Will Smith stars as an alcoholic superhero whose drunken attempts to do heroic deeds make him a hated figure.

He takes the advice of a public-relations expert (Jason Bateman) and tries to clean up his act. Charlize Theron also stars. ***

The White Planet

A group of French filmmakers explore the Arctic in this documentary that depicts the lives of polar bears, arctic fox and caribou. Two years in the making, the film paints a broad fresco of the north that's rich in action and emotion. In English with Thai subtitles at House.

We Own the Night

Brothers on opposite sides of the law (Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg) are pitted in a battle against Russian mobsters in 1980s New York. Robert Duvall and Eva Mendes also star. ***

Our Southern Home

Turning their cameras on southern Thailand, filmmakers Nisa Kongsri and Areeya Chumsai focus on four people - a fisherman, a policeman, a student and a managing director for Haad Thip Co, distributor of Coca-Cola in the South. While their attempt to cast the restive region in a positive light is laudable, the documentary comes across as an exercise in corporate public relations. In Thai with English subtitles at the Lido. **