WRITTEN FOR AND FIRST PUBLISHED BY WWW.LITNET.CO.ZA I compiled my list of 12 best films for 2012 in about five minutes. Yes, there were that many brilliant films this year. Once it was compiled I realised that almost all of them transcended their genre – an action film surpassed the action, a drama moved into …
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WRITTEN FOR AND FIRST PUBLISHED BY WWW.LITNET.CO.ZA First time director, Colin Trevorrow, manages to perfectly balance a quirky reality, a possible fantasy, dry humour and even a little romance. And Derek Connolly’s first script is brutally sharp and engaging throughout.
OORSPRONKLIK GESKRYF VIR EN EERSTE GEPUBLISEER DEUR LITNET Die Suid-Afrikaanse filmbedryf lê na aan my hart. En die hele Hartiwood-span – werkers en spelers – is ongelooflik gaaf. Ek was op die stel en by die press junket en die akteurs kon nie uitgepraat raak oor hoe awesome die ervaring was nie. Die stel wat …
WRITTEN FOR AND FIRST PUBLISHED BY WWW.LITNET.CO.ZA Rihanna has never really registered on my radar. Yes, she’s damned hot, has a bad attitude and her voice is recognisable, but that is where my interest ended. That was until she performed “Stay”on Saturday Night Live two weeks ago and a minor obsession developed.
The team behind Beasts of the Southern Wild has created a broken, battered and yet hauntingly brave world, where beauty is not guaranteed, but utterly worth fighting for, and you get to spend some time in this world.
What do you get when you put Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine in a comedy based on a murder that actually happened? One weird-ass film that delights and shocks. The most brilliant aspect of this documentary is that it combines the “movie”’ about Bernie and Marjorie’s lives and real interviews done with real people who …
Onheilspellend. Dit is ’n goeie beskrywing vir Wolwedans. Die creepy musiek, die skelm kyke, die duistere geheimpies, en die verdomde hadidas! Ek was effe benoud toe ek halfpad deur die film besef ek is alleen in die teater …
WRITTEN FOR AND FIRST PUBLISHED BY WWW.LITNET.CO.ZA A few years back one Lizzy Grant launched her singing career. It went nowhere but south. She reinvented herself as Lana Del Rey – named after the dazzling Lana Turner and the car, the Ford Del Rey. She recorded a simple song called Video Games, edited an interesting …