In Cinemas this week (18 – 24 June)

Sex and the City 2

Two years have passed since Carrie Bradshaw finally bagged John “Mr. Big” Preston, the man she was always meant to be with. Just as her friend Charlotte must deal with her young daughter’s “terrible two’s”, Carrie must deal with her relationship taking a turn for the worse – Big likes to watch old black-and-white movies on TV and eat take-out food, which prevents Carrie from feeling like the free-wheeling party girl she used to be. Meanwhile, Miranda copes with a new boss that can’t handle an intelligent, powerful woman, and Samantha works a public relations angle that gets the fashionable foursome an all-expense-paid trip to Abu Dhabi.

Cast:
Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie Bradshaw)
Kristin Davis (Charlotte York)
Cynthia Nixon (Miranda Hobbes)
Kim Cattrall (Samantha Jones)

Director: Michael Patrick King
Writer: Michael Patrick King
Runtime: 146 min
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rating: 18
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

The Ghost Writer

An unremarkable ghost-writer has landed a lucrative contract to redact the memoirs of Adam Lang, the former UK Prime Minister. After dominating British politics for years, Lang has retired with his wife to the USA. He lives on an island, in luxurious, isolated premises complete with a security detail and a secretarial staff. Soon, Adam Lang gets embroiled in a major scandal with international ramifications that reveals how far he was ready to go in order to nurture UK’s “special relationship” with the USA. But before this controversy has started, before even he has closed the deal with the publisher, the ghost-writer gets unmistakable signs that the turgid draft he is tasked to put into shape inexplicably constitutes highly sensitive material. He uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.

Cast:
Ewan McGregor (The Ghost)
Pierce Brosnan (Adam Lang)
Kim Cattrall (Amelia Bly)
Olivia Williams (Ruth Lang)

Director: Roman Polanski
Writer: Robert Harris
Runtime: 128 min
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

The A-Team

The movie follows the exciting and daring exploits of Hannibal Smith and his team of former Special Forces soldiers who were set up for a crime they did not commit. Going “rogue,” they utilize their unique talents – and eccentricities – to try and clear their names and find the true culprit.

Cast:
Liam Neeson (Hannibal)
Bradley Cooper (Face)
Jessica Biel (Charisa Sosa)
Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson (B.A. Baracus)

Director: Joe Carnahan
Writer: Joe Carnahan, Brian Bloom
Runtime: 121 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

StreetDance 3D

In inner city London, a street dance crew is on the verge of breaking up after its leader, Jay, leaves the group unexpectedly. The group loses the use of their rehearsal space, forcing them to try and raise money or practice in other locations. Eventually they secure a space in a ballet school, on the condition that they include five ballet dancers in their routine.

Cast:
Nichola Burley (Carly)
Charlotte Rampling (Helena)
Richard Winsor (Tomas)
Rachel McDowall (Isabella)

Director: Max Giwa, Dania Pasquini
Writer: Jane English
Runtime: 98 min
Genre: Dance
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

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

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

Centurion

AD 117. The Roman Empire stretches from Egypt to Spain, and East as far as the Black Sea. But in northern Britain, the relentless onslaught of conquest has ground to a halt in face of the guerrilla tactics of an elusive enemy: the savage and terrifying Picts. Quintus Dias, sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus’ legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the earth and destroy their leader Gorlacon. But when the legion is ambushed on unfamiliar ground, and Virilus taken captive, Quintus faces a desperate struggle to keep his small platoon alive behind enemy lines. Enduring the harsh terrain and evading their remorseless Pict pursuers led by revenge-hungry Pict Warrior Etain, the band of soldiers race to rescue their General and to reach the safety of the Roman frontier.

Cast:
Michael Fassbender (Quintus Dias)
Dominic West (Virilus)
Olga Kurylenko (Etain)
Ulrich Thomsen (Gorlacon)

Director: Neil Marshall
Writer: Neil Marshall
Runtime: 97 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Rating: 18
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

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (English)

Pop sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore end up in the care of Dave Seville’s twenty-something nephew Toby. The boys must put aside music superstardom to return to school, and are tasked with saving the school’s music program by winning the $25,000 prize in a battle of the bands. But the Chipmunks unexpectedly meet their match in three singing chipmunks known as The Chipettes -– Brittany, Eleanor and Jeanette. Romantic and musical sparks are ignited when the Chipmunks and Chipettes square off.

Voices:
Zachary Levi (Toby)
Justin Long (Alvin)
Matthew Gray Gubler (Simon)
Jesse McCartney (Theodore)

Director: Betty Thomas
Writer: Jon Vitti, Jonathan Aibel
Runtime: 88 min
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Rating: K
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