[Submitted via press release]
November 2012 Highlights
SOUTH AFRICAN FESTIVAL:
This month M-Net Movies Comedy features a selection of movies that performed very well at previous South African Film Festivals:• I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU BLACK AND WHITE - Thursday, 1 November at 21h00
KARATE KALLIE - Thursday, 8 November at 21h00
• THE RACE-IST - Thursday, 15 November at 21h00
• RAINBOW SKELLUMS - Thursday, 22 November at 21h00
• SCHUKS TSHABALALA’S GUIDE TO SOUTH AFRICA - Thursday, 29 November at 21h00
BLAST TO THE PAST FESTIVAL:
A blast back to the 80’s and 90’s with a selection of movies that we remember back then, but that have not been forgotten:
• FANDANGO - Monday, 12 November at 19h00
• BURGLER - Tuesday, 13 November at 21h00
• PRIVATE BENJAMIN - Wednesday, 21 November at 19h00
FRIDAY NIGHTS:
TOM CATS
Friday 2 November at 21:00Directed by Gregory Poirier. Starring Jerry o’ Connell, Jake Busey, Shannon Elizabeth (2001)Several young bachelors get involved in a pact in which the last one to get married wins a pile of money. Time passes, and only two guys are left. Michael, who's desperate to win the money, tracks down a girl Kyle said he fancied, hoping Kyle will marry her, only to fall in love with her himself!
MISS CONGENIALITY
Friday 9 November at 21:00Directed by Donal Petrie. Starring Sandra Bullock, Benjamin Bratt, Michael Caine, Candice Bergen (2000)An awkward, boyish FBI agent has to go undercover as a pageant queen at the Miss America contest. She has greater success than she anticipates and starts to turn heads.
KEEPING UP WITH THE STEINS
Friday 16 November at 21:00Directed by Scott Marshall. Starring Garry Marshall, Daryl Sabara, Jami Gertz (2006)A Hollywood agent is planning the biggest bar mitzvah for his son, but his plans go awry when his estranged father suddenly comes back into his life.
RAINBOW SKELLUMS
Friday 23 November at 21:00Directed by Andre Scholtz. Starring Louw Venter, Alexia Strachan, Kevin Ehrenreich
A candid camera movie in which three "skellums" (Louw Venter, Alexia Strachan, Kevin Ehrenreich) catch "unsuspecting victims" on film - who are actually actors.
WORLD’S GREATEST DAD
Friday 30 November at 21:00Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. Starring Robin Williams, Daryl Sabara (2009)When his son's body is found in a humiliating accident, a high school teacher attracts an overwhelming amount of attention after covering up the truth with a phony suicide note.
SATURDAY NIGHTS:
BRIDESMAIDS
Saturday 3 November at 21:00Directed by Paul Feig. Starring Kristen Wiigg, Maya Rudolph (2011)The competition between a maid of honour and a bridesmaid sees the perfectly laid out plans for a dream wedding slowly unravel with hilarious consequences.
HOW DO YOU KNOW
Saturday 10 November at 21:00Directed by James L. Brooks. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd (2010)Feeling a bit past her prime at 27, former athlete Lisa Jorgenson finds herself in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with Lisa's current, baseball-playing beau.
CABLE GUY
Saturday 17 November at 21:00Directed by Ben Stiller. Starring Jim Carrey , Ben Stiller, Matthew Broderick (1996)A nice guy's life is almost destroyed by a wacky TV technician who becomes obsessed with being his friend.
STUCK ON YOU
Saturday 24 November at 21:00Directed by Bobby Peter Farrelly. Starring Matt Damon, Eva Mendes, Greg Kinnear (2003)
Conjoined twins begin to fall out when ones dreams of stardom and moving to LA clash with the shyness of the other.