WHICH NEW MOVIE release is worth the price of a cinema ticket this weekend?

TheJournal.ie is here to help you decide just that, with these trailers.

Selma

For fans of: Great people

Avoid if: You’re the Oscars jury

This movie looks at a major moment in the struggle for civil rights in the US – when peaceful protesters set out to march from Selma to Montgomery. It was a pivotal time in the life of Martin Luther King, too, and the movie examines the three months as he geared up for the huge event.

• RottenTomatoes.com critics’ rating: 99% Audience rating: 88%

Shaun the Sheep 

For fans of: Fluffy fellas

Avoid if: You’re an eejit. Baaa!

Shaun the sheep and his mates are cheeky old things, but they do love their Farmer. So when they get up to mischief and he’s taken to the city as a result, they set off to rescue him. Aww.

• RottenTomatoes.com critics’ rating: 100% Audience rating: 95% want to see

Patrick’s Day

For fans of: Darkness

Avoid if: You don’t like interfering parents

Terry McMahon’s follow up to Charlie Casanova sees a young man with schizophrenia falling in love with a troubled woman. Problem is, his mother isn’t happy about this situation at all, and sets out to end things between the lovers.

• RottenTomatoes.com critics’ rating: none yet. Audience rating: 100% want to see

- By Aoife Barry