Hi all Apparently some people skip right past my breathless-prose-to-die-for and go straight to the jokes. Can you believe that? :-) After I slave over a hot keyboard for hours composing the intro.... Anyway, the movies.... Yes, Frozen II has landed... it's having a record-breaking run overseas, and is likely to also do very well here, since there is no real competition in that market segment until Christmas day when Spies in Disguise opens. Saying in holiday/Chrismas mode, we have a "classic" style rom-com which has been described as "comfort viewing" ... not the best film in the world, but some light entertainment to take your mind off the worlds' problems. So go and enjoy Khaleesi in Last Christmas. Switching to the adult fare, first up is the highly rated auto-biographical film from top director Pedro Almodóvar, with some of his favourite actors including Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz, in Pain and Glory. The last horror film for the year, Haunt, rounds out the mainstream line-up. Well, it's the last if you don't count Cats, which has also been described as the last horror film of the year. Bollywood has two offerings, the period war epic Panipat, and the rom-com Pati Patni Aur Woh. You can catch Official Secrets as part of the film festival on at Cinema Nouveau Rosebank. On the arty side, the ballet La Bayadère and the opera Madama Butterfly are on at the Nouveaus and Gateway, while the classic The Merry Wives of Windsor has a screening at Killarney Mall. Enjoy :-) Released 29 November 2019 * Frozen II (3D) (PG V) * Frozen II (PG V) * Frozen II (3D IMAX) (PG V) * Frozen II (4DX) (PG V) * Last Christmas (13 LP) * Pain and Glory (16 LND) * Haunt (18 LVH) * Panipat (Hindi) * Pati Patni Aur Woh (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 (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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- My high-school basketball team was scheduled to play in the district tournament, and when we got there we were all excited to find our pictures and our stats published in the glossy program. My friend Brian Bird, a senior who was having a great season, eagerly searched for his name. But then he threw the program down in disgust, and I figured that there must be some error in his entry. 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