What’s new at the movies?

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This week is no exception with the release of the new animated adventure for the whole family to enjoy: dream bigger with Wonder Park in 3D at Nu Metro cinemas in Pretoria, telling the story of a magnificent amusement park where the imagination of a wildly creative girl comes alive. Pay only R39 for tickets to see it at Nu Metro Mams Mall in Mamelodi!

Have you heard the news? Captain Marvel shattered the box office last weekend and shot straight to Number 1 with a blockbuster-opening. The world’s most powerful superhero continues to reign in Nu Metro Menlyn Park’s larger-than-life Xtreme- and multi-sensory 4DX-theatres this week, and in regular 3D at all other cinemas.

If Dwayne Johnson is your man, especially his illustrious career as The Rock in wrestling circles, then book tickets to see Fighting With My Family. This movie is based on the true story of WWE professional wrestler “Paige” – a British girl who followed her dreams and wrestled her way to the top.

This week also sees the release of two new movies from South African soil at Nu Metro: the romantic drama Deep End follows Sunitha, who goes against tradition, clichés and what her family expects from her, to become her own woman; the Afrikaans drama (with English subtitles) Die Stropers follows an adolescent boy who is compelled by his mother to accept a street orphan as his new brother, setting off a torturous family feud.

Wonder Park (PG V)
Showing at all Nu Metro cinemas

June, an optimistic, imaginative girl, discovers an incredible amusement park called “Wonderland” hidden in the woods. The park is full of fantastical rides and talking, funny animals, but the park is in disarray. June soon discovers the park came from her imagination, and she’s the only one who can fix it. June bands together with the animals to save this magical place and bring back the wonder in Wonderland.

Fighting with my Family (13 DLV)
Showing at Nu Metro Menlyn Park only

A former wrestler and his family makes a living performing at small venues around the country, while his kids dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment.

Deep End (13 DLPV)
Showing at Nu Metro Menlyn Park only

If you make waves, you’ve got to ride them. Sunitha aspires for what is not expected of her. She has to dig deep with a new resolve and confidence to overcome familiar clichés and introduce new lifestyle choices in a traditional community and rise above her father’s expectations to become her own woman.

Die Stropers (16 DLPV)
Showing at Nu Metro Parkview only

In the Free State, isolated stronghold to the Afrikaans white ethnic minority culture, the conservative farming territory’s men are obsessed with toughness and masculinity. Janno is different—secretive and emotionally frail. One day, his mother, a fiercely religious woman, brings a hardened street orphan home and asks Janno to make this stranger his brother. The two boys begin a feud over parental affection, power, and heritage.

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