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Movie Review: Elysium 27 Aug 2013 | 03:13 pm
Elysium is the much-anticipated follow-up to District 9. South African-born Neill Blomkamp has crafted another epic and spectacular science-fiction actioner that prods us by holding a broken mirror up...
The Heat 26 Aug 2013 | 02:17 pm
The Heat is a buddy cop movie starring the unlikely duo, Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. In an age where strong female lead roles are few and far between, The Heat turns it up on a subgenre domin...
Brandon Auret on 'Elysium' 22 Aug 2013 | 01:59 pm
Brandon Auret is probably best known in South Africa for his role as Leon du Plessis on Isidingo. Internationally, he's becoming one of Neill Blomkamp's go-to actors with a growing list of roles in sc...
Movie Review: Evil Dead 20 Aug 2013 | 01:54 pm
The new Evil Dead remake's movie poster proudly proclaims: "The most terrifying film you will ever experience.". While this bold statement does make you wonder, it's actually not far from the truth. ...
Celludroid is coming... 30 Aug - 8 Sept 19 Aug 2013 | 05:14 pm
If science-fiction gets your mind whirring, you won't want to miss this year's Celludroid Film Festival from 30 August to 8 September. This year's festival will screen at The Labia theatre in Cape Tow...
'Elysium' Ster-Kinekor Movie Buffs Screening 16 Aug 2013 | 02:03 pm
Stephen "Spling" Aspeling will be hosting a special screening of ELYSIUM, directed by Neill Blomkamp (District 9) and starring Matt Damon, Sharlto Copley and Jodie Foster. The Ster-Kinekor Movie Buffs...
Movie Review: Jimmy in Pienk 14 Aug 2013 | 01:57 pm
Jimmy in Pienk is an offbeat fish-out-of-water comedy set in South Africa from the mind of writer-director, Hanneke Schutte. Her award-winning idea of a boer dropping his sheep shears to take up salon...
'Scapegoat', a goat-out-of-water South African comedy... 13 Aug 2013 | 02:41 pm
When you're traveling in a foreign country, you do not want to piss off the locals, unless you're Liam Neeson. Scapegoat, a comedy short that won in its respective categories at this year's 168 Film F...
Movie Review: Welcome to the Punch 13 Aug 2013 | 02:16 pm
Welcome to the Punch for lack of a better joke, lacks punch. While it's slick and spectacular as a Michael Mann style crime thriller in the vein of Miami Vice, the story is overly complicated, the cas...
Movie Review: Vehicle 19 6 Aug 2013 | 03:26 pm
Vehicle 19 is a crime thriller about an American tourist caught in a web of Johannesburg police corruption, starring The Fast and The Furious's Paul Walker. It's an ambitious film that tries to levera...
