THE big screen is always a winner on the festive holidays itinerary.
This year there are a few anticipated releases over December.
A highlight is Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, which released on December 9.
There will also be a Puss in Boots costume character tour in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban from December 15 to 31. One of the stops include Ster-Kinekor Gateway on December 28 from 2.30pm to 5pm.
Here’s a list of films on the big screen this festive season:
* Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (now showing, animation): This December, everyone’s favourite leche-loving, swashbuckling, fear-defying feline returns. For the first time in more than a decade, DreamWorks Animation presents a new adventure in the Shrek universe as daring outlaw Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for peril and disregard for safety have taken their toll. Puss has burned through eight of his nine lives, though he lost count along the way.
Getting those lives back will send Puss in Boots on his grandest quest yet. Antonio Banderas returns as the voice of the notorious Puss in Boots as he embarks on an epic journey into the Black Forest to find the mythical Wishing Star and restore his lost lives. It also features Kitty Soft Paws (Salma Hayek), Perro (Harvey Guillén), Goldilocks (Florence Pugh), “Big” Jack Horner (John Mulaney) and The Big Bad Wolf (Wagner Moura).
* Detective Knight: Redemption (now showing, action): In custody in New York, detective James Knight finds himself in the middle of a jailbreak led by The Christmas Bomber, a brutal fanatic whose Santa Claus disciples are terrorising the city.
With the promised return of his badge in exchange for taking out the terrorists, the Knight doles out mercy for the just… and merciless justice for all the rest. It stars Bruce Willis, Corey Large and Lochlyn Munro.
* Avatar: The Way of Water (December 16, action): Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the planet of Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na’vi race to protect their planet. This film has not yet been classified. It is expected to be an above 13 classification.
It stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Joel David Moore and Kate Winslet.
* The Amazing Maurice (December 23, animation): This story follows Maurice, a goofy streetwise cat, who has the perfect money-making scam. He finds a dumb-looking kid who plays a pipe and has his very own horde of rats, who are strangely literate. It features the voices of Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke, David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton and Hugh Bonneville.
* Shotgun Wedding (December 30, action/comedy/romance): Darcy and Tom get their lovable but very opinionated families for the ultimate destination wedding just as the couple get cold feet. But, suddenly, everyone’s lives are in danger when the entire party is taken hostage. The couple must work together to save their loved ones — if they donʼt end up killing each other first. It stars Jennifer Coolidge, Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel and DʼArcy Carden.
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