In Cinemas this week (21 – 27 June)

Man of Steel 3D

A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

Cast:
Henry Cavill (Clark Kent / Kal-El)
Amy Adams (Lois Lane)
Russell Crowe (Jor-El)
Kevin Costner (Jonathan Kent)

Director: Zack Snyder
Writer: David S. Goyer
Runtime: 143 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2013

Monsters University 3D (Greek)

Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan are an inseparable pair, but that wasn’t always the case. From the moment these two mismatched monsters met they couldn’t stand each other. “Monsters University” unlocks the door to how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences and became the best of friends.

Cast:
Thanasis Tsaltampasis (Mike)
Antonis Loudaros (Sullivan)
Leonidas Kakouris (Randy)
Vina Papadopoulou (Dean Hardscrabble)

Director: Dan Scanlon
Writer: Robert L. Baird
Runtime: 110 min
Genre: Animation, Adventure
Rating: K
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2013

Star Trek Into Darkness

When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

Cast:
Chris Pine (Kirk)
Zoe Saldana (Uhura)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Khan)
Zachary Quinto (Spock)

Director: J.J. Abrams
Writer: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
Runtime: 132 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2013

Trance

A fine art auctioneer mixed up with a gang joins forces with a hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting. As boundaries between desire, reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur the stakes rise faster than anyone could have anticipated.

Cast:
James McAvoy (Simon)
Vincent Cassel (Franck)
Rosario Dawson (Elizabeth)
Danny Sapani (Nate)

Director: Danny Boyle
Writer: Joe Ahearne, John Hodge
Runtime: 101 min
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rating: 18
Language: English
Production Year: 2013

After Earth

One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind’s new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai’s craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance.

Cast:
Will Smith (Cypher Raige)
Jaden Smith (Kitai Raige)
Sophie Okonedo (Faia Raige)
Zoë Kravitz (Senshi Raige)

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Writer: Gary Whitta, M. Night Shyamalan
Runtime: 100 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2013

Epic 3D/2D

Young Mary Katherine (M.K.) returns to her eccentric scientist father’s home, but his all-consuming quest to discover a tiny civilization in the neighboring forest drives them apart. However, M.K. soon finds herself shrunken down by Queen Tara of that forest, mortally wounded by the putrefying Boggans, and charged to deliver a pod bearing the new Queen to safety. Together with a veteran Leafman warrior, two goofy mollusks and a young maverick, M.K. agrees to help. As the villainous Boggan leader, Mandrake closes in, M.K. and her new friends must draw on the best of themselves together and discover what they have to save their world.

Cast:
Amanda Seyfried (Mary Katherine)
Josh Hutcherson (Nod)
Christoph Waltz (Mandrake)
Colin Farrell (Ronin)

Director: Chris Wedge
Writer: James V. Hart, William Joyce
Runtime: 102 min
Genre: Animation, Adventure
Rating: K
Language: English/Greek
Production Year: 2013

The Hangover Part III

In the aftermath of the death of Alan’s father, the wolfpack decide to take Alan to get treated for his mental issues. But things start to go wrong on the way to the hospital as the wolfpack is assaulted and Doug is kidnapped. Now they must find Mr. Chow again in order to surrender him to the gangster who kidnapped Doug in order to save him.

Cast:
Bradley Cooper (Phil)
Ed Helms (Stu)
Zach Galifianakis (Alan)
Justin Bartha (Doug)

Director: Todd Phillips
Writer: Todd Phillips, Craig Mazin
Runtime: 100 min
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2013

Fast & Furious 6

Since Dom and Brian’s Rio heist toppled a kingpin’s empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete. Meanwhile, Hobbs has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind is aided by a ruthless second-in-command revealed to be the love Dom thought was dead, Letty. The only way to stop the criminal outfit is to outmatch them at street level, so Hobbs asks Dom to assemble his elite team in London. Payment? Full pardons for all of them so they can return home and make their families whole again.

Cast:
Jason Statham (Ian Shaw)
Dwayne Johnson (Luke Hobbs)
Vin Diesel (Dominic Toretto)
Paul Walker (Brian O’Conner)

Director: Justin Lin
Writer: Chris Morgan, Gary Scott Thompson
Runtime: 130 min
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2013

Scary MoVie

Happily-married couple Dan and Jody begin to notice some bizarre activity once they bring their newborn baby Aiden home from the hospital. But when the chaos expands into Jody’s job as a ballet dancer and Dan’s career as an Ape researcher, they realize their family is being stalked by a nefarious demon. Together, with the advice of certified experts and the aid of numerous cameras, they must figure out how to get rid of it before it’s too late.

Cast:
Ashley Tisdale (Jody Sanders)
Simon Rex (Dan)
Charlie Sheen (Charlie Sheen)
Erica Ash (Kendra Brooks)

Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Writer: Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg
Runtime: 86 min
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2013

Iron Man 3 2D

Marvel’s “Iron Man 3” pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?

Cast:
Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark / Iron Man)
Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts)
Don Cheadle (James Rhodes / War Machine)
Guy Pearce (Aldrich Killian)

Director: Shane Black
Writer: Drew Pearce, Shane Black
Runtime: 130 min
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2013