Hi all Spider-Man did very well states-side last week, and they're expecting it to eventually overtake Wonder Woman, which is itself doing very well. But even Wonder Woman is no match for Gru and the minions... Despicable Me 3 dethroned Wonder Woman locally after just 2 weeks. This week sees a bumper crop of new releases, mainly due to the re-release of a number of IMAX documentaries, which I guess are going to rotate around the country. On the commercial side we have the third episode in the re-re-booted Planet of the Apes series, which has the highest early ratings of any in the series, and is expected to do well. Then we have a look at modern social media in The Circle, and Bryan Cranston dealing with a mid-life crisis in a rather unorthodox way, on the art circuit. Also on the art circuit is the very-highly rated animated film The Red Turtle, and staying wet, a biopic about undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau. And lastly, apart from all the IMAX doccies, we have two offerings from Bollywood. On the previews side there is a premier next week for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, only at Hyde Park, and in all the cinemas (I think some cinemas like the 4DX are already sold out). Released 14 July 2017 * War for the Planet of the Apes (13 V) * War for the Planet of the Apes (3D) (13 V) * The Circle (PG7-9 L) * The Red Turtle * The Odyssey (PG10-12) * Wakefield (16 L) * Jagga Jasoos (Hindi) * Shab (Hindi) * A Beautiful Planet (IMAX) * Born to be Wild (IMAX) * Hubble (3D)(IMAX) Re-releases: * Deep Sea (3D)(IMAX) * Space Station 3D (3D)(IMAX) * Under the Sea (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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