What’s it about: Set during the Iraqi war, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Going from one site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission.

What’s it about: Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizer and consummate modern business traveller who, after years of staying happily airborne, suddenly finds himself ready to make a real connection. When he falls for a fellow traveller, he begins to contemplate what it might actually mean to have a home.

What it’s about: A reinvention of the 1980 Oscar-winning film, Fame follows a talented group of dancers, singers, actors and artists over four years at the New York City High School of Performing Arts, a creative powerhouse where aspiring students from all walks of life are given the chance to pursue their dreams of becoming an artist – and of becoming famous.

Why it’s hot: Hollywood’s obsession with musicals continues with this, the latest singing, dancing extravaganza to hit our silver screens, except this time, the producers have traded in big names for stunning, jaw-dropping talent. A definite must-watch if you like this sort of thing.

Cast: Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Kate Walsh

Director: Scott Stewart

What it’s about: When God loses faith in mankind, He sends his archangels to destroy His human creations. Humanity’s only hope lies in the hands of archangel Michael (Bettany) and a group of unassuming diners.

What’s it about: After a string of ritualistic murders, Sherlock Holmes (Downey Jr.) and his faithful sidekick, Watson (Law), arrive just in time to save the latest victim and catch the killer: Lord Blackwood. Just before he is to hang for his crimes, however, Lord Blackwood (Strong) warns Holmes that death has no power over him and that Holmes himself will soon be an unwitting pawn in the evil that is to come. Holmes and Watson are inclined to dismiss the warning, until Lord Blackwood is apparently resurrected from the grave.

Why it’s hot: Robert Downey Jr. is completely loveable as the eccentric detective, even when he’s not being very nice at all. Jude Law is also a lot more likeable than we expected him to be, which was a nice surprise, and the easy bantering and chemistry between the pair proves one of the biggest highlights of the film. Another highlight? The action sequences. This is Sherlock Holmes like we never quite imagined.

Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver

Director: James Cameron

What’s it about: Jake Sully (Worthington) is a former Marine who is recruited to go to Pandora, where a corporate consortium is mining a rare, precious mineral. There, he is given an avatar – a genetically-engineered hybrid of human DNA mixed with DNA from the natives who are called the Na’vi – and told to infiltrate the locals. When he is taken in by one of the clans and falls in love with a beautiful Na’vi female, Neytiri, Jake finds himself fighting alongside them against the humans.

Cast: Voices of Anika Noni Rose, John Goodman, Keith David

Directors: John Musker, Ron Clements

What’s it about: Tiana never believed in fairytales and kissing frogs until she met a frog named Prince Naveen that longs to be human again. When she decides to help the frog, she ends up going on an adventure unlike any she’s ever had in the swamps of the bayou.

What’s it about: Hot vamp Edward Cullen (Pattinson) and Bella Swan (Stewart) are handling their seemingly doomed relationship pretty well. One drop of blood, however, changes everything and the star-crossed lovers go their separate ways. Enter one abs-olutely hunky wolf in the form of Jacob Black (Lautner) to make Bella feel better.

Why it’s hot: It’s totally understandable why there is a Team Edward and a Team Jacob. The boy’s have certainly worked (out) hard enough to deserve the hero worship. Another of the film’s plus points is the fact that the money that went into the CGI is cash well spent. The werewolf transformations are some of the coolest scenes in the whole film.

Disney brings the classic Charles Dickens tale to life. In this, Ebenezer Scrooge (Carrey) is haunted by the ghosts of Christmas past (also played by Carrey), present (yes, Carrey) and future (again, Carrey!) in a bid to save him from a life of loneliness and misery. 

From Roland Emmerich, the creator of The Day After Tomorrow, comes another epic flick about an inevitable global catastrophe. It is the year 2012. 20 December 2012, to be exact. The ancient Mayans always believed that the world would end when that day arrived and in this film, they’re right. 2012 follows the journey of several individuals who fight tooth and nail for their survival as the world around them comes crumbling down in the most spectacular fashion.  

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs [3D]
Cast: Voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan   Director: Chris Miller & Phil Lord

Pandorum
Cast: Dennis Quad, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet   Director: Christian Alvart