Moviewise — October 7 2016

[notice]Pieter Pohl, founder of Innovation Films and marketing manager of CMD Entertainment Africa, sheds some light on the latest movies.[/notice]

HILLSONG: LET HOPE RISE

NOW SHOWING AT SELECTED STER-KINEKOR THEATRES & PARTICIPATING CHURCHES
Ticket giveaway and big prizes competition and more info: https://gatewaynews.co.za/groundbreaking-hillsong-let-hope-arise-launches-today-win-free-tickets-big-prizes/
Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/81APf3sfTlw
Movie Website: www.lethoperisemovie.co.za

Join with the chorus of believers all across the country who will gather in local cinemas to sing God’s praises – during a movie!
Hillsong: Let Hope Rise captures the on-stage energy and off-stage hearts of Australian-based band Hillsong UNITED, whose songs are sung every Sunday by more than 50 million people worldwide.

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The performance during the opening week of any movie is crucial to the time it will show in cinemas. This is your opportunity to watch an incredibly inspirational movie and also glorify the name of Jesus. Gather your church, family and friends from Friday 7 October for a one-of-a-kind THEATRICAL WORSHIP EXPERIENCE.

SUNDAY BLOCKBUSTER

(Sun October 9 2016: MNet 20:05 & MNet Movies Premiere 20:30)

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Movie Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ9OhBYjTds
16VSNL – Not Recommended for Families

Synopsis:
The former World Heavyweight Champion, Rocky Balboa, serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival, Apollo Creed.

Dove Review:

“Creed” is a well-made film, inspiring and dramatic. It features a believable and interesting story. The chemistry between Michael B. Jordan, as Adonis Creed, and Sylvester Stallone, as Rocky, is excellent. Even if Stallone is playing the iconic boxer for the seventh time, he does a subtle, understated performance that really works. Both Stallone’s experience as an actor and Rocky’s experience as a boxer work well for this film, since Rocky becomes Creed’s trainer.

The story opens with Adonis Creed, the boy, getting into a fight and winding up behind bars in a juvenile home. Mary Anne Creed (Phylicia Rashad), his deceased father’s wife, shows up to bail him out of trouble. Even though he is the product of an affair, she cares for the boy.

As he grows up, he goes by his mother’s last name, not caring to be associated with his famous father. But when he quits a job where he was just promoted, feeling a sense of dissatisfaction, he goes to the gym where his father was once a boxer. Not being accepted there, he travels to Philadelphia to try and solicit Rocky, his father’s friend and former opponent, to train him. Rocky is reluctant at first, but Adonis wins him over and they begin to form a bond.

Along the way, Adonis meets a girl, a singer named Bianca (Tessa Thompson), and begins to feel as if he is part of a family now that he has her and Rocky in his life. When he is offered a chance for a big fight, he looks to Rocky to back him. Rocky is hesitant but agrees. But then Rocky learns he has a major fight of his own to deal with, and he fights for his life.

The movie features themes of friendship, loyalty, hard work, and pursuing a dream. Sadly, strong language and sexual content prevent us from awarding the film our Dove “Family-Approved” Seal. – www.dove.org