5.8

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

2010, Canada, USA

• Actors: Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson, Melina Kanakaredes, Catherine Keener, Kevin McKidd, Joe Pantoliano, Uma Thurman, Maria Olsen, Julian Richings, Bonita Friedericy, Annie Ilonzeh, Marie Avgeropoulos, Luisa D'Oliveira, Christie Laing, Marielle Jaffe, Elisa King, Tania Saulnier, Crystal Tisiga, Alexis Knapp, Charlie Gallant, Chelan Simmons, Andrea Brooks, Jocelyn Ott, Max Van Ville
• Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
• Director(s): Chris Columbus
• Available languages:
  • English English.

When his lightning bolt is stolen, Zeus accuses Poseidon's son Percy Jackson and gives Poseidon's son fourteen days to return it, otherwise he will initiate a war amongst the gods. Meanwhile the teenager, Percy, who is dyslexic and has ADHD is visiting The Museum of Metropolitan of Art and is attacked by a Fury disguised in his teacher. His crippled best friend Grover reveals that Percy is a demigod and that he is his protector and his teacher Mr Brunner gives him a pen telling him that it is a powerful weapon. They go to Percy's house and together with his mother Sally they drive to the Camp Half-Blood. However Sally is attacked by a Minotaur and vanishes before Percy can help her. In the camp, Percy befriends the gorgeous Annabeth; when they are attacked by Hades who wants the lighting bolt for himself, Percy discovers that his mother is in the Underworld with Hades. Percy decides to travel on a dangerous quest to retrieve the lightning bolt and save his mother. Grover and Annabeth join him and Luke gives a powerful shield of his own to protect Percy. Will they be able to succeed?

  3.2

Vampires Suck

2010, USA

• Actors: Jenn Proske, Matt Lanter, Diedrich Bader, Chris Riggi, Ken Jeong, Anneliese van der Pol, Mike Mayhall, Rett Terrell, Stephanie Fischer, Nick Eversman, Zane Holtz, Crista Flanagan, Jeff Witzke, Jun Hee Lee, Michael Hanson, Kelsey Ford, Parker Dash, Leo Fabian, Randal Reeder, David DeLuise, Krystal Mayo, Ike Barinholtz, Amanda Jacobs, Ryan Glorioso, Bryan Philip Cruz, Adia Garrett, Marissa Cavazos, Marcelle Baer, Alyssa Overbeck, Nedal Yousef
• Genre: Comedy
• Director(s): Jason Friedberg
• Available languages:
  • English English.

A spoof of vampire-themed movies, where teenager Becca finds herself torn between two boys. As she and her friends wrestle with a number of different dramas, everything comes to a head at their prom.

  7.0

Holes

2003, USA

• Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson, Shia LaBeouf, Khleo Thomas, Jake M. Smith, Byron Cotton, Brenden Jefferson, Miguel Castro, Max Kasch, Noah Poletiek, Zane Holtz, Steven Kozlowski, Ski Carr, Roma Maffia, Ray Baker, Alex Daniels, Tom Brainard, Haleigh Ann Trickett, Siobhan Fallon, Henry Winkler, Nathan Davis, Rick Worthy, Mary Jo Mecca, Shelley Malil, Rick Fox, Nicole Pulliam, Michael Cavanaugh, Bruce Ramsay, Shirley Butler
• Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery
• Director(s): Andrew Davis
• Available languages:
  • English English.

"But if you forget to come back for Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity." Those were the exact words spoken to young Elya Yelnats the day he forgot to repay the gypsy Madame Zeroni. From then on his family was cursed with bad luck. One hundred years later Stanley Yelnats IV is accused of stealing a pair of cleats from a major league baseball player and sent to Camp Green Lake (a dry lake bed in the middle of the desert). It never rains at Camp Green Lake, it hasn't for one hundred years. The secretive and mysterious Warden has each inmate spend every day digging one hole to "build character." But when an artifact from the famous "Kissin' Kate" Barlow is found in a hole, the Warden forces the boys to work double time leading Stanley to deduce they're digging because the Warden is looking for something. But what? And how is the mystery of Camp Green Lake connected to Stanley's family curse?