In Cinemas (27 – 30 April)

The Avengers 3D

Nick Fury is director of S.H.I.E.L.D, an international peace keeping agency. The agency is a who’s who of Marvel Super Heroes, with Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When global security is threatened by Loki and his cohorts, Nick Fury and his team will need all their powers to save the world from disaster.

Cast:
Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark / Iron Man)
Chris Evans (Steve Rogers / Captain America)
Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner / The Hulk)
Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow)

Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Zak Penn, Joss Whedon
Runtime: 142 min
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

American Reunion

Over a decade has passed and the gang return to East Great Falls, Michigan, for the weekend. They will discover how their lives have developed as they gather for their high school reunion. How has life treated Michelle, Jim, Heather, Oz, Kevin, Vicky, Finch, Stifler, and Stifler’s mom? In the summer of 1999, it was four boys on a quest to lose their virginity. Now Kara is a cute high school senior looking for the perfect guy to lose her virginity to.

Cast:
Jason Biggs (Jim Levenstein)
Alyson Hannigan (Michelle)
Seann William Scott (Steve Stifler)
Tara Reid (Vicky)

Director: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Writer: Adam Herz, Jon Hurwitz
Runtime: 113 min
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 18
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

Battleship

Based on the classic Hasbro naval combat game, Battleship is the story of an international fleet of ships who come across an alien armada whilst on a Naval war games exercise. An intense battle ensues over sea, land and air. What do they aliens – known as The Regents – want?

Cast:
Alexander Skarsgård (Stone Hopper)
Liam Neeson (Admiral Shane)
Taylor Kitsch (Alex Hopper)
Rihanna (Raikes)

Director: Peter Berg
Writer: Erich Hoeber, Jon Hoeber
Runtime: 131 min
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

Gone

The thriller revolves around a young woman named Jill who returns home from her night shift to find her sister’s bed empty. She’s convinced the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job. But the police do not believe Jill, who knows time is running out. With no one to turn to, she sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.

Cast:
Amanda Seyfried (Jill)
Daniel Sunjata (Powers)
Jennifer Carpenter (Sharon Ames)
Wes Bentley (Peter Hood)

Director: Heitor Dhalia
Writer: Allison Burnett
Runtime: 94 min
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

The Rum Diary

Hard-drinking journalist Paul Kemp takes a job at a besieged newspaper in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His volatile editor, Lotterman, assigns him to tourist pieces and horoscopes, but promises more. Paul rooms with Sala, an aging and equally alcoholic reporter, in a rundown flat. Sanderson, a wealthy entrepreneur, hires Paul to flack for a group of investors who plan to buy an island near the capital and build a resort. Sanderson’s girl-friend, the beguiling Chenault, bats her eyes at Paul. His loyalties face challenges when he and Sala get in trouble with locals, when a Carnival dance enrages Sanderson, and when the paper hits the skids. Is the solution always alcohol?

Cast:
Johnny Depp (Kemp)
Aaron Eckhart (Sanderson)
Richard Jenkins (Lotterman)
Giovanni Ribisi (Moberg)

Director: Bruce Robinson
Writer: Bruce Robinson, Hunter S. Thompson
Runtime: 120 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: 15
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

The Cabin in the Woods

Five friends go for a break at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.

Cast:
Richard Jenkins (Sitterson)
Bradley Whitford (Hadley)
Jesse Williams (Holden)
Chris Hemsworth (Curt)

Director: Drew Goddard
Writer: Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard
Runtime: 95 min
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Rating: 18
Language: English
Production Year: 2011

The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (Greek)

After years of humiliation and failed attempts to win the coveted Pirate of the Year Award, Pirate Captain and his oddball crew take on the cream of the pirating crop – Black Bellamy, Peg Leg Hastings and Cutlass Liz – in a race to pillage the most booty. They soon cross paths with lovelorn scientist Charles Darwin, who persuades the Captain that the crew’s prized ‘parrot’, Polly, could be the answer to the ‘untold riches’ they are searching for. Their adventure takes them to Victorian London where they meet Darwin’s sidekick ‘man-panzee’ Mister Bobo, and the notorious pirate-hating Queen Victoria herself. It soon unfolds that Darwin’s motives for helping the crew are not what they seem, and the Queen has an evil hidden agenda of her own. The Pirate Captain must choose between basking in the glory of being crowned Pirate of the Year, or staying faithful to his trusted crew.

Cast:
Christos Thanos
Lila Moutsopoulou
Mandy Lambou
Tzimis Apergis

Director: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt
Writer: Gideon Defoe
Runtime: 88 min
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Rating: K
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2012

The Vow

A car accident puts Paige in a coma, and when she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband Leo works to win her heart again.

Cast:
Rachel McAdams (Paige)
Channing Tatum (Leo)
Jessica Lange (Rita Thornton)
Sam Neill (Bill Thornton)

Director: Michael Sucsy
Writer: Jason Katims, Abby Kohn
Runtime: 104 min
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

Titanic 3D

84 years later, a 100-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912.

Cast:
Leonardo DiCaprio (Jack Dawson)
Kate Winslet (Rose DeWitt Bukater)
Billy Zane (Caledon ‘Cal’ Hockley)
Kathy Bates (Molly Brown)

Director: James Cameron
Writer: James Cameron
Runtime: 194 min
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 1997

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax

A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

Cast:
Danny DeVito/Pavlos Chaikalis (The Lorax)
Zac Efron/Yiorgos Mataragas (Ted)
Taylor Swift/Iakinthi Papadopoulou (Audrey)
Betty White/Christina Koutsoudaki (Grammy Norma)

Director: Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda
Writer: Ken Daurio, Dr. Seuss
Runtime: 86 min
Genre: Animation, Family
Rating: K
Language: English/Greek
Production Year: 2012

Wrath of the Titans 3D

A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus – the demigod son of Zeus – is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity’s lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos, father of the long-ruling brothers Zeus, Hades and Poseidon. The triumvirate had overthrown their powerful father long ago, leaving him to rot in the gloomy abyss of Tartarus, a dungeon that lies deep within the cavernous underworld. Perseus cannot ignore his true calling when Hades, along with Zeus’ godly son, Ares, switch loyalty and make a deal with Kronos to capture Zeus. The Titans’ strength grows stronger as Zeus’ remaining godly powers are siphoned, and hell is unleashed on earth. Enlisting the help of the warrior Queen Andromeda, Poseidon’s demigod son, Argenor, and fallen god Hephaestus, Perseus bravely embarks on a treacherous quest into the underworld to rescue Zeus, overthrow the Titans and save mankind.

Cast:
Sam Worthington (Perseus)
Liam Neeson (Zeus)
Ralph Fiennes (Hades)
Rosamund Pike (Andromeda)

Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Writer: Dan Mazeau, David Johnson
Runtime: 99 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

The Hunger Games

In a not-too-distant future, North America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem. The 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss’ young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district’s female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart Peeta, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives.

Cast:
Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen)
Josh Hutcherson (Peeta Mellark)
Woody Harrelson (Haymitch Abernathy)
Liam Hemsworth (Gale Hawthorne)

Director: Gary Ross
Writer: Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins
Runtime: 142 min
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Rating: 12
Language: English
Production Year: 2012

Winx Club: Magic Adventure (Greek)

At the fairies’ school Alpheus a new school year begins with a grand celebration. But the party is interrupted unexpectedly by evil Trix, who steals a powerful, mysterious object. The Winx (without Bloom, who is now a Princess of Domino and going to marry Sky) have to save the situation on their own. But things become even more difficult when the Ancestral Witches, with the help of Trix, discover the Tree of Life and with a powerful spell reverse the balance between good and bad magic.

Director: Iginio Straffi
Writer: Iginio Straffi
Runtime: 87 min
Genre: Animation
Rating: K
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2010

Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2 (Greek)

Surf’s up for Barbie as she returns as Merliah, the fun and fashionable surfing champion who’s also a magical mermaid princess! In this exciting sea-quel, Merliah makes a splash when she heads to Australia for the ultimate surfing competition. When the evil mermaid Eris escapes from her whirlpool with plans to take over the throne of Oceana, Merliah and her sea friends dive in to stop her. It’s a fresh new adventure where Merliah learns that anything is possible and she really can have the best of both worlds!

Cast:
Kelly Sheridan
Ashleigh Ball
Kathleen Barr
Nicole Oliver

Runtime: 72 min
Genre: Animation
Rating: K
Language: Greek
Production Year: 2012