Ghafla! Movies This Weekend (23rd Mar 2012)
We introduce to you a brand new regular segment today: GHAFLA! Movies This Weekend. We’ll be keeping you up to speed with movies as they premiere at all the leading cinema outlets in Nairobi, along with brief synopsis, ratings and opinion pieces. One more reason to LOVE Ghafla!
There’s no premiere this weekend at Fox Theatres, Starflix or Nu Media but below is the bouquette you can enjoy with your special ones at the theatres this weekend of March 23rd 2012:
JOHN CARTER OF MARS
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Action
Starring: Taylor Kitch, Lynn Collins
Ghafla Rating: 6/10
Transplanted to Mars, a Civil War vet discovers a lush planet inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter a princess who is in desperate need of a savior.
SHOWING AT:
Fox Theatres: Sarit Centre and Capital Centre
*****
JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH 2
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Vanessa Hudgens and Josh Hutcherson
Ghafla Rating: 6/10
Sean Anderson partners with his mom’s husband on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
SHOWING AT:
Starflix Theatres: Prestige Plaza and Village Market
*****
AGENT VINOD
Genre: Action
Starring: Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan
Ghafla Rating: 7/10
A series of seemingly unconnected events across the world leads to Agent Vinod undertaking a globe-trotting mission to discover why his colleague was murdered.
SHOWING AT:
Fox Theatres: Sarit Centre and Capital Centre
*****
CONTRABAND
Genre: Drama, Action
Starring: Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale
Ghafla Rating: 7/10
To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills.
SHOWING AT:
Fox Theatres: Sarit Centre and Capital Centre
*****
SAFE HOUSE
Genre: Action, Mystery
Starring: Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds
Ghafla Rating: 8/10
A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.
SHOWING AT:
Fox Theatres: Sarit Centre
*****
MY WEEK WITH MARYLIN
Genre: Docu Film, Drama
Starring: Michelle Williams, Eddie Reydman
Ghafla Rating: 6.5/10
Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier’s, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during production of The Prince and the Showgirl.
SHOWING AT:
Starflix Theatres, Village Market
*****
SEEKING JUSTICE
Genre: Drama
Starring: Nicholas Cage and January Jones
Ghafla Rating: 7.5/10
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score. Then he discovers they want a ‘favor’ from him in return.
SHOWING AT:
Staflix Theatres, Village Market
*****
THIS MEANS WAR
Genre: Romance, Action, Comedy
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy
Ghafla Rating: 6.5/10
Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.
SHOWING AT:
Starflix Theatres, Village Market
*****
MARGIN CALL
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Starring:Kevin Spacey and Paul Bettany
Ghalfa Rating: 8/10
Follows the key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the financial crisis.
SHOWING AT:
Starflix Theatres, Prestige Plaza
*****
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Maggy Smith and Bill Nighy
Ghafla Rating: 7.5/10
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.
SHOWING AT:
Fox Theatres, Sarit Centre
Starflix Theatres, Village Market
There’s a GLOBAL RELEASE this weekend, though NOT in Kenya…
THE HUNGER GAMES
Genre: Action, Science Fiction
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson
Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister’s place for the latest match.
Have a look at the movie trailer HERE
