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The Titan

Cast: Sam Worthington, Taylor Schilling, Agyness Deyn, Nathalie Emmanuel, Tom Wilkinson

Directed by: Lennart Ruff

Screenplay: Max Hurwitz

Produced by: Brian Kavanaugh Jones, Arash Amel, Ben Pugh,

Fred Berger, Leon Clarance

The end of Earth doesn’t mean the end of us.

Hotshot Air Force pilot Rick Janssen is chosen for a military experiment that will create a human being capable of surviving the harsh environments of Saturn’s moon, Titan. The experiment is successful, turning Rick into a superhuman. But it also creates deadly side-effects that threaten the lives of Rick, his wife, Abigail, his family, and possibly humanity itself.

Papillon

Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Eve Hewson

Directed by: Michael Noer

Screenplay: Aaron Guzikowski

Produced by: Joey McFarland, David Koplan, Ram Bergman, Roger Corbi

The greatest escape adventure ever told.

The epic story of Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil’s Island in 1933. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with a convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, who, in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon’s escape.

The Hate U Give

Cast: Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, KJ Apa, Algee Smith, Lamar Johnson, Issa Rae, Sabrina Carpenter, Common, Anthony Mackie

Directed by: George Tillman Jr.

Screenplay: Audrey Wells

Produced by: Robert Teitel, George Tillman, Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey

Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighbourhood where she lives, and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when she witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil, at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what’s right.

Kanarie

Cast: Schalk Bezuidenhout, Hannes Otto, Germandt Geldenhuys, Gérard Rudolf, Jacques Bessenger, Ludwig Binge, Francois Jacobs, De Klerk Oelofse, David Viviers, Anrico Goosen

Directed by: Christiaan Olwagen

Screenplay: Christiaan Olwagen, Charl-Johan Lingenfelder

Produced by: Roelof Storm, Jaco Smit

Wanneer Johan Niemand vir militêre diens opgeroep word, oudisie hy vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Kerkkoor en Konsertgroep, die ‘Kanaries’ en word aanvaar. In ’n politieke landskap waar wet en godsdiens individualiteit onderdruk, moet Johan en die Kanaries militêre opleiding doen en daarna op ’n landwye toer gaan, mense vermaak en geloof in die kerk en weermag versterk. Op toer ontwikkel Johan gevoelens vir ’n mede koormaat en dit veroorsaak dat hy alles oor homself en sy wêreld bevraagteken. Hy ontmoet verskeie karakters optoer. Sommige trots op die koor se pogings en ander wat hom bewus maak van die realiteit en effek van apartheid in Suid-Afrika. Namate Johan sy geloof, patriotisme en seksualiteit bevraagteken, lei sy opkomende kreatiwiteit en passie vir musiek ’n direkte konflik met sy bevelvoerders.

Halloween

Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Miles Robbins, Virginia Gardner, Will Patton, Toby Huss, Nick Castle

Directed by: David Gordon Green

Screenplay: David Gordon Green, Danny McBride

Produced by: Malek Akkad, Jason Blum

Face your fate.

Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

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