From fear to flying elephants - It's a fantastic weekend for movie fans at local cinemas

Cape Town – Us - Jordan Peele's highly-anticipated follow-up to his terrifying and psychologically incisive Oscar-winning debut feature, Get Out – hits South African cinemas this weekend.

MUST-READ: Flying to Hollywood, meeting Jordan Peele, chatting with Lupita Nyong'o, and getting the very first look at the hauntingly stunning masterpiece that is 'Us'

Also showing: Disney's disappointing live-action remake of Dumbo, A harrowing retelling of the attack on 12 locations in the city of Mumbai in 2008, and a film about a presidential front-runner who was caught by the press having an elicit affair.

HERE ARE THE 4 NEW MOVIES TO SEE:

Movie: Us

Our rating: 4/5

Short review: Stemming from the idea that we are our own worst enemy, Jordan Peele's Us is as terrifying and psychologically incisive as his Oscar-winning debut feature, Get Out.

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Movie: Hotel Mumbai

Our rating: 4/5

Short review: Hotel Mumbai is the story of people fighting for their lives and those of others when a horrible act turns an ordinary day into a never-ending nightmare.

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Movie: Dumbo

Our rating: 2/5

Short review: Get ready for a whole lot of weird - and not in a good way.

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Movie: The Front Runner

Our rating: 3/5

Short review: The Front Runner is a solid but quaint true-story of a politician brought down for something as “simple” as infidelity to his wife

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Captive State is also showing in South African cinemas but there was no screening for the media.

ALSO SHOWING:

Destroyer

The Kid Who Would Be King

Escape Room

Cold Pursuit