Movies showing at cinemas this weekend

Leading Lady

Fame meets farm

The story of an aspiring British actress who persuades  a boer from Brandfort, to prepare her for a role in a major film as an Afrikaans war heroine. In return, Jodi Rutherford undertakes to arrange and direct the annual concert at Kobus Willemse farm.

Genres: Comedy, Romance
Running time: 100 min
Starring: Katie McGrath, Bok van Blerk, Gil Bellows, Brümilda van Rensburg, Craig Palm, Mary Twala, Eduan van Jaarsveldt, André Stolz, Ilze du Plooy, Jana Strydom
Age restriction: 16 LSV
Directed by: Henk Pretorius
Music by: Benjamin Willem

 

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Horrible Bosses 2

Taking care of business

Fed up with answering to higher-ups, Nick, Dale and Kurt decide to become their own bosses by launching their own business. But, a slick investor soon pulls the rug out from under them. Outplayed, desperate, and with no legal recourse, the three would-be entrepreneurs hatch a misguided plan to kidnap the investor’s adult son and ransom him in order to regain control of their company.

Genres: Comedy
Running time: 108 min
Starring: Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Chris Pine, Christoph Waltz
Age restriction: 16 LSV
Directed by: Sean Anders
Music by: Christopher Lennertz

 

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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Anyone who says there is no such thing as a bad day just has not had one.

The exploits of 11-year-old Alexander as he experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young life – a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But, when Alexander tells his upbeat family about his disastrous day, he finds little sympathy and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him. He soon learns that he is not alone when his brother, sister, mom, and dad all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days.

Genres: Family
Running time: 81 min
Starring: Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Ed Oxenbould
Age restriction: PG V
Directed by: Miguel Arteta
Music by: Christophe Beck

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Interstellar

When a wormhole is newly discovered, a team of explorers and scientists embark on a voyage through it to transcend previous limitations on human space travel.

Genre: DSci-Fi
Runnig time: 169 minutes
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, Michael Caine
Age restriction: 13
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Produced by: Hans Zimmer

 

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Dumb and Dumber To

Dumbing soon

Lloyd and Harry are on a road trip to find a child Harry never knew he had and the responsibility neither should ever, ever be given. 

Genres: Comedy
Running time: TBA
Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Kathleen Turner, Laurie Holden, Rob Riggle, Rachel Melvin, Steve Tom
Age restriction: TBA
Directed by: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Music: Empire of the Sun

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The Hunger Games — Mockingjay Part 1

The courage of one will change the world

Katniss Everdeen is in District 13 after she shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin and on the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta and a nation moved by her courage.

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama
Running time: 123 min
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland
Age restriction: 10–12PG V
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Music by: James Newton Howard

 

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Penguins of Madagascar

Super spy teams aren’t born — they’re hatched.

Discover the secrets of the greatest and most hilarious covert birds in the global espionage biz: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private. These elitists of the elite are joining forces with a chic undercover organisation, The North Wind, led by handsome and husky Agent Classified (we could tell you his name, but then, you know…). Together, they must stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.

Genres: 3D, 2D, Animation,Comedy,Imax
Running time: TBA
Starring: Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Chris Knights, John Malkovich, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ken Jeong
Age restriction: TBA
Directed by: Simon J. Smith
Music by: Lorne Balfe

 

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Spud 3 — Learning to Fly

He learns one of life’s most important lessons

As Spud Milton continues his awkward stagger through adolescence, he learns one of life’s most important lessons: When dealing with women and cretins, nothing is ever quite as it seems. “I’m practically a man in most areas,” writes Spud confidently on his sixteenth birthday. The year is 1992 and, in South Africa, radical change is in the air. The country may be on the bumpy road to an uncertain future, but Spud Milton is hoping for a smooth ride as he returns to boarding school as a senior. Instead, he discovers that his vindictive arch enemy is back to taunt him and that a garrulous Malawian has taken residence in his dormitory, along with the regular inmates and misfits he calls friends. Spud’s world has never seemed less certain; he attempts to master Shakespeare, wrestles constantly with his God, and the power of negative thinking, and develops an aversion to fried fish after a shocking discovery about his grandmother, Wombat.

Genres: Comedy
Running time: 89 Min
Starring: John Cleese, Troye Sivan, Caspar Lee, Aaron Mcilroy, Julie Summers, Sven Ruygrok, Graham Weir, Brenda Ngxoli, Christine Le Brocq, Ben Voss, Grant Swanby, Byrone Langley, Blessing Xaba, Thomas Burne, Travis Hornsby, Genna Blair, Alex McGregor
Age restriction: 10 DL
Directed by: John Barker
Music by: Jon Savage

 

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The Hobbit — The Battle of the Five Armies

Join the final journey to Middle-Earth.

Bilbo’s journey culminates in a desperate and dangerous choice as darkness converges on the Lonely Mountain and the races of Dwarves. Elves and Men must decide: Unite or be destroyed.

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy
Running time: TBA
Showing in: 2D, 3D, Imax 3D
Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Orlando Bloom
Age restriction: TBA
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Produced by: Howard Shore

 

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Left Behind

The end begins.

In the blink of an eye, the biblical rapture strikes the world. Millions of people disappear without a trace. All that remains are their clothes and belongings, and, in an instant, terror and chaos spread around the world. The vanishings cause unmanned vehicles to crash and burn. Planes fall from the sky. Emergency forces everywhere are devastated. Gridlock, riots and looting overrun the cities. There is no one to help or to provide answers. The entire planet is plunged into darkness.

The Steele family is caught on the razor’s edge of that darkness. Ray Steele, an airline pilot, struggles to calm, and, ultimately to save the lives of the passengers that remain on his flight, as the world below loses its ability to guide his plane, and any others, to safety. Running out of fuel, his equipment failing, his crew escalating into panic, Ray must guide the plane with the help of TV reporter Cameron “Buck” Williams, who takes over the role of co-pilot in the face of the crisis. For Buck Williams, being trapped at 30 000 feet with a plane full of terrified passengers means a struggle to understand the incomprehensible.

On the ground, Ray’s daughter struggles to find her young brother and mother, both of whom may have disappeared in the biblical event. Forcing herself through the chaos, Chloe must navigate a world filled with terror and despair.

Genres: Action,Thriller
Running time: TBA
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Chad Michael Murray, Cassi Thomson, Nicky Whelan, Jordin Sparks, Lea Thompson
Age restriction: TBA
Directed by: Vic Armstrong
Music by: Jack Lenz

 

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