TV MOVIES / THURSDAY 10 MARCH – WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH
■ COME AWAY ★★★ 2020, 94 min, PG, M-Net, 06:00. Drama. In 19th-century England, two siblings use daydreams and fantasy to try to help their parents deal with the death of their eldest brother. David Oyelowo, Anna Chancellor.
■ 2 GUNS ★★★ 2013, 119 min, 16, e.tv, 00:05. Action. Two undercover agents go on the run after their attempt to infiltrate a notorious drug cartel is exposed. Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg.
■ THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 ★★★ 2009, 2 Guns, Thursday on e.tv at 00:05. 106 min, 16VL, e.tv, 02:05. Thriller. Armed men hijack a New York subway train and take the passengers hostage. Denzel Washington, John Travolta.
■ FIT FOR A PRINCE ★★★ 2021, 81 min, PG, M-Net, 04:25. Romantic comedy. A fashion designer hired to dress wealthy women for a charity ball meets a prince who falls for her. Jonathan Keltz, Natalie Hall.
FRIDAY
■ HAPPY HALLOWEEN, SCOOBY-DOO! ★★★ 2020, 80 min, PG, M-Net, 06:00. Animated comedy. Based on the series. A team of amateur detectives must save a town from toxic monsters. Voices: Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard.
■ FURRY VENGEANCE ★★ 2010, 92 min, PG, e.tv, 14:30. Comedy. A real-estate developer meets his match when the animal inhabitants of the woods he wants to build on decide to fight back. Brendan Fraser, Brooke Shields.
■ TIGER CAGE 2 ★★★★ 1990, 95 min, PG13, SABC1, 21:00. Action. A former Hong Kong cop and a lawyer end up on the run together from both the cops who think they killed someone, and gangsters who think they have a stolen suitcase full of money. Donnie Yen, Rosamund Kwan.
■ BAD BOYS II ★★★ 2003, 147 min, 16VL, e.tv, 22:05. Action. Two loose-cannon narcotics cops investigate the flow of Ecstasy into Florida, which leads them to a Cuban druglord. Martin Lawrence, Will Smith.
■ SON OF MORNING ★★ 2011, 81 min, 16SNVL, e.tv, 01:05. Comedy drama. A young man is mistakenly identified as the next messiah and becomes the most famous person in the world. Heather Graham, Joseph Cross.
■ RING OF DEATH ★★ 2008, 82 min, 16VLN, e.tv, 02:35. Action thriller. A wrongly convicted man finds an outlet for his rage by taking part in fights to the death. Johnny Messner, Stacy Keach.
■ THE CROODS: A NEW AGE ★★★ 2020, 95 min, PG, M-Net, 04:25. Animated adventure. The sequel to The Croods. After the destruction of their cave forced a prehistoric family to search for a new home, they encounter a rival family living in paradise who claim to be more evolved. Voices: Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone.
SATURDAY
■ CARS 3 ★★★ 2017, 102 min, PG, e.tv, 14:15. Animated adventure. A veteran racing car sets out to prove to a new generation that he’s still a champion. Voices: Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo.
THURSDAY
■ EXTINCT ★★★ 2021, 84 min, PG, M-Net, 16:00. Animated sci-fi. Two creatures accidentally time-travel from 1835 to the present day. When they realise their species is extinct, they try to stop it happening. Voices: Adam Devine, Rachel Bloom.
■ KANGAROO JACK ★★ 2003, 89 min, PG, SABC2, 16:00. Comedy. The mobster stepfather of a New York beauty salon owner forces him and his best friend to deliver a package in Australia, but things go wrong when a kangaroo runs off with it. Jerry O’Connell, Anthony Anderson.
■ NEVER HEARD ★★★ 2018, 89 min, PG13, SABC3, 19:30. Crime drama. While in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit, a man’s son becomes involved in selling drugs but gets a chance at redemption when visiting his grandmother’s church. David Banner, Romeo Miller.
S BATTLESHIP ★★★ 2012, 131 min, PG13, e.tv, 20:00. Sci-fi action. Based on the board game. A fleet of navy ships battle an invading alien army. Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård.
S A PERFECT FAMILY ★★★★ 2017, 71 min, PG13, SABC3, 22:00. Drama. A silent, experimental film shot over 10 years in six countries. Lanie Martin Gumarang, Red Ibasco.
S SHOOTER ★★★ 2007, 124 min, 16, e.tv, 22:50. Action. A sharpshooter goes on the run after being framed for an assassination attempt on the US president. Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña. S RING OF DEATH ★★ e.tv, 01:20. See Friday. S BANDITS ★★★ 2001, 123 min, PG13, e.tv, 02:50. Crime comedy. Two criminals fall in love with the woman they kidnapped during a bank robbery. Bruce Willis, Cate Blanchett.
S MAMA’S GIRL ★★★★ 2018, 110 min, 16SL, M-Net, 03:00. Drama. A young Filipino woman tries to find her place in the world with the support of her single mom. Sofia Andres, Diego Loyzaga. S SWEET AUTUMN ★★★ 2020, 84 min, PG, M-Net, 04:35. Romantic drama. A marketing exec returns to her hometown for the reading of her aunt’s will and is surprised to find her aunt left half her maple-candy store to her and half to a maple-syrup supplier, with whom she butts head about the direction of the business. Nikki DeLoach, Andrew W Walker.
SUNDAY
S SCOOBY-DOO! RETURN TO ZOMBIE ISLAND ★★★ 2019, 80 min, A, M-Net, 13:00. Animated adventure. Based on the series. Under the impression that they’ve solved all the mysteries in America, a team of amateur detectives take a holiday and end up back on a zombie-infested island where they never closed the case. Voices: Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard. S BATTLESHIP ★★★ e.tv, 13:10. See Saturday. S THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 ★★★ 2014, 142 min, PG13V, SABC3, 19:30. Sci-fi action. Based on the comics. Superhero Spider-Man must save New York from two villains while also trying to keep his ex-girlfriend out of harm’s way. Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone.
S PAIN & GAIN ★★★ 2013, 129 min, 16VSNL, e.tv, 20:00. True-life crime comedy. In ’90s Miami, Florida in the US, three bodybuilders decide to extort money from a new member at their gym, but their plans quickly go awry. Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson.
S HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD ★★★ 2021, 100 min, 16, M-Net, 20:30. Action comedy. The sequel to The Hitman’s Bodyguard. A retired bodyguard is approached by a con artist to help rescue her hitman husband who’s been kidnapped by gangsters. Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L Jackson.
S TRUE TO THE GAME ★★★ 2017, 108 min, 16, SABC1, 21:00. Crime drama. Based on the book by Teri Woods. A druglord tries to start a new life after falling for a woman who wants nothing to do with criminals. Columbus Short, Vivica Fox.
S STATESIDE ★★★ 2004, 97 min, 16, e.tv, 23:10. Romantic drama. A troubled high school student serving in the US Marine Corps to avoid jail falls for a singer with schizophrenia. Rachael Leigh Cook, Jonathan Tucker.
S STRAWBERRY SUMMER ★★★ 2012, 120 min, 16, e.tv, 00:55. Romantic comedy. A high school music teacher invites a famously difficult country singer to perform at her small town’s strawberry festival. Julie Mond, Trevor Donovan. S BAD BOYS II ★★★ e.tv, 02:30. See Friday. S THRILL RIDE ★★★ 2016, 86 min, PG, M-Net, 04:25. Fantasy adventure. Three kids sneak into an abandoned theme park to look for the
MONDAY
S FIT FOR A PRINCE ★★★ M-Net, 06:00. See Thursday.
S TROUVOETE ★★★ 2015, 90 min, PG13, SABC2, 22:00. Local comedy. A marketing manager tries online dating where she meets a shy doctor. Erica Wessels, Bouwer Bosch. S PAIN & GAIN ★★★ e.tv, 00:00. See Sunday. S SHOOTER ★★★ e.tv, 02:20. See Saturday. S LOVE IN TRANSLATION ★★★ 2021, 85 min, PG, M-Net, 04:20. Romantic drama. After the funding for her doctorate in ancient languages is cut, a woman decides to become a language tutor and is hired to teach French to a curator at the natural history museum. Michelle Argyris, Corey Sevier
TUESDAY
S TOM & JERRY: THE MOVIE ★★★ 2021, 101 min, PG, M-Net, 06:00. Comedy. Based on the series. A cat is hired to catch a mouse causing mischief in a hotel before a big wedding. Chloë Grace Moretz, Michael Peña.
S A PERFECT FAMILY ★★★★ SABC3, 23:00. See Saturday. S BAD BOYS II ★★★ e.tv, 00:00. See Friday. S SON OF MORNING ★★ e.tv, 02:40. See Friday.
S EAT, PLAY, LOVE ★★★ 2017, 83 min, PG, M-Net, 04:15. Romantic comedy. A vet falls for the owner of a dog shelter she frequently visits, but he’s about to get married to a glamorous TV presenter and move to New York. Jen Lilley, Jason Cermak.
WEDNESDAY
fortune that gangster Al Capone supposedly hid there. Kristen Johnston, Lucas Jade Zumann.
S HAPPY HALLOWEEN, SCOOBY-DOO! ★★★ M-Net, 06:00. See Friday. S RING OF DEATH ★★ e.tv, 00:00. See Friday. S PAIN & GAIN ★★★ e.tv, 01:30. See Sunday. S SWEET AUTUMN ★★★ M-Net, 04:20. See Saturday.