South African cinema release dates

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This release date schedule doesn't cover every film... just what are high profile enough to have piqued my interest, and may also be of interest to you.

Today (30 March):
300 - Ancient Greek epic based on Frank Miller's award-winning graphic novel.

Mr Bean's Holiday - You know this slapstick comedy will clean up at the box office thanks to South Africans' puerile taste in movies.

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5 April 2007
Ghost Rider - The latest Marvel comic adaptation, starring Nicholas Cage as the flaming skull headed biker. Bad reviews but apparently audiences like it.

Bridge To Terabithia - High acclaimed family-friendly fantasy based on the bestselling novel.


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13 April 2007
Meet The Robinsons - The newest Disney 3D animated movie, with a Jetsons style look at the future.

Norbit - Eddie Murphy playing multiple roles again in an apparently vile, misogynistic comedy.

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20 April 2007
Hannibal Rising - How cannibal serial killer Hannibal Lecter got started... Based on Thomas Harris's novel. Sans Anthony Hopkins.

Sunshine - Danny Boyle's sci-fi movie. Expect claustrophobia and paranoia. From the director of Trainspotting and 28 Days Later.

Hot Fuzz - The latest Brit comedy from the same team who brought you Shaun of the Dead. Think gung-ho cops and small town murder mysteries.

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27 April 2007
Crank - Cheesy, literally adrenalin pumping action flick starring "The Transporter", Jason Statham.

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4 May 2007
Spider Man 3 - The third in the Spider Man movie series. This time with Venom! Also showing at IMAX.

I Could Never Be Your Woman - Michelle Pfeiffer's romantic comedy return to the big screen. With Paul Rudd as the younger man love interest.


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11 May 2007
The Hills Have Eyes 2 - More bloody horror as the mutant hillbillies prey on travellers with car trouble.

Blades of Glory - Comedy starring Will Ferrell and Jon "Napoleon Dynamite" Heder as rival figure skaters.

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25 May 2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: World's End - Final installment of the smash-hit pirate adventure series. This time with a Far Eastern flavour.

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15 June 2007
Ocean's 13 - Yes, yet another of these all-star crime caper films.


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13 July 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - The fifth film based on JK Rowling's series of fantasy novels. This time Harry and the gang struggle to convince the wizarding world that evil Voldemort has returned.

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On a totally unrelated note, you can probably expect a new Girlz 'N' Games comic strip on Monday... Think 300!

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