TV MOVIES / THURSDAY 17 MARCH – WEDNESDAY 23 MARCH
★★★★★ BRILLIANT / ★★★★ EXCELLENT / ★★★ WORTHWHILE / ★★ SO-SO / ★ IF YOU MUST A All ages D Drugs H Horror L Language N Nudity P Prejudice PG Parental guidance S Sex V Violence
THURSDAY
■ EXTINCT ★★★ 2021, 84 min, PG, M-Net, 06:00. 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 from happening. Voices: Adam Devine, Rachel Bloom.
■ SHOOTER ★★★ 2007, 124 min, 16, e.tv, 00:00. Action. A sharpshooter goes on the run after being framed for an assassination attempt on the US president. Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña.
■ ALL THINGS FALL APART ★★★ 2011, 110 min, 16, e.tv, 02:20. Sport drama. A talented American football player battles a medical condition and a difficult final year of university. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Mario Van Peebles.
■ 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
■ SCOOBY-DOO! RETURN TO ZOMBIE ISLAND ★★★ 2019, 80 min, A, M-Net, 06:00. Animated adventure. 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 it turns out they never closed the case. Voices: Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard.
■ RESCUE DOGS: THE MOVIE ★★ 2016, 87 min, A, e.tv, 14:30. Comedy. A man and his dog work together to stop a businessman who wants to build a golf course over their beach restaurant. Courtney Daniels, Paul Haapaniemi.
■ TIGER CAGE III ★★★ 1991, 98 min, 16V, SABC1, 21:00. Action. Two Hong Kong detectives investigating a wealthy businessman for shady dealings get into trouble after one uses inside info from the case to play the stock market and the other’s girlfriend, who works for the suspect, gets kidnapped. Cheung Kwok-Leung, Fong Wai-Lap.
■ KILLERS ★★ 2010, 100 min, 16VL, e.tv, 22:05. Action comedy. After settling down in suburbia a woman finds out her new husband is an assassin and that their neighbours are all after the bounty on his head. Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher.
■ ALL THINGS FALL APART ★★★ e.tv, 00:10. See Thursday.
■ LOVE ON HARBOR ISLAND ★★★ 2020, 80 min, PG, e.tv, 02:10. Romantic drama. An ambitious interior designer who must return to her hometown to help her aunt run her B&B meets a seaplane pilot who delivers rescue dogs. Morgan Kohan, Marcus Rosner.
SATURDAY
■ JUNGLE SHUFFLE ★★ 2014, 85 min, A, e.tv, 14:40. Animated adventure. In the South American jungle, a coati tries to rescue his friend who’s been captured by humans. Voices: Alicia Silverstone, Rob Schneider.
■ A CINDERELLA STORY: STARSTRUCK ★★★ 2021, 96 min, PG, M-Net, 16:00. Romantic comedy. The sixth film in the series. A farm girl who
dreams of being an actress gets her chance when a Hollywood production rolls into town. Bailee Madison, Michael Evans Behling.
KANGAROO JACK: G’DAY U.S.A.! ★★ 2004, 75 min, PG, SABC2, 16:00. Animated adventure. The sequel to Kangaroo Jack. Two American friends and a kangaroo try to save animals in the Australian Outback from poachers. Voices: Jeff Bennett, Josh Keaton.
FOR COLORED GIRLS ★★★ 2010, 96 min, 16, SABC3, 19:30. Drama. Based on the play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange. In New York the lives of several black women facing various challenges intertwine. Janet Jackson, Thandie Newton.
MR. BONES ★★ 2003, 110 min, PG, e.tv, 20:00. Local comedy. When a sangoma is sent looking for the son of his tribe’s king, he brings backs an unlikely candidate – an American golf player. Leon Schuster, David Ramsey.
THE GUILTY ★★★ 2000, 108 min, 16, SABC3, 22:00. Crime thriller. After raping his secretary, who threatens to go to the police, a lawyer on track to become a judge unknowingly hires his biological son to murder her. Bill Pullman, Devon Sawa.
COMING TO AMERICA ★★★ 1988, 117 min, PG13, e.tv, 22:20. Comedy. A pampered African prince travels to New York looking for true love. Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall.
FLOWER GIRL ★★★ 2009, 90 min, PG, e.tv, 00:45. Romantic comedy. A florist finds herself in a love triangle with the doctor whom her grandmother wants her to marry and a mysterious man she can’t seem to forget. Marla Sokoloff, Marion Ross.
END GAME ★★★ 2006, 90 min, 16, e.tv, 02:20. Action thriller. A US secret-service agent and a reporter uncover a conspiracy to assassinate the president. Cuba Gooding Jnr, Angie Harmon.
LOVE IN TRANSLATION ★★★ 2021, 85 min, PG, M-Net, 02:55. 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. FOR THE LOVE OF CHOCOLATE ★★★ 2021, 90 min, PG, M-Net, 04:25. Romantic drama. A chocolatier loses her partner just before a major competition, but luckily a single dad steps in to help. Rhiannon Fish, Jesse Hutch.
SUNDAY
JUNGLE SHUFFLE ★★ e.tv, 12:20. See Saturday.
THE CROODS: A NEW AGE ★★★ 2020, 95 min, PG, M-Net, 13:00. 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.
MR. BONES ★★ e.tv, 13:55. See Saturday.
SPIDER-MAN ★★★★ 2002, 121 min, 13V, SABC3, 19:30. Sci-fi action. Based on the comics. After being bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy high school student gains superpowers. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst.
THE ITALIAN JOB ★★★ 2003, 111 min, PG13, e.tv, 20:00. Action. After being betrayed by one of its members, a gang of thieves decide to take revenge. Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron.
SUPERFLY ★★★ 2018, 116 min, 16, SABC1, 21:00. Crime drama. After surviving an attack by a rival, an American druglord decides it’s time to retire and travels to Mexico to arrange one last deal. Trevor Jackson, Jason Mitchell.
BOSS LEVEL ★★★ 2020, 100 min, 16, M-Net, 21:05. Sci-fi action. A former special-forces agent must find answers while trapped in a time loop that repeats the day of his murder. Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson.
THE BAYTOWN OUTLAWS ★★★ 2012, 98 min, 16VL, e.tv, 22:50. Action comedy. A woman hires three criminal brothers to help her save her godson from her abusive ex-husband. Billy Bob Thornton, Eva Longoria.
I ME WED ★★★ 2007, 90 min, PG, e.tv, 00:40. Romantic comedy. Tired of her mom and friends nagging her to find Mr Right, a businesswoman decides to marry herself. Erica Durance, Paul Popowich.
FLOWER GIRL ★★★ e.tv, 02:20. See Saturday.
EAT, PLAY, LOVE ★★★ 2017, 83 min, PG, M-Net, 03:05. 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.
SPIRIT UNTAMED ★★★ 2021, 88 min, PG, M-Net, 04:30. Animated adventure. In the 1900s an American city girl moves to a small frontier town where she befriends a wild horse. Voices: Isabela Merced, Marsai Martin.
MONDAY
BOBBLEHEADS: THE MOVIE ★ 2020, 82 min, PG, M-Net, 06:00. Animated fantasy. Based on the toys. While their collector is away on holiday, four bobblehead toys band together to protect their home from an intruder who wants to steal them. Voices: Karen Fukuhara, Brenda Song.
TUSSEN AS EN HOOP ★★ 2016, 77 min, PG13, SABC2, 22:00. Local drama. A young social worker tries to help a community with deep-seated problems. Charlene Truter, Andre Samuels.
THE ITALIAN JOB ★★★ e.tv, 00:00. See Sunday.
WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU ★★★ 2008, 16, 90 min, e.tv, 02:00. Crime drama. After being released from prison, a petty criminal tries to go straight for his family but is tempted back by his best friend. Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke.
THE LOST HUSBAND ★★★ 2020, 109 min, PG13, M-Net, 04:20. Romantic drama. Trying to put her life back together after her husband’s death, a woman and her kids move to her estranged aunt’s farm in Texas. Leslie Bibb, Josh Duhamel.
TUESDAY
FIT FOR A PRINCE ★★★ M-Net, 06:00. See Thursday.
THE GUILTY ★★★ SABC3, 23:00. See Saturday.
COMING TO AMERICA ★★★ e.tv, 00:00. See Saturday.
CREATED EQUAL ★★★ 2017, 90 min, 13V, e.tv, 02:05. Drama. A young lawyer begrudgingly takes on the case of a Catholic nun who’s suing the church because it won’t allow her to become a priest. Aaron Tveit, Edy Ganem.
LOVE IN TRANSLATION ★★★ M-Net, 04:15. See Saturday.
WEDNESDAY
SCOOBY-DOO! RETURN TO ZOMBIE ISLAND ★★★ M-Net, 06:00. See Friday.
EMERSON HEIGHTS ★★★ 2020, 96 min, PG, e.tv, 00:00. Romantic drama. In Los Angeles an aspiring actor falls in love a woman visiting from New York, but they struggle to keep their long-distance relationship going once he becomes a star. Austin James, Gatlin Green.
THE ITALIAN JOB ★★★ e.tv, 01:45. See Sunday.
EAT, PLAY, LOVE ★★★ M-Net, 04:30. See Sunday.