The Herald (South Africa)

Your weekend cinema guide

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NEW RELEASES

(8) WIND RIVER: See review on this page. (Baywest, Boardwalk)

(5) FROM A HOUSE ON WILLOW STREET: Desperate criminals abduct a young woman from a wealthy family and hold her for ransom. What the gang doesn’t realise is that her soul is possessed by a demonic force that’s about to turn the tables on them. (Baywest)

(5) FLATLINERS: Five medical students embark on a daring and dangerous experiment to gain insight into the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life. (Baywest, Hemingways)

(8) ONLY THE BRAVE: Through hope, determinat­ion, sacrifice and the drive to protect families and communitie­s, the Granite Mountain Hotshots become one of the most elite fire-fighting teams in the US. (Walmer Park)

ALSO SHOWING

(5) JUNGLE BUNCH:

A penguin raised by tigers defends his jungle from an evil koala and an army of baboons in this animated family film. (Hemingways, Baywest, Walmer Park, Boardwalk)

(8) THOR: RAGNAROK: Imprisoned on the other side of the universe, the mighty Thor finds himself in a deadly gladiatori­al contest that pits him against the Hulk, his former ally and fellow Avenger. (Hemingways, Baywest Imax, Walmer Park, Boardwalk)

(8) VAYA: One train. Four people. Strangers bound for Johannesbu­rg. Each on their own mission. But one event will change their lives forever. (Baywest, Walmer Park)

(6) JIGSAW: A mysterious madman rounds up victims to play sadistic games of life and death. Police soon find evidence linking the crimes to Jigsaw, an infamous killer who died 10 years earlier. (Boardwalk)

(6) THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US: Stranded on a mountain after a plane crash, two strangers must work together to endure the extreme elements of the remote, snow-covered terrain. They embark on a perilous journey across hundreds of kilometres of wilderness, pushing each other to survive. (Walmer Park)

(7) GEOSTORM: An intricate network of satellites created to control the global climate and keep everyone safe from natural disasters starts to play up – with catastroph­ic results. (Hemingways, Baywest, Boardwalk, Walmer Park)

(3) BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN: After venturing to a haunted campground, Madea, Bam and Hattie must run for their lives when monsters, goblins and the bogeyman appear. (Hemingways, Baywest, Boardwalk)

(5 ) THE SNOWMAN: For Detective Harry Hole the death of a young woman during the first snowfall of winter feels like anything but a routine homicide. (Baywest)

(6) UNLOCKED: After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a deadly Paris attack, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a caseworker – until the CIA discovers another attack is imminent. (Hemingways)

(6) THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE: The battle for Ninjago City calls to action young Master Builder Lloyd and his friends. (Baywest)

(3) THE EMOJI MOVIE: Hidden inside a smartphone, the city of Textopolis is home to all emojis. Each emoji has only one facial expression except for Gene, who is an emoji with multiple expression­s, which causes consternat­ion. (Walmer Park, Hemingways)

(8) VASELINETJ­IE: Helena “Vaselinetj­ie” Bosman is a white girl living with her coloured grandparen­ts in the post-apartheid Northern Cape. When it is revealed she is not their biological grandchild, she is taken to an orphanage. (Walmer Park)

(7 ) KINGSMAN: GOLDEN CIRCLE: With the world held hostage, members of Kingsman find new allies when they discover a spy organisati­on in the US known as Statesman. (Walmer Park) (Ratings are out of 10)

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