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Super 8 - A highly enjoyable blockbuster
2011-08-10 Super 8 uses a technique made famous by the mother of all alien films, Alien, and that is never to do a full frontal of the alien, not to zoom in on every fang and all the dripping gore.
Super 8 - A highly enjoyable blockbuster
2011-08-10 Super 8 uses a technique made famous by the mother of all alien films, Alien, and that is never to do a full frontal of the alien, not to zoom in on every fang and all the dripping gore.
Very little bang in The Bang Bang Club
2011-07-27 I don’t get it. War photographers Greg, Joao, Ken and Kevin, the four original members of The Bang Bang Club, lived the kind of lives, during the violent end of apartheid, that legends and great films are made of. So why is The Bang Bang Club, the film, so boring?
Very little bang in The Bang Bang Club
2011-07-27 I don’t get it. War photographers Greg, Joao, Ken and Kevin, the four original members of The Bang Bang Club, lived the kind of lives, during the violent end of apartheid, that legends and great films are made of. So why is The Bang Bang Club, the film, so boring?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II damn near perfect
2011-07-19 Harry Potter 7 is a damn near perfect film.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II damn near perfect
2011-07-19 Harry Potter 7 is a damn near perfect film.
Bridesmaids is not just a chick flick
2011-07-15 Bridesmaids is not a chick flick just because there’s a lot of chicks in it! It will appeal to anyone with a slightly twisted sense of humour and a tendency toward the politically incorrect. I fitted the bill and loved every minute of it. ...
Bridesmaids is not just a chick flick
2011-07-15 Bridesmaids is not a chick flick just because there’s a lot of chicks in it! It will appeal to anyone with a slightly twisted sense of humour and a tendency toward the politically incorrect. I fitted the bill and loved every minute of it. ...
Nine artists and one curator on what it means to be an "Afrikaner"
2011-06-23 A compelling exhibition that deals with the dichotomy of the historical baggage intrinsically tied to being Afrikaans, Ik ben een Afrikaner (I am an African) is currently on at Artspace. Steyn du Toit chatted to Teresa Lizamore, the curator of the ...
Nine artists and one curator on what it means to be an "Afrikaner"
2011-06-23 A compelling exhibition that deals with the dichotomy of the historical baggage intrinsically tied to being Afrikaans, Ik ben een Afrikaner (I am an African) is currently on at Artspace. Steyn du Toit chatted to Teresa Lizamore, the curator of the ...
Photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa on the uniqueness of South African culture
2011-06-03 For the first time on the continent of Africa, new photographic works will be exhibited by Zwelethu Mthethwa, one of South Africa’s most influential contemporary artists. The exhibition, showing at the iArt Gallery in Cape Town until 29 ...
I should love Jane Eyre
2011-05-20 I love the sprawling, poetic nature of great English literature. I love Mia Wasikowska. (And don’t tell anyone, but I am a romantic at heart. Wuthering Heights, by the other Brontë,tore me up for days. Shush.)
Winter's Bone a slow burner
2011-01-18 Title: Winter’s Bone Director: Debra Granik Cinematography: Michael McDonough Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes and Garret Dillahunt Runtime: 100 mins Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94% Reney's Score: 95% When a film as bleak, as ...