Biggest movie releases in South Africa this week

12 July 2016
Genius movie

This week is an exciting week for movie-goers, with a selection of action-packed and inspiring films releasing in the upcoming days.

So get yourself down to the cinema and experience this week’s fantastic movies for yourself.


Genius

Age Restriction: 10 DL

Run Time: 104 min.

Starring: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jude Law

Directed by: Michael Grandage

Synopsis:

The story of Genius follows the story of American Southern writer Thomas Wolfe and his connections with New Yorker Maxwell Perkins, the publisher.

Perkins had already previously published works by the great American writers Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story also follows the almost “romantic” affair between Wolfe and Perkins.


Marauders

Age Restriction: 16 LV

Run Time: 107 min.

Starring:  Bruce Willis, Christopher Meloni, Dave Bautista

Directed by: Steven C. Miller

Synopsis:

When a bank is hit by a brutal heist, all evidence points to the owner and his high-powered clients.

But as a group of FBI agents dig deeper into the case – and the deadly heists continue – it becomes clear that a larger conspiracy is at play.


The Legend of Tarzan

Age Restriction: PG

Run Time: 110 min.

Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Rory J. Saper, Christian Stevens

Directed by: David Yates

Synopsis: 

Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.


Get a Job

Age Restriction: TBA

Run Time: 83 min.

Starring: Anna Kendrick, Miles Teller, Bryan Cranston

Directed by: Dylan Kidd

Synopsis: 

Life after college graduation is not exactly going as planned for Will and Jillian who find themselves lost in a sea of increasingly strange jobs.

But with help from their family, friends and coworkers they soon discover that the most important (and hilarious) adventures are the ones that we don’t see coming.


The Idol

Age Restriction: PG

Run Time: 100 min.

Starring: Tawfeek Barhom, Ahmed Al Rokh, Hiba Attalah

Directed by: Hany Abu-Assad

Synopsis:

Mohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to compete on the program “Arab Idol.”


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  1. pete2016
    12.07.2016 at 11:37

    No mention of the quality of these movies… an IMDB link or something would be cool…

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