The Herald (South Africa)

Your weekend cinema guide at a glance

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NEW RELEASES

(8) GHOST IN THE SHELL: See review on this page.

(4) THE BYE BYE MAN: When three college friends stumble upon the horrific origins of the Bye Bye Man, they discover there is only one way to avoid his curse. (Baywest).

(6) SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE: Best friends Smurfette, Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty use a special map that guides them through the Forbidden Forest that's filled with magical creatures. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Hemingways, Walmer Park).

(7) THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE: When Poland is invaded by the Nazis, the Zabinskis, keepers of the Warsaw zoo, covertly begin working with the undergroun­d resistance to save the lives of hundreds from the Warsaw Ghetto. (Walmer Park).

ALSO SHOWING

(8) LIFE: Astronauts (Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds) are on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoverie­s in human history – the first evidence of extraterre­strial life on Mars. (Baywest, Walmer Park)

(8) GET OUT: Now that Chris and his girlfriend, Rose, have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway with Missy and Dean. A series of increasing­ly disturbing discoverie­s leads Chris to a truth that he never could have imagined. (Baywest)

(7) POWER RANGERS: Five ordinary teens must become something extraordin­ary when they learn that their small town – and the world – is on the verge of being obliterate­d by an alien threat. (Baywest, Hemingways, Boardwalk)

(7) THE SENSE OF AN ENDING: A business owner (Jim Broadbent) reunites with his first love (Charlotte Rampling) after a letter and diary force him to confront the past. (Walmer Park)

(7) CHIPS: Throwback to the hit TV series as Jon Baker and Frank “Ponch” Poncherell­o join the California Highway Patrol in LA, but for very different reasons. The inexperien­ced rookie and hardened veteran clash instead of click while trying to nab the bad guys. (Baywest, Hemingways, Boardwalk)

(NO RATING AVAILABLE) KAMPTERREI­N: When Afrikaans family the Fouchés arrive at the ATKV Buffelspoo­rt resort, they find that the campsite they choose every year has been occupied by the Khumalos, resulting in hilarious holiday chaos. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Walmer Park)

(8) JOHN WICK 2: Legendary hitman John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy internatio­nal assassins’ guild. (Hemingways, Boardwalk, Walmer Park, Baywest)

(8) KONG: SKULL ISLAND: This film fully immerses audiences in the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside a treacherou­s, primordial island. (Hemingways, Walmer Park, Baywest)

(6) ROCK DOG: For the Tibetan mastiffs on Snow Mountain, a dog’s life has a simple riff – guard a peaceful village of sheep from the thuggish wolf Linnux and his rabid pack. (Baywest)

(8) LION: Five-year-old Saroo gets lost on a train in India and is later adopted by an Australian couple. (Walmer Park) (Ratings are out of 10)

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