TV MOVIES / THURSDAY 19 OCTOBER – WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER

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THURSDAY

PERFECT HARMONY ★★★ 2022, 84 min, PG, M-Net, 06:00. Comedy. When their friends ask them to be best man and maid of honour, a man and a woman develop feelings for each other. James Denton, Sherri Saum.

REPLICANT ★★★ 2001, 100 min, 16VL, e.tv, 02:00. Action. Scientists create a genetic clone of a serial killer to help catch the killer, teaming up with two cops. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker.

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 deterrent. David Sullivan, Bill Heck.

FRIDAY

BOONIE BEARS: GUARDIAN CODE ★★ 2023, 96 min, PG, M-Net, 06:00. Animation. The bears go on a mission to find out what happened to their mother in a forest fire. Voices of Kally Khourshid, Chris Boike.

LAST HURRAY OF CHIVALRY ★★★ 1979, 106 min, PG, SABC1, 21:00. Action. A son tries to avenge his father, and gets two sword fighters to help him. Pai Wei, Damian Lau.

THE MAIDEN HEIST ★★★ 2009, 90 min, PG13, e.tv, 22:05. Comedy. Three museum security guards devise a plan to steal the artworks they’ve become attached to after they are transferred to another museum. Christopher Walken, Morgan Freeman.

THE ELEPHANT KING ★★ 2017, 77 min, A, M-Net, 04:40. Animation. A clumsy elephant goes on a journey to prove he’s the true heir of the kingdom. Voices of Saeed Sheikhzadeh, Hossein Erfani.

SATURDAY

AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY ★★★ 1997, 94 min, PG13, e.tv, 15:25. Comedy. A part-time secret agent from the 1960s emerges after 30 years in a cryogenic state to battle his nemesis. Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley.

MINI WORLD: POWERS AWAKEN ★★ 2022, 98 min, PG, M-Net, 15:50. Animation. Kaka, the heroic son from Mira Planet, embarks on a perilous journey with his friends. Voices of He Chun, Hua Xin, Wan Bao Lu.

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION ★★★ 2018, 97 min, PG, SABC2, 16:00. Animation. Count Dracula and co participate in a cruise for sea-loving monsters, unaware that their boat is being commandeered by the Van Helsings. Voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg.

SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER ★★ 2003, 84 min, PG, e.tv, 17:20. Action. Juni Cortez decides to play a virtual-reality game to find his sister who is trapped inside it. Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino.

GAT IN DIE MUUR ★★★ 2017, 104 min, 16, SABC2, 18:30. Drama. Diagnosed with colon cancer, a free-spirited man embarks on an illuminating road trip with his son. Andre Odendaal, Tinarie van Wyk Loots.

WHITE CHOCOLATE ★★ 2018, 100 min, PG13, SABC3, 19:30. Romance. A college student in his final year falls for a young woman who turns his life upside down. Adrian Adams, Derek Armelin.

SHANGHAI NOON ★★★ 2000, 110 min, PG13, e.tv, 20:00. Action. A Chinese man teams up with a train robber to rescue a kidnapped princess. Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson.

THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY ★★★ 2019, 99 min, 16, SABC3, 21:30. Mystery. An ambitious art scholar becomes consumed by his own greed when he is hired to locate a rare painting from a mysterious painter. Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki.

PREDESTINATION ★★★ 2014, 97 min, 16VL, e.tv, 22:15. Action. For his final assignment, a time cop must pursue the one criminal who has eluded him throughout time. Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook.

RECREATOR ★★ 2012, 90 min, PG13, e.tv, 02:15. Sci-fi. A group of teenagers battle their superior clones. Stella Maeve, Alexander Nifong.

WICKENSBURG ★★ 2022, 86 min, PG, M-Net, 02:50. Adventure. A mother and her young son discover their new hometown harbours a dark secret. Denise Richards, Julian Richings.

BOONIE BEARS: THE WILD LIFE ★★ 2020, 99 min, A, M-Net, 04:20. Animation. 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.

SUNDAY

BOONIE BEARS: BACK TO EARTH ★★ 2022, 97 min, A, M-Net, 13:00. Animation. When an unknown object from space lands on Earth, Bramble gains new abilities and an alien sidekick. Voices of Chris Boike, Gio Borsboom.

SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER ★★ 2003, 84 min, PG, e.tv, 13:10. Action. See Saturday.

THE BODY ★★★ 2012, 112 min, 16, SABC3, 14:00. Crime. A detective searches for the body of a femme fatale. Jose Coronado, Hugo Silva.

SHANGHAI NOON ★★★ 2000, 110 min, PG13, e.tv, 14:50. Action. See Saturday.

PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN ★★★ 2017, 108 min, 16, SABC3, 19:30. Biography. The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and their mistress, who inspired the comic-book heroine Wonder Woman. Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall.

PEPPERMINT ★★★ 2018, 101 min, 16VL, e.tv, 20:00. Action. A woman seeks revenge for her family’s murders. Jennifer Garner, John Gallagher Jr.

PLANE ★★★ 2023, 107 min, 16, M-Net, 20:05. Action. A pilot finds himself caught in a war zone after he’s forced to land his commercial aircraft during a terrible storm. Gerard Butler, Mike Colter.

JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK ★★★ 2016, 118 min, PG13, SABC1, 21:00. Action. Jack must uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear his name while on the run as a fugitive from the law. Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders.

SHADOW MAN ★★ 2006, 91 min, 16VL, e.tv, 02:05. Action. An intelligence operative discovers that no one is what they seem in the shadowy world of espionage. Steven Seagal, Imelda Staunton.

THE JOURNEY AHEAD ★★★ 2022, 102 min, PG, M-Net, 02:45. 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.

AUTOMATA ★★★ 2014, 109 min, PG, e.tv, 22:05. Sci-fi/thriller. The human race is at edge of ending, while the robot race is about to begin. Antonio Banderas, Dylan McDermott.

MONDAY

WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY ★★★ 2022, 108 min, PG13, M-Net, 06:00. Biography. Explores parody musician Al Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle. Diedrich Bader, Daniel Radcliffe.

THE LAST TREE ★★★ 2019, 98 min, PG13, SABC2, 22:00. Drama. A teenager moves to London, where he must navigate an unfamiliar environment on his road to adulthood. Nicholas Pinnock, Denise Black.

AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY ★★★ 1997, 94 min, PG13, e.tv, 02:00. Comedy. See Saturday.

THE DESPERATE HOUR ★★★ 2021, 84 min, PG13, M-Net, 04:35. Thriller. A mother desperately races against time to save her child as authorities place her small town on lockdown. Naomi Watts, Colton Gobbo.

TUESDAY

BOONIE BEARS: BLAST INTO THE PAST ★★ 2019, 90 min, A, M-Net, 06:00. Animation. The Boonie bears are transported into primitive times through a mysterious log. Voices of Chris Boike, Joseph S Lambert.

PREDESTINATION ★★★ 2014, 97 min, 16VL, e.tv, 02:00. Action. See Saturday.

NANNY BEWARE ★★ 2023, 90 min, PG13, M-Net, 04:25. Thriller. A nanny discovers that the little boy she’s caring for was actually kidnapped as a baby and his “parents” are his abductors. Lesa Wilson, Emily Miceli.

WEDNESDAY

OLYMPIANS AT HEART ★★ 2021, 90 min, PG, M-Net, 06:00. 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 at the same event. Felipe Aukai, Chiara Diberto.

PERFECT HARMONY ★★★ 2022, 84 min, PG, M-Net, 04:35. Comedy. See Thursday.

PEPPERMINT ★★★ 2018, 101 min, 16VL, e.tv, 20:00. Action. See Sunday.