#OnTheBigScreen: The return of a superhero family, horror and comedy

The European Film Festival

In true cinema style, the European Film Festival celebrates its fifth year until 1 July 2018 at Cinema Nouveau: Rosebank, Brooklyn, and V&A Waterfront. It will showcase 10 films selected from Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom – a collection of diverse worldly stories.

The best of European film back in SA cinemas

22 May 2018

These are only a few of the remarkably produced films that the South African audience can look forward to seeing. One of the festival’s objectives is to showcase and encourage exchange and collaborations between European and African film industries.

Visit the website for more information: www.eurofilmfest.co.za.

Incredibles 2

This highly anticipated sequel resumes where The Incredibles ends, with the introduction of the villain The Underminer (John Ratzenberger). The Parr family struggles to maintain normal lives while Helen (Holly Hunter), as Elastigirl, continues to fight crime and campaign for the return of 'supers', while Bob (Craig T. Nelson), also known as Mr Incredible, stays at home caring for their children Violet (Sarah Vowell), Dash (Huck Milner), and Jack-Jack, discovering the baby’s secret powers in the process. Also, the Parrs and their ally Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson) find they must battle a new villain, who goes by the name of Screenslaver.

Writer/director Brad Bird looked to his own life when he created the original characters of The Incredibles, and he returns to the Incredibles universe with Incredibles 2.

Hereditary

When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited.

Making his feature debut, writer-director Ari Aster unleashes a nightmare vision of a domestic breakdown that exhibits the craft and precision of a nascent auteur, transforming a familial tragedy into something ominous and deeply disquieting, and pushing the horror movie into chilling new terrain with its shattering portrait of heritage.

Super Troopers 2

Fired for their previous shenanigans, former Vermont Highway Patrol officers Thorny, Farva, Rabbit, Foster, and Mac get a shot at redemption from Capt. O’Hagan and Gov. Jessan. The wacky quintet must provide law enforcement for a French Canadian town that’s transitioning to US sovereignty. Their unconventional methods soon get put to the test when they encounter a smarmy mayor, mischievous Mounties, a smuggling ring and, a 1,300-pound bear.

Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. A sequel to the 2001 film Super Troopers. It stars the Broken Lizard comedy team, made up of Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske.

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