LEISURE TV MOVIES: THURS 28 FEB – WED 6 MARCH
THURSDAY
1 000 TO 1: THE CORY WEISSMAN STORY ★★★★ 2014, 99 min, A, e.tv, 23:00. Sport biopic. A college basketball player tries to make a comeback after suffering a debilitating stroke. David Henrie, Beau Bridges.
THE POST ★★★★ 2017, 116 min, PG13, M-Net, 02:10. True-life drama. In the ’70s the owner and the editor of The Washington Post newspaper must decide whether to publish information about a cover-up by the American government regarding the Vietnam War. Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks.
MEGAN LEAVEY ★★★★ 2017, 116 min, PG13V, M-Net, 04:05. War drama. A US soldier forms a close bond with her combat dog during their deployment in Iraq. Kate Mara, Ramon Rodriguez.
FRIDAY
OPEN SEASON ★★★ 2006, 86 min, PG, e.tv, 14:30. Animated comedy. A tame grizzly bear stranded in the woods three days before hunting season starts forms an unlikely friendship with a wisecracking deer. Voices: Ashton Kutcher, Martin Lawrence.
POLISSE ★★★★ 2011, 127 min, 16, SABC3, 21:30. Crime drama. A French journalist doing an assignment about the police who work in a juvenile protection unit finds herself falling for one of her subjects. Karin Viard, Joeystarr.
SIX BULLETS ★★★ 2012, 115 min, 16VL, e.tv, 22:00. Action. A former mercenary who specialises in finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial artist to help him rescue his kidnapped daughter. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Joe Flanigan.
THE WILDE WEDDING ★★★ 2017, 95 min, 16L, M-Net, 02:40. Comedy. A retired film star tries to make her fourth wedding a low-key affair, but things get out of control when her ex-husband shows up. Glenn Close, John Malkovich.
ICE GIRLS ★★★ 2016, 90 min, PG, M-Net, 04:25. Sport comedy. After an injury, a figure skater thinks her career is over until her coach decides to help. Michaela du Toit, Lara Daans.
SATURDAY
SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED: FROM PARIS WITH LOVE ★★★★ 2015, 84 min, PG13, M-Net, 06:00. Drama. The sequel to Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas. Four postal workers who track down the intended recipients of undeliverable mail deliver divorce papers to a happy couple. Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth.
SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED: THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM ★★★★ 2015, 84 min, PG13, M-Net, 07:35. Drama. The fourth film in the series. Four postal workers who track down the intended recipients of undeliverable mail bring a letter from an American prisoner of war before the US senate. Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth.
WE BOUGHT A ZOO ★★★ 2015, 124 min, PG13, e.tv, 15:25. Drama. A widower moves to the countryside with his two children to renovate and reopen a struggling zoo. Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson.
GAMBA ★★★ 2015, 92 min, PG, M-Net, 15:30. Animated adventure. A city mouse who dreams of adventure joins a crew of sailor mice. Voices: Justine Ezarik, Nash Grier.
LE WEEK-END ★★★★ 2013, 93 min, 16L, SABC3, 19:00. Comedy drama. An older British couple return to Paris – where they spent their honeymoon – to try to rekindle the romance in their marriage. Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan.
ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS ★★ 2007, 92 min, PG, e.tv, 19:30. Fantasy comedy. A struggling songwriter discovers three singing chipmunks who resurrect his career. Jason Lee, David Cross.
UNSANE ★★★★ 2018, 98 min, 16VL, M-Net, 21:00. Thriller. A woman is committed to a mental-health facility where she’s forced to face her biggest fear. Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard.
HARDWIRED ★★ 2009, 94 min, 16VL, SABC3, 21:30. Sci-fi action. After an accident leaves a man with amnesia, a company offers him the opportunity to regain his memories through its ground-breaking new technology, but he soon learns there’s a hidden agenda. Cuba Gooding Jnr, Val Kilmer.
PULP FICTION ★★★★★ 1994, 154 min, 16VSNL, e.tv, 21:30. Crime drama. Three intersecting stories set in Los Angeles involving hitmen, petty criminals and mobsters. John Travolta, Samuel L Jackson.
WHERE’S THE LOVE? ★★★ 2014, 89 min, PG13, e.tv, 01:30. Comedy. A married pair of talk-show hosts give relationship advice to viewers while their own relationship starts to crumble. Lamman Rucker, Denise Boutte.
PAUL, APOSTLE OF CHRIST ★★★ 2018, 108 min, PG13, M-Net, 03:35. Biopic. A look at the life of Saint Paul, who initially persecuted Christians until his conversion. Jim Caviezel, Olivier Martinez.
GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN ★★★ 2017, 107 min, PG, M-Net, 05:30. Biopic. A look at the relationship between British writer AA Milne and his son, Christopher Robin, and how this inspired Milne to create Winnie-the-Pooh. Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie.
SUNDAY
ALBERT ★★ 2015, 81 min, A, M-Net, 07:00. Animated adventure. After their prank upsets the locals, two mischievous young boys leave their hometown to explore the world. Voices: Alfred Bjerre Larsen, Oscar Dietz.
OPEN SEASON ★★★ e.tv, 12:00. See Friday.
KONG: SKULL ISLAND ★★★★ 2017, 118 min, PG13V, M-Net, 13:00. Action adventure. In 1973 a group of scientists travel to an uncharted island but they’re completely unprepared for the monstrous creatures that inhabit it. Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L Jackson.
WE BOUGHT A ZOO ★★★ e.tv, 13:40. See Saturday.
LUCY ★★★ 2014, 89 min, 16VL, e.tv, 20:00 & 02:20. Sci-fi action. A student is forced to smuggle drugs, which leak inside her body and give her increasingly superhuman abilities. Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman.
DEN OF THIEVES ★★★ 2018, 140 min, 16VL, M-Net, 20:05. Crime drama. A gang of bank robbers plan a heist on the US Federal Reserve Bank, but find themselves coming up against an elite crime-fighting unit. Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber.
HARDBALL ★★★ 2001, 90 min, PG13, SABC1, 21:00. Sport drama. In order to get a loan from a friend, a gambler agrees to coach a junior baseball team in a tough neighbourhood. Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane.
APOCALYPTO ★★★★ 2006, 139 min, 16VN, e.tv, 21:50. Adventure. During the decline of the Mayan civilisation, a young warrior is kidnapped by priests who want to sacrifice him to the gods. Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernández.
BOND OF BLOOD ★★ 2015, 90 min, PG, SABC3, 22:00. Local drama. The younger son of a farmer asks for his inheritance and moves to Johannesburg to become a stock broker, but then squanders all his money. Marno van der Merwe, Chris de Clerq.
UTØYA: JULY 22 ★★★★ 2018, 93 min, 16V, M-Net, 23:10. True-life thriller. A teenage girl struggles to survive and find her younger sister during the 2011 Utøya summer camp massacre in Norway. Andrea Berntzen.
DEAR DICTATOR ★★ 2017, 90 min, PG13, M-Net, 03:00. Comedy. After being forced to flee his country, a dictator goes into hiding in an American suburb where he befriends a rebellious teenage girl and teaches her how to overthrow the mean girls at her school. Michael Caine, Katie Holmes.
BEAST OF BURDEN ★★ 2018, 89 min, 16L, M-Net, 04:30. Action. While flying his small plane, a pilot has an hour to deliver an illegal drug shipment and save his wife while convincing the authorities that nothing is wrong. Daniel Radcliffe, Pablo Schreiber.
MONDAY
APOCALYPTO ★★★★ e.tv, 23:00. See Sunday.
UTØYA: JULY 22 ★★★★ M-Net, 00:00. See Sunday.
THE WILDE WEDDING ★★★ M-Net, 02:50. See Friday.
WHITE HOT ★★★ 2016, 86 min, PG, M-Net, 04:30. Drama. Returning to her hometown to attend her brother’s funeral forces an interior designer to revisit her strained relationship with her father. Shenae Grimes-Beech.
TUESDAY
THE WISH LIST ★★★ 2010, 88 min, PG13, e.tv, 23:00. Romantic comedy. After several awful dates, a businesswoman compiles a list of her requirements for Mr Right. Then she meets a handsome paediatrician who seems perfect but she can’t stop thinking about the charming barista at the local coffee shop. Jennifer Esposito, David Sutcliffe.
DARK HARVEST ★★★ 2016, 90 min, 16VL, M-Net, 02:55. Thriller. When a dagga farmer is murdered, his best friend teams up with a suspended cop to find the killer. Alan C Peterson.
WHERE’S THE LOVE? ★★★ e.tv, 03:05. See Saturday.
ICE GIRLS ★★★ M-Net, 04:30. See Friday.
WEDNESDAY
SIX BULLETS ★★★ e.tv, 23:00. Friday.
CHRISTMAS GRACE ★★ 2013, 84 min, PG, M-Net, 04:35. Drama. Rival toy-store owners go head to head during the Christmas period. Ryan-Iver Klann, Tim Kaiser.