Cinema Goggles – your movie fix for this weekend (March 20)

Insurgent

Genre: Sci-fi, Action

Starring: Kate Winslet, Miles Teller, Jai Courtney, Jonny Weston, Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ansel Elgort, Daniel Dae Kim and Octavia Spencer

The second film in the Divergent series raises the stakes for Tris as she searches for allies and answers in the ruins of a futuristic Chicago. Tris and Four are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine, the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris’s family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them.

Ballade vir ’n Enkeling

Genre: Drama, Afrikaans

Starring: Rolanda Marais, Donnalee Roberts, Jacques Bessenger, Andre Stolz, Dorette Potgieter, Armand Aucamp and Christia Visser

Based on the book by local author Leon van Nierop, and the 1980’s television series it spawned, this drama focuses on the mysterious disappearance of celebrated writer Jacques Rynhard, and the investigative hunt for him launched by journalist Carina.

McFarland, USA

Genre: Drama

Starring: Maria Bello, Kevin Costner, Martha Higareda, John Ortiz, Morgan Saylor, Miguel Aguero and Sergio Avelar

During the 1980s, coach Jim White, who has taught at a number of schools, winds up at McFarland High School in California where the students are predominantly Latino. The coach soon discovers that not only are the boys on his team exceptional athletes, but he also takes note of their work ethic, their commitment to one another and their strong family relationships. Despite the economic challenges his team faces, he takes them to compete at the cross-country championships.