In Cinemas this week (13 – 19 April)

The Rum Diary

Hard-drinking journalist Paul Kemp takes a job at a besieged newspaper in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His volatile editor, Lotterman, assigns him to tourist pieces and horoscopes, but promises more. Paul rooms with Sala, an aging and equally alcoholic reporter, in a rundown flat. Sanderson, a wealthy entrepreneur, hires Paul to flack for a group of investors who plan to buy an island near the capital and build a resort. Sanderson’s girl-friend, the beguiling Chenault, bats her eyes at Paul. His loyalties face challenges when he and Sala get in trouble with locals, when a Carnival dance enrages Sanderson, and when the paper hits the skids. Is the solution always alcohol?

Cast:
Johnny Depp (Kemp)
Aaron Eckhart (Sanderson)
Richard Jenkins (Lotterman)
Giovanni Ribisi (Moberg)

Director: Bruce Robinson
Writer: Bruce Robinson, Hunter S. Thompson
Runtime: 120 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

The Cabin in the Woods

Five friends go for a break at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.

Cast:
Richard Jenkins (Sitterson)
Bradley Whitford (Hadley)
Jesse Williams (Holden)
Chris Hemsworth (Curt)

Director: Drew Goddard
Writer: Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard
Runtime: 95 min
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Rating: 18
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (Greek)

After years of humiliation and failed attempts to win the coveted Pirate of the Year Award, Pirate Captain and his oddball crew take on the cream of the pirating crop – Black Bellamy, Peg Leg Hastings and Cutlass Liz – in a race to pillage the most booty. They soon cross paths with lovelorn scientist Charles Darwin, who persuades the Captain that the crew’s prized ‘parrot’, Polly, could be the answer to the ‘untold riches’ they are searching for. Their adventure takes them to Victorian London where they meet Darwin’s sidekick ‘man-panzee’ Mister Bobo, and the notorious pirate-hating Queen Victoria herself. It soon unfolds that Darwin’s motives for helping the crew are not what they seem, and the Queen has an evil hidden agenda of her own. The Pirate Captain must choose between basking in the glory of being crowned Pirate of the Year, or staying faithful to his trusted crew.

Cast:
Christos Thanos
Lila Moutsopoulou
Mandy Lambou
Tzimis Apergis

Director: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt
Writer: Gideon Defoe
Runtime: 88 min
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Rating: K
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2012

The Vow

A car accident puts Paige in a coma, and when she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband Leo works to win her heart again.

Cast:
Rachel McAdams (Paige)
Channing Tatum (Leo)
Jessica Lange (Rita Thornton)
Sam Neill (Bill Thornton)

Director: Michael Sucsy
Writer: Jason Katims, Abby Kohn
Runtime: 104 min
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

Titanic 3D

84 years later, a 100-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912.

Cast:
Leonardo DiCaprio (Jack Dawson)
Kate Winslet (Rose DeWitt Bukater)
Billy Zane (Caledon ‘Cal’ Hockley)
Kathy Bates (Molly Brown)

Director: James Cameron
Writer: James Cameron
Runtime: 194 min
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 1997

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax

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: English/Greek
Production Year: 2012

Project X

Three seemingly anonymous high school seniors attempt to finally make a name for themselves. Their idea is innocent enough – let’s throw a party that no one will forget, and have a camera there, to document history in the making. But nothing could prepare them for this party. Word spreads quickly as dreams are ruined, records are blemished and legends are born.

Cast:
Thomas Mann (Thomas)
Oliver Cooper (Costa)
Jonathan Daniel Brown (JB)
Dax Flame (Dax)

Director: Nima Nourizadeh
Writer: Matt Drake, Michael Bacall
Runtime: 88 min
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 18
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

Wrath of the Titans 3D

A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus – the demigod son of Zeus – is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity’s lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos, father of the long-ruling brothers Zeus, Hades and Poseidon. The triumvirate had overthrown their powerful father long ago, leaving him to rot in the gloomy abyss of Tartarus, a dungeon that lies deep within the cavernous underworld. Perseus cannot ignore his true calling when Hades, along with Zeus’ godly son, Ares, switch loyalty and make a deal with Kronos to capture Zeus. The Titans’ strength grows stronger as Zeus’ remaining godly powers are siphoned, and hell is unleashed on earth. Enlisting the help of the warrior Queen Andromeda, Poseidon’s demigod son, Argenor, and fallen god Hephaestus, Perseus bravely embarks on a treacherous quest into the underworld to rescue Zeus, overthrow the Titans and save mankind.

Cast:
Sam Worthington (Perseus)
Liam Neeson (Zeus)
Ralph Fiennes (Hades)
Rosamund Pike (Andromeda)

Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Writer: Dan Mazeau, David Johnson
Runtime: 99 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

John Carter 3D

Civil War vet John Carter is transplanted to Mars, where he discovers a lush, wildly diverse planet whose main inhabitants are 12-foot tall green barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, who is in desperate need of a savior.

Cast:
Taylor Kitsch (John Carter)
Lynn Collins (Dejah Thoris)
Willem Dafoe (Tars Tarkas)
Thomas Haden Church (Tal Hajus)

Director: Andrew Stanton
Writer: Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews
Runtime: 132 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

The Hunger Games

In a not-too-distant future, North America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem. The 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss’ young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district’s female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart Peeta, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives.

Cast:
Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen)
Josh Hutcherson (Peeta Mellark)
Woody Harrelson (Haymitch Abernathy)
Liam Hemsworth (Gale Hawthorne)

Director: Gary Ross
Writer: Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins
Runtime: 142 min
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

One for the Money

After losing her job Jersey girl Stephanie Plum is broke. Needing a job she is told that her cousin, a bail bondsman, needs someone to help out in the office. But all he has are skip tracers. She learns that Joe Morelli, a guy she knew intimately years ago, is one of them. She eventually finds him but wasn’t really prepared so he gets away. Another bounty hunter, Ranger, tries to teach her. Eventually she finds Morelli again but he claims he is innocent of the crime he is accused of and he is trying to prove his innocence, and Stephanie starts to believe he’s telling the truth.

Cast:
Katherine Heigl (Stephanie Plum)
Jason O’Mara (Joe Morelli)
Daniel Sunjata (Ranger)
John Leguizamo (Jimmy Alpha)

Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Writer: Stacy Sherman, Karen Ray
Runtime: 91 min
Genre: Action, Crime, Comedy
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

Safe House

Tobin Frost is a CIA agent who’s believed to have turned rogue, in Capetown, South Africa. When he is pursued by men who want to kill him, he goes to the American Consulate where he knows he will be arrested. When the CIA learns of this, it’s decided to bring him to a safe house in Capetown, where they will interrogate him. Shortly after they arrive, the men who chased Frost storm the safe house and kill everyone there. Matt Weston, the agent who’s tasked with looking after the safe house, is the only one left, so he takes Frost and they go on the run. Now the unlikely partners must discover if their attackers have been sent by terrorists or someone on the inside who will kill anyone standing in the way. Now it’s up to Weston to figure out who he can trust before they’re both eliminated from the game.

Cast:
Denzel Washington (Tobin Frost)
Ryan Reynolds (Matt Weston)
Vera Farmiga (Catherine Linklater)
Robert Patrick (Daniel Kiefer)

Director: Daniel Espinosa
Writer: David Guggenheim
Runtime: 115 min
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

Beauty and the Beast 3D (Greek)

Prince Adam was cursed to a beast form by Enchantress who saw no love in his arrogant heart for others. The one way he could break the spell was to learn to love another and earn her love in return before the last petal from his enchanted rose fell, which would bloom until his twenty-first birthday. But who could ever learn to love a beast? Ten years later, Maurice, an inventor from a nearby village, becomes lost in the woods and seeks shelter in the Beast’s castle, the Beast imprisons him for trespassing. His daughter Belle, a bookworm who dreams of life outside her provincial village, finds him trapped in the castle and offers her place in his stead. The Beast accepts with a promise she’ll remain in the castle forever.

Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Writer: Linda Woolverton, Roger Allers
Runtime: 84 min
Genre: Animation
Rating: K
Language: Greek
Production Year: 1991

Winx Club: Magic Adventure (Greek)

At the fairies’ school Alpheus a new school year begins with a grand celebration. But the party is interrupted unexpectedly by evil Trix, who steals a powerful, mysterious object. The Winx (without Bloom, who is now a Princess of Domino and going to marry Sky) have to save the situation on their own. But things become even more difficult when the Ancestral Witches, with the help of Trix, discover the Tree of Life and with a powerful spell reverse the balance between good and bad magic.

Director: Iginio Straffi
Writer: Iginio Straffi
Runtime: 87 min
Genre: Animation
Rating: K
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2010

Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2 (Greek)

Surf’s up for Barbie as she returns as Merliah, the fun and fashionable surfing champion who’s also a magical mermaid princess! In this exciting sea-quel, Merliah makes a splash when she heads to Australia for the ultimate surfing competition. When the evil mermaid Eris escapes from her whirlpool with plans to take over the throne of Oceana, Merliah and her sea friends dive in to stop her. It’s a fresh new adventure where Merliah learns that anything is possible and she really can have the best of both worlds!

Cast:
Kelly Sheridan
Ashleigh Ball
Kathleen Barr
Nicole Oliver

Runtime: 72 min
Genre: Animation
Rating: K
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2012