In Cinemas this week (23 – 29 April)

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

Youth in Revolt

Nick Twisp is a 16-year-old who is an outcast of his generation. He meets Sheeni Saunders, an intellectual and beautiful girl. The only people really standing in his way are Sheeni’s poetry-writing ex-boyfriend Trent, Nick’s temperamental divorced parents, and Nick’s mom’s boyfriends. When Nick realizes Sheeni is not interested, he comes up with an alter-ego, named François Dillinger, who resembles Nick, but has blue eyes, a mustache, a deeper voice, and a player/bad boy attitude to help him with his pursuit of Sheeni. But when François makes Nick a wanted criminal, everything spins out of control.

Cast:
Michael Cera (Nick Twisp and Francois Dillinger)
Portia Doubleday (Sheeni Saunders)
Justin Long (Paul Saunders)
Zach Galifianakis (Jerry)

Director: Miguel Arteta
Writer: Gustin Nash, C.D. Payne
Runtime: 90 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2009

Clash of the Titans – 3D

“The Clash of the Titans” is set in the Greek city of Argos where a war is about to explode between man and the gods. Perseus raised as a fisherman, but is actually a demi-god. Perseus is the son of Zeus who is about to take on the gods after the death of his family. Zeus’ brother Hades was the one who killed his family, and Perseus wants to kill him. However, it is Perseus’s destiny to rescue the city of Argos from the ruthless rage of Hades and his Kraken monster. With nothing to lose, Perseus leads a band of soldiers on a quest to defeat the Kraken. In doing this, Perseus will prevent Hades from overthrowing Zeus and in turn destroying mankind.

Cast:
Sam Worthington (Perseus)
Liam Neeson (Zeus)
Ralph Fiennes (Hades)
Jason Flemyng (Calibos / Acrisius)

Director: Louis Leterrier
Writer: Travis Beacham, Phil Hay
Runtime: 106 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

The Box

Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don’t know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.

Cast:
Cameron Diaz (Norma Lewis)
James Marsden (Arthur Lewis)
Frank Langella (Arlington Steward)
James Rebhorn (Norm Cahill)

Director: Richard Kelly
Writer: Richard Kelly, Richard Matheson
Runtime: 115 min
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2009

Nowhere Boy

Imagine John Lennon’s childhood. A spirited teenager, curious, sharp and funny, growing up in the shattered city of Liverpool. Two extraordinary sisters tussle for his love – Mimi, the formidable aunt who raised him from the age of 5, and Julia, the spirited mother who gave him up to Mimis care. Yearning for a normal family, John escapes into art and the new music flooding in from the US. His fledgling genius finds a kindred spirit in the young Paul McCartney. But just as John’s new life begins, the truth about his past leads to a tragedy he would never escape.

Cast:
Aaron Johnson (John Lennon)
Kristin Scott Thomas (Mimi Smith)
Anne-Marie Duff (Julia Lennon)
Thomas Sangster (Paul McCartney)

Director: Sam Taylor Wood
Writer: Matt Greenhalgh, Julia Baird
Runtime: 98 min
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2009

The Spy Next Door

Former CIA spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend’s three kids, who haven’t exactly warmed to their mom’s beau. And when one of the youngsters accidentally downloads a top-secret formula, Bob’s longtime nemesis, a Russian terrorist, pays a visit to the family.

Cast:
Jackie Chan (Bob Ho)
Amber Valletta (Gillian)
Billy Ray Cyrus (Colton James)
Will Shadley (Ian)

Director: Brian Levant
Writer: Jonathan Bernstein, James Greer
Runtime: 94 min
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

How to Train Your Dragon 3D (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

How to Train Your Dragon (English)

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:
Jay Baruchel (Hiccup)
Gerard Butler (Stoick)
Craig Ferguson (Gobber)
America Ferrera (Astrid)

Director: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
Writer: Cressida Cowell, Dean DeBlois
Runtime: 98 min
Genre: Animation, Family
Rating: K
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

Shutter Island

It’s 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston’s Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He’s been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasn’t been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. Teddy’s shrewd investigating skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals “escape” in the confusion, and the puzzling, improbable clues multiply, Teddy begins to doubt everything – his memory, his partner, even his own sanity.

Cast:
Leonardo DiCaprio (Teddy Daniels)
Mark Ruffalo (Chuck Aule)
Ben Kingsley (Dr. Cawley)
Max von Sydow (Dr. Naehring)

Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer: Laeta Kalogridis, Dennis Lehane
Runtime: 138 min
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Alice in Wonderland

19-year-old Alice returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen’s reign of terror.

Cast:
Johnny Depp (Mad Hatter)
Mia Wasikowska (Alice)
Helena Bonham Carter (Red Queen)
Anne Hathaway (White Queen)

Director: Tim Burton
Writer: Linda Woolverton, Lewis Carroll
Runtime: 108 min
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

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