4 thrilling flicks to watch this weekend

Cape Town - Guillermo del Toro’s award-winning cold war era fantasy The Shape of Water opens in cinemas this weekend. 

Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is a mute, isolated woman who works as a cleaning lady in a hidden, high-security government laboratory in 1962 Baltimore. Her life changes forever when she discovers the lab's classified secret – a mysterious, scaled creature.

Also showing: Andy Serkis makes his directorial debut with a biopic about Robin Cavendish, a British advocate for disabled people. Kate Mara stars in the true-life story of a soldier and her service dog and the fourth instalment of the horror franchise, Insidious. 

Here are the 4 new films releasing in SA:

Movie: The Shape of Water

Our rating: 5/5

Short review: This modern fairy-tale is perfect for the times we live in and it’s worth all the hype.  

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Our rating: 4/5

Short review: An impressive debut for Andy Serkis as a director, Breathe is a funny, touching biopic about two quite extraordinary people.

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Movie: Megan Leavey

Our rating: 3/5

Short review: An authentic retelling of a true story, Megan Leavey is a sweet story that moves the audience without contrived emotion.

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Movie: Insidious: The Last Key

Our rating: 1/5

Short review: The Insidious franchise wraps up with a generic and irrelevant horror movie.

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(Photos: AP, Ster-Kinekor, Nu-Metro)