Hi all Well it's holiday time and there's two big releases this week, and smaller releases on the art circuit. It has been 20 years since Independence Day, and now to celebrate the UK declaring Independence, we have the sequel. Also up, and very different, is the cop-buddy comedy Central Intelligence. On the business side of things, Finding Dory is doing exceptionally well, both here and overseas, and is set to see of Independence Day in the US. Not sure how things will play out here. I actually went to see Finding Dory last week, and was underwhelmed. So my opinion is out of synch with the majority of the press. Perhaps they saw something I missed, or maybe it works better in 3D than 2D, but compared to what I saw the same day last year (Inside Out), it didn't compete. YMMV :-) On the previews side, there are previews next week Wednesday and Thursday for Me Before You, see the previews page and remember to book. Also remember to take tissues :) Lastly, the DIFF is coming to an end with the awards being given out this week, and there is an "Afrikaans film evening" at Tygervalley on Thursday, where some popular films from recent years will be re-screened. M O V I E S Released 24 June 2016 Central Intelligence (13 LV) Independence Day: Resurgence The Keeping Room (16 V) Independence Day: Resurgence (3D) I Saw the Light (13 LS) Independence Day: Resurgence (4DX) Amma Kanakku (Tamil) Independence Day: Resurgence (3D)(IMAX) http://www.moviesite.co.za/new.htm SA Top Tens (commercial, Nouveau, best and worst movies on circuit) http://www.moviesite.co.za/topten.htm The US and UK Top Tens. 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For the next eight months I will be traveling among you as one of you, to listen to your deepest longings and needs. I will be with you in your Wal-Marts and beside you in your Burger Kings. I will drive with you down the busy interstate highways of our land, sharing your poverty and needs. How well I remember the days when the Duke of Arkansas and I were impoverished. After we were expelled from our Washington Palace we hardly had two mansions to rub together. We were so poor that we removed thousands of dollars of China, flatware, carpets and gifts from the Washington Palace just to survive. Shockingly, unscrupulous and ungrateful officials later forced us to return many of these treasures. Now, happily, benefactors from around our empire have given me just enough for us to scr*pe by. During these difficult times, we had to cut back. When our daughter was married, we only had three million dollars to spend on her wedding. And, I remember our hopes, as she moved into her $10 million Manhattan apartment, that one day she would be able to move on from that humble abode to something more fitting. After working for MSNBC for a starting salary of a mere $600,000 per year, what else could she do? So I now pay her $3,000,000 a year to run the 'Foundation'. So, as I travel across our kingdom to meet you all, I will be listening and sharing with you. Then, when the time for the royal election (Coronation) comes, I know I can count on you to crown me as your rightful monarch, with my assurance that I will continue King Obama's policies, and we can all live happily ever after. Your Queen-in-Waiting, Hilarity Rodham Clinton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sean Connery gets a call from his agent one day. The agent goes "Sean, I've got you a job - starts tomorrow, early. You'll have to be there for 10-ish". Sean furrows his brow and says "Tennish? ...... 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"I see you are the father of two children." "That's what you think," said the man scornfully. "I'm the father of THREE children." The woman grinned and said, "No - that's what YOU think."