WATCH TRAILERS: Vir Altyd, Deadpool to hit the big screen

A perfect day

Drama

Starring: Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko, Benicio Del Toro, Melanie Thierry, Fedja Stukan

Aid workers in the Balkans try to retrieve a man’s body from a well before it contaminates the water for nearby villagers.

Deadpool

Action

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Gina Carano, Morena Baccarin

Based on Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, this superhero film is the eighth instalment in the X-Men film series. It tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson. After being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, Wade adopts the alter ego of Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humour, Deadpool starts to hunt down the man who tried to destroy his life.

How to be single

Romance, Comedy

Starring: Leslie Mann, Rebel Wilson, Dakota Johnson, Alison Brie, Jake Lacy

Based on the novel of the same name. An author writing a book about bachelorettes becomes entangled in an international affair. while conducting hands-on research abroad. The author and her friends are single New Yorkers who would all much rather be in committed relationships. On a whim, Julie, the writer, decides to write a book about the experiences of single women around the world.

Vir Altyd

Romance, Afrikaans

Starring: Ivan Botha, Elize Cawood, Dirk Stoltz, Andre Jacobs, Donnalee Roberts, Helene Truter

When romantic children’s book author Mia (28) is left in front of the altar, her own fairytale comes crashing down. In her heartbroken state, Mia convinces her childhood best friend Hugo (28), a professional travel photographer, to come along on her already-paid-for honeymoon, in an attempt to get over love. On the paradise island of Mauritius they meet interesting couples and get put into even more interesting situations that alter their views on love, marriage and happily ever after.