You can already read our review of the week's biggest release, Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton's endearing Eddie the Eagle.

But what else is out this week? Friday's new releases include a single-take German thriller, a British comedy, a psychological horror, a cycling doc and a low-budget, post-apocalyptic sci-fi flick.

Victoria (15)

Filmed in a single 140 -minute take, this astonishing German thriller follows Spanish waitress Victoria (Laia Costa, extraordinary) as she emerges from a Berlin nightclub and gets chatted up by a charming young man (Frederick Lau), only for the night to take a terrifying turn as his friends are forced into pulling a bank heist to repay a vicious gangster. 

Shot over 22 different locations with a largely improvised script, this is an exhilarating, visceral experience that's by turns funny, romantic, intensely gripping and powerfully emotional. It also marks out actor-turned-director Sebastian Schipper as a serious talent to watch. An instant classic.

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Black Mountain Poets (15)

Working together for the first time, comic talents Alice Lowe (Sightseers) and Dolly Wells (TV's Doll & Em) make a terrific double act in this enjoyable British comedy from director Jamie Adams (Benny & Jolene). 

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Fleeing from the police, con artist siblings Lisa (Lowe) and Claire (Wells) take refuge in an isolated poetry retreat in the Welsh mountains, where they're mistaken for acclaimed poets The Wilding Sisters. Amidst the ensuing laughter (a comic highlight involves Lowe turning a Tesco receipt into a performance poem), the improv-heavy script subtly reveals a portrait of the central relationship that is genuinely moving.

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Anguish (15)

The debut feature from producer-turned-writer-director Sonny Mallhi, this psychological horror stars Ryan Simpkins (who bears a striking resemblance to Chloe Grace Moretz) as Tess, a teenager diagnosed with an identity disorder who becomes possessed by the spirit of a local hit-and-run victim (Amberley Gridley as Lucy). 

Simpkins does solid work in the lead and the script takes a surprisingly sensitive approach that explores ideas of grief, closure and mother-daughter relationships, but Mallhi seems unable to decide if the film is a more serious emotional drama or an out-and-out horror flick and he continually undercuts the more interesting elements with a series of increasingly tedious jump scares.

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Battle Mountain: Graeme Obree's Story (12A)

There aren't many people who would attempt a land speed record at the age of 48. This entertaining documentary follows inventor-slash-former-cycling-champion Graeme Obree as he prepares for the World Human-Powered Speed Challenge at Battle Mountain, Nevada, using a prone bike named The Beastie that he assembled in his kitchen using a variety of household objects. 

Director Dave Street employs a straightforward fly-on-the-wall approach that allows Obree's lively and complex personality to shine through, as he holds forth on a number of fascinating subjects, from his own mental health issues to drug-taking in sport and his palpable passion for cycling.

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Pandorica (15)

Shot in a wood in Billericay over a period of 12 days, this post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller is a textbook example of what can be achieved with a micro-budget, a decent make-up artist and a lot of imagination. The plot concerns angry orphan Eiren (Jade Hobday, a potential star in the making), arrogant hot-head Ares (Marc Zammit) and bearded, taciturn Thade (Adam Bond), three twenty-somethings who are engaged in a Hunger Games-style woodland survival contest to determine who will become the next leader of their tribe. 

An impressive calling card for British writer-director Tom Paton, Pandorica combines atmospheric suspense and thrilling action, exploiting its stripped-down premise and restricted location to maximum effect.

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