Your does of movie entertainment this weeked – Cinema Goggles
A year ago, renowned South African movie director Neill Blomkamp came to Boksburg to film scenes for the movie Chappie, which features South African international film star Shalto Copley.
And now, the wait is finally over, and Chappie, together with other exciting films, hits the cinemas this Friday, March 13.
Chappie
Genre: Thriller, Action
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver and Sharlto Copley
Every child comes into the world full of promise and none so more than Chappie. He is gifted, special and a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings – some good, some bad – and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there’s one thing that makes Chappie different from anyone else. He is a robot, and the first one with the ability to think and feel for himself. His life and his story will change the way the world looks at robots and humans forever.
Focus
Genre: Crime
Starring: Will Smith, Rodrigo Santoro, Gerald McRaney, Margot Robbie, BD Wong and Robert Taylor
Seasoned con man Nicky Spurgeon takes a young woman, Jess Barrett, under his wing and becomes romantically involved with her. But when she gets too close, he abruptly breaks up with her. Three years later, Jess, now an accomplished con artist herself, shows up in Buenos Aires posing as a billionaire international race car owner and throws a loop into Nicky’s latest, very dangerous scheme.
The Cobbler
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler and Dan Stevens
Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop which has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon a magical heirloom which allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way. Sometimes walking in another man’s shoes is the only way one can discover who they really are.
The Gambler
Genre: Drama
Starring: Jessica Lange, Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Richard Schiff, Michael Kenneth Williams and Brie Larson
English professor Jim Bennett is a high stakes gambler who routinely loses hundreds of thousands of dollars at blackjack and roulette tables. A risk-taker, he’s already in debt when he borrows from a brutal gangster, Neville, putting up his own life as collateral. And so begins a roller coaster ride of saving his own life,
