Movie of the Week

Hotel Artemis

A secret hospital exclusively for criminals. What could go wrong?

Hotel Artemis is a cyberpunk thriller film set in 2028 about an agoraphobic nurse (Jodie Foster) and her complicated business: running a criminals-only, luxury hospital in the abandoned hotel. Two brothers get involved in a botched bank heist where one gets shot. Waikiki (Sterling K. Brown) takes his brother, Honolulu (Brian Tyree Henry), to Hotel Artemis for treatment, but something very valuable is taken during the heist and the owner comes to claim it back.

Published

10 months ago

December 12, 2018

Bearing in mind that this is Foster’s first feature film in close to half a decade, she pulls off the role of the seemingly organised nurse who’s deathly afraid of going outside. Writer and director Drew Pierce set the story to have many twists and executed them brilliantly, as he did with Iron Man 3. The film features four actors who played roles in the Marvel Comic Universe: Sterling K. Brown (The Black Panther), Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy), Kenneth Choi (Captain America: The First Avenger), and Jeffrey Goldblum (Thor Ragnarok). – Bryan Turner

* Hotel Artemis is available on DVD from most entertainment retail outlets. It is supplied by Ster Kinekor Home Entertainment.

Movie of the Week

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

The sequel to Disney’s global box office hit Maleficent, Maleficient: Mistress of Evil, starring Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning, hits cinemas on 18 October.

Published

6 days ago

October 8, 2019

In Disney’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies and dark new forces at play. The years have been kind to Maleficent and Aurora. Their relationship, born of heartbreak, revenge and ultimately love, has flourished. Yet the hatred between man and the fairies still exists.

Aurora’s impending marriage to Prince Phillip is cause for celebration in the kingdom of Ulstead and the neighbouring Moors, as the wedding serves to unite the two worlds. When an unexpected encounter introduces a powerful new alliance, Maleficent and Aurora are pulled apart to opposing sides in a Great War, testing their loyalties and causing them to question whether they can truly be family.

The film stars Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Riley, Harris Dickinson, Ed Skrein, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville and Michelle Pfeiffer as Queen Ingrith, and is directed by Joachim Rønning. With a story by Linda Woolverton and a screenplay by Linda Woolverton and Noah Harpster & Micah Fitzerman-Blue, the film is produced by Joe Roth, Angelina Jolie and Duncan Henderson, with Matt Smith, Jeff Kirschenbaum and Mike Vieira serving as executive producers.

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil opens in cinemas from 18 October.

Movie of the Week

IT Chapter 1 – Streaming on Showmax

For those who missed it on the big screen, one can stream IT Chapter 1 on Showmax before going to see Chapter 2 in cinemas.

Published

2 weeks ago

October 1, 2019

IT is a Stephen King classic tale about Pennywise the killer clown. When children start to go missing in a small town, a group of young friends must band together to face their biggest fears. The first chapter is about the lives of the children and the psychological torture they must endure as Pennywise uses their weaknesses against them.

The film has scared off The Exorcist to become the highest-grossing film ever, when it launched at the box office.

The movie is now available to stream on Showmax.