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Review: Starter for Ten (2007) 2008-04-14 14:07:30 The “University Challenge” Team…
Films depicting student and university life have taken the low road recently, and this latest English sleeper film, Starter
for Ten, is refreshingly unfratty, leaving all vulgarities out of the picture. It implements that famous British dry sense of comedy that never resorts to a slapstick farce, but rather an observant coming [...]
Review: U2 3D (2008) 2008-04-16 13:39:02 In the glowing aftermath of seeing U2 3D, the idea that it was the best concert film I had ever seen got into my head. Upon further examination and intense analysis, I have come to realize that it is nothing more than a gimmicky, once in a lifetime souvenir. Sure U2 are one of the [...]
1st Annual Cape Winelands Film Festival 2008-04-16 08:29:07 The very first Cape Winelands Film Festival
will take place in Stellenbosch from 18 to 26 April. According to festival directors Leon van der Merwe and Karen Meiring, there will be 92 films screened at the festival.
The Oude Libertas Amphitheatre will serve as the festival centre, but films will also be screened at six other [...] Read more:Annual
Cinema Nouveau: 8th Spanish Film Festival 2008-04-16 08:07:36 From the rich and colourful culture of Spain, come seven riveting films to be screened at the eighth Spanish
Film Festival
taking place from 11 April – 08 May at CinemaNouveau
cinemas around the country.
Cinema Nouveau brings to South Africa a stunning line-up of films from acclaimed Spanish filmmakers, featuring the likes of Roger [...]
Weekend Attractions (18 April - 20 April ‘08) 2008-04-16 23:23:32 Films opening in South Africa this weekend:
Shine a Light (read my review)
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese and one of the world’s greatest rock & roll bands, The Rolling Stones, unite to bring audiences the concert film event, Shine a Light - a look at The Rolling Stones, the band that defined the very idea of what [...] Read more:Weekend
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Review: The Counterfeiters (2008) 2008-04-18 14:55:05 “It is an honour to arrest the world’s best counterfeiter!”
The Counterfeiters, an Academy Award winning Austrian film, tells a true tale of the survival of an unconventional hero, who could be called an anti-hero, Salomon “Sally” Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics) based on Salomon Smolianoff, during World War II. It may not be hugely revelatory, the questions [...]
Review: How She Move (2008) 2008-04-20 05:39:09 Heartfelt performances and incredible choreography almost save “How She Move.”
Dance films, however clichéd and corny they may be, have an energy and vibe to them that transcends the need for a rock solid plot line. Things are no different in “How She Move,” except that the performances and atmosphere of the picture are more captivating than [...]
Waiting on May Day… 2008-04-21 17:52:39 1 May 2008 : Iron Man!
Yeah, and it also happens to be the start of a 4 day long weekend, the end of a 2 day week on account of this weekend being 3 days long. Awesome, no?
Book for Iron Man: Ster Kinekor Read more:Waiting
Review: God Grew Tired of Us (2007) 2008-04-23 12:44:20 “S-U-D-A-N.” ~ “Yeah, but what does it mean?”
As the civil war in Sudan intensified in the 1980’s, tens of thousands of young Dinka children, mostly boys, were forced to leave the country in search for safety, and eventually ended up in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. Following in the footsteps of 2003’s “The Lost Boys of [...]
61st Cannes Film Festival Lineup 2008-04-23 07:22:16 Cannes 2008: 14 - 25 May
Official Lineup:
In Competition:
“24 City,” China, Jia Zhangke
“Adoration,” Canada, Atom Egoyan
“Changeling,” U.S., Clint Eastwood
“Che” (”The Argentine,” “Guerrilla,”) Spain, Steven Soderbergh
“Un Conte de noel,” France, Arnaud Desplechin
“Daydreams,” Turkey, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
“Delta,” Hungary, Kornel Mundruczo
“Il Divo,” Paolo Sorrentino, Italy
“Gomorra,” Italy, Matteo Garrone
“La Frontiere de l’aube,” France, Philippe Garrel
“Leonera,” Argentina, Pablo Trapero
“Linha de Passe,” [...] Read more:Cannes
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Guillermo del Toro to direct “The Hobbit” 2008-04-24 23:16:36 Yesterday afternoon, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh, New Line president Toby Emmerich and Mary Parent announced that del Toro has agreed to direct “The Hobbit
” and its sequel, hoping to release them in late 2011 and 2012. Rumours be gone…
Weekend Attractions (25 - 27 April ‘08) 2008-04-24 14:05:40 Films opening in South Africa this {long} weekend
I’m Not There
Visionary Velvet Goldmine and Far from Heaven director Todd Haynes returns to the big screen with a film produced by long-time champion of independent filmmakers, Christine Vachon that is as groundbreaking and revolutionary, or so I have heard.
On screen, the lives and music of Bob Dylan [...] Read more:Weekend
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Review: Dan in Real Life (2007) 2008-04-24 13:42:55 Peter Hedges has become a, minor, master when it comes to conveying the inner workings of the most unusual American families. Various films he either wrote or directed, or both, including “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” “Pieces of April,” the more commercial “About a Boy” and most recently “Dan in Real Life
” are all fine examinations [...]
Review: The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) 2008-04-26 14:45:57 And I thought it was Anne who couldn’t keep her mouth shut…
It would be too easy to mock “The Other Boleyn Girl” for its flirtations with, among many other things, historical inaccuracy. For the most part the film succeeds at being entertaining and visually alluring, proving most quarrels about how the balance between lust and [...]
Review: Untraceable (2008) 2008-04-25 11:56:29 “Unbearable” is a far more appropriate title…
So called “Torture-porn,” not exactly something anyone other than horror fan boys enjoy, is given a Hollywood twist, or so Gregory Hoblit would like to believe, by casting a lovely leading lady, in this case Diane Lane, as the lead character and “modernising” is with the use of the [...]
Review: I’m Not There (2007) 2008-04-28 15:55:49 Bob Dylan defies categorization, and his refusal to become attached to any notion, name or even general suggestion as to who or what he was is as elusive as the Todd Haynes’ film itself. Every time a name or an image tried to attach itself to him, he ran and morphed into what would eventually [...]
Review: Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008) 2008-04-27 13:57:58 He’s shaping up for the love of his life.
British comedian, Simon Pegg, sure is making his way into mainstream cinema. Proof of this is in the role he plays in “Run, Fat Boy, Run.” Before you dismiss the film, it may have something to do with the dismal title, give it a chance; you won’t [...]
Nu Metro Sneak Peaks: 21 2008-04-25 03:37:31 The next Barry Ronge preview, which I find odd, is the film 21. Since when does he screen commercial crap? I can think of a TON of other films he can screen. Damn it.
The film is, besides a lame adaptation apparently, the true story of a bunch of math students who figured out how to beat the [...] Read more:Peaks
Must See 2008: “Hamlet 2″ 2008-04-29 10:11:29 Stupid me for my anticipations: 2008’s Little Miss Sunshine/Juno?
Hamlet
2, which premiered at Sundance this year, is about an upcoming comedy about a politically incorrect high school sequel of the play “Hamlet,” which the drama teacher (Steve Coogan) writes after the school threatens to shut down the theatre. Also starring Catherine Keener, Amy Poehler, and David Arquette, I [...]
Weekend Attractions (1 - 4 May ‘08) 2008-04-30 11:24:53 Films opening in South Africa this {long} weekend….
Films all open tomorrow, which is Thursday….
Iron Man
The big-screen adaptation of Marvel’s legendary superhero, Iron Man, is a must see – I honestly think it is going to rock. Oscar® nominee Robert Downey Jr. stars as Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man, in the story of a billionaire industrialist [...] Read more:Weekend
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More Cannes News… 2008-04-30 05:02:18 The 61st Cannes
Film Festival website reports:
“Opening the Festival, and in Competition, on Wednesday May 14th: Blindness by Fernando Mereilles, with Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover, Gael García Bernal.
- A third French film in Competition: Entre les murs by Laurent Cantet, with François Begaudeau.
- Another film in Competition: Two Lovers by James Gray, with Joachim [...]
Review: Iron Man (2008) 2008-05-01 12:24:00 Iron Man sure sets the standard for summer blockbusters this year, a level most won’t be able to achieve or top. That being said, it also sets the standard for modern superhero films too, and puts many that have come before it to shame. It is far from revolutionary but delivers on its promises. It doesn’t even [...] Read more:Iron Man
Review: My Blueberry Nights (2008) 2008-05-03 02:25:26 Norah Jones in “My Blueberry
Nights.”
“My Blueberry Nights” may not be visual poet, Wong Kar Wai’s best film to date when looked at in context of his glorious filmography (his best being “In the Mood for Love,” “Happy Together,” “Chungking Express” and “2046.”) As a standalone cinematic disorientation reciting the loves and losses of strangers [...]
Tribeca Film Fest Announces Winners 2008-05-02 08:29:31 “Let the Right One In” wows Tribeca
The 7th Annual Tribeca Film Festival wrapped up yesterday, and has since announced its winners. 120 feature films and 80 shorts played from 40 countries, or so Variety reports.
Coming of age tale, “Lat den ratte komma in” (Let the Right One In) by Tomas Alfredson , about a young [...] Read more:Winners
Review: The Walker (2007) 2008-05-04 04:55:47 Strange how the truth unfolds…
Those unfamiliar with the term “walker,” stick around. Now, a “walker” is an elegantly poised, openly – but discreetly - gay, polite and prudent individual who escorts wives and lovers of the rich and affluent to all sorts of social gatherings where being seen alone is a crime in itself. The [...] Read more:Walker
Last Minute of Iron Man 2008-05-04 04:48:39 *Spoiler Warning*
Source: Cinemascope, where he says: “This is the minute playing after the end credits of “Iron Man
”. Watch this quickly before Paramount yanks down the video.”
Granted it is a poor quality vid, it is helpful for those of you who rushed out of the theatre to avoid the crowd
[...] Read more:Minute
A Marvel of a Franchise? 2008-05-05 14:49:19 Jumping the gun a bit I say, hot off the initial success of “Iron Man,” Marvel
have announced their planned schedule consisting of four films, two in 2010 and two in 2011. If you are reading this, I assume you have seen “Iron Man.”
2010:
April 30: Iron Man 2
June 4 : Thor (to be directed by [...]
Review: Control (2007) 2008-05-05 10:57:08 Sam Riley as “Ian Curtis.”
Troubled lead singer of the 70s punk-band “Joy Division,” Ian Curtis, is given a perceptive but artful close-up in Anton Corbijn’s, a photographer and music video director, impressive feature film debut. Filmed in hues of black, grey and white that are nonetheless vibrant and anything but mundane, assumingly the shades in [...] Read more:Control
Review: 12:08 East of Bucharest (2007) 2008-05-05 08:50:29 A fost sau n-a fost?
The “Romanian New Wave” is something I have not been all that familiar with, which is a shame. Having only seen “The Death of Mr. Lazarescu” by Cristi Puiu before “12:08 East of Bucharest
,” I knew it was an exciting, under appreciated cinematic movement. Having now seen the hilariously quirky “Bucharest” [...]
Nu Metro Screening: Be Kind Rewind 2008-05-06 09:00:22 Fans of the Nu Metro Page on Facebook are being treated with a free screening of “Be Kind Rewind” on the 20th of May, three days before it is released commercially. This is a good thing for us who will no doubt be going through intense “Indiana Jones” mania that same weekend, and little time will [...] Read more:Screening
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