In Cinemas this week (4 – 10 June)

The Kings of Mykonos: Wog Boy 2

The Kings of Mykonos kicks off when a Greek Australian Steve learns that a long lost uncle has died and left him a beach and a tavern in Mykonos. Accompanied by his best friend Frank Steve flies over, meets his estranged family and experiences local culture and customs. Soon he will discover that beautiful Mykonos is not the paradise imagined…

Cast:
Nick Giannopoulos (Steve Karamitsis)
Vince Colosimo (Frank)
Alex Dimitriades (Mihali)
Zeta Makrypoulia (Zoe)

Director: Peter Andrikidis
Writer: Chris Anastassiades, Nick Giannopoulos
Runtime: 90 min
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 12
Language: English, Greek
Production Year: 2010

The Back-up Plan

After years of dating, Zoe has decided waiting for the right one is taking too long. Determined to become a mother, she commits to a plan, makes an appointment and decides to go it alone. That same day, Zoe meets Stan a man with real possibilities. Trying to nurture a budding relationship and hide the early signs of pregnancy becomes a comedy of errors for Zoe and creates confusing signals for Stan. When Zoe nervously reveals the reason for her unpredictable behavior, Stan commits fully and says he’s in. Anyone can fall in love, get married and have a baby but doing it backwards in hyper-drive could be proof positive that they were made for each other.

Cast:
Jennifer Lopez (Zoe)
Alex O’Loughlin (Stan)
Michaela Watkins (Mona)
Eric Christian Olsen (Clive)

Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Kate Angelo
Runtime: 106 min
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

The Crazies

As a toxin begins to turn the residents of Ogden Marsh, Iowa into violent psychopaths, sheriff David Dutton tries to make sense of the situation while he, his wife, and two other unaffected townspeople band together in a fight for survival.

Cast:
Timothy Olyphant (David Dutton)
Radha Mitchell (Judy Dutton)
Joe Anderson(Russell Clank)
Danielle Panabaker (Becca Darling)

Director: Breck Eisner
Writer: Scott Kosar, Ray Wright
Runtime: 101 min
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Rating: 18
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Set in the mystical lands of Persia, a rogue prince and a mysterious princess race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time — a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

Cast:
Jake Gyllenhaal (Dastan)
Gemma Arterton (Tamina)
Ben Kingsley (Nizam)
Alfred Molina (Sheik Amar)

Director: Mike Newell
Writer: Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro
Runtime: 116 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Death stalks the dreams of several young adults to claim its revenge on the killing of Freddy Kruger. Chased and chastised by this finger-bladed demon, it is the awakening of old memories and the denials of a past of retribution that spurns this hellish vision of a dreamlike state and turns death into a nightmare reality.

Cast:
Jackie Earle Haley (Freddy Krueger)
Kyle Gallner (Quentin Smith)
Rooney Mara (Nancy Holbrook)
Katie Cassidy (Chris Fowles)

Director: Samuel Bayer
Writer: Wesley Strick, Eric Heisserer
Runtime: 95 min
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: 18
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Chloe

Catherine and David are at first glance the perfect couple. Happily married with a talented teenage son, they appear to have an idyllic life. But when David misses a flight and his surprise birthday party, Catherine’s long simmering suspicions rise to the surface. Suspecting infidelity, she decides to hire an escort to seduce her husband and test his loyalty. Catherine finds herself ‘directing’ Chloe’s encounters with David, and Chloe’s end of the bargain is to report back, the descriptions becoming increasingly graphic as the meetings multiply.

Cast:
Julianne Moore (Catherine Stewart)
Liam Neeson (David Stewart)
Amanda Seyfried (Chloe)
Max Thieriot (Michael Stewart)

Director: Atom Egoyan
Writer: Erin Cressida Wilson, Anne Fontaine
Runtime: 96 min
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Rating: 18
Language: English
Production Year: 2009

She’s Out of My League

An average guy, Kirk, meets the perfect woman, but his lack of confidence and the influence of his friends and family begin to pick away at the relationship.

Cast:
Jay Baruchel (Kirk)
Alice Eve (Molly)
T.J. Miller (Stainer)
Mike Vogel (Jack)

Director: Jim Field Smith
Writer: Sean Anders, John Morris
Runtime: 104 min
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Robin Hood

“Robin Hood” chronicles the life of an expert archer, previously interested only in self-preservation, from his service in King Richards army against the French. Upon Richards death, Robin travels to Nottingham, a town suffering from the corruption of a despotic sheriff and crippling taxation, where he falls for the spirited widow Lady Marian, a woman skeptical of the identity and motivations of this crusader from the forest. Hoping to earn the hand of Maid Marian and salvage the village, Robin assembles a gang whose lethal mercenary skills are matched only by its appetite for life. Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to correct injustices under the sheriff.

Cast:
Russell Crowe (Robin Longstride)
Cate Blanchett (Marion Loxley)
Max von Sydow (Sir Walter Loxley)
Danny Huston (King Richard The Lionheart)

Director: Ridley Scott
Writer: Brian Helgeland
Runtime: 140 min
Genre: Action, Drama
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Fantastic Mr. Fox

It is the story of one Mr. Fox and his wild-ways of hen heckling, turkey taking and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try “just one more raid” on the three nastiest, meanest farmers that are Boggis, Bunce and Bean. It is a tale of crossing the line of family responsibilities and midnight adventure and the friendships and awakenings of this country life that is inhabited by Fantastic Mr. Fox and his friends.

Voices:
George Clooney (Mr. Fox)
Meryl Streep (Mrs. Fox)
Bill Murray (Badger)
Owen Wilson (Coach Skip)

Director: Wes Anderson
Writer: Roald Dahl, Wes Anderson
Runtime: 87 min
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2009

Iron Man 2

With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, along with Pepper Potts, and James “Rhodey” Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances — and confront powerful enemies.

Cast:
Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark)
Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts)
Don Cheadle (Lt. Col. James ‘Rhodey’ Rhodes)
Scarlett Johansson (Natalie Rushman / Natasha Romanoff)

Director: Jon Favreau
Writer: Justin Theroux, Stan Lee
Runtime: 124 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

Nanny McPhee arrives to help a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. She uses her magic to teach the woman’s children and their two spoiled cousins five new lessons.

Cast:
Ralph Fiennes (Lord Gray)
Ewan McGregor (Mr. Green)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (Mrs. Green)
Emma Thompson (Nanny McPhee)

Director: Susanna White
Writer: Christianna Brand, Emma Thompson
Runtime: 109 min
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

How to Train Your Dragon (Greek)

The adventure comedy is set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, based on the book by Cressida Cowell. The story centers around a Viking teenager, who lives on the island of Berk, where fighting dragons is a way of life. Initiation is coming, and this is his one chance to prove his worthiness to his tribe and father. But when he encounters, and ultimately befriends, an injured dragon, his world is turned upside down.

Voices:
Evangelos Evangelou (Psaris)
Iro Bezou (Astrid)
Nikos Papadopoulos (Stoikos)
Harris Grigoropoulos (Skordos)

Director: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
Writer: Cressida Cowell, Dean DeBlois
Runtime: 98 min
Genre: Animation, Family
Rating: K
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2010

It’s Complicated

Jane is the mother of three grown kids, owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant and has — after a decade of divorce — an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, attorney Jake. But when Jane and Jake find themselves out of town for their sons college graduation, things start to get complicated. An innocent meal together turns into the unimaginable—an affair. With Jake remarried to the much younger Agness, Jane is now, of all things, the other woman. Caught in the middle of their renewed romance is Adam, an architect hired to remodel Janes kitchen. Healing from a divorce of his own, Adam starts to fall for Jane, but soon realizes he’s become part of a love triangle. Should Jane and Jake move on with their lives, or is love truly lovelier the second time around? It’s…complicated.

Cast:
Meryl Streep (Jane)
Steve Martin (Adam)
Alec Baldwin (Jake)
John Krasinski (Harley)

Director: Nancy Meyers
Writer: Nancy Meyers
Runtime: 120 min
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2009

The Princess and the Frog (Greek)

A modern day retelling of the classic story The Frog Prince. The Princess and the Frog finds the lives of arrogant, carefree Prince Naveen and hardworking waitress Tiana crossing paths. Prince Naveen is transformed into a frog by a conniving voodoo magician and Tiana, following suit, upon kissing the amphibian royalty. With the help of a trumpet-playing alligator, a Cajun firefly, and an old blind lady who lives in a boat in a tree, Naveen and Tiana must race to break the spell and fulfill their dreams.

Voices:
Katerina Tsavalou
Giannis Zouganelis
Chrisoula Diavati
Stamatis Kraounakis

Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Writer: Ron Clements, John Musker
Runtime: 97 min
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Rating: K
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2009