Hi all The final stretch to Christmas sees Hollywood rolling out the big holiday releases, kicking off today with the latest installment in the Star Wars saga. There's more to come ... Assassin's Creed lands on Wednesday, with the animated musical Sing opening next Friday. Speaking of Sing, I see it has been nominated for a Golden Globe as best animated movie (and for best song). There are previews all over all day today (mostly 3D but some 2D) for this film so enjoy ... The only other new release today is a seasonal comedy about Christmas, but it's not family fare.... Also up over the next few days is the next in this years Ballet series, The Nutcracker. On the technical side, Nu Metro has opened South Africa's first Laser Projection cinema, which also features Dolby Atmos 360 degree sound sytem, for the best possible movie experience. It's at their Canal Walk venue. Yes, ticket prices are higher than regular. Last bit of trivia: Felicity Jones is working overtime this week, appearing in both Star Wars and Inferno. Enjoy :-) M O V I E S Released 15 December 2016 * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (3D) * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (3D)(IMAX) * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (4DX) * Office Christmas Party (16 LNSD) 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. Industry news updated daily. http://www.moviesite.co.za/news/newsitem.htm Showtimes (all Ster-Kinekor, Nu Metro, MovieZone, CineCentre, Movies@, Labia) http://www.moviesite.co.za/where.htm Forthcoming attractions for 15 December. 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 (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 Ten and Worst Ten Movies by Critical Rating http://www.moviesite.co.za/topten.htm Remember you can support the site by reading the ads... :-) Cheers, Ian -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A little puzzle for you. 355 = 524 1235 = 2521 1143 = 17212 850 = ? I came up with a complex solution which involved putting arithmetic signs between the digits to make the two sides equal, but the required solution is much simpler, and more English than maths.... solution below. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An oldie .. My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned - couldnt concentrate. Then I worked in the woods as a lumberjack, but I just couldnt hack it, so they gave me the axe. Next I tried working in a silenceer factory but that was exhausting. I wanted to be a barber, but I just couldnt cut it. Then I tried to be a chef (figured it would add a little spice to my life) but I just didnt have the thyme. I attempted to be a deli worker, but any way I sliced it, I. couldnt cut the mustard. My best job was being a musician, but eventually I found I wasnt noteworthy. I studied a long time to become a doctor, but I didn't have any patience. Thought about becoming a witch, so I tried that for a spell. I got a job at a zoo feeding giraffes but I was fired because I wasnt up to it. So then I got a job in a fitness center, but they said I wasnt fit for the job. Next, I found being an electrician interesting, but the work was shocking and I was discharged. After many years of trying to find steady work I finally got a job as a historian until I realised there was no future in it. My last job was working at Starbucks, but I had to quit because it was always the same old grind. So I retired and I found I'm a perfect fit for this job. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I called an old school friend and asked what was he doing. He replied that he is working on "Aqua-thermal treatment of ceramics, aluminium and steel under a constrained environment". I was impressed...... On further enquiring I learned that he was washing dishes with hot water .... Under his wife's supervision. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So The Donald was elected, and as you may know, many celebrities and snowflakes are now faced with the prospect of making good on their pre-election blackmail promises and moving to Cananda (but curiously, not to Mexico, where it's much warmer...) The flood of Trump-fearing American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week. The Republican presidential campaign is prompting an exodus among left-leaning Americans who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray, pay taxes, and live according to the Constitution. Canadian border residents say it's not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, liberal arts majors, global-warming activists, and "green" energy proponents crossing their fields at night. "I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn," said southern Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota. "He was cold, exhausted and hungry, and begged me for a latte and some free-range chicken. When I said I didn't have any, he left before I even got a chance to show him my screenplay, eh?" In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher fences, but the liberals scaled them. He then installed loudspeakers that blared Rush Limbaugh across the fields, but they just stuck their fingers in their ears and kept coming. Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals just south of the border, pack them into electric cars, and drive them across the border, where they are simply left to fend for themselves after the battery dies. "A lot of these people are not prepared for our rugged conditions," an Alberta border patrolman said. "I found one carload without a single bottle of Perrier water, or any gemelli with shrimp and arugula. All they had was a nice little Napa Valley cabernet and some kale chips. When liberals are caught, they're sent back across the border, often wailing that they fear persecution from Trump high-hairers. Rumors are circulating about plans being made to build re-education camps where liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer, study the Constitution, and find jobs that actually contribute to the economy. In recent days, liberals have turned to ingenious ways of crossing the border. Some have been disguised as senior citizens taking a bus trip to buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a half-dozen young vegans in blue-hair wig disguises, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping buses and quizzing the supposed senior citizens about Perry Como and Rosemary Clooney to prove that they were alive in the '50s. "If they can't identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk Show, we become very suspicious about their age," an official said. Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are creating an organic-broccoli shortage, are buying up all the Barbara Streisand CD's, and are overloading the internet while downloading jazzercise apps to their cell phones. "I really feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just can't support them," an Ottawa resident said. "After all, how many art-history majors does one country need? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solution to puzzle: The first number is the time (eg 3:55). The second number is how we say it (eg 5 to 4).