COMPETITION: What’s new at the movies?

The surprise-breakout box office hit from the US, Crazy Rich Asians, starts showing at Nu Metro cinemas in Pretoria this week. And, Denzel Washington is back on the Big Screen (with big sound) in Nu Metro Menlyn’s technologically-advanced Xtreme theatre – featuring one of SA’s largest cinema screens!

THE EQUALIZER 2 (16 DLV)

Showing at all Nu Metro cinemas

If you have a problem and there is nowhere else to turn, the mysterious and elusive Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) will deliver the vigilante justice you seek. This time, however, McCall’s past cuts especially close to home when thugs kill Susan Plummer – his best friend and former colleague. Now out for revenge, McCall must take on a crew of highly trained assassins who’ll stop at nothing to destroy him. The Equalizer 2 is an action-packed thriller of the highest calibre – with Denzel Washington returning to one of his signature roles, in the first sequel of his career!

CRAZY RICH ASIANS (16 HLV)

Showing in VIP luxury at Nu Metro Menlyn Park only

Based on the best-selling book of the same name, Nick Young is a history professor at NYU, and he’s falling in love with fellow professor Rachel Chu. When he travels back to Singapore to attend his best friend’s wedding, he takes Rachel with him. And, before long, his secret is out. Nick is from a family that is worth $13-billion. He’s perhaps the most eligible bachelor in Asia, and every single woman in his ultra-rarefied social class is incredibly jealous of Rachel and wants to bring her down. It’s up to Rachel to prove to Nick’s insanely privileged family that she’s worthy of being his wife. Crazy Rich Asians is the first-ever mainstream film starring an Asian-American cast – it is a romantic comedy for everyone to enjoy!

A-X-L (10 LV)

Showing at Nu Metro Menlyn Park only

A-X-L is the story of a teenage boy whose life is forever altered by a chance encounter with cutting-edge military technology. A movie about growing up, finding first love, and what lies beyond the boundaries of humanity and technology. Witness the evolution of man’s best friend.

THE WIFE (16 DSV)

Showing in VIP luxury at Nu Metro Woodlands only

Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) is a highly intelligent, middle-aged, but still-striking beauty – the perfect devoted wife. Forty years spent sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to fan the flames of her charismatic husband, Joe (Jonathan Pryce), and his skyrocketing literary career, ignoring his infidelities and excuses because of his “art” with grace and humour. Their fateful pact has built a marriage upon uneven compromises, and Joan’s reached her breaking point. On the eve of the awarding of Joe’s Nobel Prize for Literature, the crown jewel in a spectacular body of work, Joan’s coup de grace is to confront the biggest sacrifice of her life and secret of his career.

Remember to book your tickets for the special pre-release screenings of Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation this Saturday, 25 August (all day) at all Nu Metro cinemas in Pretoria! See It First in 3D and 4DX (only at Nu Metro Menlyn).

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