Your weekend cinema guide
NEW RELEASES (Ratings are out of 10)
(8) NIGHT SCHOOL: Teddy Walker is a successful salesman whose life takes an unexpected turn when he accidentally blows up his place of employment. Forced to attend night school to get his GED, Teddy soon finds himself dealing with a group of misfit students, his former high school nemesis and a feisty teacher who doesn’t think he's too bright. (Baywest, Hemingways, Boardwalk)
(6) SMALL FOOT: Migo is a friendly Yeti whose world is turned upside down when he discovers something he didn't know existed – a human. He soon faces banishment from his snowy home, where the rest of the villagers refuse to believe his fantastic tale. (Boardwalk, Baywest, Hemingways)
(6) THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS: Ten-year-old Lewis goes to live with his peculiar uncle in a creaky old house that contains a mysterious “tick tock” noise. He soon learns that uncle Jonathan and his feisty neighbour, Mrs Zimmerman, are powerful practitioners of the magic arts. (Baywest)
(7) A SIMPLE FAVOR: Stephanie (Anna Kendrick), a mommy vlogger, seeks to uncover the truth behind the sudden disappearance of her best friend Emily (Blake Lively) from their small town. (Boardwalk)
ALSO SHOWING
(8) JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN: When a cyber-attack reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain, the secret service is left with no choice but to deploy retired agent Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) yet again. (Baywest, Boardwalk, Hemingways)
(6) MILE 22: CIA operative James Silva (Mark Wahlberg) leads a small but lethal paramilitary team who must transport a foreign intelligence asset from a US embassy in Southeast Asia to an airfield for extraction. (Baywest, Hemingways). See review on this page
(5) GOTTI: The true story of a father who lives and dies by the mob code and a son who chooses to leave that world behind. (Baywest)
(4) THE PREDATOR: A young boy accidentally triggers an alert that brings the most lethal predators in the universe back to earth in this US sci-fi film. (Baywest, Hemingways)
(8) THE NUN: When a young nun in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. (Boardwalk)
(8) ELLEN: THE ELLEN PAKKIES STORY: When Abie Pakkies starts tormenting his family to feed his tik habit, his mother Ellen is forced to take extreme measures to protect the family, in this tragic, true-to-life SA story. (Baywest)
(6) HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: A MONSTER VACATION: The Monster family embark on a vacation on a luxury cruise ship, so Drac can take a break. Their dream holiday becomes a nightmare when Mavis realises Drac has fallen for the ship’s mysterious captain, Ericka. (Boardwalk, Baywest, Hemingways)
(8) MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN: Sophie dreams of renovating a taverna, while reuniting with her mother’s old friends on a Greek island in this classic Abba musical sequel. (Baywest)