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We watched the 5 new movies in SA cinemas now and this is what we thought

Cape Town – 40 years later the sequel for Halloween finally hits cinemas. 

A direct sequel of the original 1978 slasher horror, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) prepares to face Michael Myers (Nick Castle/James Jude Courtney) in a final confrontation when he returns to Haddonfield, Illinois to finish her off for escaping his killing spree.

Also showing: Two coming-of-age dramas, a true story about a prison break and an indie sci-fi about climate change. 

Here are the 5 new films releasing in SA cinemas:

Movie: Halloween

Our rating: 4/5

Short review: New life is breathed into the Halloween franchise with a return to the basics that made it a classic.  

READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE

Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween.

Movie: Kanarie

Our rating: 5/5

Short review: Another fantastic film by Christiaan Olwagen, Kanarie is a beautiful local portrayal of shedding the internal oppression ingrained by the Apartheid regime.

READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE

Schalk Bezuidenhout in the movie Kanarie.

Movie: The Hate U Give

Our rating: 4/5

Short review: The Hate U Give is the one movie everyone should see - it is a story that makes headlines every day and will give viewers a glimpse of what people who are living this go through.

READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE

Amandla Stenberg in The Hate U Give.

Movie: Papillon

Our rating: 2/5

Short review: By falling between being a “good” film and a “fun” film, this remake of ‘70s true-life prison drama is never as good as its individual parts would suggest it should be.

READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE

Rami Malek in Papillon

Movie: The Titan

Our rating: 1/5

Short review: All the honourable intentions in the world don’t stop The Titan from being a dramatically inert, boring and ultimately insultingly stupid indie sci-fi misfire.

READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE

Sam Worthington in the movie The Titan.

ALSO SHOWING

A Star Is Born
Hell Fest
Baby Mamas
Venom

(Photos: Universal Pictures, AP, Empire Entertainment, Ster-Kinekor)

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