In Cinemas this week (27 August – 2 September)

Shrek Forever After 3D (English)

A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he’s duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away — where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met — he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.

Voices:
Mike Myers (Shrek)
Eddie Murphy (Donkey)
Cameron Diaz (Princess Fiona)
Antonio Banderas (Puss in Boots)

Director: Mike Mitchell
Writer: Josh Klausner, Darren Lemke
Runtime: 93 min
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Shrek Forever After 3D (Greek)

A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he’s duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away — where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met — he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.

Voices:
Giannis Stefopoulos (Shrek)
Lykourgos Markoudes (Donkey)
Maria Zervou (Princess Fiona)
Telemachos Krevaikas (Puss in Boots)

Director: Mike Mitchell
Writer: Josh Klausner, Darren Lemke
Runtime: 93 min
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Rating: K
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2010

Shrek Forever After (English)

A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he’s duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away — where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met — he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.

Voices:
Mike Myers (Shrek)
Eddie Murphy (Donkey)
Cameron Diaz (Princess Fiona)
Antonio Banderas (Puss in Boots)

Director: Mike Mitchell
Writer: Josh Klausner, Darren Lemke
Runtime: 93 min
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove her innocence. In doing this she plays against powerful enemies and her own past.

Cast:
Michael Nyqvist (Mikael Blomkvist)
Noomi Rapace (Lisbeth Salander)
Lena Endre (Erika Berger)
Annika Hallin (Annika Giannini)

Director: Daniel Alfredson
Writer: Jonas Frykberg, Stieg Larsson, Ulf Ryberg
Runtime: 148 min
Genre: Thriller
Rating: N/A
Language: Swedish
Production Year: 2009

The Expendables

Barney Ross leads the “Expendables”, a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the merciless dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee head to the remote locale to scout out their opposition. Once there, they meet with local rebel Sandra and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. When they escape the island and Sandra stays behind, Ross must choose to either walk away and save his own life – or attempt a suicidal rescue mission that might just save his soul.

Cast:
Sylvester Stallone (Barney Ross)
Jason Statham (Lee Christmas)
Jet Li (Ying Yang)
Dolph Lundgren (Gunner Jensen)

Director: Sylvester Stallone
Writer: Dave Callaham, Sylvester Stallone
Runtime: 103 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

I Love You Phillip Morris

Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven realizes he’s gay and decides to live life to the fullest – even if it means breaking the law. Steven’s new, extravagant lifestyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another.

Cast:
Jim Carrey (Steven Russell)
Ewan McGregor (Phillip Morris)
Leslie Mann (Debbie)
Rodrigo Santoro (Jimmy Kemple)

Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Writer: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, Steve McVicker
Runtime: 102 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2009

Letters to Juliet

When Sophie, a young American, travels to Verona, Italy — the romantic city where Romeo first met Juliet — she meets a group of volunteers who respond to letters written to Juliet seeking romantic advice. Sophie finds and answers a letter that has been lost for 50 years, and is stunned when its author Claire arrives in Italy with her handsome but overprotective grandson to find the fiance she left decades before. Fascinated by Claire’s quest, Sophie joins them on an adventure through the beautiful hills of Tuscany searching for Claire’s long lost Lorenzo. The journey will change their lives forever, as they discover it’s never too late to find true love.

Cast:
Amanda Seyfried (Sophie)
Vanessa Redgrave (Claire)
Christopher Egan (Charlie)
Gael García Bernal (Victor)

Director: Gary Winick
Writer: Jose Rivera, Tim Sullivan
Runtime: 105 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

The Last Airbender

The world is divided into four kingdoms, each represented by the element they harness, and peace has lasted throughout the realms of Water, Air, Earth, and Fire under the supervision of the Avatar, a link to the spirit world and the only being capable of mastering the use of all four elements. When young Avatar Aang disappears, the Fire Nation launches an attack to eradicate all members of the Air Nomads to prevent interference in their future plans for world domination. 100 years pass and current Fire Lord Ozai continues to conquer and imprison anyone with elemental “bending” abilities in the Earth and Water Kingdoms, while siblings Katara and Sokka from a Southern Water Tribe find a mysterious boy trapped beneath the ice outside their village. Upon rescuing him, he reveals himself to be Aang, Avatar and last of the Air Nomads. Swearing to protect the Avatar, Katara and Sokka journey with him to the Northern Water Kingdom in his quest to master “Waterbending” and eventually fulfill his destiny of once again restoring peace to the world. But as they inch nearer to their goal, the group must evade Prince Zuko, the exiled son of Lord Ozai, Commander Zhao, the Fire Nation’s military leader, and the tyrannical onslaught of the evil Fire Lord himself.

Cast:
Noah Ringer (Aang)
Dev Patel (Prince Zuko)
Nicola Peltz (Katara)
Jackson Rathbone (Sokka)

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Writer: M. Night Shyamalan
Runtime: 103 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Dear John

While John is on leave in his hometown, he finds Savannah, a college student visiting the town. Although love was unexpected, it doesn’t mean they didn’t find it. With the knowledge of John having to leave for the army, their love still lives, until his re-signs on due to the 9/11 attack. Troubles invade and their love put on hold. One cannot bear it anymore; can the other?

Cast:
Channing Tatum (John Tyree)
Amanda Seyfried (Savannah Curtis)
Richard Jenkins (Mr. Tyree)
Henry Thomas (Tim Wheddon)

Director: Lasse Hallström
Writer: Jamie Linden, Nicholas Sparks
Runtime: 108 min
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

Leap Year

Anna Brady from Boston is a planner that stages apartments for Realtors. Anna has been dating cardiologist, Jeremy, for four years and they are buying a high standard apartment in Davenport together. Anna expects Jeremy to propose to her on a dinner date but he gives her a gift instead, after which he travels to Dublin for a congress. Anna decides to meet him in Dublin on the February 29th and propose to him in accordance with an old Irish folklore tradition from the 5th Century of leap-year proposals by women. However, due to bad weather the Dublin airport is closed. Anna hires the unfriendly innkeeper Declan to drive her to Dublin. Declan agrees to drive her as he needs the money to pay of his debts but their journey is fraught with many incidents.

Cast:
Amy Adams (Anna Brady)
Matthew Goode (Declan)
Adam Scott (Jeremy)
John Lithgow (Jack Brady)

Director: Anand Tucker
Writer: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Runtime: 100 min
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rating: K
Language: English
Production Year: 2010

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

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

Toy Story 3 (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