In Cinemas this week (2 – 8 July)

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob — knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.

Cast:
Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan)
Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen)
Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black)
Dakota Fanning (Jane)

Director: David Slade
Writer: Melissa Rosenberg, Stephenie Meyer
Runtime: 124 min
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

The Losers

A tale of double cross and revenge, centered upon the members of an elite U.S. Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. The team – Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar – find themselves the target of a lethal betrayal instigated from inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max. Presumed dead, the group makes plans to even the score when they’re joined by the mysterious Aisha, a beautiful operative with her own agenda. Working together, they must remain deep undercover while tracking the heavily-guarded Max, a ruthless man bent on embroiling the world in a new high-tech global war.

Cast:
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Clay)
Zoe Saldana (Aisha)
Chris Evans (Jensen)
Idris Elba (Roque)

Director: Sylvain White
Writer: Peter Berg, James Vanderbilt
Runtime: 97 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Get Him to the Greek

Aaron Greenberg gets things done. The ambitious 23-year-old has exaggerated his way into a dream job just in time for a career-making assignment. His mission: Fly to London and escort a rock god to L.A.s Greek Theatre for the first-stop on a $100-million tour. His warning: Turn your back on him at your own peril. British rocker Aldous Snow is both a brilliant musician and walking sex. Weary of yes men and piles of money, the former front man is searching for the meaning of life. But that doesn’t mean he can’t have a few orgies while he finds it. As the countdown to the concert begins, one intern must navigate a minefield of London drug smuggles, New York City brawls and Vegas lap dances to deliver his charge safe and, sort of, sound. He may have to coax, lie to, enable and party with Aldous, but Aaron will get him to the Greek.

Cast:
Jonah Hill (Aaron Green)
Russell Brand (Aldous Snow)
Lars Ulrich (Himself)
Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs (Sergio Roma)

Director: Nicholas Stoller
Writer: Nicholas Stoller, Jason Segel
Runtime: 109 min
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 18
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Toy Story 3 3D (English)

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 join Barbie’s counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear to plan their great escape.

Voices:
Tom Hanks (Woody)
Tim Allen (Buzz Lightyear)
Joan Cusack (Jessie)
Ned Beatty (Lotso)

Director: Lee Unkrich
Writer: Michael Arndt, John Lasseter
Runtime: 103 min
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Toy Story 3 3D (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 join Barbie’s counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear to 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

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

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

Date Night

Phil and Claire Foster are a couple who have been married for several years. Their days consists of them taking care of their children and going to work and coming home and going to bed. But they find time to have a date night wherein they go out and spend some time together. When another couple they know announce that they’re separating because they’re in a rut, Phil feels that he and Claire could be too. So when date night comes Phil decides to do something different. So they go into the city and try to get into a new popular restaurant. But when it’s full and still wanting to do this, Phil decides to take the reservation of a couple who doesn’t show up. While they’re having dinner two men approach them and instructs them to stand up and go with them. They think the men are with the restaurant and want to talk to them about taking someone else’s reservation. But it appears the couple whose reservation they took crossed someone and the two men work for this person. The men are after something, but whatever it is they don’t have it.

Cast:
Steve Carell (Phil Foster)
Tina Fey (Claire Foster)
Mark Wahlberg (Holbrooke)
Taraji P. Henson (Detective Arroyo)

Director: Shawn Levy
Writer: Josh Klausner
Runtime: 88 min
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Rating: 12
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