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MOVIE GUIDE: Strong female lead weekend at the box office

Cape Town – Emily Blunt is a depressed commuter who becomes entangled in a mystery, Kristen Stewart tries to make it big in Los Angeles and Eva Green is a childminder for a peculiar group of children.

Here are 3 new movies releasing in South Africa today:

Movie: The Girl on the Train

Our rating: 3/5

Short review: Emily Blunt’s solid and believable performance was the key factor that kept this movie from derailing.  

READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE

 emily blunt

Movie: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Our rating: 2/5

Short review: Besides the abominable adaptation from the book, as a film Miss Peregrine lacks any real depth – probably because they crammed three books into one movie.

READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE

eva green

Movie: Café Society

Our rating: 3/5

Short review:  This film has a performance from Kristen Stewart that might actually make you like her a bit more than her much criticised Twilight days.

READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE

 kristen stewart

(Photos: Ster-Kinekor, NuMetro)

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