In Cinemas this week (16 – 22 September)

Cowboys & Aliens

The Old West.. where a lone cowboy leads an uprising against a terror from beyond our world. 1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don’t welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde. It’s a town that lives in fear. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known. Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he’s been…

Cast:
Daniel Craig (Jake Lonergan)
Harrison Ford (Woodrow Dolarhyde)
Olivia Wilde (Ella Swenson)
Sam Rockwell (Doc)

Director: Jon Favreau
Writer: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
Runtime: 118 min
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

Shelter

In Missouri, the forensic psychiatrist Cara Jessup rejects the theory of dissociated or multiple personalities and the prisoner of the death row Joseph Kinkirk has no remission from the governor and is sent to lethal injection. Cara is a widow that raises her daughter Sammy with the support of her brother, Stephen Harding, and Catholic that believes in God. Her father, Dr. Harding, invites Cara to interview the patient David Bernburg, who is a sweet man. Out of the blue, David impersonates the aggressive personality of Adam Saber. Cara is intrigued with the mystery and visits David’s mother Mrs. Bernburg, who tells her that David had passed away a long time ago. Cara invites Mrs. Bernburg to visit Adam in the hospital and they are surprised with the knowledge of the patient about David’s private life. When Adam shifts his personality to Wesley, Cara decides to go further in her investigation and sooner she learns that each personality is actually a dead person…

Cast:
Julianne Moore (Cara Harding)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (David / Adam / Wesley)
Jeffrey DeMunn (Dr. Harding)
Frances Conroy (Mrs. Bernburg)

Director: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
Writer: Michael Cooney
Runtime: 112 min
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: 18
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Henry’s Crime

Working the night shift as a toll collector on a lonely stretch of highway in Buffalo, New York, Henry is a man seemingly without ambition, dreams or purpose. He gets his wakeup call early one morning when he becomes an unwitting participant in an ill-conceived bank heist. Rather than give up the names of the real culprits, Henry takes the fall and goes to jail. There, he meets the irrepressible Max, a con man who’s grown far too comfortable with the familiarity and security of his ‘idyllic’ life behind bars, but one who also helps plant an idea in Henry’s mind which will change his life forever: for a man to find his purpose, he must first have a dream. Upon his release one year later, Henry finds his purpose. Having done the time, he decides he may as well do the crime. Discovering a long forgotten bootlegger’s tunnel which runs from the very same bank to a theater across the alleyway, he convinces the reluctant Max to file for his long overdue parole — and then recruits his former cellmate to help stage a robbery.

Cast:
Keanu Reeves (Henry Torne)
Vera Farmiga (Julie Ivanova)
James Caan (Max Saltzman)
Judy Greer (Debbie Torne)

Director: Malcolm Venville
Writer: Sacha Gervasi, David N. White
Runtime: 108 min
Genre: Crime, Drama
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

The Smurfs

When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours — in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.

Voices:
Hank Azaria/Ilios Zervos (Gargamel)
Jonathan Winters/Costas Darlasis (Papa)
Katy Perry/Sissy Christidou (Smurfette)
Alan Cumming/Haris Grigoropoulos (Gutsy)

Director: Raja Gosnell
Writer: Peyo, J. David Stem
Runtime: 103 min
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Rating: K
Language: English/Greek
Production Year: 2011

Final Destination 5 (3D)

Survivors of a suspension-bridge collapse learn there’s no way you can cheat Death.

Cast:
Nicholas D’Agosto (Sam Lawton)
Emma Bell (Molly Harper)
Miles Fisher (Peter Friedkin)
Ellen Wroe (Candice Hooper)

Director: Steven Quale
Writer: Eric Heisserer, Jeffrey Reddick
Runtime: 92 min
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Rating: 18
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

Barbie: Princess Charm School (Greek)

Barbie stars as Blair, a young, kind hearted girl who has recently been accepted to attend Princess Charm School. The movie highlights what Blair goes through and how in the end she discovers she is the rightful heir to the throne of Gardenia.

Director: Zeke Norton
Runtime: 90 min
Genre: Animation
Rating: K
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2011

Captain America: The First Avenger (3D)

It is 1942, America has entered World War II, and sickly but determined Steve Rogers is frustrated at being rejected yet again for military service. Everything changes when Dr. Erksine recruits him for the secret Project Rebirth. Proving his extraordinary courage, wits and conscience, Rogers undergoes the experiment and his weak body is suddenly enhanced into the maximum human potential. When Dr. Erksine is then immediately assassinated by an agent of Nazi Germany’s head of its secret HYDRA research department, Johann Schmidt aka the Red Skull, Rogers is left as a unique man who is initially misused as a propaganda mascot. However, when his comrades need him, Rogers goes on a successful adventure that truly makes him Captain America and his war against Schmidt begins.

Cast:
Chris Evans (Captain America / Steve Rogers)
Tommy Lee Jones (Colonel Chester Phillips)
Hugo Weaving (Johann Schmidt / Red Skull)
Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury)

Director: Joe Johnston
Writer: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
Runtime: 124 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

Zookeeper

The animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes. Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job. The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk! To keep Griffin from leaving, they decide to teach him the rules of courtship — animal style.

Cast:
Kevin James (Griffin Keyes)
Rosario Dawson (Kate)
Leslie Bibb (Stephanie)
Ken Jeong (Venom)

Director: Frank Coraci
Writer: Nick Bakay, Rock Reuben
Runtime: 102 min
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2011