In Cinemas this week (17 – 23 September)

Salt

Evelyn Salt is a CIA agent and highly respected by all, including her boss, Ted Winter. Out of the blue, a Russian spy walks into their offices and offers a vital piece of information: the President of Russia will be assassinated during his forthcoming visit to New York City to attend the funeral of the recently deceased U.S. Vice President. The name of the assassin: Evelyn Salt. Concerned about the safety of her husband, who she cannot contact, she goes on the run. Winter refuses to accept that she is a mole or a double agent but her actions begin to raise doubts. Just who is Evelyn Salt and what is she planning?

Cast:
Angelina Jolie (Evelyn Salt)
Liev Schreiber (Ted Winter)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (Peabody)
Daniel Olbrychski (Vassily Orlov)

Director: Phillip Noyce
Writer: Kurt Wimmer
Runtime: 100 min
Genre: Action, Thriller
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Charlie St. Cloud

Charlie St. Cloud is a young man overcome by grief at the death of his younger brother Sam. So much so that he takes a job as caretaker of the cemetery in which his brother is buried. Charlie has a special lasting bond with Sam though, as he can see him. Charlie meets up with his brother each night to play catch and talk. Then, a girl comes into Charlie’s life and he must choose between keeping a promise he made to Sam, or going after the girl he loves.

Cast:
Zac Efron (Charlie St. Cloud)
Charlie Tahan (Sam St. Cloud)
Amanda Crew (Tess Carroll)
Kim Basinger (Claire St. Cloud)

Director: Burr Steers
Writer: Craig Pearce, Lewis Colick
Runtime: 99 min
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Drama
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Going the Distance

Garrett has always had a problem with commitment and understanding what women want. He seems to be doing everything right until he learns the hard way that he cannot speak the female language when his girlfriend drops him. That night, his friends want to brighten up his spirits by taking him to a bar. He meets Erin playing a game and ends up buying her a beer, then winning at bar trivia, and having breakfast with her the next morning. Erin is only in New York City for the summer, and will be returning to grad school in San Francisco in six weeks. They start a no-strings-attached summer fling relationship that turns into a seriously meaningful love affair. They realized that they were meant for each other, but when Erin returns home, will their love survive the distance, between New York City and San Francisco?

Cast:
Drew Barrymore (Erin)
Justin Long (Garrett)
Christina Applegate (Corinne)
Charlie Day (Dan)

Director: Nanette Burstein
Writer: Geoff LaTulippe
Runtime: 102 min
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Step Up 3D

A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers, including Luke and Natalie, team up with NYU freshman Moose, and find themselves pitted against the world’s best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.

Cast:
Rick Malambri (Luke)
Adam G. Sevani (Moose)
Sharni Vinson (Natalie)
Alyson Stoner (Camille)

Director: Jon Chu
Writer: Amy Andelson, Emily Meyer
Runtime: 107 min
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Predators

Chosen for their ability to kill without conscience, a group of killers, some trained and some who are not, must endeavour the alien race of predators that have set out to target them as prey. Dropped into the vast jungle of a distant world, these human predators must learn just who, or what, they are up against, and that their ability, knowledge and wits are tested to the limits in the battle of survival of kill or be killed.

Cast:
Adrien Brody (Royce)
Topher Grace (Edwin)
Alice Braga (Isabelle)
Oleg Taktarov (Nikolai)

Director: Nimród Antal
Writer: Alex Litvak, Michael Finch
Runtime: 107 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

L’immortel (22 Bullets)

Charly Matteï has turned a new leaf on his past as an outlaw. Since three years he’s living a comfortable life and devoting himself to his wife and two kids. However, one winter morning, he’s left for dead in the underground parking of Marseille’s Old Port with 22 bullets in his body. Against all odds, he will not die.

Cast:
Jean Reno (Charly Matteï)
Kad Merad (Tony Zacchia)
Jean-Pierre Darroussin (Martin Beaudinard)
Marina Foïs (Marie Goldman)

Director: Richard Berry
Writer: Eric Assous, Richard Berry
Runtime: 114 min
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Rating: 15
Language: French
Production Year: 2010

Shrek Forever After 3D (English)

A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he’s duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away – where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met – he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.

Voices:
Mike Myers (Shrek)
Eddie Murphy (Donkey)
Cameron Diaz (Princess Fiona)
Antonio Banderas (Puss in Boots)

Director: Mike Mitchell
Writer: Josh Klausner, Darren Lemke
Runtime: 93 min
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Shrek Forever After 3D (Greek)

A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he’s duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away – where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met – he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.

Voices:
Giannis Stefopoulos (Shrek)
Lykourgos Markoudes (Donkey)
Maria Zervou (Princess Fiona)
Telemachos Krevaikas (Puss in Boots)

Director: Mike Mitchell
Writer: Josh Klausner, Darren Lemke
Runtime: 93 min
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Rating: K
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2010

Shrek Forever After (English)

A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he’s duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away – where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met – he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.

Voices:
Mike Myers (Shrek)
Eddie Murphy (Donkey)
Cameron Diaz (Princess Fiona)
Antonio Banderas (Puss in Boots)

Director: Mike Mitchell
Writer: Josh Klausner, Darren Lemke
Runtime: 93 min
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

The Expendables

Barney Ross leads the “Expendables”, a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the merciless dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee head to the remote locale to scout out their opposition. Once there, they meet with local rebel Sandra and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. When they escape the island and Sandra stays behind, Ross must choose to either walk away and save his own life – or attempt a suicidal rescue mission that might just save his soul.

Cast:
Sylvester Stallone (Barney Ross)
Jason Statham (Lee Christmas)
Jet Li (Ying Yang)
Dolph Lundgren (Gunner Jensen)

Director: Sylvester Stallone
Writer: Dave Callaham, Sylvester Stallone
Runtime: 103 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Rating: 18
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Inception

Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb’s rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible-inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

Cast:
Leonardo DiCaprio (Cobb)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Arthur)
Ellen Page (Ariadne)
Michael Caine (Miles)

Director: Christopher Nolan
Writer: Christopher Nolan
Runtime: 148 min
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Toy Story 3 (Greek)

Andy is now 17 and ready to head off to college, leaving Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the rest of the toy-box gang to ponder their uncertain futures. When the toys are accidentally donated to the Sunnyside Daycare center they’re initially overjoyed to once again be played with, but their enthusiasm quickly gives way to horror as they discover the true nature of the establishment under the rule of the deceptively welcoming “Lotso” Bear. So, it’s all for one and one for all as the toys plan their great escape.

Voices:
Alkis Kourkoulos
Eleonora Meleti
Mihalis Marinos
Demitris Piatas

Director: Lee Unkrich
Writer: Michael Arndt, John Lasseter
Runtime: 103 min
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Rating: K
Language: Greek
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

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