Hi all Well I trust you all had quiet romantic candlelit dinners last night, and early to bed. Remember to send Eskom a thank-you note. From my side, this past week has been exceptionally hectic, because I fall in one of the areas where the fibre supplier has been having issues reconnecting everyone after the rolling black-outs. So have been offline for far too many hours, leading to immense frustration as the work still needs to get done... Anyway, what's new at the cinemas ... from Hollywood we have a rather small line-up, headlined by Alita: Battle Angel, which is showing in all available formats, including the "Extreme" 2D and 3D versions at some Nu Metro venues. That's joined by Green Book, which is on both the art and commercial circuits, and has enjoyed some love from the Golden Globes and even a BAFTA, amongst other awards and noms. Speaking of the BAFTAs, Roma, The Favourite and Bohemian Rhapsody did well, while A Star is Born mostly got rejection notices... as well as did First Man. Guess they're all a bit cheesed off, while Alfonso Cuarón is calling in the cabinet makers to enlarge his trophy shelf. https://www.moviesite.co.za/news/bafta.htm Then we have another local release, joining the three already on the Top Ten, which is a somewhat offbeat romantic / self-development drama called Liewe Lisa. The subcontinent has four new releases, basically playing "pick a language, any language," with offerings in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Punjabi which should cater for most of the local fanbase. On the previews side there is a Girls Night Out on Tuesday, for the upcoming comedy What Men Want, and for the kiddies, there are previews at select cinemas on Sunday noon for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. Enjoy :-) Releasing 14 February 2019 * Alita: Battle Angel (3D) (16 LVD) * Alita: Battle Angel (16 LVD) * Alita: Battle Angel (3D IMAX) (16 LVD) * Alita: Battle Angel (4DX) (16 LVD) * Liewe Lisa (13 LSD) * Green Book (13 LVPD) * Dev (Tamil) * Dev (Telugu) * Gully Boy (Hindi) * Kala Shah Kala (Punjabi) 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 (Full HD 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our family was playing the game Outburst. One of the topics was the Ten Commandments. Everyone shouted over one another as we called out answers, including my eight-year-old grandson, who yelled, “Thou shalt not admit adultery!” --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great hoopla followed my newborn son’s umbilical cord’s falling off. So it was only natural that during one of his nappy changes, his eight-year-old sister would point and ask excitedly, “Will that fall off too?” --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herein lies the difference in my kids’ personalities: My teenage son bought me a beautiful necklace; my daughter called dibs on it when I die. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- My granddaughter put my three-year-old great-grandson on the phone. After a few minutes of chatting, I told him I loved him. He replied that he loved me too. And then, as an afterthought, he asked, “Aren’t you the one who passed away?” --------------------------------------------------------------------------- When her six-year-old daughter and four-year-old son ran outside to play with their new toy, my sister sat back to enjoy a cup of coffee and a rare moment of quiet. The peace was shattered when my nephew ran back into the house, crying. “What’s wrong?” my sister asked. “She won’t stop calling me Roger!” he sobbed, and threw down his new walkie-talkie. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A book I’d ordered arrived in the mail. I unwrapped it and flipped through its pages. My 21-year-old son was at the other end of the table, gesturing as if he wanted to see the book. I started to hand it to him, when he stopped me. “No, I’ll take the trash,” he said. “What would I do with a book?” --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lice was detected on a student at my grandson’s school, and the teacher told the girls in his first-grade class to wear their hair in a bun to discourage the lice. 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