In Cinemas this week (15 – 21 June)

What to Expect When You’re Expecting

The lives of five couples are turned upside down by the challenges of impending parenthood. Over the moon about starting a family, TV fitness guru Jules and dance show star Evan find that their high-octane celebrity lives don’t stand a chance against the surprise demands of pregnancy. Baby-crazy author and advocate Wendy gets a taste of her own militant mommy advice when pregnancy hormones ravage her body; while Wendy’s husband, Gary, struggles not to be outdone by his competitive alpha-Dad, who’s expecting twins with his much younger trophy wife, Skyler. Photographer Holly is prepared to travel the globe to adopt a child, but her husband Alex isn’t so sure, and tries to quiet his panic by attending a “dudes” support group, where new fathers get to tell it like it really is. And rival food truck chefs Rosie and Marco’s surprise hook-up results in an unexpected quandary: what to do when your first child comes before your first date?

Cast:
Cameron Diaz (Jules)
Jennifer Lopez (Holly)
Dennis Quaid (Ramsey)
Chris Rock (Vic)

Director: Kirk Jones
Writer: Shauna Cross, Heather Hach
Runtime: 110 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

Prometheus 3D

A team of scientists journey through the universe on the spaceship “Prometheus” on a voyage to investigate Alien life forms. The team of scientists becomes stranded on an Alien world, and as they struggle to survive it becomes clear that the horrors they experience are not just a threat to themselves, but to all of mankind.

Cast:
Noomi Rapace (Elizabeth Shaw)
Michael Fassbender (David)
Charlize Theron (Meredith Vickers)
Logan Marshall-Green (Charlie Holloway)

Director: Ridley Scott
Writer: Jon Spaihts, Damon Lindelof
Runtime: 124 min
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

Poker Face (Greek)

A girl raised by her gambler dad excels at the poker table, with a little help from her stuffed parrot. Is it possible the moment she loses her lucky charm she will finally find love?

Cast:
Alkis Kourkoulos (Adiavrohos)
Evi Saoulidou (Niki)
Antonis Kafetzopoulos (Fanouris)
Dimitris Piatas (Koraki)

Director: Christos Dimas
Writer: Aspa Kalliani
Runtime: 95 min
Genre: Comedy
Rating: K
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2012

Snow White and the Huntsman

Snow White is the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen. Unable to tolerate the insult to her vanity, the evil queen decides that Snow White must die. The queen sends a huntsman to kill Snow White. However the huntsman finds himself unable to murder the innocent young woman, and instead ends up training her to become a warrior capable of threatening the queen’s reign.

Cast:
Kristen Stewart (Snow White)
Chris Hemsworth (The Huntsman)
Charlize Theron (Ravenna)
Ian McShane (Beith)

Director: Rupert Sanders
Writer: Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock
Runtime: 127 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

We Bought a Zoo

Benjamin has lost his wife. In a bid to start his life over, he purchases a large house that has a zoo. This is welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper, Kelly, and the rest of the zoo staff. But, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble. The staff must get the zoo back to its former glory, pass a zoo inspection, and get it back open to the public.

Cast:
Matt Damon (Benjamin Mee)
Scarlett Johansson (Kelly Foster)
Thomas Haden Church (Duncan Mee)
Colin Ford (Dylan Mee)

Director: Cameron Crowe
Writer: Aline Brosh McKenna, Cameron Crowe
Runtime: 124 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

Men in Black 3 – 3D

An alien criminal kills the young Agent K in 1969, altering the timeline, changing the Agency and placing the Earth in danger. Veteran Agent J must travel back in time to 1969 to before the murder and work with the young Agent K to save him, the Agency, the Earth and humanity itself.

Cast:
Will Smith (Agent J)
Tommy Lee Jones (Agent K)
Josh Brolin (Young Agent K)
Emma Thompson (Agent O)

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Writer: Lowell Cunningham, David Koepp
Runtime: 103 min
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

It’s been a bad day for Driver and it’s not getting any better. He just made a big haul of millions that would give him a nice summer vacation on easy street. A good idea that went south — literally. During a high-speed car chase with the US Border Patrol and a bleeding body in his back seat, Driver flips his car smashing through the border wall, tumbling violently, coming to a stop… in Mexico. Apprehended by the Mexican authorities, he is sent to a hard-core prison where he enters the strange and dangerous world of “El Pueblito.” Not an easy place for an outsider such as Driver to survive, unless it’s with the help of someone who knows the ropes – a 10 year-old kid.

Cast:
Mel Gibson (Driver)
Peter Stormare (Frank)
Dean Norris (Bill)
Bob Gunton (Mr. Kaufmann)

Director: Adrian Grunberg
Writer: Mel Gibson, Adrian Grunberg
Runtime: 95 min
Genre: Action, Drama
Rating: 18
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

Cars (Greek)

While traveling to California for the dispute of the final race of the Piston Cup against The King and Chick Hicks, the famous Lightning McQueen accidentally damages the road of the small town Radiator Springs and is sentenced to repair it. Lightning McQueen has to work hard and finds friendship and love in the simple locals, changing its values during his stay in the small town and becoming a true winner.

Director: John Lasseter, Joe Ranft
Writer: John Lasseter, Joe Ranft
Runtime: 117 min
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Rating: K
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2006

Dark Shadows

In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas has the world at his feet – or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy… until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard. A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets.

Cast:
Johnny Depp (Barnabas Collins)
Michelle Pfeiffer (Elizabeth Collins Stoddard)
Helena Bonham Carter (Dr. Julia Hoffman)
Eva Green (Angelique Bouchard)

Director: Tim Burton
Writer: Seth Grahame-Smith, John August
Runtime: 113 min
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

A group of British retirees decides to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. Though the new environment is less luxurious than imagined, they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, discovering that life and love can begin again when you let go of the past.

Cast:
Judi Dench (Evelyn Greenslade)
Tom Wilkinson (Graham Dashwood)
Bill Nighy (Douglas Ainslie)
Maggie Smith (Muriel Donnelly)

Director: John Madden
Writer: Ol Parker, Deborah Moggach
Runtime: 124 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

Top Cat

Top Cat and the gang face a new police chief, who is not at all happy with officer Dibble’s performance in trying to prevent Top Cat’s scams. Strickland, the new police chief, will test Top Cat and his gang while proving to be the greatest foe Top Cat has ever encountered.

Director: Alberto Mar
Writer: Kevin Seccia, Timothy McKeon
Runtime: 90 min
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

Mirror Mirror

After a beloved King vanishes, his ruthless wife seizes control of the kingdom and keeps her beautiful 18-year-old stepdaughter, Snow White, hidden away in the palace. But when the princess attracts the attention of a charming and wealthy visiting prince, the jealous Queen banishes the girl to a nearby forest. Taken in by a band of rebellious but kindhearted dwarfs, Snow White blossoms into a brave young woman determined to save her country from the Queen. With the support of her new friends, she roars into action to reclaim her birthright and win back her Prince in this magical adventure comedy that will capture the hearts and imaginations of audiences the world over.

Cast:
Julia Roberts (The Queen)
Lily Collins (Snow White)
Armie Hammer (Prince Alcott)
Nathan Lane (Brighton)

Director: Tarsem Singh
Writer: Jason Keller, Marc Klein
Runtime: 106 min
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 3D (Greek)

A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

Cast:
Danny DeVito/Pavlos Chaikalis (The Lorax)
Zac Efron/Yiorgos Mataragas (Ted)
Taylor Swift/Iakinthi Papadopoulou (Audrey)
Betty White/Christina Koutsoudaki (Grammy Norma)

Director: Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda
Writer: Ken Daurio, Dr. Seuss
Runtime: 86 min
Genre: Animation, Family
Rating: K
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2012