In Cinemas this week (23 – 29 July)

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

Hot Tub Time Machine

In 2010 Los Angeles, three friends have had a string of bad luck with their adult lives: Adam has been dumped by yet another girlfriend, and his video-game-obsessed nephew Jacob lives in his basement, Lou is a party guy past his prime; and Nick has a dead-end job and an unfaithful wife named Courtney who controls his every move. After a crazy night of drinking in a ski resort hot tub, the men wake up, heads’ pounding, in the year 1986. This is their chance to kick some past and change their futures.

Cast:
John Cusack (Adam)
Clark Duke (Jacob)
Craig Robinson (Nick)
Rob Corddry (Lou)

Director: Steve Pink
Writer: Josh Heald, Sean Anders
Runtime: 99 min
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Rating: 18
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Knight and Day

June Havens finds her everyday life tangled with that of a secret agent who has realized he isn’t supposed to survive his latest mission. As their campaign to stay alive stretches across the globe, they soon learn that all they can count on is each other.

Cast:
Tom Cruise (Roy Miller)
Cameron Diaz (June Havens)
Peter Sarsgaard (Fitzgerald)
Jordi Mollà (Antonio)

Director: James Mangold
Writer: Patrick O’Neill
Runtime: 109 min
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can’t do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness. It’ll take all the courage Dave can muster to survive his training, save the city and get the girl as he becomes The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.

Cast:
Nicolas Cage (Balthazar)
Jay Baruchel (Dave)
Alfred Molina (Horvath)
Monica Bellucci (Veronica)

Director: Jon Turteltaub
Writer: Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal
Runtime: 110 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Killers

Spencer Aimes is just your average, undercover, government-hired super-assassin accustomed to a life of exotic European locales, flashy sports cars and even flashier women. But when he meets Jen Kornfeldt, a beautiful, fun-loving computer tech recovering from a bad break-up, he finds true love…and happily trades international intrigue for domestic bliss. Three years later, Spencer and Jen are still enjoying a picture-perfect marriage – that is, until the morning after Spencer’s 30th birthday. That’s when Spencer and Jen learn he’s the target of a multi-million dollar hit. Even worse, the hired killers have been stalking the happy couple for years, and could be anyone: friends, neighbors, the grocery store clerk, even that crabby old guy shuffling across the street. Now Spencer and Jen are on the run for their lives. As their suburban paradise turns into a paranoid game of dodge-the-bullet, they must find out who wants Spencer dead and why, all the while trying to save their marriage, manage his in-laws, keep up neighborly appearances … and just plain survive.

Cast:
Ashton Kutcher (Spencer Aimes)
Katherine Heigl (Jen Kornfeldt)
Tom Selleck (Mr. Kornfeldt)
Catherine O’Hara (Mrs. Kornfeldt)

Director: Robert Luketic
Writer: Bob DeRosa, Ted Griffin
Runtime: 93 min
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Furry Vengeance

In the Oregon wilderness, a real estate developer’s new housing subdivision faces a unique group of protesters, local woodland creatures who don’t want their homes disturbed.

Cast:
Brendan Fraser (Dan Sanders)
Ricky Garcia (Frank)
Brooke Shields (Tammy Sanders)
Matt Prokop (Tyler Sanders)

Director: Roger Kumble
Writer: Michael Carnes, Josh Gilbert
Runtime: 92 min
Genre: Comedy, Family
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

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

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

Robin Hood

“Robin Hood” chronicles the life of an expert archer, previously interested only in self-preservation, from his service in King Richards army against the French. Upon Richards death, Robin travels to Nottingham, a town suffering from the corruption of a despotic sheriff and crippling taxation, where he falls for the spirited widow Lady Marian, a woman skeptical of the identity and motivations of this crusader from the forest. Hoping to earn the hand of Maid Marian and salvage the village, Robin assembles a gang whose lethal mercenary skills are matched only by its appetite for life. Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to correct injustices under the sheriff.

Cast:
Russell Crowe (Robin Longstride)
Cate Blanchett (Marion Loxley)
Max von Sydow (Sir Walter Loxley)
Danny Huston (King Richard The Lionheart)

Director: Ridley Scott
Writer: Brian Helgeland
Runtime: 140 min
Genre: Action, Drama
Rating: 12
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