The Herald (South Africa)

Your weekend cinema guide

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NEW RELEASES (Ratings are out of 10)

(6) FINAL SCORE: Dave Bautista stars as an ex-soldier forced into action when armed terrorists take control of a packed football stadium. (Baywest, Boardwalk)

(8) BEAUTIFUL BOY: Teenager Nicolas Sheff seems to have it all. When his addiction to meth threatens to destroy him, his father does whatever he can to save his son and family. (Hemingways)

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(5) LUIS AND THE ALIENS: An 11-year-old boy befriends three tiny aliens after they crash their UFO into his house. He helps them embark on a wild quest to return to their mother ship. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Hemingways)

(8) DUMPLIN’: The plus-size, teenage daughter of a former beauty queen signs up for her mother Rosie’s pageant in a protest which escalates when other contestant­s follow in her footsteps. (Hemingways)

(6) SECOND ACT: Value Shop assistant manager Maya Vargas (Jennifer Lopez) wants only one thing for her 43rd birthday – a promotion. While her CV may not scream upper management, her track record certainly does. (Baywest)

(2) ROBIN HOOD: Robin of Loxley (Taron Egerton), a war-hardened Crusader, and his Moorish commander (Jamie Foxx) mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown in this uninspirin­g take on the classic tale. (Baywest, Hemingways)

(10) MARY POPPINS RETURNS: See review on this page. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Hemingways)

(4) AQUAMAN: The city of Atlantis is an underwater kingdom ruled by the power-hungry King Orm. Aquaman has to thwart Orm’s plans to conquer the remaining oceanic people and the surface world. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Hemingways)

(7) BUMBLEBEE: On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee the Autobot seeks refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. Charlie, trying to find her place in the world, discovers the battle-scarred and broken Bumblebee. (Boardwalk)

(8) SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE: Bitten by a radioactiv­e spider in the subway, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales develops mysterious powers that transform him. (Baywest)

(6) THE GRINCH: The Grinch and his loyal dog Max live a solitary existence in a cave on Mount Crumpet. His main source of aggravatio­n comes over Christmas when his neighbours in Whoville celebrate the holidays with a bang. (Baywest, Hemingways)

(8) INSTANT FAMILY: When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child, but when they meet three siblings, they find themselves an instant family of five. (Boardwalk)

(6) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY: Foot-stomping celebratio­n of Queen, their music and their extraordin­ary lead singer Freddie Mercury. (Baywest, Boardwalk)

(8) RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET: Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by travelling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacemen­t part to save Vanellope’s video game, Sugar Rush. (Baywest)

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