In Cinemas this week (18 – 24 November)

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1

The Quileute and the Volturi close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses different threats to the wolf pack and vampire coven.

Cast:
Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan)
Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen)
Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black)
Billy Burke (Charlie Swan)

Director: Bill Condon
Writer: Melissa Rosenberg, Stephenie Meyer
Runtime: 117 min
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

Anonymous

A political thriller advancing the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare’s plays; set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.

Cast:
Rhys Ifans (Earl of Oxford)
Vanessa Redgrave (Queen Elizabeth I)
David Thewlis (William Cecil)
Rafe Spall (William Shakespeare)

Director: Roland Emmerich
Writer: John Orloff
Runtime: 130 min
Genre: Drama
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

Knifer (Μαχαιροβγάλτης)

Nikos is working and living at the province of North Greece.
When his father dies, his uncle convinces him to leave everything back and stay with him in Athens. Nikos finally accepts that but his relationship with his uncle will change forever as his uncle’s behavior is bad to everyone. He treats Nikos more as an employee rather than a part of the family. So things are falling apart when Nikos messes up with his aunt.

Cast:
Stathis Stamoulakatos (Nikos)
Vangelis Mourikis (Alekos)
Maria Kallimani (Gogo)
Yannis Voulgarakis (Nikos’ friend)

Director: Yannis Economides
Writer: Yannis Economides, Doris Avgerinopoulos
Runtime: 108 min
Genre: Drama
Rating: 18
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2010

Immortals 3D

Eons after the Gods won their mythic struggle against the Titans, a new evil threatens the land. Mad with power, King Hyperion has declared war against humanity. Amassing a bloodthirsty army of soldiers disfigured by his own hand, Hyperion has scorched Greece in search of the legendary Epirus Bow, a weapon of unimaginable power forged in the heavens by Ares. Only he who possesses this bow can unleash the Titans, who have been imprisoned deep within the walls of Mount Tartaros since the dawn of time and thirst for revenge. In the king’s hands, the bow would rain destruction upon mankind and annihilate the Gods. But ancient law dictates the Gods must not intervene in man’s conflict. They remain powerless to stop Hyperion… until a peasant named Theseus comes forth as their only hope. Secretly chosen by Zeus, Theseus must save his people from Hyperion and his hordes…

Cast:
Henry Cavill (Theseus)
Mickey Rourke (King Hyperion)
Luke Evans (Zeus)
Freida Pinto (Phaedra)

Director: Tarsem Singh
Writer: Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides
Runtime: 110 min
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

Paranormal Activity 3

In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.

Cast:
Christopher Nicholas Smith (Dennis)
Lauren Bittner (Julie)
Chloe Csengery (Young Katie)
Jessica Tyler Brown (Young Kristi Rey)

Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Writer: Christopher Landon, Oren Peli
Runtime: 84 min
Genre: Horror
Rating: 18
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

A Little Bit of Heaven

A guarded woman finds out she’s dying of cancer, but when she meets her match, the threat of falling in love is scarier than death.

Cast:
Kate Hudson (Marley Corbett)
Gael García Bernal (Julian Goldstein)
Kathy Bates (Beverly Corbett)
Whoopi Goldberg (God)

Director: Nicole Kassell
Writer: Gren Wells
Runtime: 106 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

The Adventures of Tintin 3D

Thrilling and wildly funny, the Tintin stories chronicle the escapades of a junior reporter who has a nose for a good story and a talent for attracting trouble, which more often than not imperils his life! This time Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock’s ancestor. But someone else is in search of the ship.

Cast:
Jamie Bell (Tintin)
Andy Serkis (Captain Haddock)
Daniel Craig (Ivanovich Sakharine)
Simon Pegg (Inspector Thompson)

Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright
Runtime: 107 min
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

Colombiana

A young woman grows up to be a stone-cold assassin after witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target – the mobster responsible for her parents’ death.

Cast:
Zoe Saldana (Cataleya)
Michael Vartan (Danny Delanay)
Callum Blue (Richard)
Cliff Curtis (Emilio Restrepo)

Director: Olivier Megaton
Writer: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Runtime: 108 min
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

Winx Club 3D: 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

Loufa kai parallagi: Seirines sti steria

Seven years after the incident in Pitta, the members of the team meet again on the mainland. Stavrakomathiakakis, after the mysterious kidnapping of his 12 year old Pakistani protégé Noori, leaves Psiloritis and, following her tracks, goes to Athens. There Parlavatzas and Papadakis fight to salvage the Anatolian fast-food chain Sevdali. In the meantime hacker and “Robin of the Shelves” Nakos, tries to encourage his fellow citizens to revolt, while newly elected city counselor Kalouris fights to upgrade the aesthetics of the city. Finally, the famous guru Tzimpitzidis tries to raise the self-esteem of his followers and the Ministerial Council, part of which is his ex Marialena.

Cast:
Orfeas Avgoustidis (Stavrakomathiakakis)
Giorgos Seitaridis (Parlavatzas)
Stelios Xanthoudakis (Papadakis)
Giannis Tsimitselis (Tzibitzidis)

Director: Nicos Perakis
Writer: Nicos Perakis
Runtime: 102 min
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 12
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2011

Footloose

City kid Ren MacCormack moves to a small town where rock ‘n’ roll and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.

Cast:
Kenny Wormald (Ren MacCormack)
Julianne Hough (Ariel Moore)
Dennis Quaid (Rev. Shaw Moore)
Andie MacDowell (Vi Moore)

Director: Craig Brewer
Writer: Dean Pitchford, Craig Brewer
Runtime: 113 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

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

Johnny English Reborn

In his latest adventure Johnny English, the most unlikely intelligence officer in Her Majesty’s Secret Service, must stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos. In the years since MI-7’s top spy vanished off the grid, he has been honing his unique skills in a remote region of Asia. But when his agency superiors learn of an attempt against the Chinese premier’s life, they must hunt down the highly unorthodox agent. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English is back in action. With one shot at redemption, he must employ the latest in hi-tech gadgets to unravel a web of conspiracy that runs throughout the KGB, CIA and even MI-7. With mere days until a heads of state conference…

Cast:
Rowan Atkinson (Johnny English)
Rosamund Pike (Kate Sumner)
Dominic West (Simon Ambrose)
Gillian Anderson (MI7 Agent Pamela Thornton)

Director: Oliver Parker
Writer: William Davies, Hamish McColl
Runtime: 101 min
Genre: Comedy, Adventure
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

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

Rio (Greek)

Set in the magnificent city of Rio de Janeiro and the lush rainforest of Brazil, the comedy-adventure centers on Blu, a rare macaw who thinks he is the last of his kind. When Blu discovers there’s another — and that she’s a she — he leaves the comforts of his cage in small town Minnesota and heads to Rio. But it’s far from love at first sight between the domesticated and flight-challenged Blu and the fiercely independent, high-flying female, Jewel. Unexpectedly thrown together, they embark on an adventure of a lifetime, where they learn about friendship, love, courage, and being open to life’s many wonders. RIO brings together a menagerie of vivid characters, a heart-warming story, colorful backdrops, energizing Latin and contemporary music, and family-friendly song and dance.

Voices:
Jesse Eisenberg (Blu)
Anne Hathaway (Jewel)
Leslie Mann (Linda)
Jamie Foxx (Nico)

Director: Carlos Saldanha
Writer: Don Rhymer
Runtime: 96 min
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Rating: K
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2011