M-Net Movies August 2018 Highlights

PREMIUM

Saturday Line-up on M-Net Movies Premiere, DStv Channel 104

Saturday, 4 August 2018
M-Net Movies Premiere, DStv Channel 104, at 20:00
Daddy’s Home 2
Year:2017
Cast: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson
Director: Sean Anders
Genres: Action
Rating: PG13VL

A chaos-filled sequel sees Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg return for more comedy. Co-parents Brad and Dusty must contend with their respective fathers who come to visit for the holidays.

Saturday, 11 August 2018
M-Net Movies Premiere, DStv Channel 104, at 20:00
The Mountain Between Us
Year: 2017
Cast: Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, Beau Bridges.
Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama.
Rating: 13VSL

Kate Winslet and Idris Elba star in this gritty survival drama. A plane crash in a remote, snow-covered mountain leaves two strangers stranded in the perilous wilderness.

Saturday, 18 July 2018
M-Net Movies Premiere, DStv Channel 104, at 20:00
Pitch Perfect 3
Year: 2017
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow.
Director: Trish Sie
Genres: Comedy, Music
Rating: 13VL

The aca-mazing acapella group are back for an encore in this musical comedy. The girls reunite for one last overseas military tour, where they face tough competition from other bands.

Saturday, 25 August 2018
M-Net Movies Premiere, DStv Channel 104, at 20:00
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Year: 2017
Cast: Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong.
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Genres: Action
Rating: 13VSL

Taron Egerton returns for the sequel of the action-packed spy flick. After their headquarters are destroyed, the Kingsman look for an ally to defeat a ruthless common enemy.

Read the SAMDB review of Kingsman: The Golden Circle.

M-Net Movies Smile, DStv Channel 105

Wednesday, 1 August 2018
M-Net Movies Smile, DStv Channel 105, at 19:00
Queen of Katwe
Year: 2016
Cast: Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong’o.
Director: Mira Nair
Genres: Drama
Rating: PG13V

Based on the vibrant true story of a young girl from the streets of rural Uganda whose world changes when she is introduced to the game of chess.

Thursday, 2 August 2018
M-Net Movies Smile, DStv Channel 105, at 19:00
Titanic
Year: 1997
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane.
Directors: James Cameron
Genres: Drama.
Rating: 13VNL

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet tell a story of the eternal love shared by two people from different social classes aboard the ill-fated Titanic.

Friday, 3 July 2018
M-Net Movies Smile, DStv Channel 105, at 19:00
Ghostbusters
Year: 2016
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon.
Directors: Paul Feig
Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy.
Rating: PG13VL

Melissa McCarthy and an amazing female cast drive this pulsating remake of the 80s classic. Manhattan is being invaded by ghosts and it’s up to a rag-tag team of woman to save it.

Read the SAMDB review of Ghostbusters.

Saturday, 9 July 2018
M-Net Movies Smile, DStv Channel 105, at 19:00
Bride Wars
Year: 2009
Cast: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Candice Bergen.
Directors: Gary Winick
Genres: Comedy, Romance.
Rating: PG

Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway go to battle in this crazy romcom. Two best friends quickly become rivals when they schedule their weddings on the same day.

Sunday, 5 August 2018
M-Net Movies Smile, DStv Channel 105, at 20:00
The Proposal
Year:2009
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen.
Directors: Anne Fletcher
Genres: Comedy, Romance.
Rating: PG13NL

Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds make an unlikely couple in this romcom. A hated boss, desperate for a green card, must marry one of her staff to stay in America.

Sunday, 15 July 2018
M-Net Movies Smile, DStv Channel 105, at 20:00
Trolls
Year: 2016
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel.
Directors: Mike Mitchell, Walt Dohrn.
Genres: Animated, Adventure.
Rating: PG

Musical adventure based on the popular toy collection. After a troll village is invaded, two survivors embark on a journey to save their friends.

Read the SAMDB review of Trolls.

Friday, 10 August 2018
M-Net Movies Smile, DStv Channel 105, at 19:00
Ghost in The Shell
Year:2016
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano.
Director: Rupert Sanders
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi
Rating: PG13VL

Based on the cult Japanese comic this futuristic drama explores a once human, cyber-enhanced soldier built to stop the world’s most dangerous criminals.

Read the SAMDB review of Ghost in the Shell.

Saturday, 11 August 2018
M-Net Movies Smile, DStv Channel 105, at 19:00
Pitch Perfect
Year:2012
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson.
Director: Jason Moore
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi
Rating: PG13L

Excellent performances and great music turn this movie into a smash hit. A new recruit helps transform an all-girl singing group’s sound, leading them to take on a boy band.

Sunday, 12 August 2018
M-Net Movies Smile, DStv Channel 105, at 20:00
Bringing Down the House
Year:2003
Cast: Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy.
Director: Adam Shankman
Genres: Comedy.
Rating: PG13SL

Queen Latifah and Steve Martin are an odd but hilarious couple in this family comedy about a lonely man who meets a vivacious woman, turning his life upside down.

Saturday, 18 August 2018
M-Net Movies Smile, DStv Channel 105, at 19:00
Table 19
Year:2017
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Lisa Kudrow, Craig Robinson.
Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance.
Rating: 13L

A great all-star romcom. The maid of honour is relieved of her duties after breaking up with the bride’s brother. She finds herself seated at the wedding’s worst table.

Sunday, 19 August 2018
M-Net Movies Smile, DStv Channel 105, at 21:00
Girls Trip
Year: 2017
Cast: Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance.
Rating: 18SNL

The party heads to New Orleans for an ensemble cast in this acclaimed comedy. On a wild reunion trip, four lifelong friends find romance, sisterhood and absolute chaos.

Sunday, 26 August 2018
M-Net Movies Smile, DStv Channel 105, at 20:30
Rough Night
Year: 2017
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon, Zoë Kravitz.
Director: Lucia Aniello
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Thriller.
Rating: 16VSL

An ensemble cast of starlets embark on quite a weekend away in this wild comedy. Things go terribly wrong for a bachelorette party of girlfriends who hire a male stripper.

Sunday Line-up on M-Net Movies Action+, DStv Channel 106

Wednesday, 5 August 2018
M-Net Movies Action+, DStv Channel 106, at 20:00
XXX: Return Of Xander Cage
Year: 2017
Cast: Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone.
Director: D.J. Caruso
Genres: Action, Action, Adventure.
Rating: 13VL

Vin Diesel reprises his role as agent Xander Cage. This time he gets a mission to take down a terrorist group. But he can’t do it alone, he needs the help of a XXX team.

Read the SAMDB review of XXX: Return of Xander Cage.

Sunday, 12 August 2018
M-Net Movies Action+, DStv Channel 106, at 20:00
Baby Driver
Year:2017
Cast: Ansel Elgort, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm
Director: Edgar Wright
Genres: Action, Crime.
Rating: 16VL

High-octane car chases and pulsating action drive this heist movie. A talented young driver is coerced into working for a crime boss alongside an unhinged group of criminals.

Read the SAMDB review of Baby Driver.

Sunday, 19 August 2018
M-Net Movies Action+, DStv Channel 106, at 20:00
John Wick
Year:2014
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen.
Director: Chad Stahelski, David Leitch
Genres: Action, Thriller.
Rating: 16VL

Keanu Reeves stars in this revenge filled action movie. An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to hunt down a group of gangsters that took away everything he held dear.

Sunday, 17 July 2018
M-Net Movies Action+, DStv Channel 106, at 20:00
John Wick: Chapter 2
Year: 2017
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ian McShane.
Director: Chad Stahelski
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller.
Rating: 16VL

Keanu Reeves returns as the lethal assassin in this non-stop action thriller. John Wick comes out of retirement to help an old associate, pitting him against deadly killers.

Read the SAMDB review of John Wick: Chapter 2.

Compact

Sunday Nights are filled with non-stop Arnold Schwarzenegger action on M-Net Movies Action, DStv Channel 110

Sunday, 5 August 2018
M-Net Movies Action, DStv Channel 110, at 20:00
Sabotage
Year: 2014
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Terrence Howard
Director: David Ayer
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Rating: 16VSNL

Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in this action crime thriller. A corrupt elite DEA task force are being picked off one by one after they rob a drug cartel safe house.

Sunday, 12 August 2018
M-Net Movies Action, DStv Channel 110, at 20:00
The Running Man
Year: 1987
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto
Director: Paul Michael Glaser
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: 16VL

Arnold Schwarzenegger must fight for his life in this action film. A man is framed for a massacre and is sentenced to play a sadistic game of death.

Sunday, 19 August 2018
M-Net Movies Action, DStv Channel 110, at 20:00
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Year: 1991
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong.
Director: James Cameron
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Rating: 16VL

Humanity is at stake in this Arnold Schwarzenegger classic. A cyborg that was once programmed to kill is sent back in time to protect the future leader of the resistance.

Sunday, 26 August 2018
M-Net Movies Action, DStv Channel 110, at 20:00
Collateral Damage
Year: 2016
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Leguizamo, Francesca Neri
Director: Andrew Davis
Genre: Action, Drama
Rating: 16VL

Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in this action film that sees a man hunt down a terrorist after his wife and child are killed in a terrorist bombing.

See the lovely and iconic Julia Roberts every Sunday on M-Net Movies All Stars, DStv Channel 111

Thursday 5 August 2018
M-Net Movies All Stars, DStv Channel 111 at 20:00
Mother’s Day
Year: 2016
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Julia Roberts
Director: Garry Marshall
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Rating: PG13L

The late Garry Marshall directs an ensemble cast in this holiday comedy. Three generations come together in the week leading up to Mother’s Day.

Read the SAMDB review of Mother’s Day.

Sunday 12 August 2018
M-Net Movies All Stars, DStv Channel 111 at 20:00
Pretty Woman
Year: 1990
Cast: Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Jason Alexander.
Director: Garry Marshall
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Rating: 13SNL

This Richard Gere, Julia Roberts heart-warming romcom broke down social stigmas and redefined a genre. A high society stock broker hires an escort only to fall in love with her.

Sunday 19 August 2018
M-Net Movies All Stars, DStv Channel 111 at 20:00
Notting Hill
Year: 1999
Cast: Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Richard McCabe
Director: Roger Michell
Genres: Comedy. Romance
Rating: PG13L

Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts play the game of love in this romcom classic. A bookshop owner’s world is changed when a movie star walks into his shop and they begin a relationship.

Sunday 26 August 2018
M-Net Movies All Stars, DStv Channel 111 at 20:00
Valentine’s Day
Year: 2010
Cast: Julia Roberts, Jamie Foxx, Anne Hathaway.
Director: Garry Marshall
Genres: Comedy Romance
Rating: PG13SL

This romantic comedy with an all-star cast follows the stories of couples, their make-ups, break-ups and all the expectations and pressures that Valentine’s Day brings.

M-Net Movies Zone, DStv Channel 139 has all your Rambo action lined up every Sunday Night this August

Sunday 5 August 2018
M-Net Movies Zone, DStv Channel 139, at 20:00
First Blood
Year: 1982
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna
Director: Ted Kotcheff.
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
Rating: 16VL

Sylvester Stallone creates an action icon in this classic. A troubled Vietnam vet who is being hunted by a small-town sheriff is forced to fight for his life.

Sunday 12 August 2018
M-Net Movies Zone, DStv Channel 139, at 20:00
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Year: 1985
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier.
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Genres: Action
Rating: 16VL

John Rambo is released from prison to go on a top-secret mission. But he is sent to the last place he wanted to return to- the jungles of Vietnam.

Sunday 19 August 2018
M-Net Movies Zone, DStv Channel 139, at 20:00
Rambo III
Year: 1988
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Marc de Jonge.
Director: Peter MacDonald.
Genres: Action, Crime.
Rating: 16VL

Sylvester Stallone returns for this explosive film. When Rambo’s superior is captured by the Soviets he must travel to Afghanistan and battle a Russian army to free him.

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