WATCH TRAILERS: Your dose of movie thrills hitting cinemas this weekend

Everything will be fine

Drama

Starring: James Franco, Rachel McAdams, Peter Stormare

While driving aimlessly after a quarrel with his girlfriend, a writer accidentally runs over and kills a child. The accident and its aftermath deeply traumatises him. Over the next 12 years, he struggles to make sense of what happened and to continue with life, because when he looks in the mirror, he sees a murderer.

A second chance

Thriller, Drama

Starring: Ulrich Thomsen, Nicolaj Lie Kaas, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

How far would decent human beings be willing to go, when tragedy blurs the line between just and unjust? With A second chance, Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen have crafted another startling yet moving drama about how easily we lose our grasp on justice, when confronted with the unthinkable, and life as we know it is hanging by a thread. Language: Danish/Swedish.

Impunity

Thriller, Crime

Starring: Desmond Dube, Alex McGregor, Bjorn Steinbach, Vaneshran Arumugam

At an exclusive safari lodge, the who’s who of South Africa’s new politically connected elite are gathering to celebrate the engagement party of Zanele Majola, a minister’s daughter, to Lifa Mapufo, a rising political star. Two young lovers, Derren and Echo, waiters at the safari lodge, are brought in for questioning. Their complicity in Zanele’s murder seems obvious and Dingane Fakude, Special Crimes Unit, arrives to investigate the murder hoping for a swift conviction in order to protect his politically powerful masters. Aiding him in the investigation is the small town cop, Naveed Khan, a self-styled outcast and trained psychologist. But things are not as they appear. What looks like an open and shut case soon leads to a maze of deceit and revenge. Language: English, Afrikaans and Zulu, with English subtitles.

Jenny’s wedding

Comedy

Starring: Tom Wilkinson, Katherine Heigl, Linda Emond

Jenny Farrell has led an openly gay life – except with her conventional family. When she finally decides to start a family and marry the woman they thought was just her roommate, the small, safe world the Farrells inhabited changes forever. They are left with a simple and difficult choice – either change with it or drown.

Mr. Holmes

Mystery, Drama, Crime

Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada, Ian Mckellen, Laura Linney

The story is actually set in 1947, following a long-retired Holmes living in a Sussex village with his housekeeper and rising detective son. But then he finds himself haunted by an unsolved 50-year-old case. Holmes’ memory isn’t what it used to be, so he only remembers fragments of the case: a confrontation with an angry husband and a secret bond with his beautiful but unstable wife.

Phantom

Bollywood

Starring: Katrina Kaif, Saif Ali Khan, Rajesh Tailang

Phantom is a political thriller that unfolds across various countries around the world. The plot revolves around protagonist Daniyal, whose journey to seek justice takes him from India to Europe, America and the volatile Middle East. However, he finds out that in a mission like this, there is always a price to pay and in this case, a very personal price.

Schucks! Pay back the money!

Comedy

Starring: Leon Schuster, Desmond Dube, Ivan D. Lucas, Gerrit Schoonhoven, Bianca Le Grange

After losing the Currie Cup, rugby’s holy grail, Schucks sets off on a hilarious journey to pay for what he has done. In lieu of a R1 million fine, the Sports Minister offers Schucks a lifeline to create a documentary film that shows South Africa in a positive light. As the documentary takes shape, the Currie Cup traverses its own perilous journey as it moves, among others, from two clueless crooks, Bossie and Savage, to an enterprising traffic officer and a conniving pawnbroker. True to form, the ‘documentary’ features a series of brand-new candid camera gags, for which Schuster is so well-known, featuring unsuspecting South African citizens and a host of famous personalities and celebrities – both past and current.