Hi all Some monster movies this week, but quality varies wildly. La La Land did rather well at the Golden Globes on Sunday. There are sneak previews at select venues next Thursday evening, and more all day all over the following Saturday... better book early :-) Apart from the two Monster movies, we've got two that look at incidents in America's past: one from 2013 and one from way back when in the time of slaves. Also up are two Indian movies, one Hindi, one Tamil. Enjoy :-) M O V I E S Released 13 January 2017 * A Monster Calls (PG10-12) * The Birth of a Nation (16 VP) * Patriots Day (16 LV) * Monster Trucks (PG7-9 V) * Monster Trucks (3D) (PG7-9 V) * Bairavaa (Tamil) * OK Jaanu (Hindi) 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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