Hi all He said he would be back ... and he is. Ageing Arnie hits the screens today around the world in another time-traveling episode of the Terminator franchise. It's on the big screens too, but all variants are 2D only, not 3D. The rest of the lineup is a bit more subdued, in keeping with the time of year, being exam season and all that. For the little ones, there's a non-Hollywood animated film about a spy cat called Marnie's World. This has not had a US release yet. For the teens (well, age-wise, if not target-audience wise) we have an offbeat musical comedy Fisherman’s Friends, which is on at the Nouveaus and similar venues. Then we have two adult films on relatively limited release (compared to Arnie), the first, City of Lies, takes a look at the murders of Notorious B.I.G and Tupac Shakur, while the second, The Wedding Year, is a rom-com of sorts, which has also not been released Stateside yet. No previews this week, but the BANFF Tour is still on circuit, as well as a once-off screening of Don Giovanni at Killarney Mall, and the opera Turandot which is on at the Nouveaus and a few similar venues. Released 1 November 2019 Marnie's World (PG7-9 LV) Terminator: Dark Fate (16 LV) Terminator: Dark Fate (IMAX) (16 LV) Terminator: Dark Fate (4DX) (16 LV) City of Lies (16 LV) The Wedding Year (16 LSD) Fisherman’s Friends (13) 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. 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What if the doctor makes a mistake?” I calmly explained that the doctor had years of experience and mistakes were unlikely. “But what if he does?” Jeremy persisted. “Then he’d be in a lot of trouble,” I gently teased. “You mean we could sue him,” Jeremy brightened, “and I could get a new bike?” --------------------------------------------------------------------------- My grandson, Carsen, was born with strabismus, an eye disorder. At the age of two and a half, he could speak but he was still too young to identify letters. The eye doctor therefore presented him with an eye chart made up of familiar objects such as a ball, a cat, and so on. When the optometrist pointed to a simple drawing of an automobile, Carsen turned red with embarrassment and said he didn’t know what it was. This was surprising because Carsen was a car fanatic and took pride in knowing the makes and models. He also had a large collection of Matchbox toy cars. The perplexed doctor knew the boy could see the image because he had already identified much smaller objects on the chart. “I’m sure you know what this is,” he said. With a soft stammer, Carsen answered, “Porsche?” --------------------------------------------------------------------------- When my daughter was seven months pregnant with a baby girl, she took my four-year-old grandson Filipe with her for an ultrasound. She explained that he was going to see his baby sister in mommy’s belly. At the doctor’s office, Filipe looked on radiantly while the ultrasound was made. When they arrived home, his mother, tired, sat on the sofa. 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