TV MOVIES / THURSDAY 5 OCTOBER – WEDNESDAY 11 OCTOBER

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THURSDAY

ONE TRUE LOVES ★★★ 2023, 100 min, PG13, M-Net, 06:00. Comedy. A woman is unexpectedly forced to choose between the husband she’s long thought dead and the fiancé who’s brought her back to life. Phillipa Soo, Simu Liu.

WE DIE YOUNG ★★ 2019, 92 min, 16VL, e.tv, 02:00. Action. Two brothers are trying to get by in their hometown’s gang world and have a run-in with a war veteran that could change their lives forever. Jean-Claude van Damme, David Castañeda.

THE JOURNEY AHEAD ★★★ 2022, 102 min, PG, M-Net, 04:35. Adventure. A famous actress and a wilderness expert drive from Los Angeles to New York and learn they can’t run from their past if they want to start a new future. Holly Robinson Peete, Kaylee Bryant.

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CRAZY RACING ★★ 2021, 96 min, PG, M-Net, 06:00. Animation. A racing-mad teenager is determined to win a title that once eluded his father. Voices of Cen Guo-Guang, Jin Xiao-Min.

WARRIORS TWO ★★★ 1978, 96 min, 16V, SABC1, 21:00. Action. A kung fu master teaches his student various martial arts techniques that will help him fight against an evil man who plans to kill the leader of their town. Ka-Yan Leung, Ho Wang.

COLD PURSUIT ★★★ 2019, 119 min, 16VL, e.tv, 22:05. Action. A grieving snow plow driver seeks out revenge against the drug dealers who killed his son. Liam Neeson, Laura Dern.

SAVAGE DOG ★★★ 2017, 94 min, PG13, e.tv, 02:30. Action. A former boxing champion boxes in prison tournaments and wins them. But when he decides to return home, everything he cares about is taken from him, forcing him to seek revenge. Scott Adkins, Marko Zaror.

BOONIE BEARS: THE WILD LIFE ★★ 2020, 99 min, A, M-Net, 04:20. Animation. Bear brothers Briar and Bramble set off on an adventure with their human friend to an amusement park that turns humans into animals. Voices of Chris Boike, Kieran Katarey.

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THE GAMES MAKER ★★ 2014, 111 min, PG, e.tv, 14:30. Adventure. A young boy is thrilled when he wins a competition to invent the most amazing board game. But after claiming the prize, he’s transported to the fantastical city of Zyl, where he must defeat an evil magician. David Mazouz, Edward Asner.

UPON THE MAGIC ROADS ★★★ 2021,

111 min, PG, M-Net, 16:00. Adventure. Foal and his friend John go on an unforgettable journey as they outsmart the tyrant King, catch the firebird and find John’s true love upon the magic roads. Paulina Andreeva, Ekaterina Baygozina.

SSSPY KIDS ★★★ 2001, 88 min, PG, e.tv, 16:40. Action. Using high-tech gadgets, two kids have to save their reactivated top spy parents when they’re taken by an evil enemy. Carla Gugino, Antonio Banderas.

MR & MRS SMITH ★★★ 2005, 120 min, PG13, e.tv, 20:00. Action. A bored married couple is surprised to learn they’re both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other. Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie.

ROBOCOP ★★★ 2014, 117 min, PG13, e.tv, 22:25. Action. In the future, a cop is critically injured and the only way to save his life is to use robotic parts to get his life back together again. Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman.

THE BIG BANG ★★★ 2010, 101 min, 16VL, e.tv, 02:50. Action. A private detective is hired to find a missing stripper. A simple job turns complicated when everyone he questions ends up dead. Thomas Kretschmann, Antonio Banderas.

BOONIE BEARS: BACK TO EARTH ★★ 2022, 97 min, A, M-Net, 02:55. Animation. When an unknown object from space lands on Earth, Bramble the bear gets new abilities and an alien sidekick. Voices of Chris Boike, Gio Borsboom.

PERFECT HARMONY ★★★ 2022, 84 min, PG, M-Net, 04:35. Comedy. When their friends ask them to be best man and maid of honour, a man and a woman begin to spend time together and discover that they may be more in tune than either of them would’ve imagined. James Denton, Sherri Saum.

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MR & MRS SMITH ★★★ 2005, 120 min, PG13, e.tv, 12:55. Action. See Saturday.

BOONIE BEARS: BLAST INTO THE PAST ★★ 2019, 90 min, A, M-Net, 13:00. Animation. The Boonie bears are transported into primitive times through a mysterious log. Voices of Chris Boike, Joseph S Lambert.

BLOOD FATHER ★★★ 2016, 88 min, 16VL, e.tv, 20:00. Action. An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 17-year-old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her. Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty.

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES ★★★ 2023, 134 min, PG13, M-Net, 20:05. Fantasy. A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez.

ARMAGEDDON ★★★ 1998, 151 min, PG13, SABC1, 21:00. Action. After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will hit Earth in less than a month, Nasa recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet. Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton.

IN HELL ★★★ 2003, 98 min, 16VL, e.tv, 21:50. Action. A man must survive a prison where

SSSSSShardened criminals battle to the death for the wardens’ entertainment. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lawrence Taylor.

ROBOCOP ★★★ 2014, 117 min, PG13, e.tv, 02:00 Action. See Saturday.

LEGEND OF THE ORO ARROWHEAD ★★ 2021, 112 min, PG, M-Net, 02:15. Adventure. Following his father’s trail on a mysterious map, a man searches for a mysterious golden arrowhead. Jeremy Carr, Vanessa Ore.

SMALL TOWN WISCONSIN ★★★ 2020, 109 min, PG, M-Net, 04:10. Comedy. A father tries hard to be a good dad but alcoholism is the huge hurdle. David Sullivan, Bill Heck.

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THE ELEPHANT KING ★★ 2017, 77 min, A, M-Net, 06:00. Animation. A clumsy and fearful elephant goes on a journey to prove that he’s the true heir of the elephant kingdom. Voices of Saeed Sheikhzadeh, Hossein Erfani.

BLOOD FATHER ★★★ 2016, 88 min, 16VL, e.tv, 02:00. Action. See Sunday.

OLYMPIANS AT HEART ★★ 2021, 90 min, PG, M-Net, 04:30. Family. A pair of twins and best friends who share a passion for gymnastics find themselves divided when they’re up to compete against each other in an event. Felipe Aukai, Chiara Diberto.

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THE JOURNEY AHEAD ★★★ 2022, 102 min, PG, M-Net, 06:00. Adventure. See Thursday.

COLD PURSUIT ★★★ 2019, 119 min, 16VL, e.tv, 02:00. Action. See Friday.

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WICKENSBURG ★★ 2022, 86 min, PG, M-Net, 06:00. Adventure. When a mother and her young son move to a small town, they soon discover the town harbours a dark secret. Denise Richards, Julian Richings.

KILLING YOUR DAUGHTER ★★ 2019, 90 min, PG13, e.tv, 02:00. Thriller. When a DNA test helps a woman connect with her birth parents, she realizes some family histories are better left untold. Sarah Aldrich, Jason Brooks.

HER SON’S SECRET ★★ 2018, 87 min, PG13, e.tv, 03:30. Thriller. A man claims to be a woman’s son who was presumed drowned many years before. Suspicions grow when her older son is injured, causing her to question the legitimacy of this man’s claims. Sebastian Prandoni, Olivia d’Abo.

LOVE AND PENGUINS ★★★ 2022, 90 min, PG, M-Net, 04:35. Comedy. A young lady working for The Animal Discovery Institute gets her chance to shine by helping at an Australian penguin sanctuary in desperate need of investment and support. Tammin Sursok, Jason Wilder.

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