{"id":96585,"date":"2016-06-28T12:57:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T10:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=96585"},"modified":"2016-06-28T12:59:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T10:59:23","slug":"biggest-movie-releases-in-south-africa-this-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/96585-biggest-movie-releases-in-south-africa-this-week-4","title":{"rendered":"Biggest movie releases in South Africa this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another bumper week of movie releases, with childhood classics, sports biopics, and family dramas all releasing in South Africa this Friday.<\/p>\n<p>So sit back, relax, and check out the biggest movie releases in South Africa this week:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The BFG<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Age restriction: <\/strong>PG<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Run time: <\/strong>117 minutes<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring: <\/strong>Bill Hader, Mark Rylance, Rebecca Hall<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Steven Spielberg<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Based on the Roald Dahl favourite, a girl named Sophie befriends the BFG, a big friendly giant, whose frightening first impression gives way to his good nature and kind spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Considered an outcast by his peers for not eating children, the two form an unlikely bond and embark on an adventure to capture the evil, man-eating giants who have invaded the human world.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XOvPKNMGU8o\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Get a Job<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Age restriction: <\/strong>TBA<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Run time: <\/strong>83 minutes<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring: <\/strong>Alison Brie, Anna Kendrick, Miles Teller<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Dylan Kidd<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Will and Jillian discover it&#8217;s tough in the real world after they graduate from college.<\/p>\n<p>Feeling lost, trying to cope with the demands of a fast-paced life and moving from one strange job to another, the pair quickly realise that with a little help from their family, friends and co-workers, some of life&#8217;s greatest adventures are the ones you just can&#8217;t plan.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eXmOmdzsQVs\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Age restriction: <\/strong>PG-13<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Run time: <\/strong>112 minutes<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring: <\/strong>Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Dave Green<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Turtles return to New York City to face the Foot Clan and Shredder, who has hired a T.C.R.I. scientist to create mutants in Bebop and Rocksteady.<\/p>\n<p>The heroes in a half-shell and their friends are forced to team up to protect the city, when it comes under attack from another threat in the form of Dimension X inhabitant, Krang.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QNwqg3o63MI\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Woodlawn<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Age restriction: <\/strong>PG<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Run time: <\/strong>123 minutes<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring: <\/strong>Caleb Castille, Jon Voight, Sean Astin<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A gifted high school football player must learn to embrace his talent and his faith as he battles racial tensions on and off the field.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BRQaEJv9qIk\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Fathers and Daughters<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Age restriction: <\/strong>TBA<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Run time: <\/strong>116 minutes<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring: <\/strong>Aaron Paul, Amanda Seyfried, Russell Crowe<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Gabriele Muccino<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After his wife&#8217;s unexpected death, a Pulitzer-winning writer suffers a mental breakdown.<\/p>\n<p>Now forced to cope as a widower and single parent under a cloud of mental illness, he struggles to raise his young daughter.<\/p>\n<p>While 27 years later, his grown daughter grapples with moving on from her difficult upbringing and making real connections of her own.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fAWzt3aER-0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>The Endless River<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age restriction: <\/strong>TBA<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Run time: <\/strong>108 minutes<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring: <\/strong>Crystal-Donna Roberts, Darren Kelfkens, Nicolas Duvauchelle<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Oliver Hermanus<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After serving four years in prison, a husband returns to his wife in the small rural town of Riviersonderend (Endless River) in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>As they begin to pick up the pieces, a brutal murder on a nearby farm disrupts everything. In the wake of violence and bloodshed, the young woman and a grieving widower form an unlikely bond in an attempt to transcend their grief, anger, pain and loneliness.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/woEL7Q812z8\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Are we being overcharged for Nvidia and AMD graphics cards in South Africa?\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/95351-are-we-being-overcharged-for-nvidia-and-amd-graphics-cards-in-south-africa.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Are we being overcharged for Nvidia and AMD graphics cards in South Africa?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Game of Thrones\u2019 \u201cBattle of the Bastards\u201d is now the show\u2019s highest-rated episode ever\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/95895-game-of-thrones-battle-of-the-bastards-is-now-the-shows-highest-rated-episode-ever.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Game of Thrones\u2019 \u201cBattle of the Bastards\u201d is now the show\u2019s highest-rated episode ever<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Europe hit with massive Internet outage\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/95851-europe-hit-with-massive-internet-outage.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Europe hit with massive Internet outage<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this week&#8217;s biggest movie releases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":96587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[279,1087,143,683,819],"class_list":["post-96585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-movie","tag-nu-metro","tag-release","tag-schedule","tag-ster-kinekor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96585","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=96585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96679,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96585\/revisions\/96679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}