Hi all Okay first up, this is a short week, with next week's releases opening next Thursday to capitalise on Valentine's Day. Remember to order those long-life flowers early... :-) It's pretty much another week of "local is lekker" again, with the pick of the bunch not even showing here, but for one week only at The Gables in Swaziland. That would be Liyana, a live/animated cross-mix, which has received numerous awards and rave reviews. If you're out that way, be sure to watch. On the SA circuit we have two local films, starting off with historical action crime drama Sew the Winter to My Skin, which was our official Oscar-nomination for Best Foreign Language film. It unfortunately did not make the cut, but is now on circuit. That's joined by local fish-out-of-water romantic comedy Jumbo Goes to Jozi, which was originally titled Johnny Just Come (or J-J-C). Switching to the foreign releases, Melissa McCarthy does a genre switch to play serious "Award"-level drama in Can You Ever Forgive Me?, which picked up two GolGlo noms and numerous other wins and noms. This week's horror is The Prodigy, which has scored solidly average reviews. And then there's horror of the OTHER kind in Holmes & Watson, which I find difficult to write about so I'll just leave it at "what were they thinking" ..... The subcontinent has two offerings this week, a biopic in Telugu and a horror/thriller/romance (go figure) in Hindi. On the previews side, there are select previews next Wednesday night (to get your groove on early for Valentine's Day) for What Men Want, the adult- remake/re-imagining of What Women Want. See the previews page and remember to book. Enjoy :-) Releasing 8 February 2019 * Holmes & Watson (13 LSVD) * Sew the Winter to My Skin (13 NVPD) * The Prodigy (16 LVH) * Can You Ever Forgive Me? 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