In Cinemas this week (4 – 10 July)

Third Person

Michael is a Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction author who has holed himself up in a hotel suite in Paris to finish his latest book. He recently left his wife, Elaine, and is having a tempestuous affair with Anna, an ambitious young journalist who wants to write and publish fiction. At the same time, Scott, a shady American businessman, is in Italy to steal designs from fashion houses. Hating everything Italian, Scott wanders into the Café American in search of something familiar to eat. There, he meets Monika, a beautiful Roma woman, who is about to be reunited with her young daughter. When the money she has saved to pay her daughter’s smuggler is stolen, Scott feels compelled to help. They take off together for a dangerous town in Southern Italy, where Scott starts to suspect that he is the patsy in an elaborate con game. Julia, an ex-soap opera actress, is caught in a custody battle for her 6 year-old son with her ex-husband Rick, a famous New York artist. With her support cut off and her legal costs ruinous, Julia is reduced to working as a maid in the same upscale boutique hotel where she was once a frequent guest. Julia’s lawyer Theresa has secured Julia one final chance to change the court’s mind and be reunited with the child she loves. Rick’s current girlfriend Sam is a compassionate onlooker.

Cast:
Liam Neeson (Michael)
Mila Kunis (Julia)
Adrien Brody (Scott)
Olivia Wilde (Anna)

Director: Paul Haggis
Writer: Paul Haggis
Runtime: 137 min
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2013

Fading Gigolo

Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his “manager”, the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.

Cast:
John Turturro (Fioravante)
Woody Allen (Murray)
Vanessa Paradis (Avigal)
Sharon Stone (Dr. Parker)

Director: John Turturro
Writer: John Turturro
Runtime: 90 min
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2013

Transformers: Age of Extinction 3D/2D

Four years have passed since the final battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons left Chicago in ruins and claimed the lives of over a thousand civilians. As humanity picks up the pieces, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history… while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from a new cast of humans, Optimus Prime and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet.

Cast:
Mark Wahlberg (Cade Yeager)
Stanley Tucci (Joshua Joyce)
Kelsey Grammer (Harold Attinger)
Nicola Peltz (Tessa Yeager)

Director: Michael Bay
Writer: Ehren Kruger
Runtime: 165 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2014

Devil’s Knot

In 1993, in the working class community of West Memphis, Arkansas, three eight-year-old boys go missing from their neighborhood. After an extensive search, their bound and beaten bodies are found the next day. The community and the police department are convinced that the murders are the work of a satanic cult due to the violent and sexual natures of the crime. A month later, three teenagers are arrested but the truth may be scarier as a mother and investigator suspect all is not as it appears.

Cast:
Reese Witherspoon (Pam Hobbs)
Colin Firth (Ron Lax)
Dane DeHaan (Chris Morgan)
Mireille Enos (Vicki Hutcheson)

Director: Atom Egoyan
Writer: Paul Harris Boardman, Scott Derrickson
Runtime: 114 min
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2013

The Fault in Our Stars

Hazel and Augustus are two teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on a journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous, given that Hazel’s other constant companion is an oxygen tank, Gus jokes about his prosthetic leg, and they meet and fall in love at a cancer support group.

Cast:
Shailene Woodley (Hazel)
Ansel Elgort (Gus)
Laura Dern (Frannie)
Willem Dafoe (Van Houten)

Director: Josh Boone
Writer: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
Runtime: 126 min
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2014

Edge of Tomorrow

An alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again… and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski. And, as Cage and Vrataski take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy.

Cast:
Tom Cruise (Cage)
Emily Blunt (Rita)
Brendan Gleeson (General Brigham)
Bill Paxton (Master Sergeant Farell)

Director: Doug Liman
Writer: Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth
Runtime: 113 min
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2014

How to Train Your Dragon 2

It’s been five years since Hiccup and Toothless successfully united dragons and vikings on the island of Berk. While Astrid, Snotlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the island’s new favorite contact sport), the now inseparable pair journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds. When one of their adventures leads to the discovery of a secret ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace. Now, Hiccup and Toothless must unite to stand up for what they believe while recognizing that only together do they have the power to change the future of both men and dragons. In Greek dubbed by Vangelis Evangelou, Iphigenia Staikou, Nikos Papadopoulos, Iro Bezou.

Cast:
Jay Baruchel (Hiccup)
Cate Blanchett (Valka)
Gerard Butler (Stoick)
Jonah Hill (Snotlout)

Director: Dean DeBlois
Writer: Dean DeBlois, Cressida Cowell
Runtime: 102 min
Genre: Animation
Rating: 12
Language: English/Greek
Production Year: 2014

Maleficent

A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land’s fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces a battle with the invading king’s successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and perhaps to Maleficent’s true happiness as well.

Cast:
Angelina Jolie (Maleficent)
Elle Fanning (Aurora)
Sharlto Copley (Stefan)
Lesley Manville (Flittle)

Director: Robert Stromberg
Writer: Linda Woolverton
Runtime: 97 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2014

X-Men: Days of Future Past

The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-Men: Days of Future Past. The characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from X-Men: First Class in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.

Cast:
Hugh Jackman (Logan / Wolverine)
James McAvoy (Charles Xavier)
Patrick Stewart (Professor X)
Ian McKellen (Magneto)

Director: Bryan Singer
Writer: Simon Kinberg, Jane Goldman
Runtime: 131 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2014

The Nut Job (Greek)

In a city park, Surly the Squirrel has finally gone too far with his latest caper leading to the animal community’s winter food cache being destroyed. Now exiled, Surly and his rat buddy’s, Buddy, collective nightmare on the streets ends when they discover a nut store to raid. Meanwhile, the squirrels, the heroic Andie and the ditsy Grayson, are charged by Raccoon to find a new food source and Andie runs into Surly. With no other options, she arranges a deal to help in Surly’s heist for the colony, even while Surly fully intends to betray it. However, there is more going on with the nut store being a front for bank robbers while Raccoon has his own agenda to ensure his own power. In the mayhem to come, Surly finds himself challenged in ways he never expected and discovering the real prize to treasure in this adventure. In Greek dubbed by: Vasilis Milios, Sotiris Douvris, Christos Thanos, Mandy Lambrou.

Cast:
Will Arnett (Surly)
Brendan Fraser (Grayson)
Katherine Heigl (Andie)
Liam Neeson (Raccoon)

Director: Peter Lepeniotis
Writer: Lorne Cameron, Peter Lepeniotis
Runtime: 85 min
Genre: Animation
Rating: K
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2014

The Other Woman

After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly Whitten tries to get her ruined life back on track. But when she accidentally meets the wife he’s been cheating on, she realizes they have much in common, and her sworn enemy becomes her greatest friend. When yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on their cheating, lying, three-timing SOB.

Cast:
Cameron Diaz (Carly Whitten)
Leslie Mann (Kate King)
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Mark King)
Kate Upton (Amber)

Director: Nick Cassavetes
Writer: Melissa Stack
Runtime: 109 min
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2014