A wide variety of movies hit the cinemas on September 18

A wide variety of movies will be hitting the big screens this weekend, on September 18.

Everest

Thriller

Starring: Keira Knightley, Emily Watson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke, Sam Worthington

Based on the real events of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, this thriller focuses on two different expeditions that go on a mission to climb the world’s highest mountain. Due to the number of people attempting the climb at the same time, and the lack of fixed ropes placed at strategic points in advance, the climbers find themselves in a bottleneck as they try to summit, delaying their journey and causing disastrous consequences.

Maya the bee

Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Miriam Margolyes, Richard Roxburgh, Jacki Weaver, Coco Jack Gillies

Maya the bee is bored and takes to the meadows with her best friend, Willy, to find adventure and to escape the monotony of controlling hive life. Flip the grasshopper helps Maya to avoid enemies like the hornets, moths, dung beetles and spiders, while rescuing the Queen from her evil Court Adviser, Buzzlina Von Beena.

Also available in Afrikaans (Maya die by) and Zulu (Umaya inyosi).

Coming home

Drama

Starring: Gong Li, Chen Daoming, Zhang Huiwen, Guo Tao, Liu Peiqi

This Chinese, Mandarin-language drama stars Gong Li as a middle-aged woman struggling with amnesia in the aftermath of China’s Cultural Revolution, a time that was responsible for ripping her family apart. Her professor husband, who was imprisoned for being an academic, is released from prison and attempts to reconnect with his wife, pretending to be a host of strangers in order to be constantly able to make contact with her.

Die Pro

Afrikaans, Drama

Die Pro tells the story of a young surfer, Tiaan Nothnagel, who has to come to terms with the accidental death of his best friend, Dirkie Lawrence, just before their last year at school. After Dirkie’s death, Tiaan swears off surfing for good, as he can’t stand to be reminded of everything he and Dirkie shared. But then, Dirkie’s twin sister (who went to live with their dad after their parents split up the previous year) arrives in town on a mission: to be selected to go on Wave-Seekers, a fictional World Surf Tour and something that Tiaan and Dirkie dreamt of doing. But, for her to succeed she needs Tiaan’s help and, by implication, she needs him to get back on his surfboard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb-3BhxppDQ

Max

Family, Drama

Starring: Thomas Haden Church, Jay Hernandez, Lauren Graham, Robbie Amell, Josh Wiggins

When his handler Kyle is killed while on duty in Afghanistan, military working dog Max is traumatised and retired. He’s adopted by Kyle’s parents and Kyle’s little brother, Justin. At first, Max wants nothing to do with Justin or anything else, but Justin perseveres and, as they start to trust each other, he realises that Max may have witnessed what really happened to his brother that day on the front, and he is determined to solve the mystery.

The perfect guy

Thriller

Starring: Tess Harper, Morris Chestnut, Rutina Wesley, Michael Ealy, Charles S Dutton, Holt McCallany

Leah Vaughn is a successful lobbyist with a longtime boyfriend, Dave. She decides it’s time to take the next step in her life — get married and start a family. Dave isn’t sure he’s ready, which inevitably leads to a breakup. Leah keeps bumping into the charming Carter Duncan and they begin a relationship. Leah thinks she may have found the perfect guy, but she soon realises that Carter’s protective nature and jealousy indicate something more sinister, when he begins to get violent.

We are your friends

Drama

Starring: Wes Bentley, Zac Efron, Jonny Weston, Shiloh Fernandez, Jon Bernthal, Emily Ratajkowski

Cole, a 23-year-old aspiring DJ, is struggling to break into the Hollywood electronic music scene. Dreaming of becoming a major record producer, he spends his nights working on a track that will introduce him to the world. Everything changes when an older DJ named James begins to mentor him. Cole makes an unexpected connection with James’s girlfriend, sending his world into chaos. Now Cole is forced to make tough decisions about love, loyalty and his future.