Die fliek vertel die verhaal van ’n nuwe dominee en sy eksentrieke vrou wat amok op ’n klein dorpie maak wanneer hulle ’n sangkompetisie vir die Erfenisdag-basaar van stapel stuur. Neels van Jaarsveld en Amalia Uys is te sien as...
“When an interdimensional rupture unravels reality, an unlikely hero must channel her newfound powers to fight bizarre and bewildering dangers from the multiverse as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.”...
ʼn Werklike suksesvolle komedie is soos ʼn goeie jazz vertoning. Die tydsberekening, die melodie, die saamvloei van instrumente en verskillende stemme, dit als volg hul eie patroon. Jy moet improviseer en laat waai, maar tog al die parte...
“When outlaw Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) discovers that his enemy Rufus Buck (Idris Elba) is being released from prison he rounds up his gang to track Rufus down and seek revenge. Those riding with him in this assured, righteously new...
An entrepreneur and his family begin to unravel after moving into an old country manor in England in the 1980s. Rotten Tomatoes...
John Garrity, his estranged wife and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting leveled, the Garrity’s experience the...
’n Weduwee besef sy is swanger en op haar ouderdom word sy gedwing om alles in haar lewe te heroorweeg… Dit is deel van kykNET se Storiefilmprojek van 50 TV-rolprente van sowat 50 minute elk, wat reeds in Desember begin het....
What it is about “Balram Halwai (Adarsh Gourav) narrates his epic and darkly humorous rise from poor villager to successful entrepreneur in modern India. Cunning and ambitious, our young hero jockeys his way into becoming a driver for...
“In a small section of inner-city Cape Town, Chantal, a fugitive addict loses track of her child, Jona, when she leaves him behind all alone to turn one final trick. Dawid, a frustrated cop, faces up to the demons...
Activists, scientists, farmers and politicians turn to regenerative agriculture to save the planet’s topsoil....
Why, oh, why did this film see the light of day? The obvious answer would be, for the same reason Adam Sandler comedies get made. Money. But even if the money will be used to finance other far better and more interesting films, I still...
Most of us are under lockdown and turning to online entertainment. Some nights I don’t even know what to watch, and I write about film and series for a living. So, I thought it would help sift through the jumble, to compile a list of...
You will be moved by Kevin, who speaks with great difficulty, translating for Nancy, who almost cannot speak at all.
Originally written for and published by www.litnet.co.za “Nicholas has long known he is different, that there is something shameful and unacceptable in him that must stay hidden, denied even. But South Africa’s minority government are...
A corporate defence attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution. This is the Rotten Tomatoes consensus on Dark waters: “Dark waters powerfully relays a...
Vergeet my nie is, wel, vervelig. (Ek wou eintlik sê vergeetbaar, maklik om te vergeet, of iets in dier voege, maar het myself gelukkig in toom gehou.) Die flou kamerawerk, die eentonige klankbaan, die stomp dialoog, die narratief...
It’s not a perfect film, not by a long shot. It’s a bit shallow, it glosses over Megan and Gretchen’s bigoted views and is sappy at times. But who cares? It’s hugely entertaining. More importantly, it does perfectly capture the...
This movie has the potential to ruin friendships, to break up longstanding movie clubs. It could set in motion such thought-provoking and justifiable, yet completely conflicting, interpretations, that one could argue for weeks on end....
Moenie hierdie resensie lees nie. Stop dit. Ek is ernstig. Gaan kyk net die film. Ek is nugter genoeg oor die impak van resensies om te weet dat die probleme wat ek met Racheltjie de Beer het, nie die algemene filmganger...
Late night screenwriter and (supporting) actress, Mindy Kaling, certainly has a gentle touch when it comes to dealing with heavy issues. And she sure packs a bunch of relevant issues into a mere 102 minutes. It is a great...
If the philosophy 101 theory holds true, and art is indeed a barometer of the times, then Joker is a frightening harbinger of doom, a dark mirror reflecting the monstrous society we have created. As Arthur – or Joker, as he...
What a remarkable surprise this film turned out to be. The trailer shrewdly sold it as a comedy, with some inconsequential drama thrown in. Casting Jennifer Lopez, with her fluffy film history, only added to the expectation of it being...
1987. When music fanatic Javed discovers the illustrious back catalogue of The Boss, his world is turned upside down; already a creative soul, he finds his passion for music and writing set alight by the songs of the working-class...
Based on a true story, The best of enemies centres on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and CP Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit,...
Dié film is ’n visuele skouspel – van die leeu se sagte maanhare wat in die wind wapper, tot die kleinste insek wat oor ’n stomp kruip en die utopiese Afrika-graslandskappe. Ek het deurentyd gewonder wat op ’n rekenaar geskep is en wat...
The story follows Molly and Amy, two academic superstars and best friends who, on the eve of their high school graduation, suddenly realise that they should have worked less and played more. Determined never to fall short of their...
Die eerste min of meer 20 minute van Skemerson is uiters treffend. Die film vang jou vas in die kloustrofobie van Sella (Pietie Beyers) se gedagtegange. Hy stort, kyk in die spieël, trek gesigte, kyk weer, frons en trek dan...
Capernaum, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, tells the story of Zain, a streetwise Lebanese boy, who sues his parents for the “crime” of giving him life. The film follows Zain as he flees his negligent...
Circus owner Max Medici (Danny DeVito) enlists former star Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) and his children Milly (Nico Parker) and Joe (Finley Hobbins) to care for a newborn elephant, whose oversized ears make him a laughing stock in an...
Nicole Kidman goes full tilt into the character of Erin Bell, and this performance, which is supposed to carry the film, ends up ruining it. On top of that, the film suffers from some rather serious plot holes, dubious styling and...
Grace Jones scared me when I was young. She also intrigued me. My teenage brain found her work angry and masculine, yet sensual and powerful. I could not compute. After watching this documentary, it all makes sense. Grace Beverly Jones...
An unlikely friendship between two misfit neighbors becomes an unexpectedly emotional journey when the younger man is diagnosed with terminal cancer....
FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY is a heartwarming comedy based on the incredible true story of WWE Superstar Paige(TM). Born into a tight-knit wrestling family, Paige and her brother Zak are ecstatic when they get the once-in-a-lifetime...
A keen but accident-prone dragon learns how to become a dragon at Dragon School....
When Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen), a bouncer from an Italian-American neighbourhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali), a world-class black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they...
Early 18th century. England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck-racing and pineapple-eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne, and her close friend Lady Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz)...
The old man & the gun is based on the true story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford), from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted...
Collin (Daveed Diggs) must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles (Rafael Casal), work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police...
I do not have the words to describe Mary Poppins Returns. Still, I must attempt an analysis of this film, if only to encourage others to experience the complete joy it brings. Here goes....
Widows is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities. With the story set in contemporary Chicago amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica...
Feature Film: (Dramedy) Chaos reigns when this dysfunctional family gathers after their father dies....
The new film from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Tamara Jenkins (The savages, Slums of Beverly Hills), Private life is the bracingly funny and moving story of Richard (Academy Award-nominee Paul Giamatti) and Rachel (Kathryn Hahn),...
Lisbeth Salander, the cult figure and title character of the acclaimed Millennium book series created by Stieg Larsson, will return to the screen in The girl in the spider’s web, a first-time adaptation of the recent...
This review contains major spoilers. Do not read if you plan on watching the film. A star is born is clearly split in two acts, with the first act being the superior of the two, while the second act unfortunately drags the film into...
Rotten Tomatoes description: A rousing action-adventure-epic set in early-1950s rural South Africa, chronicling the captivating chase and suspenseful capture of the native outlaw, John Kepe. This self-proclaimed “Samson of the...
Henk Viljoen is wrongfully declared KIA behind enemy lines. Abandoned by his superiors; it’s a race for survival in which his mental and physical abilities are pushed to their limits, as he navigates his way through the...
Will and his teenage daughter, Tom, have lived off the grid for years in the forests of Portland, Oregon. When their idyllic life is shattered, both are put into social services. After clashing with their new surroundings, Will and Tom...
Wat hier volg, is kort notas oor die meeste van die kortfilms by hierdie jaar se kykNET Silwerskermfees, asook ’n puntetelling uit tien (by die meeste van die films). Vir diegene wat die fees bywoon: berei julle voor vir besonderse...
Vyf dames is almal besig is om stroomop te swem in hulle afsonderlike lewens. Verskillende situasies en gebeure lei elkeen van hulle om op dieselfde rivieravontuur te gaan. Tydens die avontuur word die boot waarin die dames vaar,...
When a drunken debate between two recent college graduates about whose father would win in a fight is taken seriously by their idiot dads, jobs are lost, relationships ruined and futures destroyed, and best friends come of age as they...
Set in riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, Hotel Artemis is an original, high-octane action thriller starring Jodie Foster as “the Nurse”, who runs a secret, members-only hospital for criminals....
Upon her release from prison, Debbie, the estranged sister of legendary con man Danny Ocean, puts together a team of unstoppable crooks to pull off the heist of the century. Their goal is New York City’s annual Met Gala, and a...
Thys en Trix is broer en suster en ook ywerige, onbeholpe polisiemanne. Thys is ’n bedagsame knoeier en Trix ’n ongeskikte, sexy rabbedoe. Hulle onderlangse twis veroorsaak dat hulle geskors word nadat hulle die polisiediens wéér in...
A Johannesburg-based husband (Max) and wife (Sam) feel stuck in their humdrum life. When a famed writer comes to speak at the husband’s university, his pleasure-seeking ways influence the couple’s behaviour, and their lives...
Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in Solo: A Star wars story, an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous...
Anne and Bob (Toni Collette and Harvey Keitel), a well-to-do American couple, have just moved to a beautiful manor house in romantic Paris. To impress their sophisticated friends, they decide to host a lavish dinner party, but must...
Marlo (Charlize Theron), a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother (Mark Duplass). Hesitant at the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising and...
In the year 2045, people can escape their harsh reality in the OASIS, an immersive virtual world where you can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone – the only limits are your own imagination. OASIS creator James Halliday leaves his...
Director: Alex Garland Written by Alex Garland, based on the novel by Jeff van der Meer Starring: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson and Tuva Novotny...
I, Tonya is billed as a film about skating, about the rivalry between Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan. In truth, it is so much more than that. It is a searing depiction of domestic violence, it takes on society’s expectation of how a...
At last, a film that takes on a serious subject and does not cop out! Woohoo, just for that, Three billboards deserves ten out of ten. Luckily, to quote local director Brett Michael Innes, this film is a masterclass in just about every...
The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers. She whips a pistol from her knickers....
My love for Guillermo del Toro is a matter of public record. I am an ardent fan of Sally Hawkins, Richard Jenkins and Michael Shannon, and agree with the New York Times that Michael Stuhlbarg is criminally underrated. Yet, The shape of...
The film is based on the fascinating story of Molly Bloom, an intriguing real-life person. It’s worth buying your ticket just for that. Don’t expect well drawn characters or anything outside of the Hollywood soapbox, though....
Jumanji is genuinely funny. The best one-liners were not reserved for the trailer. They just keep on coming. Along with some slapstick, a perfect cast, some digs at society and non-stop action, this blockbuster is going to be worthy of...
2017 het reeds ongelooflike Suid-Afrikaanse films opgelewer. 2018 lyk nog meer opwindend. Een van die hoogtepunte gaan vir seker Wonderlus wees. Dit gaan interessant wees om te sien wat Suid-Afrikaanse gehore daarmee maak. ’n Paar...
Vuil wasgoed is ’n vars skop-skiet-en-donder-fliek. Dit is ook bitter snaaks. Ek voorspel dit gaan ’n lokettreffer wees, maar nog belangriker, dit kan ’n nuwe tipe gehoor teaters toe lok. Ons het tog nodig om agterstewes in die...
Raaiselkind is my lewe uitgespel op die silwerdoek. Ek was deel van ’n familie wat deur ’n erg gestremde broer vernietig is. Ek het ook kontak gehad met soortgelyke families. Ek kan derhalwe met gesag sê die draaiboek het die chaos...
As mens kyk na regisseur Ettienne Fourie se drie films – Die windpomp, Dis koue kos, Skat, en nou Liewe Kersfeesvader – is dit duidelik dat hy soos gooie wyn beter word met tyd. Ek kan nie wag vir sy sesde of sewende film nie....
Heel eerstens moet ek dit duidelik maak dat Vaselinetjie nie ’n uitmergelende film is nie. Jy gaan nie jou polse sny as jy dit gaan kyk het nie. Inteendeel, dit is ’n lieflike, opbouende film met ’n vars invalshoek in die rassespanning...
When I say The Wound is transformative, I don’t use the word casually. With great care and respect, John Trengove and his team disconnect you from your world, and walk alongside you into a world foreign to most. You are made to wince,...
Die 2017 Silwerskermfees het weer eens ’n opwindende versameling films gelewer. Die gehalte is deurlopend indrukwekkend, en boonop is daar met verskillende genres gewoeker, gespeel en kanse gevat....
The good It is not without its faults, but Atomic blonde is so cool and sexy and exhilarating, you will be eager to overlook any shortcomings....
Yes, I know it is pitched as a movie about cars. It is called Baby driver, after all, and the car chases are stellar, mind you. Yet, at its core, it is a striking, choreographed and heartfelt ode to music, love, the [mostly] good guy...
As ’n Suid-Afrikaanse film agt internasionale filmpryse inpalm, is ek, soos die meeste Suid-Afrikaners, voor die voet trots en opgewonde om dit te sien. Die teleurstelling was derhalwe groot toe ek ten einde laaste die (ongelooflike)...
If you loved Guardians of the galaxy as much as I did, you will love Vol 2....
Tobie Cronjé is altyd ’n tour de force. Ek het egter gesukkel om vatplek te kry aan sy vertolking van Lafras Verwey. Hy kom oor as bloot versteurd, sonder nuanses, sonder oomblikke van helderheid of goedheid wat jou empaties teenoor...
Karoo Films se Facebook-blad beskryf hulle eie film as “polsende aksie in ware ‘Quentin Tarantino-styl’ wat die kyker uitdaag”. Kom ons vat Tarantino se eerste paar films as draaiboekskrywer en regisseur: Reservoir dogs,...
It’s not a great film, but a good premise on which to build. We have the stories, the talent and, as far as I am concerned, a unique sense of humour that still needs to be captured on film. Judging from the opening weekend success of...
As resensent word mens onderwerp aan ’n spektrum van films. Van goed tot sleg. Meestal kyk ek die films klaar oor ek verantwoordelikheid voel teenoor die regisseur, die akteurs en die produksiespan wat soveel tyd en moeite ingesit het....
As jy van ’n lawwe komedie hou, ’n komedie wat boonop brandewyn & Coke en visvang insluit, en jy net vermaak wil word, moenie verder lees nie. Gaan kyk Kampterrein en ondersteun die mense wat hard daaraan gewerk het. Die meeste van...
Vir die voëls het vier maande gelede afgeskop met ’n amper perfekte lokprent. Dit het my hardop laat lag, maar ook laat wonder of die vollengte rolprent so goed soos die lokprent sou wees. Die antwoord? Ja. Regisseur Quentin Krog en sy...
Sy klink soos lente is 50% rom-kom en 50% buddy movie. Dit verskuif geen grense nie, maar doen omtrent als reg....
Christia Visser gaan dit ver bring en sy verdien al die pryse wat sy vir dié film wen. Sy het die ongenaakbare rol van Tess in haar vroeë twintigs aangepak en meesterlik vertolk. Sonder haar sou die film sukkel. (Kan almal net ophou om...
Die film begin met Rolanda Marais wat wakker word, regop sit en vir die kamera kyk. Dan begin die kamera terugbeweeg, uit die kamer uit, in die gang af. Jy sien Rolanda steeds in die bed sit. Sy kyk steeds vir die kamera. Ek het reeds...
Die standaard-romkom het ’n baie spesifiek resep: ’n liefdesverhaal met ’n lawwe storielyn, gemiddelde humor en eendimensionele karakters. Iemand raak verlief. Iemand vang iets lafs aan. Niemand is regtig sleg nie. Liefde oorwin mos...
Sure, The Shallows is not a perfect film, but it is summer entertainment at its most minimalist and thrilling....
Laat ek met die deur in die huis val. Die karakters is stereotipies en gevolglik het mens zero empatie met hulle. Aleksa is die suksesvolle sielkundige, vrou en skrywer, als begeerbare rolle. Fy is die wyse kleurlinghuishulp wat...
The first two films in the series were dreadful, to be honest. For some incomprehensible reason I decided to soldier on and watch instalment 3A. (Yes, there’s a 3B.) I should have waved a white flag after Insurgent and admitted defeat....
Eerstens is die naam Modder en bloed misleidend. Dit klink na ʼn film wat bloot derms uitryg. Natuurlik is daar geweld en hartseer in die film. Dit speel tog af tydens die tragiese Anglo-Boereoorlog. Uiteindelik is hierdie film wel ʼn...
The prospect of watching a home-grown, Joburg-based thriller about a (yes, female) journalist scooping a major story was an exciting one. We undoubtedly have the stories to tell and the talent to tell it. Our movie industry is,...
Die Ontwaking het ʼn ongelooflik goeie rolverdeling (Gys de Villiers, Gerard Rudolf, Paul Eillers, Morne Visser, ens). Die bronmateriaal is ook ʼn bekroonde boek (Abel se ontwaking deur Chris Karsten). Wat het dan met die film...
GESKRYF VIR EN GEPUBLISEER DEUR WWW.LITNET.CO.ZA Dis ek, Anna is ʼn besonderse film. ...
One can no longer say that a film like Faan se trein is good for “an Afrikaans film”. There are simply too many incredible Afrikaans and South African films available. Thus I have to judge Faan se trein according to international...
Written for and published by www.litnet.co.za There is a lot of controversy surrounding the production of this film – and the root of it all is present in the film itself....
Title: Jimmy in Pienk Director: Hanneke Schutte Stars: Tanya van Graan, Sean Cameron Michael, Gys de Villiers What starts out as a freaking funny spoof of backward plaasmense, flaming queens and lefty hippies soon turns into a...
By saying Fanie Fourie’s Lobola (FFL) is an awesome South African flick I do not mean compared with other South African films, or lekker for a local flick. Oh, no, I mean FFL is a world-class film with a strong South African flavour....
Wanneer ek ’n Afrikaanse film gaan kyk, veral ’n rom-kom, hou ek altyd duim vas dat dit my rok gaan opblaas. Semi-Soet (hoofsaaklik te danke aan Nico Panagio) het dit reggekry, Klein Karoo in ’n mindere mate....
This is another Tarantino masterpiece and you are either going to love it or hate it, but if you have seen other Tarantino films you know what to expect walking into the cinema – buckets of blood, dark humour, priceless cameos and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 …...
God Help America – because it’s going down the crapper fast...
I didn’t see this one coming. I did not predict being so completely overwhelmed and saddened by this true tale. Know as little as you can about this documentary before you go and watch it....
What a brilliantly filmed and executed hoot! An intelligent mockumentary that manages to both mock and scare!...
Semi-Soet is werklik snaaks, bevat geen schmaltz nie, net hope plaaslike talent. Veral Nico Panagio beïndruk....
Die resensie is geskryf vir en eerste gepubliseer deur www.sarie.com ‘n Fliek vir jou, jou ma én jou ouma! So paar weke terug dink ek dit wys om die besonderse Woody Allen-film, Midnight in Paris, aan te beveel aan ʼn vriend se...
Die resensie is geskryf vir en eerste gepubliseer deur www.sarie.com Charlize se nuutste fliek is ongemaklik, maar die moeite werd. Young Adult is nie ʼn plesierige Sondagmiddaguitstappie nie. Dit is ook nie die komedie wat die...
Die resensie is geskryf vir en eerste gepubliseer deur www.sarie.com Dit is vir my moeilik om Lucky te resenseer. Eerstens, is dit ʼn reuse verantwoordelikheid om iemand anders se werk/drome te kritiseer. Tweedens, het ek ʼn sagte...
Die resensie is geskryf vir en eerste gepubliseer deur www.sarie.com Magic Mike se voorprent is (opsetlik) misleidend. Dit beeld die fliek uit as ‘n sexy komedie oor ‘n manlike ontkleedanser. Een, dit is nie ‘n komedie nie, en twee,...
Geskryf vir en gepubliseer deur Litnet Ons is geneties aanmekaar gesit om op bloed te reageer. Goed, party meer as ander. Ek is vies daarvoor as ek van my bergfiets afval, verlam daardeur as dit my geliefdes s’n is en hartseer...
When you review films, a hazard of the job is that you tend to watch quite a few of them. (Tough life, I hear all of you sigh.) You do grow slightly jaded, though. It takes a phenomenal film to raise your blood pressure, to make you...
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Kiss Me (Kyss Mig) is a series of beautiful, tenderly crafted, well-acted scenes carefully strung together in a feature length film that warms the heart. And the chicks are hot! (Note to self: remove last sentence before publishing.)...
Dit gebeur soms dat ʼn uiters vermaaklike, besonders goeie fliek ook lewensverrykend kan wees. Ek kan The Descendants nie hoog genoeg aanskryf nie. Dié rolprent vang die goeie, die slegte en die alledaagse van familielewe met deernis en...
Buck (short for Buckshot) Brannaman is the real horse whisperer. The oke Robert Redford phoned. What he manages to coax out of a horse never saddled or ridden before in a few minutes is astounding to the owners, onlookers and viewers...
Written for and first published by Litnet. That the US government (or any other government for that matter) covers things up and mostly gets away with it should not come as a surprise to anyone. That the US uses their cover-up...
First published on www.sarie.com. Enige iemand wat al in Parys (Frankryk, nie Vrystaat nie) was, weet watse betowering die stad inhou. Dit lê in die kanale, die nou klippaadjies, die laatnag kuiery in kafees, die Notre Dame wat...
It is just under 10minutes long, it was made by one guy, a guy with no budget whatsoever and no backers to keep happy. What bliss. It is called ROSA and it is utterly breathtaking....
Oorspronklik gepubliseer op www.sarie.com As die lewe druk, is daar mooiweersvriende wat wegsluip. 50/50 bring hulde aan die mense wat bly, aan hul ongevraagde advies, hul selfsugtige optredes, maar bowenal hul onvoorwaardelike liefde...
When are we going to learn that if we stick crap into the earth, she’s gonna spit it out right back at us? And that we’re going to end up eating it, drinking it and bathing our children in it? Whether it is garbage in landfills, acid...
Horse, Cowboy and Indian live on one hill. Horse is the brains of the household, Cowboy and Indian the adolescent creators of chaos. Steve, his wife, his cows and his precious tractor live on the other hill and Steve is permanently...
Oorspronklik gepubliseer op www.sarie.com Friends with Benefit (FWB) gaan nie enige Oscars wen nie. Ook nie die filmindustrie ‘wiel’ herontwerp nie. Dit is wel ʼn bogemiddelde komedie, met ʼn skerp, effense onhebbelike draaiboek en twee...
Originally published on www.litnet.co.za Lovely, Still is a gentle film utterly worth watching, but when sitting down to view it, one should know more or less nothing about the film. (Except that the performances by veterans, Ellen...
Om ander mense se harde werk af te kraak, is ʼn tydverdryf waarvan ek wegbly. Ek hou bloot nie daarvan nie. (En as die film plaaslik is, is die kanse goed dat jy in iemand by ʼn volgende premiere raakloop wat betrokke was by die einste...
Oorspronklik gepubliseer opwww.sarie.com Ek hoop vir die dag wanneer sinnelose oorlog, die uitbuiting van vrouens en die verwoesting van kinders se onskuld, ‘ou nuus’ is. Wanneer films soos Incendies, wat eenvoudig gaan oor die liefde...
Originally published by www.litnet.co.za under my column Reeltime. I needed to hug someone after watching Skoonheid. One, because I was happy to have just watched the best South-African film ever made, and two, to calm my nerves....
Super 8 uses a technique made famous by the mother of all alien films, Alien, and that is to never do a full frontal of the alien, to not zoom in on every fang and all the dripping gore. What you don’t see, what your own imagination...
Oorspronklik op www.sarie.com gepubliseer. Ek wil Skoonheid graag aanbeveel. Ek wil ook nie. Dit is sonder twyfel die beste Afrikaanse/Suid-Afrikaanse film nog ooit verfilm. Dit is ook sonder twyfel, een van die ontstellendste films...
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...
Harry Potter7 is a damn near perfect film. Whether you are a devotee to the franchise or not, Deathly Hallows: Part II is, a remarkable finale that will entertain until the last line of dialogue is spoken....
Candid camera films was nog nooit ‘hogere’ kuns nie. Dit kan wel vlymskerp kritiek wees en dit moet verseker snaaks wees. Vat Borat as voorbeeld. Sacha Baron Cohen kan jou in een toneel laat lag, huil en met afgryse gevul laat...
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....
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.) Rotten Tomatoes, my...
Laat ek net eerstens my hand oplig en sê, ek het nog nie een episode van die reeks Getroud met Rugby gesien nie. Inderwaarheid het ek nie geweet van die reeks tot ek die film se voorprent gesien het nie. Ahem. Hier volg my resensie in...
Come on, this film could only be great. You can throw Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter in an Afrikaans play about General Christiaan de Wet that launches it at the KKNK and it would be great. Add a great director,...
My mother was right all along! Darren Aronofsky, the director of The Black Swan, agrees. Balance is everything. Nina tries to be the sweet, innocent girl her overprotective, smothering mother demands of her. She wears white and pink,...
I thought that with Liefling the South African film industry had hit rock bottom. I was so completely wrong. Eternity, which the creators call a ‘romantic thriller’, feels like a late night e-tv movie. Without the soft porn....
When a film so bleak, so gut wrenchingly forlorn as Winter’s Bone, manages to tenderly lift out the resilience, and even kindness, of the human spirit, I stand in awe. At the point where the rest of us would have given up, broken down...
I might have to watch this film again! The script is so clever, it moves so fast, that I am sure I missed a few things! And Emma Stone’s performance is worth seeing a second time!...
RED is cinema at its most entertaining. Half the magic lies in the perfect casting. Helen Mirren plays the aristocratic dame/assassin. Bruce Willis is the tough guy with the soft inside. Morgan Freeman is wise, John Malkovich is crazy...
Ek is nou al ʼn week lank van koffie af en vir ʼn week lank wag ek al vir die onttrekkingsimptome om in te skop. Die verblindende hoofpyn wat halfpad deur Liefling opgedaag het, sal talle mense dan toeskryf aan die gebrek aan kafeïen....
Unstoppable was so exhilarating I just about had an asthma attack! And I am only prone to asthma when I encounter a particular little white flower in a campsite, in the middle of nowhere, late at night when my inhaler is 90km’s away....
It does occasionally happen. I watch a film highly rated on Rotten Tomatoes and hate it! I understand why ‘White Ribbon’, the black and white German epic, is a masterpiece and deserve the rating. I am not sorry I watched it either. I...
Michael Sheen played Tony Blair in The Queen, David Frost in Frost/Nixon and just to keep things interesting he shined as Lucian, the pissed off vampire, in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. The man simply is an extraordinary actor and...
I do not ever watch schlock such as Eclipse. Then my friend Shane asked me to watch the first one as he wanted to debate the film afterwards. As our debates are amusing as a rule I grudgingly agreed. I traipsed off to the cinema only...
With such intelligent and poignant films on offer such as The Wind that Shakes the Barley you would think that humanity grasps the futility of war. Not....
If you woke up today with no name and no memory of the childhood that shaped you, the people you hurt or even the kind of person you were, who would you choose to be? Would it be a choice? Could you start over and ‘get it right’...
‘Zombieland’ is one of the most offensive films I have ever seen. I loved it! Yes, it is filled with the obligatory zombie killing that the genre requires (and which is executed with great glee by an ass kicking Woody Harrelson), but...
Certainly one of the worst movie titles ever. Maybe it sounded better in the original Danish? Flammen & Citronen. Hmm, okay, it’s a little better. Don’t let a badly chosen title stop you though from watching this incredibly...
Moon is not a first date movie. In fact, I am not sure what kind of film Moon is. Yes, it certainly is brilliant as you never see it coming (and I normally irritate fellow movie goers by whispering to them what is coming as I always...
I don’t often regret not living in China. But had I lived in China when seeing ‘Red Cliff’ I would have seen the four hour version and not the 2.5 hour version edited down for Western audiences. Dammit!...
Using an innocent, lonely 12-year old girl called Eli as your villain is a stroke of genius. It mixes up the vampire genre, but more importantly sets the stage for an emotionally and ethically complex film. ‘Let the Right One in’ thus...
I have seen many great films over the last few years. Some one-liners and plot twists have faded from memory, while some scenes and characters are still as clear as day. ‘After the Wedding’ will be a film that is utterly impossible to...
George Clooney’s charm is undeniable. I went against my organic, fair trade and recycling principles to buy a darn Nespresso machine because he is the ‘Nespresso guy’. There is just no resisting him as Mr. Fox, a chicken thief gone...
There is only one advantage to having food poisoning. You are so horribly ill you can do nothing but watch movies. Yeah!...
Many moons ago, as the manager of a photographic gallery, I naively thought if I opened both of the gallery doors and put up the “Open” sign it would be obvious to the general public that they would be welcome. Still, they...
Voor ek wagval en my opinie lig oor hierdie dokkie, moet ek twee dinge noem:...
Only the Japanese can make a film that is both heartbreaking and uplifting, without it turning soppy. ‘Departures’ moved me to tears, but was always authentic. It celebrates life through showing a deep respect for death....
Sadly not a lot of people will see this beautiful film. ‘Waltz with Bashir’ is on at Nouveau, it is a subtitled animated documentary that deals with war....
District 9 – 2009 (Written in English 31/08/2009) Given the runaway success of ‘District 9’, the film might just start a new trend worldwide – using the f-word with a distinctive Afrikaans/Benoni accent. Met die kappie op...
Ten minutes into The Halfblood Prince I had the vague feeling that I had seen this movie before. And of course I had, because I had seen the previous five Harry Potter films. Still I hoped to be surprised, to be blown away....
The Hangover is wickedly funny!...
Kristin Scott Thomas is fluent in French, lives in Paris, sees herself as French and has a thriving French film career. Who knew?...
I don’t do horror. Prison Break scares me. So did Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I’m a real sissy, I know. It is surprising, then, that I went to see Coraline when the mere trailer had me petrified. It just looked so damn...
Before calling Gran Tarino an endearing, incredibly funny and refreshingly un-schmaltzy film, I have to state up front that I am not at all objective when it comes to Clint Eastwood as a director. No, I simply love his movies –...
What a beautifully crafted, intelligent, complicated, perfectly cast masterpiece of a film. Yes, it deserves all of that....
Nah, Meryl, Philip and Amy were playing it up for the Oscars. (Sorry Meryl.) Don’t get me wrong, they’re all outstanding actors, but in this film, I felt them aiming for that little statue. ...
Watching ‘Watchmen’ is like going on holiday. You come out of the dark cinema, step into sunny Joburg and it feels like you’ve been away for a week. ‘Watchmen’ suspends your reality and sucks you into a strangely dated, 80’s world with...
Tori Amos once said, Everything has been said, what is important is the way you say it. Ghost Town says it with intelligence, wit and well acted performances from Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear and the gorgeous Téa Leoni. They all shine...
I can still tap my foot to the odd Britney or Christina single. I can’t however watch crap films any longer. Even if Penelope is in them. I blame it on www.rottentomatoes.com and The Video Spot in Craighall. Rotten Tomatoes prints an...
One line at the beginning of the movie sets the tone for this incredible film. The aunt of the missing little 3-year old is trying to convince two private detectives to take the case....
It is all about having fun and pretends to be nothing else but a movie about a cartoon character. Hellboy is a blood red, cigar smoking, cat loving, superhero whose destiny is to ultimately open the gates of hell and destroy the earth....
Slow, melancholy, haunting, beautiful, powerful....
Maria Bello will get me into hot water. Focus, focus....
It’s brilliant....
Imagine a blonde, skinny, big eyed nymph. Go ahead, close your eyes and imagine it. Does that in any way sound like Christina Ricci? Little Wednesday from The Addams Family? No, I hear all of you say. Go watch Black Snake Moan and...
The haunting Pans Labyrinth is definitively not for the fainthearted or those with small children. It is as cruel and dark as it is beautiful. It deserves the 100% Cream of the Crop ‘tomatometer’ rating. The story is set in...
The Transformers – 2007 (Written in English 24/07/2007) Transformers? Two hot chicks and a yellow Camaro. Nice. The movie was quite funny, the special effects awesome and the soppy element bearable. The lead guy was a wimp, but...
Grindhouse – 2007????? (Written in English 29/06/2007) Ah! Can someone, Nu Metro or Ster Kinekor or Sol Kersner, please buy Grindhouse and release it in South Africa some time soon! I have to see Rose McGowan sporting a...
‘Driving Lessons’, 2006 (Written in English 06/2007) This is an intelligent and incredibly funny film. It had me in hysterics from the moment Dame Evie appeared. The film refrains from becoming clichéd or soppy by not falling into...
(Sympathy for) Lady Vengeance – 2005 (Written in English 04/06/2007) Lady Vengeance is a Japanese film with English subtitles and it stars no one I have ever heard of. As it scored 75% on Rotten Tomatoes, and we are working our...
