Three new movies debut at South African cinemas this Friday, making sure fans of blockbuster action, prestige drama and animated adventures are covered. Find out about the big screen premieres below.
The biggie release of the week is unquestionably all-star action espionage comedy Argylle from Kingsman and Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn. Reclusive author Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) has achieved success writing best-selling spy novels about secret agent Argylle (Henry Cavill). However, when life starts imitating her fiction, she finds herself roped into a deadly race across the globe. Argylle also stars Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Cena, and Dua Lipa, to name a few.
If you’re someone who likes to be informed when it comes to the Oscar race, then you definitely want to watch The Zone of Interest, which is currently in the running for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Jonathan Glazer), and Best International Feature. A24 releases this exploration of ordinary, complicit lives lived in the shadow of atrocity. More specifically, the commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), and his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller), strive to build a dream life for their family in a home right next to the death camp.
From the same company behind last year’s Cats in the Museum comes Dogs at the Opera, an animated adventure set in New York in 1909. In escaping animal catchers, street dog Samson ends up hiding at the Metropolitan Opera, where he befriends Margot, beloved pet of the theatre’s prima ballerina. When the dancer’s historically valuable tiara is stolen, it’s up to the dogs to find the culprit and save the day.