{"id":111007,"date":"2016-11-22T12:54:06","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T10:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=111007"},"modified":"2016-11-22T12:55:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T10:55:39","slug":"the-biggest-movie-releases-in-south-africa-this-week-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/111007-the-biggest-movie-releases-in-south-africa-this-week-22","title":{"rendered":"The biggest movie releases in South Africa this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s holiday season which means you can finally stop thinking about work and spend some time with friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also the perfect excuse to slip away and get some quality time in front of the silver screen.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this week&#8217;s biggest movie releases below:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Age restriction: <\/strong>10-12 PG<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Run time: <\/strong>135 minutes<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring: <\/strong><span class=\"itemprop\">Eddie Redmayne<\/span>, <span class=\"itemprop\">Katherine Waterston<\/span>, <span class=\"itemprop\">Alison Sudol<\/span> <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by: <\/strong>David Yates<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures.<\/p>\n<p>Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident&#8230;were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt&#8221;s fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vso5o11LuGU\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Maggie&#8217;s Plan<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Age restriction: <\/strong>13 LS<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Run time: <\/strong>98 minutes<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring: <\/strong><span class=\"itemprop\">Greta Gerwig<\/span>, <span class=\"itemprop\">Ethan Hawke<\/span>, <span class=\"itemprop\">Julianne Moore<\/span> <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Rebecca Miller<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Rebecca Miller&#8221;s witty modern romantic comedy Maggie&#8217;s Plan, Greta Gerwig portrays Maggie Hardin, a vibrant and practical thirty-something New Yorker working in education, who without success in finding love, decides now is the time to have a child on her own.<\/p>\n<p>But when she meets John Harding (Ethan Hawke), an anthropology professor and struggling novelist, Maggie falls in love for the first time, and adjusts her plans for motherhood.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XbJ49IUyCcA\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The Entertainer<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Age restriction: <\/strong>TBA<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Run time: <\/strong>180 minutes<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring: <\/strong>Kenneth Branagh<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Robert Ashford<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Set against the backdrop of post-war Britain, John Osborne\u02bcs modern classic conjures the seedy glamour of the old music halls for an explosive examination of public masks and private torment.<\/p>\n<p>Rob Ashford directs Kenneth Branagh as the unforgettable Archie Rice.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XqFSuNxEprs\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Dear Zindagi<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Age restriction: <\/strong>TBA<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Run time: <\/strong>155 minutes<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring: <\/strong><span class=\"itemprop\">Alia Bhatt<\/span>, <span class=\"itemprop\">Shah Rukh Khan<\/span>, <span class=\"itemprop\">Aditya Roy Kapoor<\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by: <\/strong><span class=\"itemprop\">Gauri Shinde<\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kaira is a budding cinematographer in search of a perfect life. Her encounter with Jug, an unconventional thinker, helps her gain a new perspective on life.<\/p>\n<p>She discovers that happiness is all about finding comfort in life&#8217;s imperfections.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5DkO7ksXY8E\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Now Read: <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/110889-why-there-are-so-many-old-movies-on-netflix-and-dstv.html\" target=\"_blank\">Why are there so many old movies on Netflix and DStv<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the biggest movie releases in South Africa this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":111013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[22651,279,1087,23301,14630,2163,819],"class_list":["post-111007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-age-restriction","tag-movie","tag-nu-metro","tag-opening","tag-releases","tag-south-africa","tag-ster-kinekor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}