TV MOVIES / THURSDAY 29 FEBRUARY – WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH
THURSDAY
NOT YOUR ROMEO & JULIET ★★★ 2023, 70 min, PG, M-Net, 06:00. Romance. A love and relationship campus columnist believes she has love all figured out until a competing, antiromance column rivals hers for the hearts and minds of campus. Ashley Butler, Diandra Sallee Cahall.
HANGMAN ★★★ 2017, 98 min, 16VL, e.tv, 02:00. Crime. A homicide detective brings his partner out of retirement to help catch a serial killer. Al Pacino, Karl Urban.
MONKEY KING REBORN ★★★ 2021, 95 min, PGV, M-Net, 04:20. Animation. The Monkey King must rectify his mistakes and rescue his master from the King of Demons. Voices of Yenni Ann, Xuecen Bai.
FRIDAY
S THE SNOW QUEEN & THE PRINCESS ★★ 2022, 75 min, A, M-Net, 06:00. Animation. A young wizard goes on an epic adventure to save a magical world from freezing over. Voices of Courtney Shaw, Mariya Shustrova.
S NINJA STRIKES BACK ★★ 1982, 81 min, 16V, SABC1, 21:00. ActiAn ex-con is drawn back into the criminal underworld when his old gang kidnaps a woman. Bruce Le, Jeong-lee Hwang.
BATTLE OF THE DAMNED ★★ 2013, 88 min, 16VL, e.tv, 22:05. Action. Following a deadly viral outbreak, a private military soldier leads a handful of survivors and a ragtag band of robots against an army of the infected. Dolph Lundgren, Melanie Zanetti.
EDISON ★★ 2005, 99 min, 16, e.tv, 02:00. Action. Upon discovering a den of corrupt policemen, a journalist makes allies in a jaded reporter and investigator for a powerful district attorney. Morgan Freeman, Justin Timberlake.
A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS ★★★ 2022, 98 min, PG, M-Net, 04:20. Family. Ralphie returns to give his kids a magical Christmas like the one he had as a child. Peter Billingsley, Erinn Hayes.
SATURDAY
TAICHI 0 ★★★ 2012, 100 min, PG13V, SABC1, 11:30. Action. A gifted martial artist protects his adopted village from a villain who wants to build a railroad through the centre of the community. Hark-On Fung, Xiaochao Yuan.
ROBO DOG ★★ 2015, 87 min, PG, e.tv, 14:35. Family. When his son gets sad upon losing his dog, an inventor creates a talking robotic puppy with advanced abilities. Mac, Michael Campion.
MIRACULOUS LADYBUG & CAT NOIR: THE MOVIE ★★★ 2023, 105 min, PG, M-Net, 16:00. Animation. When a villain threatens to unleash chaos to their city, the duo of Marinette and Adrien must work together to protect it. Annouck Hautbois, Benjamin Bollen.
SOPHIE AND SHEBA ★★ 2010, 100 min, PG, e.tv, 16:25. Family. A 17-year-old girl growing up in the zoo her family operates, focuses on her love of ballet and animals. John Rhys-Davies, Erica Durance.
RIDE ALONG ★★★ 2014, 99 min, PG13L, e.tv, 20:00 & 02:20. Comedy. A security guard must prove himself to his girlfriend’s brother by going on a 24-hour patrol of Atlanta. Ice Cube, Kevin Hart.
GRINGO ★★★ 2018, 111 min, 16VL, e.tv, 22:00. Action. An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that’s about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico. David Oyelowo, Charlize Theron.
DINOSAUR TRAIN: ADVENTURE ISLAND ★★ 2021, 85 min, A, M-Net, 04:35. Animation. Dinosaur siblings Buddy, Tiny, Shiny and Don try to reunite with their parents after an earthquake causes theme-park robots to go rogue. Voices of Ian James Corlett, Chance Hurstfield.
MILLION DOLLAR BABY ★★★★ 2004, 132 min, PG13, SABC1, 06:00. Drama. An illtempered old coach reluctantly agrees to train an aspiring female boxer. Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman.
ROBO DOG ★★ 2015, 87 min, PG, e.tv, 12:30. Family. See Saturday.
KING TWEETY ★★ 2022, 81 min, A, M-Net, 13:00. Animation. Tweety, Sylvester and Granny go on holiday to the Canary Islands. Voices of Eric Bauza, Flula Borg.
BADHAAI HO ★★★ 2018, 124 min, PG, SABC3, 14:00. Comedy. A man is embarrassed when he finds out his mother is pregnant. Ayushmann Khurrana, Neena Gupta.
A LITTLE GAME ★★★ 2014, 92 min, PG, e.tv, 14:20. Adventure. A 10-year-old girl meets a frustrated chessmaster who helps her learn important lessons in life through the game of chess. F Murray Abraham, Ralph Macchio.
RIDE ALONG ★★★ 2014, 99 min, PG13L, e.tv, 16:10. Comedy. See Saturday.
THE BOURNE IDENTITY ★★★ 2002, 119 min, PG13, SABC3, 19:30. Action. A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and attempting to regain his memory. Matt Damon, Franka Potente.
RIDE ALONG 2 ★★★ 2016, 102 min, PG13, e.tv, 20:00 & 02:00. Comedy. As his wedding day approaches, a man heads to Miami with his soon-to-be brother-in-law who is a detective to bring down a drug dealer who’s supplying the dealers of Atlanta with product. Ice Cube, Kevin Hart.
THE EQUALIZER 3 ★★★ 2023, 109 min, 16VL, M-Net, 20:00. Action. A retired black-ops operative living out the rest of his years in Southern Italy, finds out one of his friends is being harassed by local crime bosses and decides to help him out. Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning.
MIAMI VICE ★★★ 2006, 132 min, 16VL, SABC1, 21:00. Action. Detectives Ricardo Tubbs and Sonny Crockett pose as drug smugglers in their attempt to destroy a lethal drug-trafficking racket. Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx.
SLEIGHT ★★★ 2016, 89 min, 16, e.tv, 22:00. Crime. A young street magician must use his intellect and magic to save his sister from a from a drug kingpin. Jacob Latimore, Seychelle Gabriel.
CRAZY ABOUT YOU ★★ 2019, 101 min, 16N, M-Net, 02:50. Comedy. A heartbroken young man decides to walk 4 000km up the coast of Western Australia naked, for charity, with the secret goal of making his ex-girlfriend jealous. Angus McLaren, Natasha Liu Bordizzo.
CHRISTMAS DOWN UNDER ★★ 2021, 85 min, PG, M-Net, 04:35. Comedy. After a fight with her husband, Ellie follows him to Australia and enlists help to track him down. Louis Mandylor, John Jarratt.
MONDAY
TOM & JERRY: COWBOY UP! ★★★ 2021, 71 min, A, M-Net, 06:00. Animation. Tom and Jerry are in the Wild West where they help save a ranch from the hands of a greedy villain. Voices of George Ackles, Sean Burgos.
LA CONFIDENTIAL ★★★★ 1997, 138 min, 16, SABC2, 22:30. Crime. Three detectives from Los Angeles police department investigating multiple homicides discover corruption in their own department. Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe.
BATTLE OF THE DAMNED ★★ 2013, 88 min, 16VL, e.tv, 02:00. Action. See Friday.
SECOND CHANCES ★★★ 2013, 84 min, PG, M-Net, 04:40. Romance. A single mom of two rents out a ground floor room to a single, injured fireman. Alison Sweeney, Greg Vaughan.
TUESDAY
A CHRISTMAS LETTER ★★ 2021, 89 min, PG, M-Net, 06:00. Comedy. A woman who has bad luck in relationships is led to her Mr Right by the spirit of Christmas. David Lipper, Glenda Braganza.
PREDESTINATION ★★★ 2014, 97 min, 16VL, e.tv, 02:00. Action. As his last assignment, a temporal agent in the future is tasked to travel back in time and prevent a bomb attack in New York in 1975. Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook.
TAKE ME BACK FOR CHRISTMAS ★★★ 2023, 84 min, PG, M-Net, 04:35. Comedy. After a particularly disheartening workday at her local gift shop, a woman makes a Christmas wish for a different life. Vanessa Lengies, Corey Sevier.
WEDNESDAY
A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS ★★★ 2022, 98 min, PG, M-Net, 06:00. Family. See Friday.
SLEIGHT ★★★ 2016, 89 min, 16, e.tv, 22:00. Crime. See Sunday.
ELLA AND THE LITTLE SORCERER ★★ 2021, 86 min, A, M-Net, 04:25. Animation. A group of friends set out on a quest to find a magic stone to turn their mouse friend back into a prince. Voices of Geri Courtney-Austein, Ashley Bornancin.