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Your weekend cinema guide

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NEW RELEASES (Ratings are out of 10)

(8) JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN: When a cyber-attack reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain, the secret service is left with no choice but to deploy retired agent Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) yet again. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Hemingways)

(5) GOTTI: The true story of a father who lived and died by the mob code and a son who chooses to leave that world behind and redeem the Gotti name. (Baywest)

ALSO SHOWING

(4) THE PREDATOR: A young boy accidental­ly triggers an alert that brings the most lethal predators in the universe back to earth in this US sci-fi film – the sixth in the series. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Hemingways)

(7) SGT STUBBY: AN AMERICAN HERO: With World War 1 looming, Robert Conroy, a young army private, adopts a stray dog. With French soldier Gaston Baptiste they make an epic journey filled with harsh conditions and incredible acts of courage. (Hemingways, Baywest)

(8) THE NUN: When a young nun in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her vows are sent by the Vatican to investigat­e. (Baywest, Boardwalk)

(8) ELLEN: THE ELLEN PAKKIES STORY: When Abie Pakkies starts tormenting his family to feed his tik habit, his mother Ellen is forced to take extreme measures to protect the family, in this tragic, true-to-life SA story. (Boardwalk, Baywest)

(6) MILE 22: CIA operative James Silva (Mark Wahlberg) leads a small but lethal paramilita­ry team who must transport a foreign intelligen­ce asset from a US embassy in Southeast Asia to an airfield for extraction. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Hemingways)

(6) HOTEL TRANSYLVAN­IA 3: A MONSTER VACATION: The Monster family embark on a vacation on a luxury cruise ship, so Drac can take a break. Their dream holiday becomes a nightmare when Mavis realises Drac has fallen for the ship’s mysterious captain, Ericka. (Boardwalk, Baywest, Hemingways)

(8) CRAZY RICH ASIANS: Rachel accompanie­s her longtime boyfriend, Nick, to his best friend’s wedding in Singapore. There she learns that Nick’s family is extremely wealthy and he is one of the country’s most eligible bachelors. (Boardwalk, Hemingways)

(7) THE EQUALIZER 2: Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) delivers an unflinchin­g justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when someone he loves is targeted? (Baywest, Hemingways)

(8) MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN: Sophie dreams of renovating a taverna, while reuniting with her mother’s old friends on a Greek island in this classic Abba musical sequel. (Baywest)

 ??  ?? MOVING PERFORMANC­E: Jarrid Geduld plays Abie Pakkies in ‘Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story’
MOVING PERFORMANC­E: Jarrid Geduld plays Abie Pakkies in ‘Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story’

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