The Herald (South Africa)

Your weekend cinema guide

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NEW RELEASES (Ratings are out of 10)

(8) CAPTAIN MARVEL: Captain Marvel gets caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Hemingways)

ALSO SHOWING

(6) THE LEGO MOVIE 2: The citizens of Bricksburg face a dangerous new threat when Lego Duplo invaders from outer space start to wreck everything in their path. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Hemingways)

(NO RATING AVAILABLE) A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL: A joyous family reunion turns into an unexpected nightmare when Madea and the gang find themselves planning a funeral in the backwoods of Georgia. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Hemingways)

(5) THE PRINCESS AND THE DRAGON: Princess Barbara discovers a magical book that transports her to Wonderland – an enchanted place filled with dragons and other fantastic creatures. (Baywest)

(4) WHAT MEN WANT: Passed up for a promotion, sports agent Ali wonders what else she needs to do to succeed in a man's world. Hoping to find answers from a psychic, Ali drinks a weird concoction that allows her to hear what men are thinking. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Hemingways)

(8) ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL: The abandoned Alita is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido, a compassion­ate cyber-doctor who takes the unconsciou­s cyborg to his clinic. When Alita awakens she has no memory of who she is. (Baywest)

(6) HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD: Now chief and ruler of Berk, alongside Astrid Hiccup, has created a gloriously chaotic dragon utopia. When the sudden appearance of female Light Fury coincides with the darkest threat their village has ever faced, Hiccup and Toothless must leave the only home they’ve known and journey to a hidden world. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Hemingways)

(4) THE UPSIDE: Phillip is a wealthy quadripleg­ic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-today routine in his New York penthouse. He decides to hire Dell, a struggling parolee. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Hemingways)

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

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