Premiere Weekend on M-Net Movies: Jock the Hero Dog, Puss in Boots and more…

The M-Net Movies Premiere channel features four new blockbusters each Friday from 5;30pm WAT with the biggest blockbuster on Sundays (shared with sister channel M-Net at 9pm WAT).

FRIDAY MOVIES PREMIERE:

Jock the Hero Dog
Friday 21 December 2012 5:30pm | M-Net Movies Premiere (103) | FAM

Jock, our hero, is confident, enthusiastic, curious and fearless. He’s our pugnacious and loyal runt of the litter that wins against all odds.  Set in the Bushveld near what is today the world famous Kruger Park region of South Africa, the story is about Jock’s adventures with Fitz, his master.

Jock escapes death, builds crazy friendships and displays his unrivalled loyalty to Fitz.

Starring: Bryan Adams as the voice of Jock, Donald Sutherland as the voice of the Narrator/Sir Percy Fitzpatrick , Helen Hunt as the voice of Jess

Larry Crowne
Friday 21 December 2012 7:30pm | M-Net Movies Premiere (103) | PG

Until he was downsized, affable, amiable Larry Crowne was a superstar team leader at the big-box company where he’s worked since his time in the Navy.

Underwater on his mortgage and unclear on what to do with his suddenly free days, Larry heads to his local college to start over. There he becomes part of a colorful community of outcasts, also-rans and the overlooked all trying to find a better future for themselves…often moving around town in a herd of scooters.

Starring: Tom Hanks as Larry Crowne, Julia Roberts as Mercedes Tainot, Rob Riggle as Jack Strang

Love, Wedding, Marriage
Friday 21 December 2012 9:30pm | M-Net Movies Premiere (103) | PG

Ava is a marriage counselor whose life as a newlywed, married to Charlie is turned upside down when she discovers her parents’ happy marriage is unexpectedly headed for divorce.

Determined to reconcile her parents for their 30th anniversary surprise party she stops at nothing plunging from one compromising situation to another. Will she destroy her own marriage and her professional life in her attempt to get her parents back together?

Starring: Mandy Moore as Ava, Kellan Lutz as Charlie, James Brolin as Bradley

SUNDAY NIGHT PREMIERE:

Puss in Boots
Sunday 23 December 2012 9pm | M-Net Africa (102) | PG

Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots was feared throughout the land as a master thief. Puss becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough and street smart Kitty Softpaws and the mastermind Humpty Dumpty to save his town.

This is the true story of The Cat, The Myth, The Legend… The Boots.

Starring: Antonio Banderas as the voice of Puss in Boots, Salma Hayek as the voice of Kitty Softpaws, Zack Galifianakis as the voice of Humpty Dumpty