Hi all A few months ago I was pondering "where have all the rom-coms gone" ... the romantic comedy used to be a staple of the cinema circuit, and many went on to become part of the western cultural backdrop... you know, everything from When Harry Met Sally, Pretty Woman, You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, Runaway Bride, or even Shakespeare-dun-modern 10 Things I Hate About You. And then Meg Ryan and Julia Roberts got a bit older, and the upcoming starlets failed to capture the public's imagination in rom-coms, and Hollywood relegated them to the back burner and TV. That all changes now, with Crazy Rich Asians hitting the screen, and being hailed as the rebirth of the classic rom-com. Based on a best-selling novel, it also got a lot of press coverage for being entirely populated by Asians, the first such Hollywood movie since The Joy Luck club decades ago. The fact that critics and public alike have given it good ratings has also helped. [To be fair, some people managed to find fault by accusing it of not being inclusive enough in the Asian casting ... ie "yellow" Asians only and no "brown" ones... but I think they are just being silly. It's a movie not a polical correctness class.] And CRA is just the beginning, since there are other good things on offer too this week. Staying with relationship issues, we have Glenn Close's Oscar bid in The Wife, on the art-and-similar circuit, while Denzel Washington reprises his role in The Equalizer 2, making short work of people who upset him. For the younger crowd and families we have another boy-and-dog story, but this time the dog is a highly-intelligent robot. It looks like the studio kept this away from the press, I will add the press reviews later. Lastly Bollywood rolls out another comedy caper in the sequel Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi, with the action shifted to China. On the previews side, there are previews all over all daytime Saturday for next week's Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation. See the previews page and remember to book. Releasing 24 August 2018 * Crazy Rich Asians (13 LPD) * The Wife (16 LSVD) * The Equalizer 2 (16 LVD) * The Equalizer 2 (IMAX) (16 LVD) * A.X.L. (10 V) * Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi (Hindi) http://www.moviesite.co.za/new.htm Forthcoming attractions http://www.moviesite.co.za/4thcome.htm Updated the pic and quote on the home page http://www.moviesite.co.za/ This Week's pinup http://www.moviesite.co.za/pinup.html (Cellphone wallpaper) Pick of the Week http://www.moviesite.co.za/pick.htm All the previews. Remember to check with the cinema first. http://www.moviesite.co.za/where/previews.htm List of all movies showing http://www.moviesite.co.za/reviews.htm Same list sorted by Age Restriction http://www.moviesite.co.za/showingbyage.htm Top Twenty, Best and Worst Movies by Critical Rating. http://www.moviesite.co.za/topten.htm Remember you can support the site by reading the ads... :-) Cheers, Ian --------------------------------------------------------------------------- One Sunday, in counting the money in the weekly offering, the pastor of the Granville Presbyterian church found a pink envelope containing $1,000. It happened again the next week. The following Sunday, he watched as the offering was collected and saw a little old lady put the distinctive pink envelope in the plate. This went on for weeks until the pastor, overcome by curiosity, approached her. "Ma'am, I couldn't help but notice that you put $1,000 a week in the collection plate," he stated. 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