Thursday, June 30, 2016

Exciting Content Coming Up In July on M-Net Movies

Sunday Night Blockbusters on 104
M Movies Premier


Sunday 3 July 2016
Jurassic World
M-Net Movies Premiere DStv Channel 104
Year:2015                                                                                                    
Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Genres: Action, Science Fiction
Rating: PG13V
The fourth instalment in the Jurassic Park action adventure film series became the fourth highest  box-offices earner in Hollywood history, raking in a whopping $1.6-billion – 11 times more than its budget. The special effects are among the best ever crafted for the screen.
A new theme park created on the island where Jurassic Park was built more than two decades earlier features an irresistible attraction: a genetically engineered dinosaur, more deadly than any other. And then it breaks loose. The message to the humans on the island: Escape, or die.


Sunday 10 July 2016
Schucks! Pay Back the Money
M-Net Movies Premiere DStv Channel 104 at 20:30

Year: 2015
Cast: Leon Schuster, Desmond Dube, Gerrit Schoonhoven
Director: Gray Hofmeyr 
Genre: Comedy
Rating:PG13VL

The most successful filmmaker in South African history, Leon Schuster, is back and this time he turns one of the pressing issues of our time a corrupt man with almost unlimited power into a side-splitting comedy set in the world of sport.
Schucks has committed an unforgivable sin: he has lost the Currie Cup, the most coveted prize in South African rugby. He finds himself R1-million in debt, but he can redeem himself by creating a documentary film to boost the country’s image. Much easier said than done... 


Sunday 17 July 2016
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
M-Net Movies Premiere DStv Channel 104 at 20:30


Year: 2015
Cast: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Director: Wes Ball
Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Rating: 13VL
The second instalment of the Maze Runner Film series takes place directly after the first, on a stretch of land known as The Scorch, where danger lurks at every turn. It performed superbly at the box office to set the ball rolling for a third instalment.
The Gladers have defied all odds and escaped the maze, but now find the open land even more perilous, and the obstacles harder to surmount.  They team up with rebel forces to take on the mighty army of the regime.


Sunday 24 July 2016
Wild Card
M-Net Movies Premiere DStv Channel 104 at 20:30
Year: 2015
Cast: Jason Statham, Michael Angarano, Milo Ventimiglia
Director: Simon West
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama.
Rating: 16VNL
Jason Statham, one of the top tough guys in Hollywood, stars in an action thriller based on Heat, a novel by William Goldman, who also wrote the screenplay. 70s and 80s action man and heartthrob Burt Reynolds starred in an earlier film inspired by the same novel.
A gambling addiction is Nick Wild’s biggest vice. The fact that he also possesses fighting skills that make him a danger to anyone who angers him, leads to an inevitable clash with the mob. His life is under threat, but he has one last throw of the dice.


Sunday 31 July 2016
Mad Max: Fury Road
M-Net Movies Premiere DStv Channel 104 at 20:30

Year: 2015
Cast: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult
Director: George Miller
Genres: Adventure, Action.
Rating: 16VN

Charlize Theron won an Oscar for her portrayal of a murderer, so no one should be surprised by her star turn as a wild warrior in the most successful instalment in the Mad Max film series in which she steals the limelight from the lead character. She was again nominated for an Academy Award.
Max Rockatansky and Imperator Furiosia team up to escape the private army of a brutal crime lord intent on owning the world’s most sought-after and scarce commodities: water and fuel. Death will be their companion in a high-speed escape from hell itself.


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M-Net Movies Smile DStv Channel 105
Monday 4 July 2016
Chasers
M-Net Movies Smile DStv Channel 105 at 21:54

Year:1994
Cast:  Tom Berenger, William McNamara, Erika Eleniak
Director: Dennis Hopper
Genres: Action, Action Comedy.
Rating: 18SN


Dennis Hopper became a Hollywood icon on the strength of a single performance: as Billy in the cult classic Easy Rider, his directorial debut. This is what a leading critic had to say: "No one better signifies the lost idealism of the 1960s than Dennis Hopper." Chaser is the last film he directed.
A day before his discharge from the navy is due, a young sailor is given a final task: to escort a prisoner  who happens to be a gorgeous blonde  in transit. Will he be able to resist her trickery and beauty and complete the assignment?


Sunday 10 July 2016
Couple’s Retreat
M-Net Movies Smile DStv Channel 105 at 20:00
Year: 2009
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Malin Akerman, Jon Favreau
Director: Peter Billingsley
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 13SL
 

A laugh-out-loud romantic comedy shot on the tropical island of Bora Bora. The question it poses is one that will never lose its attraction to filmmakers and audiences: How does one – or two, rather – make a relationship work?
Jason and Cynthia are desperate to save their crumbling marriage, and book a package deal that includes couple counselling. They invite a group of friends along, and to their dismay everyone is obliged to take part in the therapy sessions that reveal alarming rifts in every relationship.


Sunday 24 July 2016
License To Wed
M-Net Movies Smile DStv Channel 105 at 21:32
Year: 2007
Cast: Mandy Moore, John Krasinski, Robin Williams
Director: Ken Kwapis
Genres: Comedy, Romance.
Rating:PG13SL
 

Robin Williams was one of the most versatile actors of his generation and shone in countless dramatic roles, such as Good Morning Vietnam, Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting. But he was a comic genius first and foremost, and his portrayal of an eccentric parson is unforgettable.
A bride-to-be has always dreamt of getting married in the family church, and is elated when it is arranged. But in the weeks before she walks down the aisle, a pesky reverend puts her and her future hubby through a punishing test.

Monday 25 July 2016
The Love Guru
M-Net Movies Smile DStv Channel 105 at 20:55

Year: 2008
Cast : Mike Myers,  Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Romany Malco
Director: Marco Schnabel
Genres: Comedy, Romance.
Rating:13VSL
A romantic comedy  starring Mike Myers, best known for the Austin Powers character he created. He made a major contribution to the story of a man under the illusion that he can add spice to the most disastrous marriage or romantic relationship.
Pitka was abandoned as a child in India and lucky enough to be raised by a group of gurus. He sets himself up in America as someone who can restore broken marital bonds. But his first opportunity to prove his worth can derail the entire enterprise.


Wednesday 27 July 2016
The Tooth Fairy
M-Net Movies Smile DStv Channel 105 at 20:35

Year: 2010
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Stephen Merchant, Ashley Judd
Director: Michael Lembeck
Genres: Family, Comedy.
Rating: PG
Dwayne Johnson is the unlikely lead in a fantasy comedy film that strikes a chord with everyone who has ever suffered from toothache. And who hasn’t? The reward at the end of the ordeal  a small cash bonus from the Tooth Fairy  never quite makes up for the pain.
A tough minor league hockey player pockets a dollar meant for his stepdaughter, and is sentenced by a magical spell to... two weeks’ duty as the Tooth Fairy! Despite his good intentions, he simply lack the talent to succeed in his temporary job.


Friday 29 July 2016
Herbie: Fully Loaded
M-Net Movies Smile DStv Channel 105 at 20:46


Year: 2005
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Justin Long, Breckin Meyer
Director: Angela Robinson
Genres: Family, Comedy, Adventure.
Rating: PG
Nearly four decades after hitting the big screen for the first time in The Love Bug, Herbie, a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, is still running strong, and now has five movies to his credit! This time love is in the air, adding spice to Herbie’s antics on road and track.
Herbie’s new owner is a fiery – and beautiful – young woman, who puts his racing skills to the ultimate test on the Nascar racing circuit. Herbie falls in love with a New Beetle... and soon she saves the day when a crash looks set to end his racing career.

Bourne Festival on M-Net Movies Showcase DStv Channel 107





Monday 4 July 2016
The Bourne Identity
M-Net Movies Showcase DStv Channel 107 at 20:00

Year: 2002
Cast: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper
Director: Doug Liman
Genres: Action, Thriller, Mystery.
Rating: 13VL
Matt Damon was initially regarded “too soft” for the role of Jason Bourne. Brad Pitt, Sylvester Stallone and Russell Crowe, who had proven track records in action thrillers, were unavailable. Damon stepped in and not only pulled it off brilliantly, but also performed his own stunts.
Fishermen rescue a badly wounded man. He recovers, but cannot even recall his own name. A surgically implanted microchip offers the first clue to his identity, but his effort to assemble the puzzle will be tougher than he thought: men in positions of power want him dead.

Tuesday 5 July 2016
The Bourne Supremacy
M-Net Movies Showcase DStv Channel 107 at 20:00

Year: 2004
Cast: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Joan Allen
Director: Paul Greengrass
Genres: Action, Thriller.
Rating: 13V
Novelist Robert Ludlum, who created the story of Jason Bourne, died before he could see the hero he created in action on the silver screen. The books had all been million sellers, and the films matched their success.
Jason Bourne was appalled to find evidence that he had been an assassin before losing his memory, but when a CIA-operation fails and he is unjustly blamed – and hunted – he has no option but to resume the life of a killer.

Wednesday 6 July 2016
The Bourne Ultimatum
M-Net Movies Showcase DStv Channel 107 at 20:00

Year: 2007
Cast: Joan Allen, Julia Stiles, Matt Damon.
Director: Paul Greengrass
Genres: Action, Thriller.
Rating:13V

In this 3 time Oscar winner, the iconic Jason Bourne comes home in the riveting climax to the action trilogy about a man looking for the origins of his life as a trained killer.



Other Good Titles on Premium Package


Monday 4 July 2016
Get Hard
M-Net Movies Premiere DStv Channel 104 at 20:30
Year: 2015
Cast : Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Alison Brie
Director: Etan Cohen
Genre: Comedy.
Rating: 16VSNL
Two of the most successful funnymen in Hollywood, Kevin Hart and Will Farrell, team up for a buddy comedy that reminds as us that it is always better to do proper research than to leap to conclusions especially in life-changing situations.
James, an obscenely rich hedge fund manager, is sent to prison for a dodgy deal. He asks Darnell, a black car washer, to toughen him up for his ordeal assuming every black man has spent time behind bars. Darnell accepts, even though he doesn’t have a clue what to do!


Friday 8 July 2016
Hitman: Agent 47
M-Net Premiere DStv Channel 104 at 20:00

Year: 2015
Cast:  Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto
Director: Aleksander Bach
Genres: Action, Thriller, Crime.
Rating: 16VL
A follow up to the original Hitman action thriller, which is based on a wildly popular video game. It was scripted by Skip Woods, who also penned Hitman, and Michael Finch. It was a success, and another instalment is rumoured to be in pre-production.
Agent 47 is no average assassin. He has been genetically engineered as a super soldier by a brilliant scientist, who has since regretted his actions and gone on the run. Agent 47 desperately needs to find him, and the scientist’s daughter might be the only gateway.


Monday 11 July 2016
The Wedding Singer
M-Net Movies Showcase DStv Channel 107 at 20:00

Year: 1998
Cast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor
Director: Frank Coraci
Genres: Comedy,Romance.
Rating:PG13VL
This film was Adam Sandler’s first as a romantic lead in a major production and set the tone for several similar roles to follow, while female lead Drew Barrymore re-established herself as a box-office drawcard after a dip in popularity. Keep an eye out for rock legend Billy Idol.
Wedding singer Robbie (Adam Sandler) is left at the altar by his fiancé. He is consoled by a pretty waitress (Drew Barrymore) and soon discovers he has fallen in love with her. Alas, she is engaged to a successful businessman. On a flight to Las Vegas, Robbie gets an unexpected opportunity to test her feelings for him.


Thursday 14 July 2016
Pitch Perfect 2
M-Net Movie Premiere DStv Channel 104 at 20:00
Year: 2015
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld
Director: Elizabeth Banks
Genres: Comedy, Music
Rating:PG13SL
A rare sequel that overtook its predecessor’s box office takings within five days, and went on to become the most successful musical comedy of all time. It picks up the story of the Bellas, a fictional all-girl a cappella ensemble, three years after the end of the previous film.
The Barton Bellas have swept all before them in college singing contests, but a massive scandal, involving a slip-up leading to fat Amy flashing her private parts at a birthday gala for  President Barack Obama, has them suspended. But they have an ace up their knickers: the perfect pitch.


Thursday 14 July 2016
The Perfect Guy
M-Net Movies Premiere DStv Channel 104 at 20:55
Year:2015
Cast: Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut
Director: David M Rosenthal
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Rating:16VSL
A nerve-jangling thriller that performed strongly at the box office, about a rebound relationship that seems wonderful until a incident reveals the real nature of a man who appeared to be heaven-sent.
Leah wants to start a family, but Dave, her long-time partner, won’t commit to it. They split, and she becomes enthralled by a charming stranger. His violent streak makes it clear to her that she must leave, but he refuses to comply and Leah finds herself in mortal danger.


Tuesday 19 July 2016
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
M-Net Movies Showcase DStv Channel 107 at 19:00

Year: 2015
Cast: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller.
Rating: 13V
Now in his fifties, Tom Cruise remains one of the most popular and best-paid actors in Hollywood. He returns as the fearless agent Ethan Hunt in the fifth instalment of the Mission: Impossible film series. Another smash hit for Cruise, for whom nothing seems impossible.
The Impossible Mission Force in abandoned after a series of reckless operations that caused more harm than good, and agent Ethan Hunt has to take on The Syndicate, a deadly organisation that threatens world peace, on his own. He becomes a prime target of the CIA.


Friday 22 July 2016
Survivor
M-Net Movies Premiere DStv Channel 104 at 18:22
Year: 2015
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan, Dylan McDermott
Director: James McTeigue
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
Rating: 13VL
One-time James Bond Pierce Brosnan finds himself on the wrong side of the law in a British American spy thriller directed by James McTeigue, creator of the cult classic V for Vendetta. Brosnan plays one of the world’s most wanted killers.
A beautiful Foreign Service Officer is determined to stop a terrorist attack on New York, but her investigation comes to an abrupt halt when she is framed for anti-American crimes. She goes on the run, and it looks unlikely that she will escape with her life.


Drumline:  A New Beat
M-Net Movies Showcase DStv Channel 107 at 20:00

Year: 2014
Cast : Alexandra Shipp, Leonard Roberts, Nick Cannon
Director:  Bille Woodruff
Genres: Drama, Music.
Rating: PG13
In the sequel to the musical drama Drumline (2002), Leonard Roberts and Nick Cannon return in the roles of Shaun Taylor and Devon miles. The action takes place 10 years after the end of the original film.
Dani is a talented upper-class Brooklyn girl who chooses a traditionally black college in Atlanta so that she can chase her dream of rejuvenating its drum line, which was nationally famous long ago. But she soon runs into conflict with fellow musicians, who disagree with her ideas.


Saturday 23 July 2016
Alice In Wonderland
M-Net Movies Showcase DStv Channel 107 at 21:40

Year: 2010
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter
Director: Tim Burton
Genres: Fantasy, Adventure.
Rating: PG13
A monster hit that raked in more than $1-billion at the box office, directed by Tim Burton, who is clearly the best person in Hollywood to adapt Lewis Carroll’s timeless classic for the screen. They share a wacky sense of humour, the product of inventive minds that never fail to surprise.
At the engagement part for Alice and a boring nobleman, she considers bailing out and falls down a hole in the garden, into a strange place filled with otherworldly characters from her childhood dreams. She soon discovers that she is there to dethrone the red queen.


Monday 25 July 2016
M-Net Movies Premiere DStv Channel 104 at 20:30
Life Of Crime

Year: 2013
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Yasiin Bey, Isla Fisher
Director: Daniel Schechter
Genres: Comedy, Crime.
Rating: 16VSL
Jennifer Aniston stars as the beautiful woman at the centre of a botched kidnapping by a set of bumbling criminals in a crime caper based on The Switch, a novel by Elmore Leonard, whose stories and novels have yielded no fewer than 26 adaptations for the screen.
Two small-time crooks see an opportunity to get rich in a hurry. They kidnap the wife of a real estate tycoon and demand a cool million dollars for her release. Unfortunately, the husband is all too pleased to be rid of her at last... and she turns out to be more than a handful.


Thursday 28 July 2016
The Good Dinosaur
M-Net Movies Premiere DStv Channel 104 at 17:25

Year: 2015
Cast: Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Sam Elliott
Director: Peter Sohn
Genres: Animated, Comedy
Rating: PG
One of Pixar’s gentlest, most poetic animated features can best be described as a science fiction fantasy set on an alternate timeline in which the dinosaurs are saved from extinction when a threatening asteroid sails past the earth without causing any harm.
Arlo, an Apatosaurus, disappoints his parents when he feels sorry for a caveboy  who had entered their property and sets him free. When Arlo’s father is killed in pursuit of the boy, Arlo blames the boy and regrets his own kind-heartedness. And then his own life comes under threat...


Friday 29 July 2016
Entourage
M-Net Movie Premiere DStv Channel 104 at 20:00

Year: 2015
Cast: Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon
Director: Doug Ellin  
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Rating: N/A
A continuation of the comedy television series of the same name is wackier and features more action and more laughs as Vincent decides to rev up his career.
A disastrous wedding that lasted all of nine days causes star actor Vincent Chase to take stock of his life. He contacts his former agent, who has become a big-time movie mogul, and is offered the chance of a lifetime: to direct his own film. But is he up to it?
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Song and Dance Festival on M-Net Movies All Stars DStv Channel 111

Friday 1 July 2016
Happy Feet
M-Net Movies All Stars DStv Channel 111 at 18:10
Year:2006
Cast: Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman
Director: George Miller
Genres: Animated, Comedy.
Rating: PG
An all-star voice cast that includes Robin Williams, Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman adds spice to a jolly tale of a penguin with an unusual talent that won its production company, Warner Brothers, its first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Each male emperor penguin has a unique song, called a heartsong, with which to woo and conquer a female penguin. But Mumble is different, due to a little accident while he was still in his egg. He cannot sing at all, but his tap-dancing prowess might just yield surprisingly positive outcome.

Friday 1 July 2016
Honey
M-Net Movies All Stars DStv Channel 111 at 20:00
Year:2003
Cast: Jessica Alba, Mekhi Phifer, Joy Bryant, Lil' Romeo
Director: Bille Woodruff
Genres: Drama, Dance, Romance.
Rating: PG13L
Jessica Alba’s acting career in film and television started when she was 13 years old and she has since appeared in 33 films and numerous TV shows. She is frequently called the sexiest woman on the planet and, yes, she not only thinks she can dance, she’s an expert. Here’s the proof!
Honey rapidly rises through the ranks in the dance industry and becomes choreographer for music videos of top performers. Then one of the people she trusted her mentor makes a sleazy proposition and the has to choose between her principles and her career.

Friday 15 July 2016
Step Up All In
M-Net Movies All Stars DStv Channel 111 at 20:00
Year: 2014
Cast: Ryan Guzman, Briana Evigan, Misha Gabriel, Adam Sevani
Director: Trish Sie
Genres: Drama, Romance, Music
Rating: PG13L
The fifth and final instalment of the Step Up film series brings down the curtain in style with spectacular dance move and drama to match.
A dance crew from Miami called The Mob give up all hope of making it in LA after a crushing defeat against the Grim Knights. But Sean, the leader, refuses to let go of his dream and gathers a new crew for a major dance competition, where their main rivals are... The Mob and the Grim Knights!

Friday 8 July 2016
Magic Mike
M-Net Movies All Stars DStv Channel 111 at 21:48
Year:  2012
Cast Alex Pettyfer, Channing Tatum, Matthew Mcconaughey
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Rating: 16SNL
Director Steven Soderbergh burst onto the scene with a smash hit, Sex, Lies and Videotape and, at the age of 26, became the youngest recipient of the Palm d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Comedy, tragedy, horror and farce, he covers the entire spectrum, with aplomb.
Mike has a dream of starting his own custom furniture business, but in the meantime he has bills to pay, so he takes a job as a male stripper. It keeps him afloat, but then he becomes entangled in a sleazy world of sex and drugs, and he wonders if he will ever find a way out.


Friday 15 July 2016
Grease
M-Net Movies All Stars DStv Channel 111 at 21:52
Year: 1978
Cast: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway
Director: Randal Kleiser
Genres: Musical, Romance
Rating: PG13SL
Move over disco, rock ‘’n roll is here to stay! In 1978 Grease, a breathless romp from the opening scene until the credits roll, outstripped the previous year’s Saturday Night Fever, another smash hit featuring John Travolta, at the box office.
Danny is a tough guy, but a beach encounter with Sandy, a gorgeous visiting girl, turns his knees into jelly. Much to his surprise, she pitches up at his high school at the start of the new term. He must choose between his image and his strong attraction to the shy and reserved new girl on the block.

Friday 22 July 2016
Save The Last Dance
M-Net Movies All Stars DStv Channel 111 at 20:00
Year:2001
Cast: Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington, Terry Kinney
Director: Thomas Carter
Genres: Drama, Romance, Comedy.
Rating:13V
A heart-rending story of an interracial couple who fights prejudices and fears in pursuit of their respective dreams. Even now, interracial romance is seen as risky cinematic fare, but Save The Last Dance raked in $131-million on a $13-million budget.
Fate deals Sara a cruel blow on the day she is rejected by Juilliard School in New York: Her mother is killed in a car crash on the way to the audition. Guilt and grief cause her to give up ballet... but fate makes amends when a special young man enters her life and rekindles her passion.

Wednesday 27 July 2016
Dream Girls
M-Net Movies All Stars DStv Channel 111 at 19:35
Year: 2006
Cast: Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson. Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy
Director: Bill Condon
Genres: Musical, Drama.
Rating:PG13L
Megastars Beyoncé, Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy join forces this musical blockbuster that will set your feet a-tapping and your heart a-thumping to the rhythm of the beat. Also enjoy Jennifer Hudson’s Oscar-winning performance in her first movie role.


This is a movie one can enjoy for the music alone – but the songs are just the backdrop to a spellbinding tale of glory and regret on the road to fame. At the centre of the story, which follows the rise of Motown, the record company that made soul music mainstream, is a girl group that goes by the name of ‘The Dreamettes’. Where there is music, there must be love and where there is love, there must be heartache...


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Thursday 7 July 2016
Lucky
M-Net Movies DStv Channel 139 at 19:30
Year: 2012
Cast: Sihle Dlamini, Jayashree Basavaraj, James Ngcobo
Director: Avie Luthra
Genres: Drama
Rating: 16SNL
A South African film that has touched the hearts and minds of international audiences, and shows that the country’s troubled history of racial conflict and prejudice does not need to stand in the way of caring and kindness.
Lucky is a 10-year-old Zulu boy, who hasn’t had much luck in life. He is an orphan, and his prospects are grim. He decides to pursue a better life for himself, and sets off for the city. There he forges an unlikely bond with an Indian woman, who has to let go of her prejudices and fears.

Saturday 16 July 2016
Big Bully
M-Net Movies Zone DStv Channel 139 at 18:05
Year: 1996
Cast: Rick Moranis, Tom Arnold, Carol Kaneaa
Director: Steve Miner
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Thriller.
Rating: PG13VL
Some things never change. This is the theme of a comedy drama that covers two decades in the lives of two sworn enemies, who simply cannot bury the hatchet. But there is a surprise twist in the tale.
During their school days, David was relentlessly bullied by Ross, but he gets his revenge when he informs the principal that Ross stole a priceless moon rock. Years later, they end up as teachers at the same school, and Ross resumes the role of David’s tormentor. But he is in for a big surprise.

Sunday 31 June 2016
Arthur Newman
M-Net Movies Zone DStv Channel 139 at 21:30
Year: 2012
Cast: Colin Firth, Emily Blunt
Director: Dante Ariola
Genre: Drama.
Rating:16SNL
Academy Award winner Colin Firth stars opposite Emily Blunt in a dramatic comedy about a man who tries to cheat fate and escape his broken dreams in a new guise.

Wallace Avery was once a promising golfer, but didn’t crack it and now works in a job he hates. He fakes his own death and starts a new life under an assumed name: Arthur Newman. And then he meets Mike, a girl with exactly the same plan of action. They will either make or break each other.

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