Hi all It's a bit of "the calm before the storm" this week as we wait for Disney's revamped Lion King to land next week. In the mean time we've kicked off the difficult 3rd term, so while the kids all get back into school mode, the two new mainstream releases are aimed at the adult market. First up is the Uber Trip From Hell, aka Stuber, about a regular Uber driver getting exactly the wrong customer. That's joined by a remake/ re-imagining of Child's Play, which is Horror Done Right. Also screening at a few venues is the Special Edition of Avengers: Endgame, which has some footage not in the original. They're still trying to push the gross takings past Avatar for global bragging rights (we won't mention how far everyone still is from Gone With the Wind if you consider inflation). Bollywood has a school-centred biopic about a special academy for poor but bright kids. Lastly, on the previews side, there are previews all day Saturday for the Fast and Furious spinoff Hobbs & Shaw, only at Riversquare (and I hope that wasn't a data-capture error), and then premieres for The Lion King next Thursday at Emperor's Palace and Mall of Africa .... see the previews page and remember to book. Enjoy :-) Released 12July 2019 * Stuber (16 LNSV) * Child’s Play (18 LVH) * Avengers: Endgame - Special Edition (PG10-12 LV) * Super 30 (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 (hi-res cellphone 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was looking forward to the trip to New Orleans my mother and I were taking until we reached the airport. Suddenly I had a panic attack at the thought of having to fly. Dad, bless his heart, did everything he could to calm my nerves. “You know, you’re safer in a plane than you are in a car,” he reminded me. That reassurance eventually worked. He gave me a loving kiss on the head, then asked my mother, “Did you buy flight insurance?” --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driving across California, we stopped at a red light in a beautiful old western town. As I admired the elegant storefronts and beautiful scenery, I didn’t notice that the light had turned green and back to red again. It was then that a police officer tapped on my window and said, “That’s all the colours we got here.” --------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Aaahhhhhh!!” That was my sister’s way of letting the world know she’d just seen a mouse inside her Adirondack Mountains cabin. Her husband set a trap, and a while later they heard it snap shut. As he carried the trap to the garbage, my sister scrutinized the little beast, then shook her head. “No,” she said, “that’s not him.” --------------------------------------------------------------------------- My son took his first flight at the age of four. He was scared about flying, so he called the attendant over and told her that he wanted the plane not to “flight” but just to get “going on the road!” The flight attendant played along and agreed. As the plane sped down the runway, my son called back to her, “I told you by road, but not so fast!!!” --------------------------------------------------------------------------- During that first roll call in the Army, I waited in dread as the sergeant got to my name: DiFeliciantonio. There was bound to be trouble, and I was right, because suddenly, he fell silent — eyebrows arched, brain overloaded. After a long pause, he thundered, “The alphabet?!” --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Never advise anyone to go to war, or to marry. —SPANISH PROVERB --------------------------------------------------------------------------- While on maneuvers in the Mojave Desert, our convoy got lost, forcing our lieutenant to radio for help. “Are you near any landmarks that might help us locate you?” the base operator asked him. “Yes,” said the lieutenant. “We are directly under the moon.”