LEISURE TV MOVIES: THURS 25 JAN – WED 31 JAN
THURSDAY
UNDER SIEGE 2 ★★★ 1995, 100 min, 16VL, e.tv, 20:30. Action. A retired Marine and his niece are travelling on a train hijacked by terrorists. Steven Seagal, Katherine Heigl.
30 NIGHTS OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY WITH THE DEVIL INSIDE THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO ★ 2013, 80 min, 16SNL, e.tv, 22:35 & 03:30. Comedy. A young woman leaves a psychiatric hospital and goes back to the house where her father murdered people during his exorcism. Ashley Martin, Austin Michael Scott.
IN A WORLD . . . ★★★ 2013, 93 min, 13SL, e.tv, 00:15. Comedy. A voice coach competes with her arrogant father for movie-trailer voiceover jobs and starts a romance with a charming engineer. Lake Bell, Fred Melamed.
KOMODO ★★ 1999, 90 min, PG13, e.tv, 01:55. Horror. A man returns to the island where komodo dragons killed his family to avenge them. Jill Hennessy, Billy Burke. INDIGNATION ★★★ 2016, 110 min, 16, M-Net, 03:00. Drama. A young Jewish student in ’50s New Jersey struggles to deal with cultural differences at his new school. Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon.
FRIDAY
OPEN SEASON 2 ★★★ 2008, 76 min, PG, e.tv, 14:30. Animated adventure. Mr Weenie the sausage dog is kidnapped by a gang of poodles determined to turn him back into a domesticated pet. Voices: Joel McHale, Mike Epps.
LAST BROKEN DARKNESS ★★★ 2017, 118 min, 16VL, SABC3, 20:00. Action. After the Earth is almost completely destroyed by a meteor, a group of survivors must live in underground ruins where they soon realise they aren’t alone. Sean Cameron Michael, Suraya Santos.
OCEAN’S THIRTEEN ★★★ 2007, 122 min, PG, e.tv, 20:30. Action. A gang of thieves reunite to avenge a friend who was ripped off by a casino boss. George Clooney, Brad Pitt.
THE CROW: SALVATION ★★ 2000, 102 min, 16VSNL, e.tv, 23:00 & 02:50. Fantasy. A man wrongly convicted and executed for the murder of his girlfriend returns from the dead to solve the crime. Kirsten Dunst, Eric Mabius.
FINDING MS. RIGHT ★★ 2012, 90 min, 16SNL, e.tv, 01:05. Comedy. A gentile pretends to be Jewish to win the heart of a woman. Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ivan Sergei. TYLER PERRY’S BOO! A MADEA HALLOWEEN ★★★ 2016, 103 min, 13VSL, M-Net, 04:20. Comedy. All hell breaks loose on Halloween while Madea keeps an eye on some mischievous teenagers. Tyler Perry, Cassi Davis.
SATURDAY
ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE JR. ★★ 2009. 93 min, PG, M-Net, 08:05. Comedy, The young son of wacky detective Ace Ventura investigates when his mother is wrongly arrested for stealing a baby panda. Josh Flitter, Ann Cusack.
OPEN SEASON 2 ★★★ e.tv, 14:05. See Friday. ARTHUR CHRISTMAS ★★★ 2011, 97 min, PG, M-Net, 14:30. Animated adventure. It’s a few hours before Christmas and Santa’s son Arthur realises one little girl’s present still needs to be delivered. Voices: James McAvoy, Bill Nighy.
WATERCOLOR POSTCARDS ★★★ 2013, 115 min, 13V, e.tv, 15:40 & 00:10. Drama. A Hollywood actress returns home to say goodbye to her dying mother and take care of her 12-yearold half-sister she never knew she had. Bailee Madison, Jonathan Banks.
AMERICAN DREAMZ ★★★ 2006, 107 min, PG, SABC3, 19:00. Comedy. An assassin awaits the American president as he arrives to be a celebrity judge on a TV singing contest. Hugh Grant, Mandy Moore.
WE BOUGHT A ZOO ★★★ 2011, 124 min, PG, e.tv, 19:30. Family. A widower takes his children to live at the struggling zoo he bought as a way for his family to deal with losing his wife and their mother. Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson.
GET OUT ★★★ 2017, 104 min, 16VL, M-Net, 21:00. Horror. A young black man’s weekend away to meet his white girlfriend’s parents at their secluded home in the woods turns into a nightmare. Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams.
CARRIE ★★★ 2013, 100 min, 16, e.tv, 22:05. Horror. After being bullied and pushed to her limits by her classmates and religious mother, a young girl snaps and awakens her supernatural powers to exact revenge on everyone who’s wronged her. Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore.
RITUAL ★★★ 2002, 99 min, 16V, e.tv, 02:25. Horror. An American doctor whose medical licence is revoked takes a job in Jamaica as a nurse where she experiences the threat of voodoo. Jennifer Grey, Craig Sheffer.
INDIGNATION ★★★ 2016, 110 min, 16, M-Net, 03:10. Drama. See Thursday. ROBINSON CRUSOE: THE WILD LIFE ★★★ 2016, 91 min, PG13V, M-Net, 05:10. Animation. A parrot tells the story of how Robinson Crusoe got stranded on the tropical island he inhabits. Matthias Schweighöfer, Kaya Yanar.
SUNDAY
LOVE NOTES ★★ 2007, 90 min, PG, e.tv, 13:00 & 00:15. Drama. A classical music critic and a country music star must navigate an unplanned pregnancy after a one-night stand. Laura Leighton, Antonio Cupo.
GOOSEBUMPS ★★★ 2015, 103 min, PG , M-Net, 13:30. Fantasy. The daughter of a famous horror writer tries to stop her father’s monsters from taking over their town. Jack Black, Dylan Minnette.
WE BOUGHT A ZOO ★★★ e.tv, 14:45. See Saturday.
2 GUNS ★★★ 2013, 109 min, 16, e.tv, 20:00 & 02:00. Action. Two undercover agents go on the run after their attempt to infiltrate a notorious drug cartel is exposed. Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg.
BAYWATCH ★★★ 2017, 116 min, 16VLN, M-Net, 20:30. Action. A dedicated lifeguard and the cocky new rookie he’s at odds with jump into action to uncover a criminal element threatening the bay. Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron.
DECONSTRUCTING HARRY ★★★ 1997, 96 min, 16SL, e.tv, 22:15. Comedy. A writer faces the people whose lives he influenced with his biographical novels. Woody Allen, Kirstie Alley.
HOTEL SALVATION ★★★ 2016, 102 min, PG, M-Net, 23:10. Comedy. A son embarks on a journey with his dying father to the holy city of Varanasi for him to attain salvation. Adil Hussain, Lalit Behl.
MOBSTER KIDS ★★ 2013, 68 min, PG, M-Net, 04:44. Family. Kids from families on different sides of the law work together to stop a group of pet thieves. Dillaran Martin, Keith Nagel.
MONDAY
A GIRL LIKE ME: THE GWEN ARAUJO STORY ★★ 2006, 88 min, 13V, e.tv, 22:30 & 02:10. Reallife drama. A young boy starts living as a girl, but intolerance leads to a tragic result. JD Pardo, Mercedes Ruehl.
ILLTOWN ★★ 1996, 103 min, 16, e.tv, 00:20. Crime. A couple who run a small-town drug operation fight for their lives when their workers turn on them after a drug pusher is found mur-
dered. Michael Rapaport, Lili Taylor.
HOTEL SALVATION ★★★ M-Net, 01:00. See Sunday.
VIRAL ★★ 2016, 85 min, 16VL, M-Net, 02:55. Horror. Two teenage sisters are quarantined and must protect each other after a virus wipes out more than half of the human population. Sofia Black-D’Elia, Analeigh Tipton.
THE BRIDGE 2 ★★★ 2016, 85 min, PG, M-Net, 04:30 Drama. A storm leaves a beloved local bookstore damaged and on the verge of closing down if the owners can’t come up with enough funds to keep it operational. Katie Findlay, Wyatt Nash.
TUESDAY
THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT ★★★ 2009, 110 min, 18SNVL, e.tv, 22:30 & 02:35. Thriller. A gang unknowingly hide out at the vacation home belonging to the parents of one of the women they kidnapped and assaulted. Garret Dillahunt, Monica Potter. CARRIE ★★★ e.tv, 00:45. See Saturday. THE ACCOUNTANT ★★★ 2016, 128 min, 16VL, M-Net, 03:10. Action. A mild-mannered accountant is also a money-launderer for the criminal underworld and soon finds himself being tracked down by the government and his new client. Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick.
WEDNESDAY
TURN IT UP ★★ 2000, 86 min, 16VL, e.tv, 22:30. Drama. An aspiring rapper’s best friend steals money to pay for the singer’s debut album without realising it belongs to the Mob. Pras Michel, Ja Rule. KOMODO ★★ e.tv, 00:20. See Thursday. THE SCOUNDREL’S WIFE ★★★ 2002, 95 min, 13L, e.tv, 02:00. Drama. During World War 2 a widow and mother of two is suspected of being a military informant. Tatum O’Neal, Tim Curry.
SHEPHERDS AND BUTCHERS ★★★ 2016, 106 min, 16, M-Net, 03:15. Drama. A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard who’s been traumatised by all the executions he’s witnessed. Steve Coogan, Andrea Riseborough.