From game-changing strategy and high-stakes espionage to icy animated magic and heartfelt ‘what-if’ romance, The Galileo Open Air Cinema is tugging on all our emotions this week.
Think Brad Pitt crunching the baseball industry’s numbers, Tom Cruise pulling impossible stunts, singing along to Let it Go under the starry night sky at Kirstenbosch, and vicariously experiencing Ryan Reynolds piecing together the puzzle of modern love – one confession at a time.
So book your spot here, swing by when the doors open (6pm on weekdays and 5pm on Saturdays), grab your snacks and soak in golden-hour picnic vibes and lawn games before getting cosy in front of the silver screen after sunset (±8pm) with your fellow film fanatics.
A note to remember: While offerings may vary per venue, The Galileo’s food vendors serve everything from pizzas, shawarmas and burgers to popcorn, chocolates, sweet treats, coffee, cool drinks and alcoholic beverages (including halaal, vegetarian and gluten-free options).
You’re also welcome to bring your own snacks and drinks to most venues, but please note: no outside food is allowed at Alphen Market, Blaauwklippen, Zevenwacht or Asara Wine Estate (please enjoy the on-site market), and no alcohol may be brought into any Wine Estates or Central Park, Century City.
Here is what’s on the silver screen this week:
3 December: Moneyball
Moneyball is a 2011 American biographical sports drama film based on the book by Michael Lewis and starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright and Chris Pratt.
Billy Beane (Pitt), general manager of the Oakland A’s, one day has an epiphany: Baseball’s conventional wisdom is all wrong. Faced with a tight budget, Beane must reinvent his team by outsmarting the richer ball clubs.
Joining forces with Ivy League graduate Peter Brand (Hill), Beane prepares to challenge old-school traditions. He recruits bargain-bin players whom the scouts have labeled as flawed, but have game-winning potential.
- Day: Wednesday
- Location: Kirstenbosch Garden
- Time: Gates open at 6pm, and the movie starts at 8:15pm
- Genre: Biography Drama
- Age restriction: PG L
- Tickets: Webtickets
4 December: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is a 2011 American action spy film, and the fourth instalment in the film series starring Tom Cruise.
Blamed for a terrorist attack on the Kremlin, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and the entire IMF agency are disavowed by the US government, while the president initiates the Ghost Protocol. Forced to go ‘off the grid’, and having left without resources or backup, Hunt must somehow clear the agency’s name and prevent another attack.
Complicating matters even more, Ethan must undertake the impossible mission with a group of fellow IMF fugitives whose actual motives or suspect.
- Day: Thursday
- Location: Kirstenbosch Garden
- Time: Gates open at 6pm, and the movie starts at 8:15pm
- Genre: Action Adventure
- Age restriction: 13 PG V
- Tickets: Webtickets
5 December: Frozen
Frozen is a 2013 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and starring the voices of Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Idina Menzel and Josh Gad.
When their kingdom becomes trapped in perpetual winter, fearless Anna (Bell) joins forces with mountaineer Kristof (Groff) and his reindeer sidekick to find Anna’s sister, Snow Queen Elsa (Menzel), and break her icy spell.
Although their epic journey leads them to encounters with mystical trolls, a comedic snowman (Gad), harsh conditions, and magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff bravely push onward in a race to save their kingdom from winter’s cold grip.
- Day: Friday
- Location: Croquet Lawn, V&A Waterfront
- Time: Gates open at 6pm, and the movie starts at 8:15pm
- Genre: Animation Fairytale
- Age restriction: PG
- Tickets: Webtickets
6 December: Definitely, Maybe
Definitely, Maybe is a 2008 romantic comedy film starring Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz, Elizabeth Banks, Abigail Breslin and Kevin Kline.
Will Hayes (Reynolds), a thirtysomething Manhattanite, is in the middle of divorce proceedings when his young daughter (Breslin) asks him about his life before marriage, including how he met and fell in love with her mother.
Will flashes back to 1992 and recounts his romances with three women, changing their names so that his daughter must guess which one became his wife.
- Day: Saturday
- Location: Kirstenbosch Garden
- Time: Gates open at 6pm, and the movie starts at 8:15pm
- Genre: Romance Comedy
- Age restriction: 10 M L
- Tickets: Webtickets
Also read:
The ultimate guide to a Galileo Open Air Cinema screening in the Cape
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