI agent who’s hired to investigate a murder, in a remote Gaelic-speaking region of Ireland, in ‘The Guard.’

The full list of film releases:

Hunger Games:  US, 2012.

Director: Gary Ross

Running Time:  142 minutes

Language: English with Spanish subtitles

Schlafkrankheit: Germany-France-Holland, 2011.

Director: Ulrich Köhler

Running Time:  91 minutes

Language: French, German and Dutch with Spanish subtitles

Safe House: US, 2012.

Director: Daniel Espinosa

Running Time:  115 minutes

Language: English with Spanish subtitles

The Guard: Ireland, 2011.

Director: John Michael McDonagh

Running Time:  96 minutes

Language: English and Irish Gaelic with Spanish subtitles

El vagoneta en el mundo del cine: Argentina, 2011.

Director: Maximiliano Gutierrez

Running Time:  87 minutes

Language: Spanish