The biggest movie releases in South Africa this week

August 30, 2016

The weather is warmer, the days are longer, and the movies just keep on coming.

Check out this week’s biggest movie releases below:

The 9th Life of Louis Drax

Age restriction: 13 LV

Run time: 108 min

Starring: Jamie Dornan, Aiden Longworth, Sarah Gadon

Directed by: Alexandre Aja

Synopsis:

A series of curious mishaps and coincidences that have plagued young Louis Drax his entire life, culminate in a near-fatal fall on his 9th birthday.

Determined to solve the young boy’s strange affliction, Dr. Allan Pascal begins exploring the mysterious circumstances surrounding the boy’s accident, blurring the line between fantasy and reality.

War Dogs

Age restriction: 16 LVD

Run time: 114 min

Starring: Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Steve Lantz

Directed by: Todd Phillips

Synopsis:

Two young arms dealers, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to supply weapons to American allies in Afghanistan in 2007.

At first overwhelmed by the prospect of being rich, the unlikely international arms dealer duo soon find themselves in danger abroad and beset with difficulties back home.

The Light Between the Oceans

Age restriction: 10-12 PG

Run time: 132 min

Starring: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz

Directed by: Derek Cianfrance

Synopsis:

In post-World War I Western Australia, a lighthouse keeper and his wife decide to raise a baby girl as their own after they rescue her from a rowboat washed ashore.

Years later, the couple’s dream of becoming a happy family is threatened when a visit to the mainland results in an encounter with a woman, who could tear them apart.

MS Dhoni: The Untold Story

Age restriction: TBA

Run time: TBA

Starring: Anupam Kher, Sushant Singh Rajput, Kiara Advani

Directed by: Neeraj Pandey

Synopsis:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s untold story takes us from the Indian cricketer’s days of collecting tickets… to trophies as a world class batsman and wicketkeeper.

Tracing M.S. Dhoni’s early days, we journey with the man who would lead India to world cup glory and ultimately become the current ODI and T20I captain of the national cricket team.

Heidi

Age restriction: A

Run time: 111 min

Starring: Anuk Steffen, Anna Schinz, Lilian Naef

Directed by: Alain Gsponer

Synopsis:

For the first time, the classic tale, HEIDI is releasing on the big screen in South Africa in Afrikaans!

Noem my Skollie

Age restriction: 16 LVDS

Run time: 150 min

Starring: Dann Jacques Mouton, Sandi Schultz

Directed by: Daryne Joshua

Synopsis:

Abraham raises his status in jail by captivating the hardened gangsters with his gift for storytelling and becomes the “prison cinema” whilst his childhood friend becomes the concubine of a gang boss.

On their release ‘AB’ unites with his childhood sweetheart and aims to give up on his gang but they rope him into a crime for which they all face the hangman’s noose. Based on a true story set on the Cape Flats in the 1960’s.