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72 / ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Favourites<br />
Kong:<br />
Skull Island<br />
With influences including Princess<br />
Mononoke, the anime Evangelion,<br />
and Apocalypse Now, Kong: Skull<br />
Island – the second film in the<br />
MonsterVerse franchise – has been<br />
critically acclaimed. It’s also the<br />
seventh-highest grossing film so far<br />
in <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
Kong: Skull Island (<strong>2017</strong>) ACTION<br />
Available onboard Kenya Airways now — take a journey to the past and revisit<br />
Kong in his newest form!<br />
Samuel L. Jackson. PG-13, <strong>11</strong>8 mins. Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts<br />
We first meet Kong on his island in 1944,<br />
when a fight between stranded American<br />
and Japanese soldiers is Interrupted by the<br />
big ape.<br />
Fast forward to the end of the Vietnam<br />
War, when several American soldiers, led<br />
by Colonel Packard (Samuel L. Jackson),<br />
are joined by anti-war photographer Mason<br />
Weaver (Brie Larson) and former member<br />
of the British special forces Captain James<br />
Conrad (Tom Hiddleston). They go to Skull<br />
Island on an expedition with a purpose that<br />
is unknown to them. US Government official<br />
Bill Randa (John Goodman) is the only one<br />
who’s aware of the island’s monsters. In their<br />
quest to survive, the men must confront their<br />
greatest fears, hulking enemies and suspicious<br />
natives.<br />
In the Forests of Siberia (2016) ADVENTURE<br />
Teddy decides to settle down alone in Siberia, in the midst of winter, in a hut<br />
by the shore of Lake Baikal where he soon learns the harsher sides of solitude.<br />
Raphaël Personnaz, Evgeniy Sidikhin. G, 105 mins. Director: Safy Nebbou<br />
With comedic twists and shots reminiscent<br />
of computer games, director Jordan Vogt-<br />
Roberts’ first blockbuster is a rollercoaster<br />
ride that will have you gripping the edge of<br />
your seat as the action-packed minutes fly by.<br />
Did you know?<br />
~ As part of a larger franchise, this instalment leads up to the Godzilla<br />
vs. Kong film, set for release in 2020!<br />
~ At 31.7 m, this incarnation of Kong, which is based on his 1933<br />
counterpart, is the biggest of all.<br />
Big Mommas Like Father, Like Son (20<strong>11</strong>) ACTION<br />
Malcolm Turner and his stepson Trent go undercover at an all-girls school to<br />
flush out a killer.<br />
Martin Lawrence, Jessica Lucas. PG-13, 107 mins. Director: John Whitesell
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