From animated pandas kicking ass to not-another-young-adult-novel-to-movie-adaptation, here’s what’s out on cinema to keep your kids (and you) entertained this long weekend. Last Updated: March 18, 2016

Furious 7 had some furious competition this past weekend in the North American box office. No wait, that’s a lie. Seriously, there was no way that Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 was going to knock this film off of the number one spot, as Furious 7 remained in control for yet another weekend of high speed chases and crashes. Furious 7 has …

Wait, a movie starring the cream of the crop action stars of today, fast cars, gorgeous locales and a production budget large enough to film scenes that destroy entire nations is doing well at the box office? Yep, you betcha! Furious 7 continued to do some fantastic numbers at the US box office, holding onto the top spot with another …

Think Will Ferrell pumping up with small Kevin Hart reps could conquer the box office? Ha! Hell no! That honour went to to Dreamworks Home instead, which much like an RKO from WWE superstar Randy Orton, came outta nowhere. Taking first place with $54 million from North American ticket sales, Home hit the sweet ballpark as other animated films such …

Looks like there’s still some life in the old Divergent series yet. The latest flick in the personality test failures opened up with enough of a domestic North American impact to knock Cinderella down to second place, at around $54 million according to estimates. That’s almost on par with the first film, which made $54.6 million on opening weekend with …

There is a laughable irony in the fact that the main narrative thrust of the Divergent franchise is all about doing your own thing and not just fitting into your community’s preconceived definitions of who you’re supposed to be – hell, the giveaway is right there in the title! – and yet Insurgent, the second chapter in this increasingly tiresome …

I wasn’t too big a fan of Divergent. Sure it boasted a solid performance from star Shailene Woodley and slick production values, but it also stuck to so many YA cliches. Not to mention that it’s central premise was so full of gaping holes that it could easily be mistaken for a road in Gauteng. And lets not even get started on …

Critical reception for Divergent was mixed, Kervyn gave it a 2.5 saying it was “a formulaic slog that wastes its talent”, but it was well received by fans of the series and did well enough at the box office to earn a sequel. Now Summit International has released the first teaser trailer and poster for that sequel, titled The Divergent …