The Herald (South Africa)

Your weekend cinema guide

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NEW RELEASES

(5) AMITYVILLE: THE AWAKENING: When Belle and her family move into a new house strange paranormal activity begins to occur. (Boardwalk, Baywest, Hemingways)

(6) ALL SAINTS:True-to-life story of Michael Spurlock, who decides to trade in his corporate sales career to become a pastor. Unfortunat­ely his first assignment is to close a country church and sell the prime piece of land on which it sits. (Walmer Park, Hemingways)

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(8) VAYA: One train. Four people. Strangers bound for Johannesbu­rg. Each on their own mission. But one event will change their lives forever.See article on this page. (Walmer Park)

(8) WIND RIVER: Wildlife officer Cory Lambert finds the body of an 18-year-old woman on an American Indian reservatio­n in snowy Wyoming. When the autopsy reveals she was raped, FBI agent Jane Banner arrives to investigat­e. The duo soon find their own lives also in danger. (Baywest, Boardwalk)

(5) FLATLINERS: Five medical students embark on a daring and dangerous experiment to gain insight into the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life. (Baywest, Hemingways)

(8) ONLY THE BRAVE: Through hope, determinat­ion, sacrifice and the drive to protect families and communitie­s, the Granite Mountain Hotshots become one of the most elite fire-fighting teams in the US. (Walmer Park)

(5) JUNGLE BUNCH: A penguin raised by tigers defends his jungle from an evil koala and an army of baboons in this animated family film. (Hemingways, Baywest, Walmer Park, Boardwalk)

(8) THOR: RAGNAROK: Imprisoned on the other side of the universe, the mighty Thor finds himself in a deadly gladiatori­al contest that pits him against the Hulk, his former ally and fellow Avenger. (Hemingways, Baywest Imax, Walmer Park, Boardwalk)

(6) THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US: Stranded on a mountain after a plane crash, two strangers must work together to endure the extreme elements of the remote, snow-covered terrain. They embark on a perilous journey across hundreds of kilometres of wilderness, pushing each other to survive. (Walmer Park)

(7) GEOSTORM: An intricate network of satellites created to control the global climate and keep everyone safe from natural disasters starts to play up – with catastroph­ic results. (Hemingways, Baywest, Boardwalk, Walmer Park)

(3) BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN: After venturing to a haunted campground, Madea, Bam and Hattie must run for their lives when monsters, goblins and the bogeyman appear. (Baywest)

(5 ) THE SNOWMAN: For Detective Harry Hole the death of a young woman during the first snowfall of winter feels like anything but a routine homicide. (Baywest)

(6) THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE: The battle for Ninjago City calls to action young Master Builder Lloyd and his friends. (Baywest)

(3) THE EMOJI MOVIE: Hidden inside a smartphone, the city of Textopolis is home to all emojis. Each emoji has only one facial expression except for Gene, who is an emoji with multiple expression­s, which causes consternat­ion. (Walmer Park)

(8) VASELINETJ­IE: Helena “Vaselinetj­ie” Bosman is a white girl living with her coloured grandparen­ts in the post-apartheid Northern Cape. When it is revealed she is not their biological grandchild, she is taken to an orphanage. (Walmer Park)

(7 ) KINGSMAN: GOLDEN CIRCLE: With the world held hostage, members of Kingsman find new allies when they discover a spy organisati­on in the US known as Statesman. (Walmer Park)

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