The biggest movie releases in South Africa this week

It’s another big movie release week as magicians battle it out, ghosts are exorcised, and the fate of Azeroth is determined.

Check out this week’s biggest movie releases below:

Warcraft

Age restriction: PG-13

Run time: 123 minutes

Starring: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster

Directed by: Duncan Jones

Synopsis:

The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another.

As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.

Now You See Me 2

Age restriction: PG-13

Run time: 129 minutes

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson

Directed by: Jon M. Chu

Synopsis:

One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their Robin Hood-style magic spectacles, The Four Horsemen resurface for a comeback performance in hopes of exposing the unethical practices of a tech magnate.

The man behind their vanishing act is none other than Walter Mabry, a tech prodigy who threatens the Horsemen into pulling off their most impossible heist yet. Their only hope is to perform one last unprecedented stunt to clear their names and reveal the mastermind behind it all.

The Conjuring 2

Age restriction: TBA

Run time: 133 minutes

Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Madison Wolfe

Directed by: James Wan

Synopsis:

Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

Truth

Age restriction: TBA

Run time: 125 minutes

Starring: Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid

Directed by: James Vanderbilt

Synopsis:

Newsroom drama detailing the 2004 CBS 60 Minutes report investigating then-President George W. Bush’s military service, and the subsequent firestorm of criticism that cost anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes their careers.